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SOUTHERN VERMONT.

]. II. Hattou, former superintendent of
Fitton's Cambridgeport mill was found in the
canal at Bellows Falls at half past ten
O'Clock Thursday night in al exhausted con-
dition having passed through the flood gate
and under one wheel. He caught in an iron
cross-rod hanging there till his cries were
heard by the mill hands He says he was
thrown into the canal by some persons,
which taken in connection with the recent
burning of the mill has suspicious look.
He had fight with Fitton in saloon We'd
nesday, giving Ftton very bad cut over
the eye. Fitton has been in that place most
OF the week.
One of the most disastrous fires for many
years occurred at South Royalton on Tues
day night, sweeping away the stores Of
Bixby & Jones, consisting Of groceries, fur
niture, hardware, etc. }. o. Belknap, dry
goods and groceries; and NJ. j. Sargent,
druggist. j. q. Belknap's residence and
most Of his goods were saved in bad condi-
tion. The goods of several stores were NOV
ed out and the owners will lose heavily by
water and breakage.
Josiah Smith Qormeily and for many years
with e. L. Hart of Burlington, who is more
than 60 years Of age, was struck by falling
ladder and received severe spinal injury
that is likely TO piovc serious.
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GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
South Hero.

Died, at South Hero. Sept. Sd, aged
Al years Julia Gordon, wife of Calvin Nc
Bride, after long aud distressing illness,
borne with upiailng bopefulness, and exem-
plary patience and Christian fortitude.
The commissioners appointed by court to
examine the route and report as to the desir-
ability of laying out road from near the
Eastern terminus of the Sand Bar Bridge,
to Lamoie river and bridging the same have
had several sessions, two in Milton and ore
in South Hero, and for the accommodation
Of Milton are to have another in October at
Milton. Certainly Milton is enjoying all the
opportunities it eau reasonably desire to show
how desirable 1t is that our people should
be compelled to climb Fox and Checkerberry
hills instead of enjoying the plain routo na-
ture has marked out.
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A Texan Tragedy,

TRINITY. Texas. Sept. 12-Major Hur.
lock, large mill owner and his sou w. ii.
Hurlock, aged %. were shot yesterday by q
man named Rusemap, an employe. W. H.
Hurlock Is dead and his fathers wounds are
probably mortal. Hurlock's young son an.
noyed Roseman. who, endeavorinJ TO make
him deslst accidentally injured the child's
foot. The major with words and hands
abused Roseman. The latter declined to re.
sent. The major called his elder son to
come and whip Roseman. The son quickly
knocked Roseman down, when the attel
shot his adversary in the head and heart
The major reaching for pistol Rosemar
shot him and then went up stairs procured 4
six shooter and barricaded himself The
mill men gathered around the premises. The
mistress OF the house entreatcd Roseman &c
leave. lie complied. The men opened fir,
and after telling Roseman with shot secur
ed him. After his capture Major Hurlock,
though perforated with bullets beat anc
cuffed Roseman until the bystanders inter
fered
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CANA DA.
Government Finances-The Toronto
Exhibition.

OTTAWA, Sept. 49, - The minister OF
finance made arrangements in London for
floating the bonds authorized by Parliament
to redeem ca, 600, 900 maturity bonds bearing
interest at per cent. The government will
offer to exchange with the present bondhold.
ers from one and half to two millions Of
the new per cents fer those now held by
them and next year will place on the English
market three and half per cent loan to
meet the matring bonds. The Substitution OF
these bonds for o per cents will reduce the
interest of the public debt 1896, 900 1t 10
also the intention OF the government to call
for tenders for Canadian loan OF "a, 200,
900 al per CEN.
The Governor-General, Princess Louise
and Prince George to-day opened the Toron-
| to industrial exhibition.
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CHERNSR, Wy, Sept, l2-James Knight,
a freightcr, IL. Moore and ]. II. Wensel slept
asst night in wagon on the prairie. About
daylight Moore arose, struck Knight with an
axe knocking him scnseless and then at
tackled Wensell, who after the first blow
Moore after he had received second blow
on the head. Moore then shot Wensell twice
in the chest and arm and through the hand.
A soldier who was out duck shooting went
to the rescue and Moore fled. Wendsl,'s
skull was also fractured. Knights was
fractured. Neither is expected to live
Moore's object was to get $53 in Wenselrs
satchel. Officers are in pursuit.
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OH SIRE Aress.

