The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Eastern and Middle States.


80 The striking telegraphers, through the
Telegraphers' Brotherhood, ordered out the
operators connected with four railroads.
About 125 operators responded to the call,
but many others did not obey the order of
the Brotherhood.
HEAVY business failures are reported from
st. Albaus VT. Bradley Barlow, one of the
best known men in the State, president and
owner of the Southeastern railway and
president of the Vermont National bank of
st. Adams, suspended. With the failure of
Mr.. Barlow came also that of the Vermont
National bank and the st. Adams Trust
company The failure involves all of Mr..
Barlow's property, and also considerable
amount of money loaned by individuals and
banks for his railroad operations.
TWENTY THOUSAND people we're in and
around Madison Square Garden. New
York, the other night, when Sullivan. the
champion pugilist, and Slade, the Maori
from Australia, engaged in fistic encounter.
At the end of the third round, when Slade
had been badly punished and was half-dazed
from the effects Of Sullivans blows, the
brutal exhibition was stopped by the police.
WRIGHT, WOOSTER & Co., in the wool trade
at Boston, have failed for about $4,000.
Several other leather firms in Boston and
vicinity have also suspended in consequence
of the disastrous failures in the tanner trade
STATE convention of the New Jersey
National party was held at Asbury Park. A
committee appointed for the purpose issued
an address setting forth the uselessness for
purposes of government of the presen
prominent parties, and calling on all who
are interested in genuine reform of existir 4
abuses to join the National party.
AT the convention of Amalgamated Iron
and Steel workers in Philadelphia resou-
ton was adopted to contribute $4,000 in
aid of the striking iron workers at Bethlehem,
Penn, and it was agreed to send them $780,
COO per week if necessary.
The assessors report shows Boston's vau-
alton to be $652,3t9, 800 a gain over last
year Of $9,S71 600, the gain being wholly on
real estate. the valuation of personal prop
erty in dicatin a loss.
l. As John Fisher, age eighteen, was sailing
with two young ladies at Quincy Mass, q
flaw of wind struck the sail, and the boom
swinging around Fisher and Winifred But
Ter we're swept into the water. Fisher was
Immediately drowned and Miss Butler died
soon after being brought ashore.
WHILE five employees of steel manufac-
turing establishment at Pittsburg, Penn,
we're taking stock in the warehouse rack
supporting SEQ tons of steel gave way, killing
Charles Ashman, fatally n.uring Robert
Sherity and slightly injuring the three others.
AT the second days session of the New
Jersey Nationalist party at Asbury Park the
platform committee reported the first ten
planks as opposing all monopolies, espe-
cially money, land, railroads and telegraphs;
all money, making it full legal tender;
OPT osing land grants to railroads. IA
voring government control of the high
ways of transportation, favoring graduated
income tax, insisting that the government
determine the railway and the postal rae,
favoring the postal telegraph system, favor
ing equal taxation, opposing bribery at the
polls and insisting that the title to lands
under water belongs to the people. These
were adopted without much opposition. The
twelfth plank, favoring woman suffrage, was
objected to. DR.. Banks, colored delega Q
from Essex, made a fiery woman suf-
frage speech. The thirteenth plank. favor
ing giving the people the right to vote on the
prohibitory amendment, was also objected
to. Martin Ward delegate from Hudson
said: " If you hitch prohibition tail to this
kite it will knock you sky high" This plank
was withdrawn, and then the convention
nominated Benjamin Urner for governor.
WILLIAM H. OsIRANIEa was hanged al
Utica, n. Y, for the murder of his brother
On the scaffold he did not want any one &c
pray for him. Prayer was offered, however
after which Ostrander spoke for few min
utes. He was frequently profane and oh
scene, and ended his remarks with an oath