The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-11-24


THE queens palace at Hampton Court,
Eng, was badly damaged by fire Friday.
Hon. john ARNoT, member of congress
and banker, died - Elmira N. Y, Saturday.
Mrs. RELIEF BURT BADMAN died in Their
esq., N. Y, aged 10i years and nine months.
IT is reported that the anarchists threaten
to burn Chicago and cut off the water sup
ply.
THE London socialists had a large demon-
stration Sunday but there was no disturb
ance.
THE latest estimate at Washington makes
the new congress stand 40 democrats to 1876
republicans.
A SOCIETY has been formed in New York
for the defence of property against socialists
and anarchists.
New ENGLAND granite will probably be
used in the construction of the new national
library building.
The John l.. Thompson chemical works
near Green Island, N. Y, were wrecked by
a cyclone Thursday.
THURSDAY was observed as Thanksgiving
day through Canada. A snow-storm pre-
vailed during the day.
TIRE First Presbyterian church of Lake,
H., was bnrned Thursday. Loss about $50
600; insurance unknown.
In railroad accident near Pttsburg,
Thursday, two passengers were fatally, and
six others seriously injured.
A YOUTH committed suicide in Vienna by
jumping from the spire of the st. Augustine
Court church, a height of 10 feet.
FIRE originated at Durham, n. c., and
burned large part Of the business portion
of the town. The loss is 100000; insurance,
$150,000
A heavy blizzard is reported from Mon
tana, Dakota and Minnesota, but the storm
seems to be coming eastward, well north of
the great lakes.
The will of Thomas Terry, a wealthy
Cuban, recently deceased, has been filed in
the surrogates Office in New York; property
valued at $4,000 900 is represented.
CHARLES II. BUCKALEw, member-elect
of congress from the 18th district of Penn
sylvania, has been rendered the office of
encouragement by President Cleveland.
IT is reported that Rev. Louis Hughes, an
aged clergyman of Menifee county, Ken.
lucky, has been beaten to death by regu-
lators " because he voted the republican
ticket.
Mrs. REEKIE and three children were
asphyxiated by escaping gas in Cuparfife
Scotland. The woman was about to leave
for America with her children to join hei
husband.
NEW YORK, November 23.-First Vice
President Hoxie of the Missouri Pacific
railway, with whom the hands had to dea
in the great southwestern strike few
months ago, died this morning.
THE marine losses sustained on the great
lakes during the storm of Wednesday and
Thursday last show thirty vessels lost oil
damaged and fifty-tive lives sacrificed
Total loss to shipping, S724, 100.
COLONEL DAN LAMONT says in regard tC
the report from Scranton, Penn, that Con
gressman-elect Buckalew has been Offered
the office of attorney-general, that there /,
no vacancy in the Office and is not likely
to be.
THE definite statement in the Dublin
| Nation of an understanding between Eng
land, Austria, Italy, Germany and tn,
Slav States for smashing Russia and Franc,
is said to come from via Vienna on higl
cerico-political authority.
JOHN PILLsBURY, chairman of the repub
! lican state central committee of Minnesota
! has sued the st. Paul Globe for $1,000
damages on account of certain statements
| touching his connection with the recent po
litical campaign in that state.
THE trial in New York of ex-Aldermai
McQuade, one of the members of the boar,
of 81, was continued Friday. Ex-Alder
men Fullgraf and Duffy turned states evi
dence, and confessed the whole of the in
| side of the relations of the Broadway roa,
to the board of aldermen.
THE surprising activity in the northwest
ern spring wheat movement is causing
much comment in grain circles. How lonj
it will continue to swell the visible suppl,
by pouring into the terminal stations o
Minneapolis, Duluth and st. Paul is mat
ter of great interest to spectators.
AN attempted wholesale poisoning il
! Springfield, Mass, was partly successful
! thirteen persons being made severely sicl
by drinking tea with which the poison
trough on rats " had been mixed. The tei
was left on the piazza of the house wher,
the family lived Saturday night in a small
tin box with an advertising card of loca
tea store.
A CYCLONE or electrical storm strucl
Girard, Kansas, Monday, and passe,
through the residence portion of the tow
from the southwest to the northwest. Tn
! path of the storm was only from fifty t.
seventy-hve feet wide and all of the lighte
buildings were demolished but the large
and more substantial ones stood the shocl
without much damage. The total loss will
not exceed $1,000; a number of person
were injured.
In letter to the Kennebec journal, MI
Blaine speaks of the structures of the indie
peDdents of Massachusetts and an opel
letter from Martin Brimmer of Boston, con
corning his position on the civil servic
| question. He says that as the quotation
were incorrect and were taken from thei
context, that they will not sustain the posi-
ton assumed by them. He further say
that in his speech on the civil service Q
England which is held up by the independ
ents as model for us, is pronounced b.
the English themselves to be in the wors
condition it has been in forty years. Tn
conditions and requirements of our countr
are entirely different
New YORK, November 22.-Ex-Presiden
Arthur's funeral occurred this morning
An immense throng tried to get into tn
house and church The remains were re
moved before nine o'clock to the churc
under an escort of four companies of fedora
artillery. The son and daughter of the de
ceased passed out of the house first behin
the corpse: then the other relatives. Presi
j dent Cleveland, his cabinet most of the 81
preme court judges. Mr.. Blaine, Genera
Sheridan, and other prominent people wer
present. The services at the church wer
simple, and We're conducted by the late eS
presidents pastor, DR.. Parker Morgan. TIL
remains We're then escorted to a specis
train for Albany.
IT contains nothing injurious, we mea
DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup for the little ones
Price twenty-five cents.
KEEP the head cool. the feet warm an
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