The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1885-10-21

is an ex-soldier, having served his country
well in the Fifth Vermont Volunteers. He
is succeeded by Mr.. Frank b. Gillett of
Richmond.
A CURIOSITY has developed this year in
the orchard of G.. X. Stufflebean in Georgia.
! From the trunk of one of his apple-trees
there is issued single sprout, which has
! grown down about half way to the ground,
and on this sprout hang ten apples of the
! Bellfiower sort which, it is estimated, will
weigh half pound each.
A YOUNG daughter of Justice George A.
Knapp was seriously burned the other day at
! Woodford, while taking kettle from the
stove, by her clothing coming in contact
with the flames One hand and an arm of
an aunt, while subduing the fire, were
nearly burned to crisp. The girl ran to
her mother, sick in bed, who, in her frantic
efforts to save her child, was also severely
burned on the hands.
INSPECTOR PAIGE found man on the Sat
urday night express from Montreal who had
just been discharged from the smallpox
hospital. He was not so far recovered as
! to preclude contagion, and ought not to
have been permitted to leave the city at all.
| The inspector insisted on the mans leaving
| the train and going back to Montreal which
he did reluctantly, after realizing that if he
didn't go peaceably he would be forced to.
FRANK PALMER of South Royalton was
taken to Dannemora, n. Y, last week Tues
/
the murderer of Peter Bernard. Both had
been employed by Mr.. Cowdery of South
Royalton, and left there August on an eX-
cursion to Willsboro, n. Y, Palmer return
ing week later Bernard was found dead
| a month later near Dannemora, having been
last seen in company with Palmer near the
| place where found.
THOMAS j. TIFFANY, Bennington's alb
sconding postmaster, arrived at Rutland on
Thursday of last week. He was captured
on sheep ranch near Greeley, Col, by
| Postoffice Inspectors Adsit and Bassett.
! He pleaded guilty in the United States
court to an indictment for embezzling ST.
$3.50 in money-order funds on March 10,
! 1881 and S921.99 in postal funds. He was
fined the full amount, S2,9l0.49, and SEN
fenced on the first indictment to four years
and six months in the house of correction,
without labor, and six months more on the
second Indictment He was met by his wife,
and the scene was very affecting.
THE seventh annual festival of parish
choirs will be held at St. Paul's church,
Burlington, to-day and Thursday. Mr.. S.
! Il. Whitney of Boston is the conductor.
There will be chorus of over one hundred
singers, and several choirs outside of the
state have signifed their intention to be
present. The first rehearsal will take place
this evening, with a second rehearsal on
Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon
there will be public rehearsal, and in the
cNthiHS Il lull tNtn-SOug, WIFI all
thems from the order of music. An address
on music will be delivered by Rev. c. c.
Grafton of Boston. The executive commit
tee are Rev. F. S. Fisher of st. Johnsbury,
Charles +. Allen of Burlington. f. W. Ban
croft of Montpelier, j. III. Williams of Bel
lows Falls and Charles f. Parker of YER
gennes.
A DISPATCH to the Boston EUeninq Record,
dated October II, says "The people of Bur-
lington are considerably alarmed at the
prevalence of smallpox. 1t was brought
here in the clothing of a Frenchman who
had it in Montreal, but had recovered. So
far there have been two deaths-one from
the continent or malignant type-and num-
Der of other cases are known to exist. Some
of the patients are in the pest-house and
others are in sequestered dwellings. An
effort is made to keep it secret, the local
papers saying nothing about it, but the
alarm is not allayed. 1t is feared that the
| disease may yet become epidemic, in spite
of the doctors efforts" In answer to the
above, the following appeared in Tuesdays
Free Press, addressed to the editor of that
paper and signed by DIR. 10. II. Linsley,
health officer: AS there are numerous ru-
mors of cases of smallpox in the city, wish
to inform you that there is not a case ofUari-
oloid or smallpox in this city"
Other Localities.
SERvIA's war declaration has been pub
lshed.
THOMAS DAVIDSON, the English scientist
is dead
HOSPITAL wagons are being purchased in
Vienna for Servia.
THE Amer has rejected Russian over
lures and remains loyal to England.
FIFTEEN noted gamblers have been ex-
PEELED from Germany under the socialist law
CARL SCHURz has written letter sup
porting the republican ticket in New York
In Palermo, Thursday, there were fifty
four new cases of cholera and twenty-three
deaths,
IT is now denied that Riels death sem
tence is to be committed to penal servtude
for life.
ID. l.. MOODY, the evangelist, will conduct
meetings at Hanover, n. H., December Sd
and 4th
SEVENTEEN persons were killed and many
injured by a falling house at Bombay last
week Thursday
COLORADO is to have Presbyterian col
lege, located at Longmont. 1t starts with a
capital of $4,000.
THE post-ofice at Los Angeles Cal, re-
turns net income of nearly $4,000 year
over all expenses.
In Spain, Thursday, one hundred sixty
seven new cases Of cholera and fifty-SiX
deaths were reported.
THE United States grand jury of Idaho
returned twenty-nine indictments against
Mormons on Saturday.
DURING the first sixteen days of October
there were eight hundred eighteen deaths
from smallpox in Montreal
For the week ending Friday night there
were reported at Montreal two hundred
ninety-three deaths from smallpox.
CARDINAL MCCLosKEy's remains rest in
the crypt under the high altar of the cathe-
dral beside those of Archbishop Hughes.
SMALLPOX has broken out to an alarming
extent in Peoria, Ill. There have been
twenty-eight cases and three deaths recently.
The run of Goldfish at the Lofoten Islands,
Norway, is said to be marvellous sight.
Billions assemble and form a mountainous
shoal one hundred twenty to one hundred
eighty feet high. The season lasts two