The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-07-31

talk by Mrs. e. A. Kenyon: address by
Mrs. Emily Mclaughlin of Boston, Mass,
national lecturer OF Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. Evening, address by
Mrs. n. II. Knox of Manchester, N. H.,
president of New Hampshire Womans
Christian Temperance Union. A quartette
of ladies will furnish music for each service.
Friday morning. August 23d, the district
camp-meeting services will commence, and
will continue to August Goth. On Saturday
there will be a missionary meeting, with an
address by Rev G.. NJ Curl of st. Johns
bury. On Friday and Saturday, August
10th and 18th, it is expected that each
charge represented will meet on said
grounds, by its pastor and two laymen, to
put up tents and fit up the grounds. TIE
names of speakers from abroad attending
the district camp-meeting will be announced
later. 1t is expected that all the railroads
will carry at reduced rates.
Domestic.
A GYMNASIUM is building at Vassar for
the use of the students
EIGHTEEN lives were lost in the recent
floods in West Virginia.
The latest statistics of the Johnstown
flood place the loss of life at 5000.
WHEAT and oats have suffered consider
ably on account of the recent heavy rains
in Kansas.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER TALcoTT of the
United States war-ship " Atlanta has COM
mitted suicide.
THE North Dakota constitutional conven-
ton decided to submit the prohibition ques
ton to popular vote.
THE New York post-ofiice building will
probably be sold to the city and a new
building erected uptown.
WALTER ID. Towns of Manchester, n. H.,
is under arrest for the murder of his wife,
who died last week Thursday.
WE exported last year more petroleum
than ever before-Gl2 100000 gallons, of the
estimated value of $40, 420,S l7.
TIE big cooperative brewery of Buffalo
has been sold to a syndicate of English capt.
talists. The price was S2S0,000, or $40 per
share.
Two men were killed and six injured in
Scranton PENN mine last week Wednesday
by an explosion OF tire-damp following a
cave-in.
ONE million dollars have been raised in
the United States to carry out the project of
laying an ocean cable between San Fran
cisco and Honolulu.
GOVERNOR OLIVER AMEs of Massachu-
sets was taken seriously i'll, last week
Wednesday, his heart trouble of year ago
having manifested itself again.
LEWIS BROTHERS a. COMPANY, one of the
| largest dry-goods houses in New York city
has made an assignment. 1t is thought
that the liabilities of the firm will sum
up S4,00OOO0.
THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor is con-
testing in Ontario the decision of the chief
clerk of the patent office, canceling the Ed
| ison patents for incandescent electric light
ming, on the ground of want of jurisdiction.
MARIE ROSIE BABLICK, a young woman of
! Jersey City, lacked wedding tinery and
| broke into former employers house and
stole three dresses. She then set fire to the
house. The girl was arrested before the
wedding and confessed to the robbery
THE scheme of Colonel Hamilton to set
up Notwithstanding machinery under
! Niagara Falls, which was killed last winter
| in the New York legislature, has been APP
| proved by the Canadian government, which
has granted permission to erect machinery
under Horseshoe Falls.
WILLIAM ID. HARRIS, shoemaker, died
at Marblehead, Mass, on Friday, after two
days of terrible suffering. He had been in
the habit of taking jug of drinking-water
to his shop every day, and on Tuesday he
carried by mistake, jug of washing-huid
and drank the contents.
In New York city, last week Thursday
night, meetings of the chamber of commerce,
the mayors committee and the Spanish
American Association took action to formu-
late plans for holding a worlds fair there in
1892, to celebrate the four hundredth ami
versary of the discovery of America.
THE compositors on the NeiC York sun,
Times and World struck, last week Monday,
on account of ten per cent reduction in
wages. The Omposing-rooms were TEN
porarily manned from the editorial depart
| ments. The strikers afterwards returned to
work, their demands having been acceded to
GEORGE ORMsBEE, a fruit-raiser of Po-
mona, Cal, has had suit instituted against
him for 81 800 for kisses the plaintiff AYERS
he inflicted forcibly upon her on April 20
Unfortunately the number is not set down
in the bill, and therefore nobody can tell
just what the market value of OSCILLATION is
at Pomona.
REV. DIR. DORCHESTER, superintendent
| of Indian schools, has returned from a two
months tour of inspection among the In
dian schools in the West. He visited six
teen schools. He reports that many of the
schools are in prosperous condition. The
pupils are being thoroughly instructed and
intelligently governed.
A GERMAN woman at Nashville, Tenn
recently deceased, who had surrounded
herself with dogs and cats, left her estate
valued at $4,000, in trust for two Of her ia
vorite dogs, which are very ordinary ours
A young woman she adopted some years
ago is made second beneficiary upon the
condition that she will live in the house
and care for these dogs for period of eight
years.
Grant, the famous fast-trotting donkey %
the Philadelphia Zoo, and the baby donkey
has been formally christened Baby Mckee
The name was suggested as a compliment
to the presidents grandson by a child o.
one of the directors of the gardens. A for
NAL invitation to " come and ride him " will
be sent to Baby Mckee through Postmaster
general Wanamaker.
News has been received at Denver of tn,
drowning of Frank NJ. Brown, presiden
of the Denver Colorado Canon & Pacif,
Railroad Company, on July 10, in Marbl
Canon, Colorado river. While he, in com
pany with a party, was making his way
down the river, the boat was capszed an,
he was swept into a whirlpool ant
drowned. Those in the boat with hin
were thrown into the current and escaped.
COLONEL ROGER j. PAGE, prominen
lawyer and editor of the Times Register a
Marion, Ala, was shot and instantly kille,
at that place, recently, just after alightin
from the midnight train. He had gone
, hundred yards from the station and wa
leaning on the arm of his friend, Judg
, Haywood of Texas, when some one cam
up behind him and shot him through tn
) neck. The assailant ran, mounted "a hors
and fled.
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