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

lasted forty seconds, and broke glassware and
crockery In the stores and houses.
GOVERNOR MURRAY OF Utah expresses salts
faction with the presidents recommendations
for the abolition OF the territorial government
and the creation Of q commission.
WILLIAM AND MARY COLLEGE Of Virginia
has closed Its doors, having but one student at
the beginning OF this school year. Next to
Harvard this was the oldest college In America.
VERDICT Of the coroner's jury on one Of the
colored men killed at Danvlle: Died from
exposure" The Chicago Tribune suggests
that the words ~ to the democracy" were
omitted.
In rebuilding Rochester, Mimi, they are
mindful Of the tornado that recently devastated
the town. They are making strong stone vaults
In the cellars, large enough to contain family
and strong enough TO withstand any tornado.
The dissatisfaction of the students of the
national college of pharmacy In Washington
ored man, rs student, has resulted In all but
eight OF the forty.six students leaving the
school.
A Boston firm has loaned $4,000 TO pen
sioners, all Of whose certificates have been
taken as collateral. The commissioner of PEN
sions Is issuing duplicates to all such soldiers,
and original certificates thus become void The
right TO issue duplicates will. be contested.
CHARLES +. FREEMAN OF Pocasset Mass,
II
religious frenzy in 1879, was on the 9th &C.
quilted by q jury at Barnstable on the ground
OF insanity and committed to the Danvers in
sane asylum for life by Chief Justice Morton.
Down In Maine they have " clapboard sup
pers " to raise the means for building church
editices. They don't eat the clapbosrds but
every gentleman who comes to the feed Is ex-
pected to bring In addition TO the usual lady,
bundle Of clapboards Single breakfasts
are now In order.
In New Orleans, the managers OF the worlds
industrial and cotton centennial exposition
have adopted design for the main building
1t will be 1900 feet long and 800 wide, with
LOCO 1913 square feet Of floor space and will be
the largest exposition building ever erected,
except the one in London In 1862.
A FIRE on Federal street, in the "burnt dis.
trio" OF Boston, Saturday morning, destroyed
more than 100000 worth of property-paper
bag and picture-frame makers, printers and
others being burned out. The building WAS
owned by BeDjsmin Boardman & Co. The
Standard bag company loses $4,000.
A NIHILIsT organ gives narrowing details OF
the sufferDgs OF political prisoners in the
Peter and Paul fortresses, where 1t states they
are treated like murderers. No distinction Is
made between men and women or between the
sick and well. Several persons have gone mad
or committed suicide. Corporal punishment is
frequent
A GIGANTIC land swindle has come to light
at Wheeling. West Virginia. "The real estate,
loan and trust company" of Washington
tioated $50 notes for $500 each, purporting to
be secured by unencumbered land II IL
thought that $4,000 acres on these notes have
been run off on grangers and others all over
the country.
TIE state police are investigating the doings
OF New Bedford, Mass, firm, which, it is al
legged, manufactures organs In the cheapest
n a oapf hroa
cast, sells them for fabulous prices to the I'M
initiated 1t is believed the firm has disposed
Of $4,000 organs the past year at a profit OF
$780, 900 to 100000.
THE national butter, cheese and egg con-
vention began in Cincinnati the 4th. President
John ]. Mcdonald OF Philadelphia made a
brief address, in the course OF which he said
that the value Of the animal butter product OF
the United States was 1857, 000, 600, and of the
cheese product $36, 600, OOO while eggs and
poultry amounted to about the same.
GREAT excitement has been created in Mon
treal over the flight Of Thomas Craig, president
OF the Exchange bank. Some Of the directors,
1t Is charged, have been implicated with him.
The condition OF the bank Is considered far
below that represented by recent statements,
and it Is believed that stockholders' double liza
bility will fail to meet the claims OF depositors.
AT mass meeting of farmers at Winnipeg
last week Thursday night, one Of the speakers
said II their grievances could not be redressed
at Ottawa, Manitoba would look to Washing
ton to have them redressed. At meeting at
Rapid City gentleman said II there was not
change in the administration of affairs soon,
they would have to 60 over to Dakota in
body.
In New Haven, Conn, President Porter ad-
dressed the students In regard to the recent
sensational stories 10 relation to typhoid fever
and said that after careful investigation he
hat hnv, H., kkn
recently was contracted elsewhere. DR.. Moses
c. White, Yale professor, says there is more
typhoid fever in New Haven at present than
for many years past.
A ROW occurred at Wequetequock, a back
woods village Of Connecticut, between num-
Der Of women, who desired to hold a religious
meeting in the school-house, and a party OF
men, who locked the doors and refused them
admission. The women attacked the doors
with crowbars and axes, when the men yield
ed One man had his head cut and another's
hand was badly injured.
SALMON, the Laconia, N. H., murderer, was
given hearing Thursday. He appeared ner-
vous and troubled. 10 answer to the question,
Salmon, are you guilty or not euilty?' he re-
remain in Jail till March. He said he was
ready to suffer the penalty for his crime 1t
is thought the weight on his mind will entirely
break him down and cause his death before
March. He eats very little. There are no
chances for defence.
DR.. N. B. ATCHisoN OF Youngstown, Ohio,
an old chum of Lieutenant Giles Harder, has
received a letter from him dated Yakutsk Sep
TENDER 10. In which the latter said he had Just
returned from Irkutsk, where he went for per-
mission to make collins for the bodies of De-
Long and his comrades, as the authorities re-
fused to allow the caskets sent from the
United States to be forwarded to Yakutsk. He
NH IN ad a nisaiO cd
to start on the trip to St. Petersburgh with the
bodies November 10, and II the weather con-
tinued favorable, hoped to reach New York
about February 90
AN organization OF grocers's clerks has been
formed in New York called the c union,
the object of which Is to systematically rob
| employers. One OF the rules OF the association
| is that each member shall by fair means or
| foul possess himself OF 1928 month and de-
| post 1t with Christian Krosz OF Brooklyn, who
| acted "a treasurer Members were to be given
| 81 800 from the funds of the society at the end
| of the year II they wished to go into business,
| and II sick were to be paid 81 a day. The
retail grocers' union has caused the arrest OF
| Krosz and number OF clerks 1t Is said that
Krosz received 81, 900 per annum from the asso-
| citation.
Standardization Button, seventeen.
| years-old tramp, recently engaged to work for
| ii. G. Smith In Mr.. Smiths absence, a day
or two afterwards, he stole from him pair Of
boots, enticed boy fourteen years old to buy
| at Hatchs store a hat and q pair OF boots
| NJ Smith