If the last legislature had needed Gov.
Barstow's warnings and advice as we have
already had occasion to remark, the 81. AL
bans Trust company would not have found
it so easy to continue to violate its charter
aud all sound principles of banking. The
governor said, in his message: "Thcse de-
posts represent the savings of years OF toll
and sclf-denial 1t is your duty to see that
all the safeguards that prudence and expert
euce can suggest are thrown around the vital
interests of these persons. -
But laws will be of no avail unless they
are enforced. The.Inspector of Finance should
be given ample power, and it should be
made his duty to enforce the observance Of
the law. A mere report from year to year
that certain banks do not entirely comply
with the law, will never remedy the evil"
Having thus by public suggestion, as well as
by personal labor with legislators, endeavor-
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DEATH OF HUGH HASTINGS
OrParalysis of the Mcart,at Monmouth
Beach.

MONMOUTH BEACH, N. j., Sept. r.
Hugh j. Hastings, proprietor of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, died this even
ing. lie was recently thrown from car
riagc and seriously injured. MIR. Hastings
did well till the night before last Oh Tues
day morning pneumonia of the left lung de-
veloped and during the day he was very
weak. lie was however at all times cheer
full This morning he had no fever but his
respiration fell AT 430 this afternoon his
condition was better than any time since
pneumonia set in. Att o'clock alter par
taking of stimulant he suddenly expired
without word. His death was due to par
alysis of the heart.
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MIR. Ruskin on Modern Courtship.


Mr.. Ruskin, in "Fors Cavigera," avows
himself believer in the seven years term
OF courtship, in vogue in the time Of
Jacob. lie says;
''Whon youth Is fully in love with girl,
and feels that he is wise in loving her, he
should at once tell her so plainly, and take
his chance bravely with other suitors. No
lover should have the insoence to think OF
being accepted at once, nor should any girl
have the cruelty to refuse at once without
severe reasons. II she simply doesn't like
him, she may send him away for seven
wears or so-hc vowing to live on crosses,
and wear sackcloch meanwhile, or the like
perancc if she likes him little, or thinks
She might come to like him in time, she
may let him stay near her, putting him always
on sharp trial to see what stuff he is made
of, and requiring, fguratively, as many lion
skins or giants heads as she thinks herself
worth. The whole meaning and power OF
true courtship is Probation; and 1t oughtn't
to be shorter than three years at least seven
is, to my own mind, the orthodox time.
And these relations between the young pco-
pie should be openly and simply known, not
to their friends only, but to everybody who
has the least interest in them; and girl
worth anything ought to have always half a
dozen or so of suitors under vow for her.
'sThere are no words strong enough to ex-
press the general danger and degradation of
the manners of mob-courtship, as distinct
from these which have become the fashion
almost the lawn modern times when
in a miserable confusion of Of candleiight,
moonlight, and me-light-anything but day
light-in indecently attractive and insancly
expensive dresses, in snatched moments, 10
hidden corners. in accidental impulses and
dismal ignorances, young people smirk, aud
ogle, and: whisper, and whimper, and
sneak, and stumble, and futter, and tumble,
aud blunder into what they call Love; ex-
pect to get whatever they like the moment
they fancy It, and are continually in the
danger OF losing all the honor of life for q
! folly, and all the Joy Of 1t by an accident"
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Johnson.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.


