Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-08-30
Summary OF New.

proposed sparring benefit 10 Tug Wilson last Mon
day night. .Coups circus has gore 10 pieces In
Detroit, Mich, attachments to tie amount Of
10000, representing claims Of employees and 9TH
ers, having been put on II there, snd the whole
concern is In the sherff's hand. The New
Haven tCt) Register has been sued for $4,000
damages by the mayor Of Hartford for declaring
that his ladder 10 bis political heaven was made
up solely OF lager beer and whlskey barrels.
Inc arih commission Ia now holdiDg its meetings
In Boston. The Iowa legislature has failed TO
enact any penalty for dlsob,yiDg the prohbtory
lawl and prohbitionists are reported as being
oountiul about their ability to enforce T.. An
other attempted robbery IL reported from Mt.
Desert, Me. Halls Cliff Hotel at Newport, r.
J., was burned SATURDAY morning Loss $4,000.
Inc guests saved most Of their property and no
lives were lost. Warrants for the payment OF
S1OOO0,OO on account of pensions were issued
from the treasuary department Thursday. The
two republican fsctions In the End Tenn con-
gressional district have each nominated a candi-
date. "A bogus Concord philosopher took in
some OF the residents OF that historic town 10 the
tune OF about 800. The conductor and engi-
neer OF Pennsylvania train were fined S25 each
Tor running their train through village faster
than the law allows. "A committee In being
formed in London TO arrange for the placing OF q
bust OF the poet Longfellow in Westminster Abb
hey. Engineer Melville and two sailors OF the
Jeanette, and Lieut. Berry Of the burned steamer
Rodgers were granted an audience by the
Emperor and Empress, at the Peterhof last
| week. The Emperor Of Russia has received
| the credentials OF Mr.. Hunt, the recently APP
| pointed United States minister TO Russia .
| Striking Pennsylvania miners are returning 10
| their work. The strike at Cohoes, N Y, il
ended The schooner War Eagle Of Kittery,
Me-, while at anchor off City island last week,
| took fire in the cabin and was damaged about
$1,000. No insurance on vessel cargo insured.
-. Rev Stephen Keegan, catholic curate Of
Weymouth, has been charged with obtaining
| money under false pretences The case was put
| In the hands OF officers. IA report went the
| rounds OF the papers that the negroes Of Choc-
taw county, Alabama had plotted to murder all
Nph mi in I'm to lint la
claimed that the report was for political purposes
| $50. The stage going into Globe Arizona, the
other day, was Jumped - by road agents, and
! the messenger killed. The treasure box, with
over $1,000 was taken. The robbers have been
| captured. Rev. Fir. John Lambert Of the Cath
Ollie society at Iacona, N. H., has been arrested
for severely fogging two school boys, aged IL
| years, at the convent D.. The 30 councilmen and
the mayor Of Reading, Pa have been arrested
for not keeping the streets in repair. deputa-
ton OF Irish members Of Parliament will be sent
| TO America by the Dublin Mansion House COM
mittee for the relief and protection OF eviced ten
| ants TO secure assistance. The small pox Is
| raging at Cape Town. The Inhabitants OF the
United states consume on an average one and
| one-half gallons Of whiskey each year A
| large number OF camp meetings have been held
in New England during the past week Less
spring water is drank at Saratoga than formerly
| -. Congressman B. W. Harris has withdrawn
| from the Second Massachusetts congressional
| district contest. Hon. John B. Brownlow has
written an open letter, In which he charges Con-
gresham Houk OF Tennessee with most dis
graceful course Of action at Washington, in
| GLIDING drunkenness and neglect OF duty. .
| very destructive fire occurred at Keeseville, n
T., last Wednesday Thirty buildings were
burned and the loss is estimated at 500, 600. -.
| The president spent two three days at New
| port last week and was brilliantly entertained
..,..ln two-mile swimming match between
| Captain Webb the English swimmer, and Thomas
Riley OF Newport, X. l., held last week, the former
| won by twenty seconds The various scientific
associations held their meetings at Montreal last
week. A very strong contest for the republican
nomination for governor of New Hampshire is
| going on between Moody Currier and s. W. Hale
Five lives and property to the value Of S410,-
600 were lost in the burning Of the New York
Lake Erie Western railroad elevator at Buffalo
last week The annual.sessio Of the Wnnp-
iseogee Methodist camp-meetiug association was
| held at Weirs, N. H., last week. The contest
| between Governor Cornell and ex-senator Conk-
ing OF New York Is becoming very bitter,
| Judge Gilbert of Bath, Maine, has come out in
letter repudiating the fusion ticket and announc-
ing that he will support the straight greenback
ticket The Illinois state temperance camp
Governor St John of Kansas was present . The
Boston longshoremen are on strike. Ex-Sen-
ator Gordon is likely to succeed Senator Hill Of
| Georgia. The Texas republicans are supporting
| the Independent ticket, and will make no nomi-
| nations. The nomination OF Mr. McCabe a
| colored man, for auditor of state by the Kansas
republican convention, has created considerable
| comment there &c. Sir Curtis Lampson a Yer
monter by birth, who is head of great fur house
| In London, has Invented a new method Of utiliz-
ing electricity in preparing sealskins.. .. The
shareholders of the North Shore railway of
| Canada have ratified the arrangement with
the Grand Trunk railway for a connecting link
between the two lines. boy of six and
girl OF two, at Ballardville, Nebraska, are
mated for marriage by their parents, who have
| signed an agreement that the wedding shall
occur in 1897. The Pennsylvania railroads. new
engine Jumbo (seven feet drvers) pulled train
from Philadelphia to Jersey City last week, max
| ttxft In staa l..
