The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-04-30
Weekly News Summary.

in July and published next autumn.
ONLY twelve or fifteen delegates attended the
Tennessee state greenback convention.
SEVERAL Russian army and other officers Of
superior rank are under arrest, charged with
being revoutionists.
THREE HUNDRED Mormon converts and sew
enteen missionaries arrived at New YORK from
Europe on recent Sunday.
A PHENOMENAL cold wave has just swept
over Switzerland and adjacent departments of
France, doing enormous damageto agriculture.
A BILL has been introduced into congress
providing that all newspapers published in the
states and territories shall be carried free OF
postage.
The internal revenue collections for the first
nine months Of the present fiscal year were
SS7 ,454, 600, decrease OF $40, 600 COM
pared with the same period last year.
THE eight eastern trunk lines announce that
they will sell excursion tickets to Chicago
during the session of the republican national
convention at one fare for the round trip.
AT Fall River Mass, the Sycamore mill,
No l. caught fire the oath, Just after the help
had left. 1t is supposed to be Of incendiary
origin. The building was entirely destroyed;
loss $600,0 600.
THE court OF enquiry into the loss of the
Daniel Steinmann find that Captain Schoon-
haven failed in his duty in not hauling off
shore and waiting until he could verify his
position and obtain pilot.
GOVERNOR CLEVELAND Of New York has
signed the bill prohibiting the sale or manufac-
ture OF oleomargarine, and nominated Joseph
K Brown of Utica to be state dairy commits
sioner under the provisions OF the bill.
OF the Jeanette survivors. Ninderman, is a
laborer In the Brooklyn maynard at so day,
Noros Is a dry goods clerk in New York and
Lauterbach is yet unemployed, and 80 pressed
for money that he has been compelled to rattle
his Arctic clothing.
A TERRIBLE cyclone struck Jamestown, Ohio,
Sunday afternoon. Two-thirds of the town is
completely ruined. Six persons were killed
and several badly wounded. Hundreds OF peo-
pie are turned out of their homes No estimate
Of the damage is possible now.
THE following message was sent to Washing
ton from the postmaster Of Mutt, New Mexico:
"Our town has gone to the sweet by-and-by.
Only one family left. respectfully resign my
position as postmaster here. Westward the
star Of Empire takes its way and also the P. M.
WILLARD PARKER an eminent surgeon, died
in New York last Friday. He was born in
Hillsboro N. H. September q 1900 and grad
uated at Harvard College in 1926. He had
held several professorships, and was one of
New York's most useful and most respected
citizens.
THE poet Whittier has attempted little liter
airy work Of late. At long intervals he stays
for day or two in Boston, but spends most of
his time quietly in Danvers. He has long been
far from strong, and unless he gains new
strength during the summer he will cease writ
ing altogether.
A TOMATO Gamer says the cause of poisoning
from eating canned tomatoes is this: When the
can is opened and only portion Of the con-
tents removed, the air acts upon the tin and
develops the poison. The can should be emp
tied all at once and the unused portion put in
an earthen vessel.
WHEN the champion swimmer of San Fran
ciapO the announcements that Patti the
celebrated diva, was in town, he straightway
sent challenge for q diving match, best three
in five, for the belt and purse of any reason
able size And he wound up by saying
Money talks; put up or shut up"
MR.. BLAINE was 80 greatly hurt by the car
toon in Puck, which represented him as a tat
tooed man, that he has seriously considered
the propriety Of bringing an action against the
paper. He was stung to the quick by the car
toon, especially as 1t has been reported to him
that its publication has been , great injury
to him.
BY the breaking of bridge near Cuidad
Real, Spain, train Of passenger cars was pre-
cipitated into the river. Twenty persons are
reported to have been killed, and twenty re-
ceived severe injuries. One Of the supports Of
the bridge was afterward found to have been
cut through. 1t is believed the disaster is the
result of malicious work.
JONAS RAwKs Of Hamilton, n c., aged sixty,
had an invalid wife to whom he was much at
tached. For years he prayed that when she
died he might die at the same instant. He
was on a farm on Tuesday of last week when a
messenger brought the news that his wife was
dying. He hurried to her bedside and knelt as
if to pray The next instant he was dead.
THERE is intense excitement at Audubon, Ia
over the murder of Hiram Jefferson, an old
resident, who lived three miles southeast of
that town. Mr.. Jefferson was six-five years of
age, cripple, and the father of large family.
About four o'clock Saturday morning four men
dragged the old man and his wife from their
bed, and hanged the man to a tree in his
dooryard.
THE Chicago Presbytery recently adopted
unanimously report which exhibits the good
results of high license and extols the work OF
the 81 900 license fee in his town reduced the
number Of saloons from one hundred and seven
to thirty-three and that the laws were enforced
Another wrote that high license reduced the
saloons from sixteen to five.
THE development OF new telegraph com
panies il beginning to show itself in the matter
Of rates. The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has announced a reduction In night rates
to fifteen cents for ten words and one cent each
additional word between all competitive points
rates have been two-thirds of the day rates
The reduction Is to take effect at once.
THE subcommittee on postal teiegraphy ap
pointed by the house committee on post-off1ces
and post-roads will report to the full commute,
in favor Of q contract postal telegraph system
under which the government shall ask bids To-
the work and shall accept the lowest bid. Thil
conclusion is thought to be favorable to tn,
Western Union, though the Postal Telegraph
Company expressed perfect willingness II
bid for the contract.
THE grand jury in Philadelphia presented in
dictments on Friday against number o
persons occupying booths in the vicinity o
Barnums show for selling liquor without
license. The foreman asked the court II h,
could indct Barnum and said that the SHOW
was public nuisance, bringing in its train
number OF persons of bad character. The cour
replied he could not unless there was evidence
to show that Barnum was connected with tn
bad characters referred TO.
WooDsIDE and Morgan, the well-known pro
fessional bicycle riders, will start on their rid
over the roads and across the prairies from
New York to San Francisco at one clock p. M.
on the LIST of May. Morgan will ride fifty
two inch Rudge machine, while Woodside vii
mount British Challenge with fifty-eigh
inch wheel. Both men say they do not under
take the feat as q means OF making money
but to get credit and reputation for a novel an
original performance.
THIRTEEN of the largest patent medicin
manufacturers in the United States have forme
protective association to prevent the cuttn
of rates, and circulars have been sent to a,
wholesale and retail dealers, notifying ther
not to sell at less than the established prices
under the penalty Of having their supply Gu