The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-09-24

trious author of our national hymn, "My
country, tits of thee" and his bride OF fifty
years ago Among the choicest tributes from
far and near were mural tablet of wood bear
ing In high relief the carved figure Of a Burmese
priest holding sacrifcial cup, from son who
Is a missionary to Burmah, and a poem ad-
dressed by the gray-haired poet to his wife.
THE brig " Charles Dennis" from Maine to
Pensacola, reports having experienced a marine
earthquake off the coast Of Virginia on August
18th. The appearance Of the sky denoted
hurricane, and the brig was put under short
sail. The wind veered to every point OF the
compass and then lulled Suddenly a roar of
the seas, deeper than the loudest thunder was
heard. 1t boiled like pot heapiDg up great
seas that tossed the brig like an egg shell. The
earthquake must have had its center some two
hundred or five hundred miles east Of Hatteras.
The Halfway house, a tavern situated on the
road midway between Dover and Great Falls,
N. H., together with the contents, was COM
petely destroyed by fire Sunday morning
Several Of the inmates had q very narrow es-
cape from death, The proprietor was absent,
and the clerk, Mr.. Lougee, in charge, was
awakened by sitting smoke He jumped
from the third story to the ground and, es-
Gaping with slight injuries, re-entered the
house, gave the alarm and rescued four girls
and other inmates, who would have persisted
without him
AT Monticello, N. Y, Fantiue Yarmouth
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old nephew and a setter dog we're standing
near. A girl was leaning against the easement
OF door few feet away. Suddenly one bar
rel of the pistol was discharged. The ball
passed through Warmouth's left hand. 1t
struck his nephew on finger, and taking it off
at the second joint, pierced a hole through the
dogs right ear Striking stone on the ground
the ball glanced upward and lodged in the
easement of the door, and not two inches from
the girls head.
| INFORMATION has reached Canton, China, of
a frightfu foundation In the province of XII
| angsee. The news is dated at Kiang.Tak, the
chief center Of the pottery manufacture, and
one of the great markets Of the empire. The
floods lasted four days and the entire country
was submerged to the depth of sixty feet
| Whole towns were swept away. 1t Is believed
that fully seventy thousand persons persisted.
! 1t was feared that a pestience would follow.
| Cholera had broken out at Annoy. The num-
Der of deaths Is not given. 1t has been de-
| clared to be an infected port.
| In the United States district court at Indian
apolis the 18th, the attorney for Mr.. Shoemaker
| filed bill of discovery in the Blaine Sentinel
! libel suit. 1t prays that full and complete dis
covery be made by Mr.. Blaine in relation to
the facts heretofore stated and to that end that
| he be summoned to answer the same under
oath The bill closes by asking that writ OF
subpoena be issued out OF chancery for Mr..
| Blaine and that he be ordered to answer par
ticularly the Undergraduates; that proceedings
be stayed until such time as Mr.. Blaine may
answer; that in case Mr.. Blaine fails to answer
said bill or fully and truly answer the inter
rogatories further proceedings be perpetually
stayed or restrained. The court adjourned
without taking action.
A CLEVELAND dispatch of the 16h says A
tall old man, dressed in black broadcoth and
with distinguished appearance, arrived in
this city yesterday, hired a coupe and was
driven to the residence of the widow o.
President Garfield. He inquired of the coored
porter at the door for Miss Piper, and wher
told that no such person was there he walked
out, stationed himself at the front gate and re
manned there several hours. Mrs. Garfield
became frightened, and telephoned for police
man. The man offered no resistance when ar
rested, and sullenly refused to talk. There
was nothing on his person showing his name
He was armed with a new thirty eight caibrt
American revolver. All the chambers wert
loaded, and it is conjectured that the man hat
intentions on the life of Mrs Garfield.
The scenes at the great fire at Cleveland
Ohio, two weeks ago we're repeated Sunday OF
a smaller scale. The great fire was though,
at the time to have originated in an accident
but Sundays occurrences lead to the belle
that it may have been of incendiary origin.
fire broke out at noon in Monroe Bros. & Co.
lumber yard and destroyed large amount O
property including two million feet of lumber
When the flames were fairly under contro
dense smoke was seen pouring from the insid,
of the firms dry house. The second fire wa
extinguished with the loss Of about $50 600
When the fire department were about to q
home between three and four in the Afternoon
a thick smoke as IL from coal oil suddenly
poured forth from the inside of the dry shec
in Browne, Strong & Co.'s lumber yard, SOM
distance from the yard of Monroe Bros & Co
The loss by the last fire is estimated at 5000 600
A GIRL presented her nose to q surgeon 70
improvement. 1t was very conspicuous, ant
undeniably destructive of the beauty whicl
her face would otherwise have possessed. Sh
said that she had read about his Strengthening
out and reforming a nose that was flattenet
and askew, and she wanted him to take a sec
ton out Of her Roman feature, thus transform
ing it into Grecian one She had a prett,
clear notion, too, as to how the operation co nj,
be performed and he had to admit that tn
plan was entirely feasible-that her masculin
be8k might be altered into a feminine bill
with only scar across it to mark the poin
where some OF the superfuous material ha,
been removed. But he did not feel justified il
carving human faces for such purpose, an
had to decline the job. She vowed, however
that she would find surgeon to do 1t II it cos
five thousand dollars.
THERE are peculiarities OF theatrical travel
In the office OF a trunk railroad a brisk ma
said to the manager I'D like to get rat
for the Adamant opera company to Chicago.
How many ara there in your party?" the OF
fetal asked. Twenty -one; and / suppos
! you'll issue pass to me as the agent?"
struck bystander as odd that a company G
which he had never heard, and consisting @
twenty-one persons, should jump clear froI
, New York to Chicago, instead Of creepin
slowly along from town to town. The sale @
the tickets WAS consummated at price consd
erably below that which ordinary passenger
pay, and the negotiator got his free pass bt
sides. The Adamant opera company was a
alias for party OF non-theatrical tourists
The practice Of thus getting the benefit of th
!, The officials are not deceived, but, in the be
/ strife for traffic, they affect to be.
THE will of Senator Anthony has been file
at Providence The legacies are about $500, 0O(
: The bulk of his fortune goes to his sister an
relatives. The public requests are $25, 0C
' which Is given to his niece, Mrs Sarah Bray
, ton, daughter of James G. Anthony for lii,
, ! and after her death to Brown University An
a the Rhode Island Hospital. Mrs. Brayton ha,
ing died since the writing of the will, the lee
, acy becomes immediate. A bequest of $50, OC
in trust for Miss E d. Potter during life,
given to the city OF Providence for fountai
! after her death. The sum OF SO, 900 is give
= to Brown University, the income to be used !
t, prizes for excellence in scholarship; SO 900 |
!. the Institute at Coventry; $500 to the Anthem
4 Institute for the purchase of books. His co
! lection Of American poetry from the library
= the late c. Fisk Harris is given to Brown I'm
u versity, and his very complete collection
, Congressional Records and public documents
the public library Of Providence. His faithf
i servants and employees receive legacies, as al,
A anma narsOnal friends