The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-07-07
Weekly News Summary.
Vermont.

from his team and fatally injured.
The senate has confirmed jerome w.
Pierce to be postmaster at Springfield.
THE senate has confirmed John Robinson
as United States marshal for Vermont.
BY powder explosion in Bennington
store Monday, George Bartlett's eyes were
destroyed.
A BOY named Leon Horner, thirteen years
old, living near Greensboro, shot himself
last week Tuesday.
The republicans of Lamoile county will
hold their convention July Goth and those of
Franklin county August 18th.
ALFRED WoRDEN's Illicit distilery at
Marlboro was raided last week. Worden
was placed under 81 900 bonds
A Two-yEAR-oLD daughter of Mr.. Lafarrar
of Swanton was killed one day last week by
Boston & Lowell freight train.
JOHN BLACK of Wells fell from a barn to
the ground, breaking both wrists and rib
and injuring himself about the head.
THE body of an infant two days old was
found in the river at Bennington last week
There were marks of violence on its head.
SEwELL PHELPS, a painter, who was at
work upon building in ST. JohDsbury, fell
distance of twelve feet, receiving fatal
injuries.
GEORGE w. WRIGHT of Keene, n. H.,
was drowned at Brattleboro last week by
into the Connecticut.
A MARBLE bust of the late Hon. George
p. Marsh, by an italian sculptor, has been
placed in the Marsh room of the Billings
library at Burlington.
MRS. SARAH SLOAN was convicted of
manslaughter in killing her little boy at
STAFFORD, and has been sentenced to twenty
five years in state prison.
THE United States district court, which
was adjourned from May % to July 6, be-
cause of insufficient appropriations, is again
adjourned at Windsor to July q for the
same reason.
The apportionment of the salaries of the
presidential postmaSterS in this state, based
ON the business for the year closing March
81, 1886, will reduce the office at Winooski
to fourth-class, and Bradford from 81 800 to
81 400. Barre will be increased from 81 400
to $500, Bellows Falls from $500 to
$500, Bennington from 1000 to 81 700,
Brandon from S1,400 to $500, Fair Haven
from 81 400 to $1,000, Poultney from $1,000
to 81 400 and Waterbury from $1,000 to
$1,000
Other Localities.
The President has signed the Fitz-John
Porter bill
TEN New York boycotters were sentenced
to prison Friday.
Colby has won the Maine college cham
pionship at baseball
The Texas fever is decimatng the herds
in certain portions of Arkansas.
The Farmers ReUie1C pronounces the
wheat crop below its anticipations.
A PITTsBURG crank " attempted to kill
the French minister at Washington.
A FIRE on Third avenue, New York,
Monday night caused a loss of 100000.
REV. TIMOTHY DWIGHT DID,, LID, has
been inaugurated president of Yale College.
The Bowdoin College crew defeated the
University of Pennsylvania at Lake George
SECRETARY MANNING has returned from
the Hot Springs in seemingly perfect health.
JOHN r. MCLEAN of Cincinnati is said to
have bought the New York Mail and cypress.
GEN. BEAVER is the unanimous choice of
the Pennsylvania republicans for governor.
A HUGE nail factory in Pittsburg started
up Friday, after thirteen months suspension.
In New York Monday there was a labor
demonstration, participated in by 10000
people.
The New Hampshire democrats have
nominated Thomas Cogswell of Gilmanton
for governor.
THE failures for the half year numbered
5,166, against 6,00i in the corresponding
period of 1885.
SCORES of fires and serious accidents on
Monday as the result of celebrating Inde-
pendence Day.
Boston BARRIERS have organized to fight
the test cases of BARRIERS arrested for keeping
open on Sunday.
DR.. MOTT of New York city announces
that he is ready to inoculate for rabies on
the Pasteur plan
TWENTY or thirty cows have died of what
is supposed to be hydrophObia in Ballard
county, Kentucky.
The public debt statement shows de-
crease in the national debt for the month of
June Of S9061 1854.
A STREET railway system run by electric
ity is expected to be in operation at Los
Angeles, Cal, by October.
Two men were burned to death in the de-
struction of lodging house in Chicago
Monday A number of others were injured.
SMALLPOX has broken out in the post
hamlet of Stalwalt, Mackinac county, Mich,
and the settlers are Unfortunately fleeing
for their lives.
The World says positively that Manning
will not resume his office, but will be sue
ceeded by Congressman Scott of Pennsyl-
vania next October.
Two girls, aged ten and twelve, were
burned to death in Sherman, Texas, as
result of throwing blazing match on the
floor after lighting lamp
IT is proposed that the Army of Northern
Virginia and the Army of the Potomac join
in a reunion at Gettysburg next July. Gen.
eral Sickles heads the movement.
HARVARD won the freshman boat-race at
New London by five lengths over Columbia.
The Yale boat capsized before the end of the
first mile. The water was exceedingly rough.
THE reunion of Grand Army men at
Gettysburg began Sunday. A sermon was
preached in the national cemetery and Gen
eral Sickles reviewed the visitors at dress
parade.
THE funds of Yale College have been in
creased Sl62 900 in five years. The alumni
at their meeting voted that, in their opinion,
the institution should be called Yale Uni
versity.
A NEW secret labor society to oppose
strikes has been organized in Chicago,
called "The Conservators' League" and
branch councils will be formed all over the
country.
DETAILED reports from the spring wheat
growing states indicate that the original
estimates as to the probable yield will not
be realized. The actual injury to the crop
in Minnesota is already serious, while the
average Of reports from Dakota, Nebraska,
Wisconsin and Iowa indicate that many
sections have felt the blight, and that the
average yield has been considerably les
sened. Both oats and flax have suffered
severely from the prolonged drought in the
Northwestern States
AN Irish plot is alleged to be in existence
against the lives of Chamberlain and Hart
ington.