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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10
Washington County Court.

The September term Of Washington county
court was begun here yesterday. The officers
are Hon. T. P. Redfeld, chief Judge; Hon. J.
II. Hastings and Hon. John NJ. Fisher, assistant
judges Frank II. Atherton, sheriff Melville
f. Smile, clerk Hiram A. Huse, states attor-
ney; Henry Oviatt, steno ographer. The open
ing prayer was offered by Rev. E. d. Mason,
pastor Of the Baptist church in Montpelier
Proclamation having been made by the sheriff
the grand and petit jurors were sworn In and
were addressed by Judge Redtield upon their
duties Hon. Whitman G. Ferrin OF Mont
pelier was appointed foreman Of the grand
jury.
The first trial was begun yesterday afternoon.
IL is the case entitled Elijah Whitney u.s.
George M. and Frank p. Whitney. This
Is an action TO recover damages for an assault
and battery which the defendants made
upon the plaintiff In Middlesex on the
18th of December, 1882. George NJ Is the
nephew They all live in Middlesex and are
farmers. There seems to be an old feud be-
tween them, which led to the fight upon which
this case is based All the testimony was put
in yesterday afternoon, and the arguments
will be made this forenoon. Hon. G.. II. Heath
and Colonel F. V. Randall for the plaintiff
Messrs. S. G. Shurtleff and H. w. Kemp fol
the defendants.
The next trial will be that Of Josiah Gale and
wife u.s. Charles H. Cross
The Improvements which Judges Hastings
and Fisher have made in the courthouse me
with the hearty approval OF the bar and pub
lie. They are both useful and ornamental
pleasant episode OF Yesterday was congratu
latory address by States Attorney Huse in be
half OF the bar to Judge Redfield upon his re
sumption OF his duties, and an invitation a
some convenient time to recount to them hi,
travels during the past year. The Judge will
undoubtedly accept the invitation.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10
Montpelier.

Mr.. AND Mrs. ]. G. EMERY have returned
from their western trip.
HowARTHs 8 HIBERNIcA at Capital Hall, Fri
day evening Of this week.
MRS. CHARLES A. REED OF Sterling, H., is
visiting friends and relatives here.
SECRETARY CUTTING of the State Board of
Agriculture was in town this week.
REV HOWARD +, HILL has moved into the
new rectory adjoining Christ Church.
HENRY HowEs OF Washington, D. c., has
been visiting friends here few days.
MEssRs. HART BROTHERS have returned and
the armory rink Is again open TO skaters
SUNDAY evening services are to be resumed
in the Church OF the Messiah next Sunday
w, p HILL, familiarly known as Squibbs," 4"
has closed his work on the Argus once more.
A. G. TRULAN has moved into the house on
Winter street recently vacated by Ii. w. Drew
ATELEPHoNE has been placed in the resi-
dence of H. A. Huse, Esq, during the past
week.
MRS. +. r. STEVENS and son Ned are visiting
Mrs. d. L. House, sister OF Mrs. Stevens, at
Beebe Plain.
The Mission Band OF the Baptist Sunday
school will meet in the church parlor on Sat-
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10
Wafrhnan d gnnrnaL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1884
Montpelier Daily Journal.

The legislature will convene Wednesday,
October 1st In pursuance Of custom the
MONTPELIER DAILY JOURNAL will be pub
lished during the legislative session. 1t will
contain full and accurate reports OF the pro-
ceedings of the general assembly, OF the doings
and reports of committees, and Of all matters
Of local or general interest transpirng in con-
nection with the legislative proceedings. Dur
ing the sessions of 1880 and 1882 special atten-
ton was given to this matter, and the DAILY
JOURNAL became the recognized authority In
all matters pertaining to the legislature. Its
circulation among members and throughout
the state was greatly increased at each Of
those sessions. For the session of 1884 the
JOURNAL will be materially enlarged and it
will be printed on new type, increasing the
amount OF reading matter furnished and
greatly enhancing its legibility. Besides fur
nishing full, trustworthy and racy reports Of
legislative proceedings and doings in and
around the general assembly, the DAILY JOUR-
NAL will report the progress of the national
canvass for president the result Of elections
and the general news OF the day, devoting
particular attention to state and local news
Its editorial department has been conducted
with special reference to subjects Of state
interest. 1t has been progressive and inde-
pendent in its treatment of state matters and
1t will at the coming session continue to make
those matters the objects of its special con-
cern. The publisher of the DAILY JOURNAL
proposes at the session Of 1884 to furnish a
larger paper, with greater amount of valua-
BILE and interesting matter, special and miscel-
laneous, printed in better shape than at any
former session, and at the OLD PRICE Of ST. 80
per SINGLE COPY for the session. For five
copies, to one address, S1.25 each; for ten
copies, to one address, 81 each
Since the legislative session of 1882 THE YER
MONT WATcHMAN weekly has been greatly en-
larged, changed to the quarto form, pasted at
the back and its pages cut 1t contains a large
amount of well-digested and csrefully-edited
reading matter on great variety of topics.
Its news columns, local and general, its mis-.
cellaneous matter, its agricultural and editorial
departments, are all conducted in q manner
that make it easily the leading newspaper Of
the state. THE WATCHMAN is published every
Wednesday morning, and will contain full
reports Of legislative proceedings for the week
ending Tuesday night making it very desira.
BILE medium Of information for those who
wish to keep fully posted on both state and
general matters, but who may not wish to
take the DAILY JOURNAL Price for the ses.
sion, fifty cents; Five copies, to one address
so 25; ten copies, to one address, $4.
W. W. PRESCOTT, Publisher.
Montpelier, September 3D., 1884.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10

