Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-09-08
NEWS NOTES,
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC.
The farm luldings Il Daniel Barry of
Monvillc, Me-, were recently burned, Loss,
about $4,000 insu ance, $1,000.
Mrs. Margaret Cook died the residence
Of her son-in-law, George w. Harris Of Mas
hua, N, H., aged 81 years,
Mrs John Moore of Moose River. Me-, was
| thrown from n carriage in that village and
died from tho effects of the fall soon after.
The Lowell, Mass, Veteran Firemen's As
ISOLATION have voted to parade on October q
or Is, and adopted as uniform red shirt,
belt and black fire hat.
Farm buildings valued at 5000, locatel in
| WATERFORD, Me-, and owned 10y Mrs Joseph
Gratfam Of Saco, were recently destroyed by
fire. insured for $500,
The Dvernor and council of Maine have
ardoned Sanford RadcliR of Bath, in State
prison under one years sentence for larceny,
on the ground of serious and long con inuld
illness.
At Franklin Mass, four men recently
sought shel or from the rain under car. A
switching engine started the car aud HUI h
McCosky was killed and Joseph Hood prob
bly, fatally injured.
A largo brick block in Suncook, N. H.,
owned by James II. Langmail of Minnesota,
was rece lily consumed by FIR. Tho loss is
$4,000
Arthur Turner, 10 years Old, was drowned
| of Whttemore's point, Cambrilgeport,
Mass, while bathing with companion
W. Stephenson & Son, builders, Maiden,
Mass, have failed and gone into insolven y.
Their liabilities unsecured are about 5000;
secured, S4350 assets cons st Of real estate
mortgages.
Henry T. Robinson, an insurance agent,
has lett Providence, r. |, 1t is a legged that
he has put out wo TIL IS checks 10 the
amount of $1,000.
Seven cars on Boston bonn freight
train on he New York and New En2land
roiroad were recently wrecked at MilvillA,
| Mass, by the breaking of drawbar No
one was injured but the track was block
AIDED for several hours,
The Herre hof Manufacturing Company
Of Bristol, R. l., has started up on full
time, after shutdown during the month
Of August.
Three barns of Chester Francis, in West
Hartford, Conn, have been d ,stroJ eljby
fire, They We're well flIlel with hay all
grain, and only partially in urci.
A former bookkeeper for Guild & Co.,
piano manufacturers Of Boston Mass, has
been arrested charged with embczz'in $1,000
rom the firm.
There ha, been very heavy frosts recently
throug out Northern New Hampshire. he
mercury in some lares in low lands register
ing fl degrees Fahrenheit,
Gilbert Benedict has re,i,vel Ca let TaylJr
in the office of the public printer, Washing
| ton.
The president has gone into the Adron-
dack backwood', out of the re~ch Of the
telegraph.
Two four story brick buildings occupied by
the Z. ?. Sweeney Manufac urng Company
| at Chicago, ILL.,, and number of smaller
establishments have been de itroyel by fire.
Loss about $4,000.
A special appraiser will be sent from the
New York custom house to ap. raise the po'
MES belonging TO the English poo team AT
Newpo t. rs the team have decided to ply the
duties on the ponies with u view OF ceiling
them. The ponies have been in bond sine.
their arrival here.
| William Wandsor Of Vermont, one of tn,
| most desperate Showers of the qu err in the
G untry, has been captured in barn near
Lansing, Mich. In his trunk was found $500
in bogus gold and Sl2JO in Ger ilicate' of de-
post on the Lansing Savings Bank.
Acting Secretary Fairchild has directed
| that the signing of warrants for the pnym mt
OF m Incy be discontinued for at least Week
| to civ @ the trcasurer's office chance to catch
up with current business.
Work on the electrical subway ha, COM
| mtnced in New York
Mr.. Daniel Magonc has been installed as
collcc' or OF the pot of New York, and Cen
cral Newton as commissioner OF pub ic
works.
AT Belle Pain a.. an artesian well burst
at the depth Of $50 feet and an immcns vo'
ume of water was forced into the T. form
ing rivers and deluging the surrounding
country.
The Baltimore s. Oh:o's New York tcrmi-
nal facilities have proved immen 'ely success
full, and moro Trains are to be put on. There
are prospects of a relentless railway war,
The new state fair groun Is at Columbus,
O., " hich cost S2O,O were recently dedi-
Gated with addresses by Judge Alien G.
Thurman, Hon john Sherman and Gov.
| Foraker.
The United States steamships Galera,
Swatara and Yantic of the North Atlantic
squadron are ordered to Portsmouth to
effect whatever repairs are required to fit
| them for tn usual winter cruise in the West
In linn waters and the Gulf of Mexico.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad company
| secured permission to place agents i'll ClStle
| Garden, New York
The board Of Heal h at Pensacola is al out
| TO proclaim a qua antine against Biloxi,
Miss. where fever is raging. Montgomery
has already issued Il quarantine against the
afflicted city.
The pos master Mt Augusta, Ga hns been
elected from his office; he questions the right
of the President TO remove him.
Count Saigo, Japan's prime minister, AMI
his staff are in New York.
New York master plumbers threaten to
lockout the journeymen.
Various antics of the sea ser ent are re-
ported on the Hud on.
Mayor Smith of Philadelphia is accused of
grave irregularities in connection with his
office.
Hog cholera in Adams county, Ind. has
now extended over the entirs county One
farmer lost SG head, all he had. 1t is csti
mated that SSO,O 900 worth of hogs have died
in the las. two weeks in that country.
TIL, railroad bridge at Fort Leavenworth-
Kan, over the Missouri river, has leen de
stroyed By fire. Loss over 81 0,00l.
The trio of Chicago Anarchists who are
alleged to have threatened the jurors in the
late trial have been discharged for lack of
evidence.