The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-12-19


Great Britain that he cannot, with nothing but |
Egyptian troops, confront the situation In |
Egypt, and that English troops will be des- |
patched to his assistance.
LONDON dispatches OF the 18th inst report
much serious damage to properly, and In some
instances loss Of life, ss the result OF the recent
gale. The gale Was especially severe In Scot
land, Ireland and North Wales.
THE man who called upon the widow OF
President Ga, fisld and wanted to marry her
daughter IL the f. X auckland Who two weeks
ago, made the matrimonial attack ON General
Sherman's household In St. Louis.
The general assembly Of Virginia have
passed resolution instructing the Virginia
senators and representatives In congress to use
their best efforts to secure the immediate abo-
lition OF the internal revenue system.
AN organized band Of thieves has been dis
covered among the students Of Obarlin (Ohio)
college, and four who confessed have been
j,iled. The confessions show that the boys stole
articles in thirteen stores during this term.
They are all In good circumstances, and one or
two Of the m have wealthy parents. They will
be expelled.
AT the annual meeting of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, Friday evening, General G. T.
Christensen said In his annual report that the
additions to membership during the year have
been sixiy-seven, and the removals sixty. The
total membership Is 1855. Pastoral Helper
Halliday took a very dismal view Of the condi-
ton Of the church.
BRUDDER JASPER Of Virginia, the famous
"sun do move" man, Is In trouble. About
half his congregation has seeded, fred de-
Il mt resolution at him and set up an opposi-
tion church, and Jasper can only preach back
to the effect that jealousy because Of fame he
won by the sermon causes the move, and
threaten the straying lambs with the Baptist
discipline.
In the case Of the insolvent debtor In Boston
Who answering summons to appear at ten
o'clock, appeared at forty-fve minutes past
nine standard time, which was one minute
after ten old time, and who WAS defauted ~
the commissioners, the supreme court has de
cded that the new standard, by its universal
adoption, became the usage OF the community
the day it went into effect
The belief is expressed that the strikers OF
the Canadian Pacific railroad will be frozen
out, rs the company expect about thirty men
from the south. Schedules Of wages published
recently show that hundred and thrty-four
engineers earned on an average over hun
dred and thirty dollars In November. Trains
are moving regularly, with the higher officials
Of the company at the throttle.
DISTINGUISHED audience assembled In
fremont temple. Boston, Friday evening to
t. nder q farewell reception to Matthew Arnold.
Mayor Palmer presided. Wendell Phillips ex-
pressed the admiration felt for Mr.. Arnold by
the people Of Boston, to which that gentleman
responded. Among those present we're Hon.
Robert c. Winthrop, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
Dr. Samuel A. Green and Rev. DR.. Bartol.
REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER of California has
| collected mass OF statistics on the subject OF
the postal telegraph. He claims that it now
costs the companies only one mill and a half
! per word to send messages, and believes that
| in five years after the postal telegraph system
shall be established 1t would contribute much
| to pay the ordinary expenses OF the govern
| rato fnr tan
A TFxAN who declines to give his name has
preferred charges against Secretary Teller. He
says the Wichita Indians have been cheated
| out of their ,nds by a bargain completed by
Indian Agent Smith in which SOC, 600 acres Of
| grazing lands were leased to n syndicate for
ten Genes an acre. He says that in the transac-
ton The names Of the real actors do not appear,
but Senator Plumb and Congressman Haskell
are interested In it,
TFxAs IL racked by question of ecclesiastico-
fuancial law. Pastor A had no fold for his
| flock, and got leave to hold services In Pastor
| BIS church. Pastor A preached and had col.
lection taken up, and just at that moment
Of affairs, and demanded and received the
monev. Now the question IL, Who owns the
cash and II it Il not Pastor B, how is 1t to be
got away from him?
In Reading Pa, three decisions for sums ag.
| gregating S12 900 we're rendered against life
Insurance SPECTATORS who had iniuced poor
| people to insure their aged parents nd taken
assignments of the icy for trflipg con
sdera,ion. The crnpanies had paid the poll
ces to the spectators, taking bond to secure
them from loss. The heirs sued the spectators
and recovered the money. There are many
similar cases pending.
THE keeper Of the life saving station at
| Long Branch reports that five OF his crew fish
ing in the ocean recently saw hideous sea
serpent near their boats fully ninety or one
| hundred feet long and thirty feet wide, with
two blow holes seven feet long and two feet
wide about twenty feet from the end of its
nose. The serpent was also seen from the
station, making its appearance on the surface
at intervals OF ten minutes.
THE national woman's Christian temperance
union has issued a call to each state union ask.
ing every local society, of which there are
about 600, to celebrate with appropriate ex
ercises the tenth anniversary OF the " woman's
crusade" December 23d. Pastors OF churches
are to be invited to preach temperance sermons
on the morning OF that day and the local unions
will hold childrens meetings in The afternoon
and in the evening mass-meetings, at which
collections will be taken up for the national as
| ISOLATION.
AT the convention OF the Philadelphia con-
ference temperance society the Rev. d. G
B,bcock. secretary Of the national temperance
society, said that there are more than 200 00(
wholesale and retail liquor dealers In this
country. Against these "sgents and instrn
ments Of evil the church numbers STU
ministers and 115, 6l0 churches. The entire
: contributions of the churches during 1882, in
Gliding pastoral support, were less than $50,
600, 900, while the internal revenue tax col
lected on liquors for the fiscal year ended Jun,
30, 1883, were $91 ,279 371.
The Standard theater, at Sixth avenue ant
Thirty-second street, New York, one Of til,
most popular OF the uptown play-houses
caught fire at about seven o clock Friday even
ing and was burned down. The flames spread
with such astonishing rapdity that the who'll
building was wreck within an hour after tn
fire started. A portion OF the rear wall fel
and crushed In the wall Of an adj lining dwell
ing-house at 1903 West Thirty-third street, caus
ing loss Of So 600 to the building and 81, 2O
TO the OCCUPANTS. The theater uiding wa
valued at $50 OOO and the scenery and stag
properties NJ $25, 900. which are a total loss.
Is said that the property was insured for nearl.
its full value.
} THE Mackey- Bennett cable company wa
} Incorporated December IL ut the office of tn
} secretary OF state in Albany, N Y, with
capital Of 81 600 900 divided into 40 900 shares
The shareholders are: John W. Mackey, Viz
gDia, New, 10000 shares; Isaac Bell Jr., New
port, X. l., 10, 600 shares; Hector de Castro
New York city 5000, and David b Davidson
Brooklyn, 5000. The company, under the act
! OF congress, assumes to itself the right to con
struct, main'ain and operate the lines OF telt
graph through and over any portion of tn
public domain OF the United States. The con
paDy likewise claims the right to use all OF II
lines as telephone lines and To became owner