made. In the evening camp fire was held
and General Stephen Thomas worked hard to
make 1t successful one, but was not az we'll
seconded as he should have been. On Thurs
day evening there was another attempt at q
dress parade Some fireworks were burned,
and a camp fire presided over by Gen. Thomas
was held upon the camp ground, Gen. Thomas,
Hon. l.. G, Hinckley, and a glee club from
Whitney Post of Tunbridge furnishing the en-
tertainment. On Friday the reunion troops
elected Col. John B. Mead commander for the
ensuing year and voted to hold the next re-
union at West Randolph,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10

DIVERS from Boston have been searching for
the body OF George Wells Of Meredith, n H..
who fell overheard from the steamer Oracle,
Sunday, August "a, near Diamond Island, In
Lake Winnepseogee. SO far there has been
no trace of the body. Upward Of twenty-five
persons have been drowned in this lake in as
many years, and but one body was ever re-
covered Divers report the bottom OF the lake
to be as hilly and rocky as the land bordering
ON the lake.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-10

WHILE son of Lawrence Fagan OF West
last week, he discovered hole In the earth.
Thrusting In his hand he found canvas bag
much decsyed. Further investigation revealed
two water-pails Of silver and copper coin, prob
ably hidden by burglars. One bag was marked
Gloucester Mass in black letters.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
UNDER SHRoUDs OF SNOW.
Twenty-Seven Lives Lost and Immense
Damage Done to Mining Property in Col.
orado By Avalanc1les of Snow.
DENVER, co.,, Dec. 20.

DENVER, COL, Dec. rs.
A special dispatch from Telluride, Coils
dated the oath, via Montrose och, states
that about noon on Monday a snow-slide
came down in the Marshall basin and car
ried off the shaft-house of the Mendoza
Mine, whiclk8at the time of the accident
contained is srteen men. Eight of the oc-
cupants were killed outright. Four sue
ceeded in digging themselves out, and
these four subsequently rescued the two
remaining men in badly injured condi-
ton. As the telephone wires from the
mine to the camp were ina damaged con-
dition the news was not received in the
camp until five o'clock that afternoon, and
then only. these few meagre details were
given. A large number of men inlmedi-
ately left for the scene of the disaster. But
as yet they have not been heard from. It
has been showing for week, and it is now
over four feet deep on The level The pres
ent storm Is the most extensive and dam-
aging of any ever known in that region. A
stage-driver who had made his way on
foot over the surrounding country reports
that twenty-seven men have lost their lives
by snow-slides within the last few days,
Willie buS W AnLlllLS plOpcA~
ty is enormous. Two men named
Gunter and Peck were killed
by snow-slide at the Nevada mine, also
at Telluride. The latest information from
Opbir and Ames, neighboring towns, re-
ports that the mail-carrier from Silverton.
who was due on Friday, had not been
heard from and he is supposed to have
been lost and persisted i'll making an at
tempt to cross the range The Mendoza
mine is the most promising in the San
Miguel mining district of the San Juan. It
employed the largest force of men, and was
one of the few mines which continued work
during the winter months. There is the
greatest interest here to learn the names Of
the unfortunate miners, as some OF them
have families living in Denver.
A special received at one O'Clock this
morning gives the names of killed at the
Mendoza mine as follows: J. H. Bond, C.
S. Herrick, Thomas Dunnegan, VIM. Tay-
Tor. John Davis, VIM. Applewhite, f. Sla-
ter and Lewis Hutchins. The latter lived
about twelve hours after being rescued.
Thomas Wheatly was found about twelve
feet under the snow, with his leg broken,
but still alive, and it is expected that he
will recover. He was buried forty-six
hours. Two men, Joseph Frelinghuysen
and James Burns, were found dead to-day
by George Pohivar in the Goldbug cabin.
A slide struck this cabin on Friday and
moved the cabin about 100 feet. Many
more accidents are known to have occur
red, and an excited crowd Is around the
telephone office, the only means of com"
munication, all day.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
Run Down by a Train.

