The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-08-06

and he was put under arrest. On Saturday
Justice Nichols decided that the agent
| George S. Hall-was doing an insurance
business rather than organizing fraternal
society, and the man was bound over to the
| county court under bonds of $50, which
were furnished.
Domestic.
REV. RoRERT LAIRD COLLIER died last
week.
The British squadron, under the com
mand of Vice-admiral Watson is at New
| port, II. |.
IT is expected that the rough count of the
census figures will be completed by the
Goth instant.
A ROBBERY of $1,000 worth of stamps
from the Newport, r.. l., post-oflice occurred
last Thursday.
F1RE-BUGs have created u terror at Bairds-
town, Ohio. All the prominent buildings
have been burned.
THE execution by electricity of Kemmler,
| the New York murderer, will take place
some time this week.
The republicans of North Dakota have
| nominated Captain Burke of Fargo for gov
ernOr and NJ. II. Johnson for congress-
A LEPER was found in New York, last
week, and was removed from his boarding
| house to the pest-house on North Brothers
island.
A CORRECT list of the victims of the
Johnstown disaster gives the total num-
! Der as 2,1S7, which leaves over POO bodies
! not yet recovered.
LAWRENCE, MASS, had another hard blow
on last week Thursday, but no lives were
| lost. The storm was very severe in New
| Hampshire and New York.
| A CONSTITUTIONAL amendment providing
for the issue of 50, 600 of bonds by Chicago
for the world fair has been adopted by both
houses of the Illinois legislature.
A FIRE at Wallace, Wash, Sunday night,
| destroyed property to the amount of S412,-
! 600, with but $3S, 600 insurance. An Italian
saoon-keeper was burned to death.
SAMUEL A. FLIGHT of Hampden, Conn,
quarreled with one of his farm hands, last
week Wednesday, struck him several blows
and discharged him. The laborer told
Flight he would make him sorry An hour
later Flights new barn was in flames.
INCEND1ARIEs set fire to the residence of
Rev. David Plumb in Gale, Ind, early last
week Tuesday morning, and destroyed it.
Mr.. Plumb was fatally burned, and his wife
and three children persisted in the flames.
! Mr.. Plumb was a prominent Methodist
minister.
THE newly-built mill of the Fibre Com
| pany at Riverside, near the village of Tur-
ner's Falls Mass, was wrecked by an ex-
plosion on last week Friday night, and three
men are supposed to have been burned in
the ruins The cause of the explosion is
unknown.
ROSIE ST. DEMO of Eugene, p. O., a maid
in the employ of f. h. Alley of Montreal,
while in bathing off Cousins island, near
Portland, Me, last week Tuesday, got into
a dory and hauled anchor. The boat began
drifting out to sea, when the girl threw her
self overheard and was drowned before as
sstance could reach her.
Congress.
TUEsDAY.-The tariff bill was discussed
| by the senate. Several amendments offered
by democrats were defeated by party votes
- The house went into committee of
! the whole on the senate amendments to the
sundry civil appropriation bill. During
the debate Mr.. Strubbe of Iowa (republi-
cam made bitter attack on Speaker Reed
for his action toward gentlemen interested
in public bills. He spoke of the speakers
manner as sneering, and contrasted it with
! the courteous manner of Mr. Carlisle when
| he was speaker.
| WEDNEsDAY.-In the senate the resolu-
ton fixing the time of meeting at ten
O'Clock in the morning was agreed to. The
| tariff bill was then taken up, and Mr. Nor
rill addressed the senate. - In the
house the conference report on the District
of Columbia appropriation bill was agreed
to. The sundry civil appropriation bill was
considered in committee of the whole. The
| speaker announced the appointment of the
| following members on the committee to in
| NeStlgate the charges against Commissioner
| Raum Messrs. Morrill, Sawyer Srnyser
| Goodnight, and Martin of Indiana.
| THURsDAY.-An executive communica-
ton from Secretary Noble, enclosing long
letter from Maj or Powell director of the
geological survey on the subject of irriga-
| ton, was laid before the senate and Mr..
German asked to have it read. After the
clerk had read part of it, it was voted not
to continue the reading. 1t will be printed
as public document The tariff bill was
discussed, Messrs. Mcpherson and Aldrich
having an interesting colloquy. just be-
fore adjournment Mr.. Blair said that by a
calculation which he had made the bill
would be disposed of at the present rate of
progress by the Goth of next December
- In the house Mr.. Oates of Alabama
| rising to question of privilege, offered a
resolution for the investigation of the
| charges of corruption against members of
the house contained in a recent editorial in
| the National Economist, Speaker Reed
| ruled that this was not a question of privi-
| lege and was out of order. He was sus-
! tanned by vote Of ninety-tive to seventy
one. The house then went into committee
OF the whole on the senate amendments to
the sundry civil bill, which were agreed
to. The bill was reported to the house.
FRIDAY.-In the senate Mr.. Blair offered
a resolution instructing the committee on
rules to report within four days a rule for
the incorporation of the previous question,
or some method of limiting and closing de-
bates in parliamentary procedure of the
senate, and asked for its immediate consid-
Grafton. Objection was made on the demo-
cratic side, and the resolution went over a
day. Consideration of the tariff bill was
then resumed Messrs. Allison Plumb and
Sherman taking part in the discussion. Mr..
Plumb bitterly opposed the bill. - The
house resumed the consideration of the
senate amendments to the sundry civil ab-
! preparations bill, but 1t was found that no
quorum was present, and an adjournment
was made. The hot weather has driven
many members from town.
SATURDAY.-The senates time was occu-
pied by the tariff bill, Mr.. George making a
| long speech. - The senate amendments
to the sundry civil appropriation bill were
considered by the house, and the bill -
sent to conference. One hundred
members were announced as paired on o4e
vote.
MoNDAY.-The discussion on the tariff
bill was continued in the senate, and vari-
GUS amendments proposed by Mr.. Plumb
and democrats were defeated. - The
house in committee of the whole considered
/ hnr, al 1aEn l., III.