The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-04-15

and inspectors assigned az follows: Addi-
son county, II. s.. Jackman, Vergennes;
Bennington county, j. l. Loomis Benning-
ton; Caledonia county, George w. Cook, st.
Johnsbury; Chittenden county, III. III. Til
ley, Hinesburg; Franklin county, A. w.
Fuller, st. Adams; Lamoille county, M. j.
Leach, Wolcott; Orange county, Il. w.
Rolfe, Tunbridge; Orleans county, George
II. Bridgman, Glover; Rutland county, ID.
l.. Morgan, Rutland; Washington county,
III. c. Lull, Montpelier; Windham county,
Thomas Harmon, Brattleboro; Windsor
county, Hugh Henry, Chester. Each post
will be notified of the coming of the in
spector, and the inspections will be made
on regular post nights as far as practicable.
S. HoLToN, a ieweler of Middlebury, we'll
known as the genius who invented the
wonderful " Garfield clock" has again pro-
duced another wonder in the shape Of
musical organ which, when heard from
another room, cannot be distinguished from
a church organ in the hands of skillful
performer The instrument is about twenty
by eighteen inches square, something in the
shape of an organette. 1t contains thirty
nine regular organ keys, and can be made to
play any piece of music in any key The
notes are arranged on slide about three feet
long and three inches wide, and are set up"
similar to printers type, and it requires
hardly any knowledge of music to set up the
most difficult piece of music The performer
can in short time produce any piece of old
or new music by simply taking down the
type and resetting it to suit his or her
fancy, and the effect is the same as any
church organ.
Other Localities
THE growing popularity of Arbor Day is
attested by the fact that nine states will
observe it this year.
BY the caving in of coal mine at Raven
Rnn ON MnnAoy nf lac ta,,
men were entombed.
THE New York law firm Of Knevals &
Ransom advertises the fact that Chester A.
Arthur resumes law practice with the firm
on the 10TH
THE Garfield boys were recently the
guests Of President Cleveland at the White
House. They were the recipients of cordial
and grateful courtesies from the president
and his sister
A BODY, supposed to be that of S. S. Co
nant, the missing editor of Hurper'S Weekly,
was discovered floating in Coney Island
creek The body was very much decom-
posed, the flesh being eaten from the face
and hands.
THE Remington Type Writer Company
has been sued by Robert p S. Allen of
Washington, ID. c., for asserted infringe
ment'of Aliens patent on certain improve
ments in the writing machines. Mr.. Allen
fixes his damage at 100000.
THE fire losses in the United States and
Canada for March are estimated at S9,000,-
900, which is larger by one-third than the
average of any previous March for which
statistics have been gathered. The March
average for ten years has been inside of ST.
100000.
THE death of Richard Grant White which
occurred last week, removes one of the most
noted Shakesperian students of this country,
and man who has been a literary helper to
his generation. He was engaged in literary
work for more than forty years, and was the
author OF many books.
SECRETARY OF STATE BAYARD has received
official information from Mr. Hall, Ameri-
can minister to Central America, that Gen
eral Barrios was killed in battle on the I'd
instant General Barillos, being the consti-
tutional successor, has assumed the duties
OF president of Guatemala.
THE national home for disabled soldiers
at Hartford Conn, has begun suit against
General B. F. Butler, its late treasurer, for
$4,000 damages. The declaration alleges
that the defendant owes the home $4,000,
money had and received by the defendant
for the use of the plaintiff, and interest
thereon from November 20, 1879.
WHILE heavy storm was passing over
Washington, d. c., last week, the Washing
ton monument was struck three times by
lightning without causing the least damage.
aluminium tip with powerful telescope and
found it as sharp and bright as when it was
| placed on the summit, some months since.
In his Arbor Day proclamation the Gov
ernor of Kansas said the state which the
pioneers found treeless and desert now
bears upon its fertile bosom more than
20,000,000 fruit trees and more than 200, 600
acres of forest trees, all planted by our own
people," The governor also says that there
has been an increase in the rainfall in Kan
sas is fully proved by the statistics of our
oldest meteorologists."
THE White Star steamship Germania
which left Queenstown for New York with
eight hundred fifty passengers, had got
about eight hundred miles out when, April
3, she was struck by a mysterious tidal
wave " which nearly sunk her. 1t went all
over the steamer, swept off one man, and
did such damage to the vessel that she had
to put about and get back as well as she
could to Liverpool for repairs.