HOUSTON, TEX, Dec. 20.
This afternoon E. T. Lewis, conductor,
had hand-car and three men on the Inter
national and Great Northern Road, return
ing to town, having been repairing wire
fence. While near Old Summit, a work
train, consisting of an engine and caboose,
ran into them, killing one white man, badly
wounding negro and another white man,
and seriously injuring Lewis. A passen-
ger-train brought the victims to town, and
the wounded were sent to the hospital. The
negro recovered consciousness momeutasi.
", and gave his name as Henry Bentley.
The wounded white man d:pd soon after ha
arrived at the hospital.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
Dangers That Patti Encounters.

Mime. Adelina Patti has been COM
municating few personal "reminiscences.
to the Figure, from which it appears
that the life of a prima donna Tor prim-
a donna as the Mo9nt3ag Post called it
the other day. is far from being the
dangerless existence that one would take
it to be. People may not believe it, but
the position is one which for dangers
surpasses that of the Car of Russia.
They are caused by her rivals, she
thinks, but they go beyond the limits
of permissible rivalry. "Once during a
performance Of Linda y she says, II
received a number of bouquets, the last
which was composed very oddly. One
of the flowers fell out of it onto the
stage, making a regular thud. Itcon-
sisted of an enormous ball of lead,
which, if it had been more firmly tied to
the bouquet, must have struck
my head. As it was. the bou-
quiet hit my shoulder. +" On another oc-
casion the curtain fell on Nine. PATHS
head, and she was saved only by the
fashion then prevailing of rolling up her
hair high upon her head, but it was not
o na,n--@Se accident. She has had matches
put INTO the water she drinks, and has
even received poisoned gloves, with the
request to let the maker call them by
her name. II t1ll-lfqlI Gazette.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
A FRIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE.
The Sufferings of the crew of the Bark
Mohawk in Long Island Sound During
Recent Blizzard
NEW HAVEN, CONN, Dec. %.

A~~SSANb
NEW H4yEN, CONN, Dec. 20.
The crew of the bark Mohawk, OF Quebec
Captain Grassland, met with a terrible ex-
perience while passing through Long
ISLAND Sound The vessel sailed from New
Yor.. Saturday night, bound Cor Calcutta,
laden with a choice cargo Ct merchandise,
and while passing through the sound was
in chage of Pilot John O7Bri II. The crew
consisted Of Captain Grassland, three
mates, two stewards and thirteen sailors,
made up of Irishlnen, Norwegians and
japanese To-day nine of these men lie in
New Haven HoeEital, suffering from the
effects of frozen feet, hands, ears and faces.
The injuries of three are s. severe that it IS
feared amputation will be necessary. Sum
day was terribly bitter day, and Pilot
O'Brien says that during his thirty years.
experience le never saw anything like it.
The wind was north, and an icy blizZaId
set in. The pilot lost his reckoning from
the steam mingIing with the ice anl snow,
which converted the atmosphere into an
Uncomfortable IN st. An effort was made to
reach this port. Tire ship was covered
with ice and snow. None among the crew
escaped frost-hites, and some of them were
50 badly frozen that their limbs refused to
respond t. duty. Several of the crew were
sent aloft to loosen sail. They crowded up
the slippery rigging onto the long
arms of the foreyard. The work
was nearly completed when, with
wild Shrek which CHILLED the frozen
veins of all, one of them slippad
from the icy rope on which he was stand
ing and fell headlong to the deck, thirty
feet below. He died 6nree hours a4terwaFd
from broken back. The suffering of the
crew was terrible. When the weather
moderated yesterday, the frost beganto
Coze from the bodies of the unfortunates.
As the frCsG worked out the frozen skin
that their hands and feet looked like great
bags of water. Their agony was such
that they were unable 70 eleep, and there
was nothing on board to relieve their pain.
Owing to the storm of Monday an anchor
age was impossible, and it was found VI len
an attempt was matte to clear away boat
that tuare were not enough able-bodied men
to man the boat. The Mohawk finally
reached New Haven harbor YESTERDAY, and
after perilous trip in light boat, Pilot
O'Brien reached there and notified Healtk
Officer Lindsay OF the distress on board,
and reached the vessel this morning, and
the disabled sailors we're taken to the hos
pital. Coroner Boltman Visited the vessel
on tug, and viewed the remains of oonita
Cgete, who was killed by the fall. He is a
Phillipian, and will be buried here. Those
injured are John Kimbe. Japanese; Tome
Diy, japanese; Frank Silva, Portuguese;
James j. Koped. Dane; Charles Fortune,
French; Henry Bache, German; Joseph
Husta, German, and Peter Flores, Domin-
20. No such terrible experience in Long
island Sound has been edualled for fifty
years.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05
4 RURAL REMoNsER4 NCE.