Immense numbers of small flies filled the
air throughout the village on Thursday morn
ing. The cloud continued for over an hour
at last passing TO the east with the light breeze
President Porter, OF Yale College, with E.
j. Phelps. Esq. was IN town last week.
David Sloan has bought the Scribner prop
erty on State street for S44UO.
Services were resumed at the Unitarian
church, Sunday. Lectures, readings and
familiar talks will be held in the vestry each
Sunday evening Rev. Mr.. Wright's topic
on Sunday evening was: The New Theology
and was made veIy interesting.
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Stephen S. Mitchell of Saco has bought
among lot of unclaimed freight. at auction
In Boston, box of secondhand theological
books and 200 manuscript sermons, belong
TO Connecticut Baptist minister. The SER
mons have curious stage directions along the
margins, Of which these are a few; DE
liver this passage in solemn tones = "Scorn-
full smile after the word never :" pause
long cnough 10 count 25 after this passage !"
CLOSE Bible with violent slam after this
passage; :" Contemplate ceiling in attitude
Of alteration at this point y Sarcastic wave
of hand !" "Rapid gesture"
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1 Missing steamer.
DRIVEN ASHORE OR SUNK.
Boats at Smithvilie, N. e., struck by
HurrIcano-Damage Oh shore.

WnMlNGToN, N. G., Sept. ia hurri'
cane at Smithvile yesterday. unroofed many
houses. The wharvos were washed away
aud fisheries seriously damaged. All the
pilot boats were blown ashore or sunk. There
were many vessels in the harbor. Only two
held their anchorage. The barque Suit Sell
mar and the schooner Rover, after colidlng
went ashore, and will return here for repairs.
The maximum velocity of the wind was w
miles an honr. Old pilots say that in dura-
ton and violence the storm exceeded any
they ever witnessed. The revenue cutter
Colfax was in imminent peril several hours,
but rode out the gale.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 12.--Tho signal
observer at Smithville, n. G.. reports that
the velocity OF the wind there yesterday
averaged 10 miles an hour. Thirteen YES
sees and pilot boats were driven ashore or
sunk
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SIM ash-up OH the Union Pacific
IBiaine's Heal Views.

AUGUSTA, Me-, Sept. 12.--James q. Blaine
was called upon this evening for the purpose
of ascertainlng what foundation there was
for the story published Tuesday purporting
to give his views touching Buffers political
future. Blaine said the views attributed to
him were precisely the reverse of those he
held lie did not believe Butler could be re-
elected governor of Massachusetts aud had
the fullest confidence that a Republican
president would be chosen next year. The
Republican party, he added, would be found
far stronger in the elections of 1888 than
either in 1875 or 1879,
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The Western Union.

NEW York, Sept. 12.-The Western Union
telegraph company at its meeting to-day de-
clared dividend Of II per cent out of the
earnings for the quarter ending June 80,
such dividend to be payable to stockholders
Oct. 18th upon the removal of the legal oh.
stacles 10 such payment. 1t is announced
that e. G. Baldwin, president of the Louis.
vile and Nashville railroad, was to-day elect.
ed director in the Western Union com
DanV
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NORTHERN VERMONT.


The two piers that were washed from un-
der the bridge, last Spring, are now being re-
placed by very substantial ones made OF cut
stone ilom Isle La Motto.
Mr.. Charles L. Smith, who was hurt last
Saturday, while trying to board moving
train, is now doing well, after having had a
very narrow escape from death.
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THE NEW FARMER.

