The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-24

| 1unu continue 10 come IN, No,UDU having
been received by Governor Beaver from
Germany recently. The entire fund now
aggregates $500, 900, which bears ample
| testimony to the generous instincts OF hui
manity the world over.
IT is reported that poor Swede who had
his ribs crushed and one of his feet cut off
| by New York Central train at Croton
Landing was allowed to lie on the bare
floor of freight-house all night because the
railway station agent did not care to have
the bedclothes in his own house soiled.
MANY towns in the eastern part of Mas
sachusetts were visited by severe rain
| Storm accompanied with thunder, light
ming and hail, last week Buildings and
trees were struck and considerable damage
| done to trees and crops. Hail-stones were
very large. At Plymouth there was a
veritable cloud-burst.
CARLISLE d. GRAHAM set adrift in the
Niagara river another barrel, which he
| thought would go over the Falls in safety.
The barrel contained a Newfoundland dog
securely strapped to canvas suspenders at
tached to the inside. Only pieces of the
barrel were found below the Falls and the
dog has not been seen.
The steamer "St. Nicholas" with 800
colored eXcursionists on board, ran into
closed drawbridge over the St. Augustine
creek four miles south of Savannah, Ga,
Saturday night, demolishing the forward
part of the steamer and killing two women
and injuring twenty-eight men and women,
some of whom will die.
AT an early hour Sunday morning fire
| broke out in the cellar of a two-story brick
building on East Eleventh treet, New
York, occupied as a stable and storage place
for carriages. In the burned building were
stabbed 12S horses, of which only three
were rescued. The loss on vehicles is S10,-
600. The horses were valued at $4,000 and
the building at $4,000.
MAYOR GRANT of New York city has sent
a request to 500 of the most prominent men
in that part of the country representing
over 81 800 600, asking them to be pres
ent at a conference of representative citi-
zens to consider the ACCESSIBILITY of holding
an international exposition in that city in
1892 and to arrange for the preliminary
work, if it is deemed advisable. The meet
ing is to be held on the afternoon of the 25th
instant at his office.
COLONEL JOHN NJ WILSON, commits
soner of public buildings and grounds in
his annual report to the chief of engineers,
recommends that an Office building be
erected for the use of the president, just
west Of the White House, where the green
house and conservatory now stand. 1t is
believed that the time has come when
the chief magistrate of the country should
no longer be obliged to have his private
residence and his Office under the same roof.
Foreign.
THE Allan Steamship Company will in
crease its fleet of vessels.
Mr.. PARNELL goes to Edinburgh to re-
ceive the freedom of the city.
HEAVY rains have fallen in the City of
Mexico A portion of the city is inundated
The government of Siam has sanctioned
the issue, through one of its banks, of paper
money.
AN imposing monument to the late EN-
peror Frederick has been unveiled at
Braunfels.
HALIFAX is to indulge in summer car
niva lasting week and rich in pageantry
and sports.
A SEVERE shock of earthquake has been
felt on the Island of Arran and the main
land Of Scotland.
An attempt has been made to assassnate
Dom Pedro, emperor of Brazil The would
be assassin was arrested.
SIX men were drowned at Ottawa last
week Wednesday night while attempting
to reach Roche's rapids with raft.
NJ. SPULLER, the French minister of for
eign affairs, as a mark of esteem has pre-
sented Mr.. McLane, ex-United States min
lister to France, with handsome Sevres vase
GENERAL BoULANGER, Count Dillon and
NJ. Rochefort have issued from London a
manifesto to the electors of France asking
Frenchmen to judge between them and the
ministers of the cabinet.
THE Ryornld says: " If the pope, in the
event of his departure from Italy should
contemplate returning in arms to win back
temporal power he would find himself con-
fronied with insuperable obstacles"
THE match for the Elcho challenge shield
was shot at Wimbledon, last week Thurs
day. and was won by the Irish team, which
made score of 1859. The English team
scored 1874 and the Scotch team 1,626.
FOUR HUNDRED houses and public build
; | mas 1aOtrova1 NV firai in ba of
Paks, Hungary, last Saturday. Many chill
dren are reported to be missing. Hundreds
of people are rendered homeless by the fire
and the greatest distress prevails.
THE bark " Premier" which recently ar
rived at Saguenay, p. O., from Brazil, was
, in charge of the mate, the captain having
died on the passage. Two members of the
crew are now sick on board. The disease
from which the captain died is stated to be
scurvy.
THE steamer "Zealandia," which has just
arrived at Auckland, n. H., from Honolulu,
reports that all is quiet in Samoa. The
, American war-ship ALERT " had left Hon
olulu with supplies for the Nipsic, which
was waiting at Tanning Island. The
! "Alert " was to take the Nipsc " in tow
The anniversary of the death of ex-
President Juarez was observed in the City
of Mexico, July Is, by the liberals, who
marched in grand procession to the Gem
,
students in the procession shouted, " Death
to the clergy" death to the conserva-
tives."
l. |. MAPEs, graduate of Columbia Col
! lege, New York, has taken the Edinburgh
! University medal for proficiency in the
. study of anatomy. His rating was ninety
five per cent OF the available marks. Doug
lass Ewell, also a graduate of Columbia,
2 stood third in his class, his percentage
being ninety-three.
. The contract for the new Atlantic mail
service, undertaken by Messrs. Anderson OF
London, has been signed, The contract
l calls for feet steamers of twenty knots,
capable of doing the journey between the
terminal points, Quebec and Plymouth in
! six days, and of tonnage of 5000 tons.
Halifax is to be the terminus in winter and
, Quebec in summer
, IT is reported that tornado burst in the
( district northeast of Kwang Lung, June 2
: and flooded the level country. Seven vii
lagos were inundated and houses were
$ swept away. More than six thousand per
: sons were lost. Other districts suffered
< greatly, and hundreds of lives in those
5 places were also lost More than ten thou
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