.old farmer w:nrow raised IS head,
And laid aside his paper;
1is spectacles slid down his nose
And rested on its taper.
ss' Wall declar'!" he cried aloud;
6 This beats the very diokensi
They've gone an shifted rSun' the time,
AS sure as chicks is chickens.
80 never heerd, upon my word,
OF anything to beat it,
rally think them city folks
Hey got theer minds unsea@ed.
sts An, wnat is this read IN hee5?
Great Caesar! Save the fockl
They're goin' to stretch the aourS out
TO twenty-four o'elock!"
The worthy farmer scratched his ear
In deepest meditation;
He gazed perpleXed upon the CLOCK:
With mental agitation.
SO For sixty years I've plowed along
As lar as the sun. sir. It
An used the good, old-fashion6d time
Without hitch, by gum! sir
.e' But tinneg hey undergone a shift.
If be not mistaken, 5s.=.rs1s.s
An some new eranks try every day
To give this world shakin'.
sssThey string my fields with telephones,
Or some peY-fangIed trashes;
They send out one-Wfleeled railway trains
To everlastin' smashes. ftit Tvs Esa&a
:" An yet, they be not satisfied as.,S.s .4.an
With the customs they he9 SANDER d,
But they nnustsgo an riginabe y ~ tSs
Anew an fresh time standar2.s sisf#
:" "a l1y shouldn't be surprised,
Nor my old woman; 'ither,
IF them thar city Idnatics 38sG.
Should drap time altogether.
80 An some fine day, when we arise,
Our daily race to run, se8. tz
Wen find tibet while we've bin asleep
They've turned around the sllnl
90 But rally, now, Ididn't thin
Nor my old SAL i reckonsl
They'd go an steal from Father Time
Some fifty score of seconds. So
- All! now see t3leer little camel
As Pm a calculator
They We backed their clocks quarter-hour
TO stsep a little later.
: Boston Courier.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-01-05

Potato Snow: Boil potatoes, hav.
ing first peeled them, let them steam a
moment after the water is poured off,
and press them through eoiander into
a hot dish. Serve e.uickly.--.M \.
Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-05
SUICIDE AND sLEEPLEssNEss.
Choral, Tr0mids and other Q,steting
DrdIs0htS Discussed. Nth Their Effects.
THE Lancet

Choral, Tr0mide and other Q,sisting
DraH0htS Discussed. Nth Their Effects.
The Lancet
The circumstances attending the death OF
the Dean Of Bangor albeit they are infinite
ly distressing, present 20 novel features.
reverend gentleman was a man Of consider
able intellectual ''power," which is the same
thing as saying that he was constitutionally
liable to intervals of mental depression. All
highly intellectual men are exposed to this
evil. A pendulum will always swing just as
far in one direction as it does In the other
Great power of mind implies also great weak
ness under certain conditions. The marvel is
not that great minds occasionally become de-
ranged, but that they so often escape de-
rangement. Sleeplessness means not mere
ly unrest, but starvation OF the cerebrum.
The brain cannot recuperate, OF, III other
words, it cannot rest. Physiologically, re-
cuperation and rest are the same thing. Sleep
is simply physiological rest.
The Only canse for regret in these cases is
that the biunder should ever be committed OF
suppOsing that Il supplying drug which
throws the brain into condition that mimics
and burlesques sleep can do good. Ii is
deceptive to give narcotics in case OF this
type. The stupor simply masks the danger.
Better far let the insomnious patient exhaust
himself than stupefy him. Choral, bromide,
and the rest Of the posons that produce a
semblance Of sleep are go many snares in
such cases Sleepessness is a malady Of the
most formidable character, but il Is not TO be
treated by intoxicating the organ upon which
the stress Of trouble falls Suicide, which
occurs al the very outset Of the arrangement,
and is apt to appear sane act, is the logical
issue Of failure Of nutrition that results from
want of sleep. II is curious 20 note how a
sleepless patient will set to work with all the
calmness or forethought of intelligent sanity
to compass his death lie is not insane in
any technical sense. He has no delusion.
Ae does not act, or suppose himself 10 act,
under an influence" He simply wants to
die, and, perhaps, not until after he has made
an attempt TO kill himself viii he exhibit
any of the formulated symptrms of mental
disease.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-05
GOod-LOoking Wome,..
London Truth


