The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1883-08-29
Other Localities.

MALARIA has appeared at several OF the New |
Hampshire beaches. and many people are ILL.,
SCARCELY day passes that strangers do not
place flowers on the grave Of Abraham Lincoln.
THE water supply in New England decreases
rapidly, and in some cases water famine is
feared.
THE report that the Postal telegraph is to
consolidate with the Rapid and the Bankers Is
denied.
AT Madison, Ind, the immense wheat eleva-
tor Of Trow & Co., with nearly 200 bushels
Of wheat, is burned; loss $4,000
THE steamer Maid of the Mist is nearly COM
pleted, and will be sent through the whirlpool
rapids on Thursday, September 6, as an expert
ment
THE pork-packers Of Chicago have arranged
for thorough inspection of all hogs slaugh-
tered there, to silence European complaints
about infected pork.
The American Rapid employees have been
notified that they will hereafter receive the
wages paid before the strike and be required to
work the same number OF hours.
THE trial of Frank James is expected to end
in an acquittal or disagreement of the jury.
The government witnesses continue to receive
threats from the "hero's" friends.
BOTH ends of the Northern Pacific railroad
were connected the 23d, thirty miles west of
Mullan tunnel golden spike will be set on
the 9Th of September, by President Willard.
ON the tWenty-nrsu, u clOuQ-DurSt ulu great
damage at StOneman's Pass, Arizona. The
machinery of the Swain mining company was
washed away, and a number Of Mexicans were
drowned.
JUDGE BLATCHFoRD, in the United States
court has denied the motion for an injunction
to compel the Providence tool company to full
fill its contract to furnish As, 900 rifles claimed
by the Sultan of Turkey.
HILARIo BALsAU, a French swimmer, has
arrived from France with the expressed inten.
ton Of swimming the Niagara whirlpool rapids
He says he does it to win wager OF SIC, 900
offered by Count Lagrange.
RECENTLY the telephone operator in Augusta,
Me-, conversed over the wires with the opera
tor in Boston Although the distance is LAT
miles, yet the sound of the voice could be dis
tinctly heard and conversation was carried on
! with ease.
| THE apple crop of Kansas is 30 large this sea-
son that it is expected to yield more bushels
than ever before, despite the destruction caused
by wind and hail storms. On a single twig,
about nine inches long, recently nineteen APP
Piles were counted.
A MAN employed in painting the spire of the
Roman Catholic Cathedral in Omaha, Neb.,
climbed to the top of the cross, 2l0 feet above
the ground, on Tuesday, and was photographed
while standing there, in the presence Of large
and admiring crowd.
THE receipts under the Scott law in Cleve-
land, Ohio, are said to be so large that the gen.
eral tax levy will probably be reduced; and
the revenues of the state of Missouri have
been increased to the amount of 81, 000, 900 by
the high license act.
Six thousand persons assembled in the am
phitheatre at Chautauqua last Friday to hear
the singing OF federal and confederate war
songs and addresses by Judge Tourgee and
Rey. DIR Atticks P. Haygood Of Georgia. Sew
eral old confederates participated.
DUELING is declining in the South, though
"affairs of honor" are not uncommon. In
Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi and Alabama
are now rare, and in South Carolina there has
not been duel since the passage Of the anti
duelng aw Of 1880.
A MAN lives few miles above Athens. Geor-
gia, who eats in one county, sleeps in another,
smokes when sitting upon his piazza in third,
and has built his barn in fourth. He lives
where four counties corner. When people
speak of "the maddest man in four counties, "
they probably mean him.
A PARTY from Berkshire, Mass, who had a
case in the district court recently, took novel
way Of conveying the result of the trial to their
friends. They brought down a carrier pigeon,
and as soon as the case was decided they at
tached to the pigeon a piece Of paper contain
ing the result, and the bird carried 1t nome in
a few minutes.
THE unreasonable cold OF Thursday prompts
the Wilmington (Del.) Ne,os of the following
day to remark: "a good fire in the open grat'
or the furnace was about as comfortable thinl
as there was in Wilmington yesterday. Tit
date was Aug. 16. A thorough warming of thu
whole house during cold, wet spell is cheape
than doctors bills"
AT Fort Yates, D. T., when the senatorial
, committee conferred with the Sioux, Logan
,, was introduced as the coming president Sit
ting Bull and other Sioux then declined to tall
with the committee, asserting that 1t was to-
, convivial Sitting Bull was given the alterna
tive Of ap0logizng or going to the guardhouse
/ He apologized and Logan gave him sever
lecture.
8 PRESIDENT ARTHUR is travelling in regio
Y little known to an outside world but interestin
I in "reminiscences of Indian warfare, mining nd
ventures and outlaw episodes. Near Sout
4 Pass is graveyard whose Inscriptions tell tn
early history of the country. " Killed in
. row August 49," "Shot by Jake Smith Jul
!, TO-" Hung by Vigilantes June TO-" Sh
J. took poison and died." are some suggestiy
O epitaphs.
Six thousand people watched the Point o
}, Pines regatta Friday. There were twelve col
. testants in the professional race. Wallace Ros
|, won. Hanlan was referee. Hosmer, Ros
It Lee, Riley, Plaisted, Elliot, Casey, Argey, M
o Ross finished first in 81 81, with Teemer secont
n TenEyck, Hosmer and Mckay following, tn
1 others struggling. Hanlan says he Is not goin
Il to row in any more regattas this season.
II In the suit of Thomas Marvin against I'll
n Western Union telegraph company for $2t
sr penalty for the refusal on the part OF the con
z, pany to accept two OF plaintiff messages durr
IN the strike without the stipulation subject
20 delay" Justice Angel has rendered his dec
a. ion In favor of the plaintiff. He held, howeve
r that the refusal of the two dispatches was Oh
it act, and gave judgment for 500 with costs.
In d published card Mr.. D. L. Moody deni
W the story that he and MT Sankey are no long
10 able to work in harmony, and declares that
II their lives are spared they will continue
e. gether in the labor they both love and @
of joy. The recently revamped tale about NJ
j. Sankey's using his position as an evangelist
Mt the interest of reed-organ company Is al
J." branded as false, Mr.. Moody declaring pos
" lively that during the ten years Of their ass
nd citation Mr. Sankey has not acted as agent I
10. any organ company, nor has he sold any orga
to on commission.
tn The Rev. j. B. Bonar of the Congregation
III church in New Milford, Conn, resigned
Sunday. Mr. Bonar has been preaching, II
hit said, very powerful and scholarly sermons, b
it it has been ascertained that they were not
Dr. own, but selected entirely from printed boo
he Of sermons. Mr.. Mygatt, son Of the bank Q
3D. aminer, discovered the plagiarism, and on Su
he day, the 18TH he brought the printed book al
er followed the preacher word for word Mr..