The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-09-29


ton of soft coal.
COLONEL CHARLES G. GREENE, the founder
Of the Boston Post and for forty-four years
its editor-in-chief, died Monday at the age
of eighty-two years.
WILLIAM f. ROBINSON, overseer of the
Boot corporation yard in Lowell, Mass,
has disappeared, leaving behind him, 1t is
said, a large Indebtedness.
Four officials of Cincinnati have been ar
rested, charged with embezzling from the
city treasury about 100000 in various sums
by means of false vouchers.
TREASURER JORDAN says that he has
heard of no threats on the part of any
national bank to retire on account of the call
to surrender three per cent bonds.
THE general railway passenger agents
held meeting in New York last week. The
want of a uniform system of through tickets
was the chief matter under consideration.
THE fifth annual meeting of the Union
veterans convened at Trenton N. j., last
week, twenty-three states and 2lS0O0 men
being represented by about fifty delegates.
THE latest information received at the ag-
ricutural department at Washington re-
garding the condition of hogs is that in Illi-
nois and Indiana cholera prevails generally.
DURING thunderstorm at Waupaca,
| Wis, balls of electric fire hung in the air,
under the electric light wires, and occa-
sionally exploded, causing severe shocks in
! the neighborhood.
The Odd Fellows parade in Boston last
| week Wednesday was thoroughly success
full 1t is estimated that between 10000 and
| 5000 men were in line and the procession
was two hours in passing given point.
GEORGE NJ. BARTHOLOMEW, president of
| the Charter Oak Life Insurance Company of
Hartford, Conn, and of the Hoyoke Water
| Company, is announced to be defaulter in
the sum of 1927 900. He has fled to Canada.
| LIGHTNING struck an oil well in Lima,
Ohio. Thursday, and set it on fire. The
| flames soon extended to two tanks, each
| holding 800 barrels; another tank contain
! ing 2,400 barrels was also struck and con-
! sumed.
Much more money is needed in Charles
ton to make the houses of the poor habitable
| during cold and rainy weather. 1t is esti-
mated that S2,000,000 will be required to re-
! pair the damage done to 5000 out of 1000 in
the city.
IT has been discovered that the illness of
| Secretary Manning was undoubtedly caused
| by sewer gas. In tearing away the plumb
| ing it was found that several pipes unpro-
vided with traps led directly from the sewer
| to his private Office
THE Louisiana orange crop is a complete
failure on account of last winters freeze.
The yield is generally from 30,000000 to 80,
000,000a year, but this year will not be
injured that it will take nine years to pro-
duce a full crop again.
LIEUTENANT SCHUETzE of the United
States navy, who was sent to Siberia with
presents for the natives who assisted in the
search for the survivors of the Jeanette
| has returned. He was kindly received, but
| found it difficult to make it understood why
these presents were made.
G. b. NEwCoMBE, an employe of the
! CDmnnnU
that the foliage on many of the trees in the
neighborhood of the Ten-mile hill, near
Charleston, S. c., has been killed by the
water which spouted up from the sand era
ters on the night of the earthquake.
ONE of the curious results of the earth
quake at Augusta, Ga, is the change in the
topography of the land. Many houses on
the sand hills, which before could not be
be seen from the city, are now in full view
while other landmarks have disappeared.
! There has been a considerable settling OF
the earth.
AT Decatur, Ind, violent wind and rain
storm did great damage last week Wednes
day evening. Many buildings were un
rooted and small articles demolished. The
destruction of timber in the western part OF
the county was enormous. Citizens sought
their cellars and all were thoroughly
frightened.
A SLIGHT earthquake shock was felt in
afternoon, lasting about two seconds and
accompanied by loud rumbling sound.
The wave moved from north to south,
houses were shaken perceptibly and num-
her of persons rushed into the street No
damage was done beyond the falling of loose
plastering.
A NEW mail and freight route is being
organized through the Sioux reservation il
Dakota. The work is all done by Indians
The mail will be carried in two hundred
pound lots, two carriers always going to
gether, and freight will go in Thousand
pound lots with four carriers. Young, brave
honest bucks will be selected for this duty
and all the frontier towns near the reserva
ton will be included
The most severe hail-storm known in tn,
history of South Bend, Ind, visited tina
place last week Wednesday evening. Hail
stones ruined all the tin, iron and Stat,
roofs in the city, while over 10000 lights o
glass were broken in the Oliver pillow works
and at least 1000 in the Studebaker Wagon
works, Hardly factory, business house
or residence escaped damage. The Oliver
estimate the damage to their works at $40,
600. The total damage in the city will prob
ably reach 100000. Several people wer,
injured, none seriously
Foreign.
CHOLERA is spreading in Italy and Austria
EARTHQUAKE shocks were felt in Con
stantinople on Sunday last.
PARNELLs land bill was defeated in tn
British parliament, 297 to POP.
THE officers implicated in the Madrit
revolution are condemned to death.
THE Italian government has decided upol
the expulsion of the Jesuits from its terri
tory
The inhabitants of Hull are frightene,
by threat that Fenians will burn that En-
glish seaport.
AN explosion of fire-darnp in German
coal mine killed forty-ive men and injured
sixteen others.
THE King of Uganda has murdered man,
; converts to Christianity and the missionarie
there are in peril.
= BY an explosion in limestone quarry il
Scotland, Saturday, seven persons wer
killed and many others suffered fror
choke-damp.
{ THREE hundred houses in the town G
Kalusz, in Austrian Galicia, have been de
, stroyed by fire. The sufferers are in miser
, and starving.
A sLEEPING-CAR was burned between
Montreal and Halifax on Saturday night
Z The passengers saved their lives but los
most of their effects.
t REV. Mr., HUME, one of the America
, Boards most faithful. missionaries in India
has been ordered from his post because {
his theological belief
5 AT Vienna, Friday, lightning struck an
set fire to the Italian barque Nicola " Will
she was being laden with benzine Eigh