The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-08-15
General News.
Domestic.

FOUR persons were burned to death in
another New York fire last Wednesday.
The original Chautauqua assembly opened
at Chautauqua, n. Y, Tuesday of last week
SIX THOUSAND miners on the Ohio river
in Pennsylvania are on strike against a
reduction of wages.
FIRE at Wells College, Aurora, n. Y, last
Thursday morning destroyed the main
building and servants hall.
STATE troops have quelled the civil war
that has been raging between the towns of
Liberal and Hugoton Kansas.
FIVE women were drowned near New
castle, Delaware, last week Wednesday
night by the capsizing of an excursion sloop
Mrs. JOSEPH B. SWIFT, the renowned
hospital nurse during the campaign in Vir-
ginia in 1868, is dead, at Chelsea, Mass, aged
tifty-eight years.
THE little dory Ozark Secret" in which
Captain Andrews of Gloucester is crossing
the Atlantic, was spoken August in lati-
tude 1873 north longitude 5l.3l west.
The " Volunteer easily won the race for
the Goelet cup off Newport, II. l., Friday,
distancing the " Sachem," " Palmer"
Montauk " and Puritan in the order
named.
FIRE at Saginaw City, Mich, destroyed
property to the amount of 100000, including
the planning mills of G. See & Co., the mag
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fifteen other houses.
HUGH NJ. BROOKS, alias Maxwell, was
hanged Friday in st. Louis for the murder
of Charles Arthur Preller April ), 1885.
Preller's body was cut up and packed in a
trunk to escape detection.
PATRICK MCCABE, aged sixty-three years.
Cheshire farmer, was thrown from his
wagon near Meriden, Conn, last Friday
night by runaway horse and was instantly
killed, his head striking tree
Mr.. WILLIAM DAvIDGE, the veteran come
dian, and for three years past member of
Palmer's Madison Square Theater Com
pany, died at Cheyenne on Monday of last
week, while on his way TO San Francisco.
FIVE new cases of yellow fever were re-
ported at Jacksonville, Florida Saturday.
The city is to be depleted and a camp of
refugees is to be established at Boulogna to
which the government will send tents. The
sick are to be sent back to Jacksonville for
treatment.
The striking Arlington mill weavers at
Lawrence, Mass, unanimously voted to re-
turn to work last week Thursday 1t is under
stood that if other corporations are found to
pay higher wages on similar work the
company will endeavor to settle to the
operatives satisfaction.
FIRE, commencing Thursday night, de.
stroyed an entire block of buildings in the
business center of Chattanooga, Tenn. A
falling wall killed four men. The entire
number of lives lost is ten. Four persons
were badly injured The loss of property
is estimated to be over 81 900.
ARRANGEMENTS have been made at Pitts
burg, Penn, and throughout the country fol
general resumption of work at the fin
glass factories The number of men re
gaining employment at once is 5000. Ter
thousand more will soon find work. The
prospects of business are said TO be fiat
tering.
The big log raft constructed and launched
at Joggins, n s., June "a, by j. b. Leary
arrived at New York Saturday. Briefly, III
dimensions are as follows: 1t is 592 feet long
or about forty feet longer than the biz
steamer "City of New York" fifty-thre
feet beam and thirty-eight feet deep, L
draws twenty-three feet OF water. Their,
are in the raft 81 300 spruce logs, containing
5000, 600 feet of lumber. 1t is valued a
about $4,000. To transport such mass o
timber by the usual method would requir
forty-fve lumber schooners and cost $50,
600. The raft is cgar-shaped. The logs ar
bound TO a core Of wire ropes and chains
Two big tugs, the Underwater " and tn
ocean King" towed it down firm the Ba.