Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-01-03
Summary OF News.


MILWAUKEE had q 5000, 900 fire Sunday morning.
SENATOR SPENCER, who IL wanted az a witness
In the star-route trials, Is going to Europe
MAYOR GALLEY Of Salem committed suicide by
hanging himself the day his term OF office expired
THE boiler in the flour mill at Perry, sheawasse
county, Michigan, exploded Thursday morning
demoishing the mill and killing the engineer.
THE use OF barbed wire fences has increased
surprisingly since 1874, when only 10, 600 pounds
were made and sold. This years sales will
amount to 1G0,000,000 pounds.
WILLIAM WALTON, a coal miner at West Belle.
vile, Ill.,, Thursday morning shot Jane Melbourne
because she would not marry him, and then shot
himself. Both died almost Instantly.
ELISHA ALLEN, minister OF the Sandwich
Islands, fell dead In the cloak room at the White
House during the New Years reception The
carse was heart disease. The reception was i'm
mediately discontinued
SEVEN thousand men are now working on the
British Columbia section Of the Canada Pacific
railway, and rapid progress Is being made. The
within the allotted time,
THE proceeds Of the recent sale of articles ac-
cumuated in the dead letter office, after deduct
ing expenses, amounted to S4, 4g7 81, which sum
has been deposited In the treasury to the credit Of
the post-ofiice department.
THE Indian rights association Of Philadelphia
has been organized with Hon. Wayne MacVeagh
as president The object Of the association is TO
secure to the Indian the same rights and priv
leEes rs are enjoyed by cltlztns.
DAVID FERGUSON, a former city official OF Louis
vile, Ky., confessed Saturday to having APP
proprated the funds Of the city while in office,
but begged for leniency in his punishment for the
sake OF his mother, wife and children.
| SIX clerks in Carsley dry goods establishment
| at Montreal have been arrested on a charge of
systematic robbery Of goods, which has been go
| ing on twelve months. 1t Is believed that the
| loss will amount to several thousand dollars
| Other arrests are expected.
THE coach of a train the Lake Erie &
| Western road which, entering Lafayette, Ind
Friday, was thrown from the track by broken
llange, fell on its side and took fire at both ends
| The car contained thirty-fOur passengers, many
| Of whom were cut and bruised, but no lives were
| lost
A DALLAS (Oregon) dispatch gives the particu-
lars Of the lynchiDg In PriDceyile, Crook county,
| of horse thieves who were known ~ leaders of
gang who have been rohbing the farmers for
| months Three OF them were shot and two were
| hanged. The rest of the band escaped, but the
| vigilants are on their tracks
| ARRANGEMENTS have been completed for the
| consolidation of the Cincinnati Commercial and
Gazette newspapers and the publication of a new
| daily under the name of the Commercial Gazette.
| Both Mr.. Smith of the Gazette and Mr.. Halstead
of the Commercial will be in the management of
the new paper The paper will be republican in
politics
THE Second National bank Of Jefferson Ohio,
has gone into voluntary liquidation, and $4,000
of the funds are missing. The individual notes
of the absconding cashier, S. F. Fuller were de-
posted to make up the amount on the books.
Stock speculation in New York was the cause,
H. T. ST. John, assistant cashier, was Fuller 8
accomplish