THE NEW FARMER.
To one who has the pleasure of witnessing
an exhibition like that of the Vermont State
Agricultural Society and Champlain Valley
associatioc now in progress at Howard Park,
the prevailing cant about 'the decay of the
New England farmer" must, we think,
seem us foolish and far-ieched as it is unjust
and unwarranted. II these superb products
of the soil these noble specimens of the
domestic animals, these anrivalled exhibits
of agricultural machinery and implements
and all the allied industries, are an evidence
Of degeneration on the part of the class by
whom and for whom they are here displayed,
then we fail to see how all the professions
and all the industries of modern life, dis
playing the same evidences of degeneration,
are not equally ''decaying." The common
assumption is absurd. 1t is made by those
who either know nothing at all of the CUB
ject, or else know 1t only on the obsolete
side. For we will admit that there was a
time not long past, when i. seemed
as though the farming y.terests of
New England were rapidly deolylng.
The prosperous country town became
gradually the well-nigh deserted resting place
Of old age and weakness. Here lnger-
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contrast TO the old fashioned bappy
times when the barns and prauarje.
were bursting with the golden har
vest and rtbe home WAS suppl,cd with
rude plenty and good cheer. No wonder
that evervone in these days smoke darkly
about the decay of the New England farm
er No wonder that the exodus of on,
Young men.-our hes, blood and sinew anc
brain wac looked unon as thu deo,b.blov
of our rural communities. Ev.rvwbere in
davis drive one would come across deserte,
farms. with building, and GU. buildnps hal
in ruins and fields run wild. In tho VILLAGE
almost as silent as though deserted-on,
miybt look in vain for an energetic voun,
man. Except few loafers and balf.qrowl
bows. the streets would be empty. Like
baleful SPELL the Injunction of the giea
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Mr.. Charles l.. Smith of St. Adams, while
attempting to board a moving train at swan
ton, Saturday morning, was thrown violently
down and was badly cut and bruised by the
trucks OF the passenger car. 1t is not con
sidered that he is fatally hurt, however.
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Chittenden County Pomona Grange will
hold its third quarterly meeting at tie hall
of Ethan Allen Grange ON Tuesday the 18th,
ut 10 a. m, Patrons are cordially invited,
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the closest interest, and the meeting was
successful one In every way. Many features
of home missionary work not generally
known were brought out, and the work in
the South was especially well presented
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Hobrook, Myron Story, Ella Story, Ii. c.
Chase, Miss Alice Bushec; musical direc-
tress, Miss Jennie Hickok. The first ly-
ceum of the term will be held at the scad-
envy on Friday evening, Sept. 18th.
Rev. G. Foster Barnes of the Universalist
church has been away on n prospecting tour
and will leave his charge here as soon as his
year is completed.
In digging the ditch for the water main at
the upper end Of Main street, water was
found in a considerable quantity at the depth
of six feet.
johnson.
Tho Normal School opened with about IS
pupils. The old board OF teachers with one
addition. Miss Aida p. Fuller has been re-
tanned. The village graded school opened
last weok also, under care of Misses Stod-
dard, Waterman and Parmelee.
Mr.. Charles Leland and wife, old time and
highly respected citizens of this place, but
now residents of Minneapolis, Mimi, are
visiting their children and friends in this vi
ciuity.
Mrs. Chas. Stcarns has gone to Boston and
adjacent places for few weeks visit. Mrs.
L. p. Carpenter returned last week.
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saved Seanlen.

New YORK, Sept. 12.-The steamship
Pavonia, which arrived to-day from Liver
pool, reports having sighted the steamer
Landau City, BRITISH, from New York for
Bristol, flying signals to the effect that they
wished to he relieved Of Is distressed sailors
picked up from the Norwegian bark CARO-
Ian, from New York for Havre, which was
abandoned in sinking condition on the "a
inst. The Pavonia took them on board and
brought them to port.
A Missing steamer.
New YoRK, Sept. 12.-Fenrs are enter
tanned for the safety Of the steamer Excel
sior, which left Washington for Norfolk,
Monday, and has not since been heard from.
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XII mnhdr. Influence Failing.

CAIRO, Sept. l2.-Hicks Pasha telegraphs
the Khedve that the false prophets religious
influence ia broken.
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One of the interesting features of the fair
to be held ut Bethel, September 18th, 10Th
and 20th, is the Introduction Of bicycle races
and a juvenile tricycle. race.
Luette s. Boynton, - year-old girl, liv-
ing with her uncle at East Bethel, attempted
suicide recently by taking two morphine
powders, which were left for her invalid
mother. Early in the morning she was dis
covered in bed unconscious, and only through
the most strenuous efforts of two physicians
was her life saved. She confessed her folly
and said she preferred to die rather than meet
her guardian.
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rapidly and the house erected by Vim. Ii.
Dubois is nearly completed.
The new postal notes are likely to become
very popular here. Thirty-eisht were issued
by Postmaster Ilutchit sou for the first
week
Mead & kimball sold Red Polcd heifer
calf recently for 5000. 1t is 10 be sent by
express to Minnesota
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struck by n Hurricane

