The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-07-30


| low and the room was dimly lighted. Turning
| her eyes to the opposite side of the bed she
| saw, to her horror, snake perhaps a foot and
| a half long, coled up on the white coverlet,
with its eyes fastened upon her When dis
covered the reptile glided swiftly away.
| DURING the present harvest season in Italy
| the reapers have earned a dollar and half per
| day, which they consider extraordinary wages.
Their work lasted fourteen hours daily, from
| four A. NJ. to eight p. M, with intervals for
meals, which consisted OF mush and oil, Boz
| logna sausage, rice, beans, cheese and wine,
taken at seven, twelve and six o'clock. Out.
side Of the season their hands find little to do,
and they sicken often from downright starva-
ton and stagnation.
| S.. r. SToDDARD OF Glen's Falls and r. B.
Orchard OF New York. who few days ago
| left Marthas Vineyard in u canoe for a voyage
along the Atlantic coast, were picked up by
| the schooner Billow, three miles outside of the
mouth Of Portsmouth IN. H. harbor. Their
| canoe had been capsized during squall, and
the men, who had been in the water an hour,
were exhausted when rescued. Birchard was
suffering from cramps and could not have held
| out much longer The canoe, with valuable
| instruments. was saved.
ACCORDING to the Washington Star an old
woodsmsn Of Australia, who used to catch
snakes for pastme, says that raw onion,
| bruised, and applied as soon as possible to the
wound, is a certain cure for the bite Of all ven
| omous serpents OF that country, except the
death adder whose poison acts 80 quickly that
there is no remedy for it. The virtue Of the
onion in this respect is confirmed by the star,
| which says the application of onion will in
stantly alay the pain caused by the sting Of
hornets, yellow jackets, wasps, bees, ETC.
A TERRIFIC fire ragged all day Monday. July
2lst In the southern part Of the San Joaquin
(Cal,) valley. An alarm was teegraphed and
| telephoned to all available points, and two
| thousand men FASTENED to the rescue. The
nj H-fl ohi QH nrQ iria n1nn nf Eohfi
| with fire was resorted to, and after a desper-
ate struggle the fire was under control. The
| streets at Modesto and Oakdale are filled with
men with scorched faces and singed hair. Six
thousand acres of grain and several large
dwellings were destroyed. The total loss is
estimated at $4,000.
GEORGE W. BENNETT, a convict, died last
week in state prison, at Trenton, N. j. Ben
nett was jantor Of a national bank building
in Elizabeth, when the disappearance of five or
ten dollars from the cash drawer was daily
| occurrence. The investigation that followed
disclosed an ingenious contrvance OF fish-lines
lead sinkers and shoemaker's wax, by which
| Bennett, sitting in the cellar, could, by pulling
strings, drop the wax into the money-drawer
| and pull 1t away, with bill attached, down
| through the floor into his hands. He had OBJ
tanned several hundred dollars in this way.
WOMEN have some pretty substantial rights
in China. This appears by the recent decision
| OF q court at Foochow. man, being con-
WINGED that his wife was unfaithful to him,
prepared to kill her-a remedy which the law
sanctions. His unworthy spouse, however,
| was too quick for him, and, instead OF allowing
her husband to kill her, she killed him. This
also was recognized by the court as one of the
| rights which belong to condemned wives, when
they can exercise it, and, on the conclusion
OF the trial the woman was dismissed, with a
reprimand for not having Immediately informed
the authorities OF her husbands DEATH and
thus made arrangements for his burial.
THE town Of Selma, Alabama, claims to have
| the most wonderful artesian well in the world
and 1t would seem with good reason. The re-
| markable feature in the case Is that two sepa-
| rate streams of water, of entirely different
| properties, flow from this we'll The singular
effect in question is produced, it seems, by the
simple insertion OF a two-nch pipe within a
four-inch tube. The larger pipe descends to a
depth of some four hundred feet, the water
having no mineral qualities or character, and
being very cold. The inner pipe descends seven
hundred feet; the water is strongly impreg-
mated with sulphur and iron, and, compared
with the temperature Of the twin stream, is
quite warm.
! REMARKABLE attempt at robbery was
made the other night at the Soledad De Santa
Cruz church in the city of Mexico. 1t Is not
unusual to bury people at very early hours In
the morning, so the priest did not think it
strange when certain funeral was set down
at four A. NJ, and permission asked to place
the corpse in the church the night before. The
coffin was taken in and placed before the
altar, and the church locked up. During the
night the dogs of the sacristan made a grea,
noise and on that individual going into
the church he saw man jumping off the
altar on which stood one OF the images. He
called assistance, but no trace could be found
OF the intruder. At length they looked in the
coffin and found living thief in place of a
corpse, and in his possession all the most valu-
! ! able Jewels of the church,
A PASSENGER train going from Coney Island
, to Brooklyn, collided on a curve with coal
train consisting of an engine and one car NOV
! ing in the opposite direction. The engineer OF
: the coal train reversed his engine and jumped
off lust before the trains met and the collision
! though violent, did not throw either train or
locomotive from the track. The locomotive OF
the coal train, with its engine reversed and
? full steam on, Immediately began backing
! away from the wreck, and was soon on its way
/ at full speed, back toward the depot. A crowded
passenger train had started from the depot TO
l Coney Island. The engineer saw the coal ca
3 coming toward him and Immediately reversed
his engine, but could not bring his train to
4 standstill before the collision occurred. The
, shock was terrible, and both the coal car anC
engine of the passenger train were completed,
wrecked
Q In the prohibition national convention a
8 Pittsburg, July oath, all other candidates 70
8 the presidency having withdrawn, ex-Governo
]. P, st. John of Kansas was nominated. ii
: received full vote of six hundred and two Of
[ the first ballot amid great enthusiasm, pictur
Y of St. John being exhibited from the stage, an
/ the delegates and spectators joining in singn
: "Glory, glory, halleujah our cause goe
r marching on!" This was followed by rous
q ing cheer; then the convention Joined in sing
ing "Praise God from whom all blessing
flow" The president made formal announce
ment of the unanimous nomination of st. JohI
y, and called for another rousing cheer, whic
y was heartily given. committee was AZ
. pointed to send a telegram notifying him
y the nomination. William Daniel OF Marylan
u was nominated for vice-president The leader
$ of the convention claim that they will pc
from 5000 to 100000 votes, and that the
d will probably carry Kansas and Maryland, an
If 80 throw the election into congress.
u THE following is exceedingly suggestive Of Ii
- fact that an Arctic voyage is no holiday excul
:, sion During one Of the numerous and sudde
~ Interruptions of the progress Of the vessel /
Ill meeting with ice packs the voyagers in
proved the short stay by completing the prep
IN rations for abandoning the ship. Knapsacl
g were issued to each man on board, with instru
At tions as to what was to be kept in them al
Is where they were to be hung. They were to
SO securely packed at the head Of each berth al
Of to be used for no other purpose than abando
Mt ing the ship. Each knapsack was to conta
one suit of flannel underclothes complete, Oh
an pair of wooden and one pair OF sealskin mitten
ly one comforter, one pair of heavy and one pa
% OF navy socks, one pair of footnips, one pair
,k goggles, three boxes Of matches, one piece
IL soap and one towel, twenty rounds OF ri