There are some women very successful as
such, who are not at all good looking unless
when animated by pleasurable excitement.
an eye which, on a sudden meeting after a
long absence, beams out a joyous recognition
has more Witchery in II than the visage of a
Mrs. Langtry, expressing only indifference
or self Consciousness could have. The feel
ng that new and pretty bonnet is as be
coming as it can be often transfgUres com
monplaee young face. Some roses and lilies
only charm in country environments. There
are English girls who are paragons OF lowell
ness as they return to Brighton, after d can
ter on the downs. hut who merely pass mus
muster in a ball room. Then there is the
glowworm style of beauty which only shines
at night. l know yellow-skinned, thick
Tipped, pug nOsed being who has distanced
some OF the handsOmest women of Europe
and America at festive gatherings and merry
little parties. But she could only achieve
this feat in artificial light, which stimulates
her and gives her peculiar power Of facin-
alton. One then sees that she has the finest
eyes in the world, and a set of teeth which
in laughing brighten up her dark face. Sko-
beleff's sister who is married to the Cars
cousin, is as far removed as Cleopatra or
Salome from the Mary Anderson type of cas-
ic purity; but she is the incarnation of all
the graces, and physiognomy is eloquent in
expressing poetry OF feeling. Anne Boleyn
had many plastic defects. The Duchess of
Burgundy, who lit up, in the old age of Lew
is Quatorze, the Court Of Versailles, and
neutralized the morOse influence of Nine.
de MaintenOu, had goitrous neck and de-
cayed front teeth; yet she was proclaimed
beauty, even by the bilious and censorious
st. Simon. Marguerite de Yalois, with whom
most Of the prominent Frenchmen of the
dayfwere at some time OF another desperate
'ly To love, had heavy cheeks like a monkeys
too prominent eyes, which were often con-
gested, and thick hanging under lip. She
had not the vices Of the ladies Of her moth
er's court, though she passed for being as
naughty as they were in her efforts to make
cOnquests for the pleasure of showing she
had power to conquer. II was this royal CO.
quette who first resOrted to the expedient or
receiving company sitting up in bed, with
black satin sheets to give value to the white
ness of her bust and arms. Her gallants
used to say that had she been a shOpkeeper's
spouse, without any OF those rich accoutre-
ments which are brought into her portraits,
She would have been every whit as potent
am skeptical in this matter. If sovereigns
hardly ever love their queens or women of
priucely rank, kings daughter who enjoys
Irritation is sure to turn the heads of all her
sire's courtiers. The last Duchesse de Be ri
would not have been allowed TO so much as
compete at at a beauty show had she pre-
scented herself incOgnita. Sir Walter Scott,
who was close to her at mass in the Tuilleries
Chapel, wrote in his diary that she was very
plain, and that her eyes were not fellows.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-05
Not Liable.

Judge Richards Of the superior court, 81
Louisville, Ky, has just reversed the deci-
sion OF Judge Stiles Of the court Of common
pleas, Of Jefferson county, who bad given
judgment for plaintiff IN the case Of Gay
lord VS.. The Pullman Car company for the
loss OF & diamond pin on defendants car
between Chicago and Louisville. Judge
Richards held that the Pullman company wac
not subject 70 the stringent liability OF al
innkeeper, but does implicitly undertake &C
keep reasonable watch over passenger and
property. and the faithful performance o!
this undertaking is the limit OF its duty IN
this respect The failure of the Pullman
company 10 keep such faithful watch must be
the foundation Of every action seeking to
charge It with loss Of articles which the pas
senger takes with him upon the car. 1t was
not shown that the Pullman company had
been guilty of negligence. Hence the
ground for the reversal of the decision