HAVANA, Sept. 12.-The steamer City OF
Washington, arrived from New York Sunday
night, was struck by hurricane. Two per-
sons were hurt.
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WILLIMANTIc, Conn, Sept. 12.-The en-
CINE of the second section of freight train
bound east on the New York and New Eng
land railroad, broke from the train at Ando
yer this morning. The train following crash
ed into the rear of the freight train AMI eight
cars were wrecked and several derailed. c.
d. Carver, brakemanhad leg broken
Two cars were burned. The track was
blocked and passengers were transferred.
smasll-up OH the Union Pacific.
OMAHA, Sept. IA train on the Unior
Pacific road this morning, loaded with visit.
ors to the fair, coming in from the Missouri
Pacific. collided with freight going west,
badly wrecking the engines. Many were in.
iured
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RAILROAD MATTERS.



TOLEDO, Sept. IA meeting of Ohio
Central stockholders was held to-day. 1t
was reported that the net earnings to June
Both were S349, COO; If the treasury sccuri-
ties were all sold the surplus over the debt
would be $500, 900. The company failed to
pay the River division mortgages only ; all
other claims had been met and will be as
long as the property remains under the pres
ent management. The report says the great
decline 10 the price OF coal, the decline of the
iron business and the reduced production of
manufactured goods caused the receipts to
fall over 40 cents u ton below the estimates.
-Four new directors were chosen.
Consolidated Railroad Bonds.
BosToN, Mass, Sept. 12.-In the suit Of
Roland G. Hazard vs.. the American Loan
and Trust company of this city Judge Field
Of the supreme court ordered u temporary
injunction to be issued. This was a bill in
equity filed July last in which the plaintiff
| as a stakeholder in the Vermont and Canada
| railroad company sought to enjoin the de
| PENDANT from issuing 800, 900 In bonds on
the franchises and stock of the Vermont
Central and Vermont and Canada railroads,
which have been recently consolidated and a
new corporation formed known as the Con-
solidated railroad company of Vermont.
A southern Pacific Railroad Scheme
CONCORD, N. Ii Sept IA legislative
committee arc considering bill incorporat-
ing the Southern Pacific company, by the
provisions of which any railroad or steam
boat company or lands in the United States
may be purchased with the right of increase
of capital to an unlimited extent. The in
corporators are Thomas w. Pierce, Charlie.
Croker, NJ. +. S. Hopkins and lsaat
E. Gates. The attorney for.the. government
| Stanford Pierce, who testified before The
committee, stated that it was proposed tc
consolidate the louisiana and Western, Texa
and New Orleans, Galveston, Harrisburg aDt
San Antonii, Houston and Texas Central
and other railroad and steamboat lines havinl
an aggregate capital upward of $4,000, 00I
besides owning 100000 acres Of land il
Texas
Sale .or Rolling stock.
BosroS, Sept. 1a.--The rolling stock o
the Massachusetts Central railroad was sol,
to-day for S6O,00O
| The Willard Guests at Portland.
| PORTLAND, Ogn., Sept 12.-All the vii
lard guests arrived this morning and ther
was an imposing demonstration in thci
honor. Buildings were decorated, and thcr,
was procession two miles long representa-
all branches of industry Speeches wer
made by Willard, Evarts and Others. Thou
sands of visitors from all parts of the North
west were in the city. L. 5. Grant attract
ed much attention but declined to make
speech.
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MARITIME LOSNES.
Further Additions to the List of Miss
ing vessels ON the Northeastern
Coast.

Coast.
HALIFAX, N. S. Sept. l2.--Reports still
come in of the ravagcs Of the storm OF the
Goth ult. The schooner Delta, left Cow
Bay the 18th for.Yarmouth, with coal and
has not since been heard Of She carried six
men. The schooner Edith r. left Caledonia,
Cape Breton, for Yarmouth the eth, coal
laden, and is probably lost. The schooner
Summerville, left Cow Bay the 2Sth Tor iia.-
ifax with coal and has not been heard OF. "A
schooner belonging at Canso aud another at
barbor Bouche were out in the gale and have
not been heard of. Each had crew OF
seven. Most of them leave families.