Independents in Maine have nominated a state
ticket Eyre NJ. Shaw chief officer of the Met
| ropotan fire brigade Of London is examining the
| fire department of New York city, in search of
| Improvements The fast White Mountain train
on the Boston, Concord & Montreal road was
| thrown from the track one day last week by some
| miscreant who had placed an obstruction upon
the track II. j. Hall, paying teller of the Rhode
Island hospital trust company of Providence, con-
iesses that he Is defauter to the amount Of S21-
ioo. "A national prohibitory convention was
held at chicago last week. Portsmouth, N. H.,
| is suffering from an eight weeks draught But
small fraction of inch Of rain has fallen since
July .. The employees the New York custom
house who did not respond to Jay Hubbells first
circular, have received a second and more urgent
one, Leadye will produce "A 600 tons Of lead
this year There was larger call for the
three and onehalf per cent bonds than was antici-
| pated, Work on the Washington monument will
be resumed at once. Irregularities are alleged
in the management of the United States mint at
Carson City, New, and an investigation will be held
49,. Secretary Lincoln and General Rufus ingalls,,
quartermaster general are in trouble because
each one wants to deal out the offices. . The yell
| low fever has broken out at Brownsville, Texas.
! 80. Charles Cate of Lawrence, Massachusetts, a
prominent business man, is in trouble from threat
ening the life of lady and attempting to extort
| money from her. Judge Lynch hanged a hunter
named Gibbon at Rock Creek, Wyoming Ter, last
week. 1t is stated that Charles Hutchins prom
inent citizen of kittery, Maine, kicked his wife
down stairs and dangerously injured her because
she did not on his buttons promptly enough
to suit him While church festival was in prog
ress near Cleveland, Tennessee, a riot occurred
during which knives pistols and clubs were freely
used One woman was stabbed to the heart and
several others were dangerously wounded. ....
Ex- President Hayes expects to harvest 10000
bushels OF grain from his big Dakota wheat farm.
-. In Anderson county, Texas an old negress
said to be crazy, cut off the heads OF two Of her
grandchildren with an axe The canning fac
tories OF New York state expect to put up 5000
700 cans OF corn this season. There was glut
in the New York peach market last Saturday
One hundred and sixty-four carloads arrived, and
good fruit sold at twenty-five cents basket.
At shiloh, Ohio, in quarrel over an attempt to
enforce the law prohibiting the sale OF liquors on
Sunday, Rev. W. L. Phillips, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal church, was stabbed seriously by
John G. Smith, leading grain dealer. A large
number OF cattle have died of the Texas cattle dis
ease at Sennett and Weedsport, n. Y The ticks
which accompany the disease are being found in
many fields In the vicinity OF the infected pas
lures, and farmers are seriously alarmed There
~ much DISQUALIFICATION NJ tle uldtOflness OF the
state officials. The president will leave New
port Friday, and return to Washington in October,
after visiting the White Mountains. Some 700
delegates were in attendance at the Free Think
ers' convention at Watkins N Y. About SO 900
has been raised for the Liberal Orphans Asylum
at Siberia No. Dr. d. W. Bliss has presented
bill of S25 900 for services in attending President
Garfield, "A case of yellow fever Is reported in
st. Louis, =. The United States treasurer now
holds in United States bonds to secure national
bank circulation, $500, $40, $50.
RASDoLPH,-J. ii. Paine and Thomas Philips
from harblehead, Mass are spending their
ton In Randolph, guests of j. NJ. Ptmber ...
James B. Murphy who is working in mill at
Claremont, n, H., visited his home last week. ..
s n. Putnam has gone TO Enosburgh Falls to
take charge OF the graded school at that place -.
Mrs Sumner Putnam and her daughter of Lib
ertyvle, Ill.,, are visiting friends in town DR..
L. A. Noyes, H. G, Temple and James p. Bntrin,
who have been In Alaska two years in the EN-
ploy of the Alaska commercial company, returned
Saturday of last week. ...J. +. Mead is attending
the st, Johnsbury academy this fall The case
OF j. M. Pember Us Wheatley Camp, for breach OF
contract in a steer trade tried by jury at the
office OF n L. Boyden, and a decision made in
favor of the plaintiff, fixing the damages at
sl9 80. Miss May Blake, daughter of S. ID.
Blake, although living one mile from school, has
attended twenty eight terms and has had but
five marks, those being for absence, and twenty
one OF those terms she had no mark at all. Who
can show a better record?
PLAISFIKLD.-On Friday last, Miss Laura Gale
received fine gold watch, in remembrance of
her "a nhf htrth frau har hr.th