The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-09-26

In 1880 there we're seventv-fve female and
64,O62 male lawyers In the United States.
The drought has affected the cranberry crop
to such an extent that cranberries may be
scarce.
A TERRIBLE hurricane occurred at Nassau
on the 81 inst Many houses we're blown
down. Fifty vessels were wrecked. Sixty
lives were lost
REV. ALBERT DoNNELL Of Berlin Falls, N.
IL has In his possession two seven-eaved clo-
vars, one eight-leaved and one nine-leaved, all
picked from the same plant.
ALTHOUGH the South rightly claims that
| their number OF new manufactures Ia larger
than at the North, there Is still superiority In
the quality OF the northern goods.
THE coal miners OF the Pittsburgh district
| want an increase OF pay, which the operators
refuse to concede, and there is n prospect that
eight thousand miners will be idle after Oc-
tober 1.
A FARMER of East Hill, Chemung county, N.
7. has sued his neighbor William Georgia, for
800, the value Of horse killed by coming in
contact with one of Georgia's barbed wire
fences.
ABOUT one hundred prisoners at the state
prison, Wethetstield, Conn, were taken sick
suddenly, the 10th. 1t is supposed to be poi
sonlng from corned meat. An investigation is
now in progress
AT Louisville, KY, the educational conven-
ton met the 10th, with representatives of
twenty-three states in attendance. Congress-
man Willis introduced resolution in favor of
national aid to education.
YOUNG ARTHUR, the Presidents son, il de-
scri6ed by Block Island correspondent rs a
meek hammered prince, with long, slim legs
stoop In his shoulders, brar-wood pipe in his
mouth, heavy lower jaw, and resemblance
T. his grandfather, who preached in New Eng.
lind thirty years ago.
AN extraordinary theft is reported from
California town. In the cemetery large mon
ument stood over the grave of n man whose
relatives were dead A woman boldly had it
removed to her own lot, planed off its inscrip-
ton, and had it lettered again to suit the re-
quirements of her own family
For some time cattle in Davidson county,
Tenn, have baen dying in large numbers from
an unknown cause, and it was thought that
they were victims OF murrain. An expert.
who examined large number of CATTLE cor
! rects this impression, saying that the animals
have been poisoned by foreign breed of ticks.
ARTICLES were, on Wednesday, filed with
the county clerk at New York. Incorporating
the International and Northern Telegraph com.
pany, with cash capital of So, DOC, 900, divided
into fifty thousand shares. The lines are to
run from New York to San Francisco and other
leading cities in the United States and to To-
ronto, Quebec, Halifax, etc.
THE people Of Newburgh on the Hudson. are
preparing for an elaborate celebration in Octo-
poi hcAb VI tuo Ceulouuldl Oh tD6 CLOSING events
OF the Revolutionary war. including the proc
lamation OF peace, the final dsbandment of
the American army, and, incidentally, Wash
ington's reply to the famous Newburgh letter,
being virtually the rejection of crown.
CHARLES E. COURTNEY accomplished Won
derful feat last week at Union Springs, N Y.
on wager of $1,000 with James ii. Brister
that he could not beat the best time on record
Tor three mile race. The best time Is twenty
minutes, fourteen seconds, and Courtney
rowed over measured course OF three miles in
nineteen minutes, twenty-seven seconds.
THE trotting horse Jay-Eye-See, whose per-
1ormances on the Island Park course aroused
the admiration and enthusiasm of turf men,
threatens to beat the record, and now stands
second on the list of American trotters His
time at Narragansett Park, Providence R. l.,
2104 was only half a second slower than the
best time ever made by Maud S., the present
champion.
FRIDAY. locomotive on the Troy and Bos-
ton road having legged passenger train re-
turned down the grade rapidly to attach to the
freight train The engineer reversed and
Jumped, fearing collision. The locomotive
ran into the freight train and then ran back to
Melrose and collided with the passenger train.
lady was seriously injured and four cars
were derailed.
The expected strike OF window-glass work.
ers at Pttsburg, Pa, was fairly begun Thurs
day, without the formality OF the final confer
ence which was announced to take place. The
committee OF manufacturers was ready to meet
the workmen at the appointed time with argu-
ments to show the necessity of q substantial
reduction in wages and q change in the rules
OF work. but the latter did not appear.
REVENUE AGENT THOMAS POWERS, who has
been investigating the alleged seizures of
sham stills in South Carolina reports that
the charge OF fraudulent practices, as far as it
relates to officers of the internal revenue SER
vice, Is entirely without foundation. He re-
ports, however, three cases in which he saws
mere Is evidence that there was an attempt at
fraud on the part of the United States marshals,
The Diamond match company. one of the
largest concerns of the kind in the country.
owning factories at Oshkosh and elsewhere,
has issued price list making a reduction of
over nifty per cent in the wholesale price of
matches. Matches which have been selling at
20 III per case now sell for So 80 to 50 25 with
discounts to large purchasers. The conclusion
reached Is that the great match combination
has been broken.
JUDGE LAWRENCE, first comptroller of the
treasury, has prepared an interesting state
ment, based upon the paper and coin circula-
e1n IN the county i shows that the total
1881 757 O69 il paper and $743 347, 573 is coin.
Taking these figures and calculating the total
population OF the country to be fifty-two mill
Ions. the distribution per capita would be
$50 20 for each individual
ON MONDAY, the lUth inst, about midnight
Professor Swift, director Of the Warner obsery.
atory, Rochester, N. Y, discovered another
comet in the same constellation with the one
recently found by Professor Brooks 1t is NOV
ing almost directly toward the earth, and hence
shows very little motion, so that Professor
Swift found it difficult to verify, and was un-
able TO do 30 until last Saturday night The
two comets will very likely cross each others
orbits In their progress, and their appearance
SO nearly together, and within 30 short space
OF time n most singular, If not significant
fact.
A SPECIAL express freight train, composed
OF ten cars, all from the rolling stock OF the
Blue Line, left Portland, Maine, recently loaded
with Maine canned corn The destination of
the train Is Portland, Oregon. The time in
which the train is expected TO make this trip
across the country is twelve days, the run to
Chicago to be made in four days, and another
day to be consumed in the trip from that place
to st. Paul. After leaving st. Paul the train
Will not make such fast time, but it is thought
the entire distance can be covered in the time
allowed. All the superintendent of the roads
over which the train is to pass have promised
TO make every endeavor to have the train make
last time. 1t Is expected that much interest
will be felt in the train along the route, es-
pecially after the cars reach the Northern Pa
cific, and President Willard, of that road, will
make the arrival of the train an occasion of
something more than passing notice. Before
the train left Portland 1t was photographed nv