The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-08

the matter in charge, and that the funeral
will take place there, with grand and i'm
pressive national ceremonies.
THE cyclone season has opened with
tornado, which on Friday of last week did
$4,000 worth of damage at Waverly,
Missouri. No lives were lost.
TELEGRAMs are now sent for twelve cents
to all parts of England, Ireland and Scot
land under the new regulations of the
British postal telegraph system.
SEVERAL prominent Mormons were arrested
the Cd at Salt Lake, charged with violating
the anti-polygamy law. Most of the church
leaders have been frightened out of the ter
ritory.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has appointed John
II. Garrison of Virginia deputy first comp
troller of the currency and John s. Mccall
mount of Pennsylvania commissioner OF
| customs.
THE extra session of the United States
senate adjourned sine die April I'd, after
confirming nearly all the nominations thus
far made by the president. No president,
pro tenn, was elected.
AN incorporated association has been
organized in New York city, the objects of
which are to secure adequate inspection of
gas meters, in order that consumers may
be charged only for what they use, and in
other ways protect consumers.
In the town of Warwick in Rhode Island,
is a boulder so poised on another rock that
person standing on it can rock it from side
! to side. When 1t Is rocked dull booming
sound is given out, which can be heard for
miles over the country on still night. A
legend says that in this manner the Indians
were accustomed to summon their warriors
| to council at this place.
A BUSINESS man of Holyoke, Mass, who
recently went to New Orleans, undertook
to do some business incidentally while there,
| and was arrested for selling goods by sam
nile without license. pxpOSiuQ himself thus
| to a fine of $50. After delay Of five hours
he was brought before magistrate, where
he pleaded his case so effectively that he
not only escaped with a warning, but in a
quiet chat with the judge, few moments
later, he succeeded in selling him and his
clerk specimens of the very products of
Yankee ingenuity which had just been the
occasion of his arrest.
THE United States authorities have begun
to take notice of the Riel rebellion in Man
itoba. Secretary of State Bayard and Gen
| eral Sheridan have held several conferences
on the subject, and have come to the con-
clusion that something must be done by the
| United States to protect the northwestern
territories from possible invasion by Riel
1t is feared in some quarters that, If the
rebel leader is driven from his present po-
sition by the Canadian forces, he will retreat
southwark across the railway and down the
Milk river into Montana. Riel's followers
are not desirable citizens, and they are not
| wanted on TINS SIDE OF the line.
SOME interesting discoveries have been
made in Florida by Professor Lawrence
johnson of the United States geological sur
vey. just south of Alachua county line he
found several specimens and skeletons of
animals which relatively belong to not far
distant period. In piles, and somewhat
mixed, there were the remains of a masto-
don, two or three specimens of the rhinoc-
eros, a large stag, a camel, fully as large as
the Arabian camel, but i'll structure more
allied to the llama; also a tapir very much
like the South American tapir, which lives
in swampy places; two teeth of some car
nivorous animal allied to the tiger and
panther; one set of teeth and bones of a
hippopotamus; several crocodies or ALI
gators, and innumerable other bones not
identified. Apparently the territory south
of Alachua was at one time large fresh
water lake.
THE true history of General Grants DEATH
bed scene on Tuesday morning of last week,
when it was feared the general had breathed
his last, is as follows: About four o'clock
in the morning the old soldier suddenly
gasped and presented all the symptoms of
a death struggle. The family, the phys
icians and DIR. Newman rushed to his side.
Nearly all gave him up for good. Drs.
Douglas and Shrady held a hurried con-
sultation, after which DR.. Shrady filed a
hypodermic syringe full of brandy and in
jected the contents into the generals arm
death gave way to healthful looking flush
and the dying soldier was given for the time
a new lease of life. This promptitude on the
part of DIR. Shrady saved the general and
prolonged his life so as to enable him to sign
some papers of great importance to his fam
lily. 1t also saved great figure in Ameri
I can history to his countrymen for at leas
some days. After the general had recov
cred he pleasantly said to the surgeon who
} had performed the signal service "Well
. you've prolonged my agony for awhile
} DR.. Newman was overjoyed at seeing the
general recover so rapidly, and prayed fer
, vently. The eyes Of the ladies suffuseC
with tears, but they showed great joy wheI
they saw death averted A minutes delay
! at the time would have made great change
| in the history of the case.
, ONE of the few surviving eye witnesses o
; Lees surrender at Appomattox has beef
: interviewed concerning Gen. Jubal Early
recent denial Of the story that Lees swords
was rendered to General Grant. The man
: name is Benjamin Jeffries, and he is
3 carpenter by trade, and resident of De
= Mones, Iowa. He served through the wa
in Pennsylvania regiment, and at tn
/ time of Lees surrender was member o
Y Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-firs
{ Regiment. When asked as to the circun
o stances that followed the close of the fight
r ing at Appomattox, he said: " After fight
I. ing ceased General Grant rode to the front
G where our regiment was deployed on tn
s skirmish line, and ordered that guard b
4 stationed across the road leading down t
e the village and that no one be allowed t
pass. About two o'clock in the Afternoon
. he returned, accompanied by an escort G
! two hundred or three hundred officers
: Leaving all but one aide behind he rod
. through the lines and down the slop
toward the courthouse, a short distanc
a off. As he did so General Lee, accompanie
% by one aide, came toward him from the OF
q posite direction. About seventy-five yard
. from where we were stationed on guar
= stood small story and half log house
y near which grew large apple tree. Gran
Z and Lee met at this point and halted unde
. this tree. Lee rode large, handsome roar
% while Grant was mounted on small blac
!, horse. Dismounting Lee drew his swor
= and offered it to Grant, but Grant refuse
V to accept it, and declining it with wave
: his hand, it was put back in the scabbart
~ Then Grant offered his hand to Lee an
they shook hands, as did their aides, an
: all engaged in conversation for about fiv
+ minutes, when remountng, they rode ava
y to the Courthouse where the papers con
% pleting the terms of the surrender wei
,. drawn up. / saw the first meeting betwee
u Grant and Lee, and saw Grant refuse
70 take his sword, for | stood less than a hun
>. bred yards away at the time. / have 6
~ vivid a recollection of that scene as II
70 took place yesterday"
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