The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-03-04

bank; the engine remained on the track.
Fortunately, none of the passengers were
seriously hurt, though all were more or
less shaken up. Olin Merrill of Enosburgh
Falls received cuts on the chin and one leg,
while G. l.. Marsh of the same place, Judge
Royce and j. w. Lahey OF St, Adams, Mrs.
j. w. Beatty of Enosburgh Falls, and Mr..
and Mrs. Calvin Rice of Newport were
slightly bruised. Conductor Mann had his
clothing badly torn hut was not hurt mate
rally. Judge Royce was so badly bruised
that he was taken TO the Riverside hotel in
Sheldon instead of to his home. As soon
as word was received concerning the acct
dent, a special train was sent out from St
Albans carrying Vicc-presldent Smith,
General Manager Hobart Division Superin-
tendent Deal and Drs. Robinson md Jenne
but luckily there was little demand for the
services of the physicians. Quite quantity
of milk en- route to the creamery was lost
The accident was due to n broken rail.
Domestic.
SERIOUS floods about Los Angeles, Cal.
are reported, and number of persons have
been drowned.
A New ORLEANS physician says there are
twenty-five persons afflicted with leprosy
at large in that city.
THE next annual convention of the repub-
lican leagues of the United States will be
hald at Cincinnati, April 81.
SENATOR e. X. WILSON of Maryland died
at Washington of heart failure on last week
Tuesday, after an illness of but two days.
JAMES DoUGHERTY, the insane admirer of
Mary Anderson, who shot and killed Dr.
Lloyd in the Flathush, N. Y, asylum, has
been sentenced to imprisonment for life at
Sing Sing.
SENATOR HENRY w. BLAIR of New
Hampshire, whose term has expired, was
confirmed as envoy extraordinary and min
lister plenipotentiary to China by the senate
on last week Friday.
TRAINS throughout New York were
greatly delayed last week on account of
high water Tracks were flooded in many
places. At Albany some of the streets
were passable only by means of boats.
A PARTY of negroes was caught playing
poker on grave at Athens, Ga, one day
last week. When discovered they ran
toward the river and three jumped in. Two
were pulled out, but the other was drowned.
A PRIZE fight occurred at Jacksonville, o.,
on last week Wednesday, between Dave
Seville and Art Majesty. The latter was
knocked out in the eighteenth round and
died within three hours, his skull being
fractured.
The five miners who were eDtombed in
the mine at Evansville, Penn, for nineteen
days were brought to the surface on last
week Tuesday. Only one of them was able
to talk. He said they lived on rats legs
luI SbNeu udNS anu UIldU Unb IdlS were SO
bold that they would have eaten the legs
out of the other men If he had not watched
them
AT Abbeville, Ga, last wednesday night
Allan West (colored) tried to assault the
daughter of respectable citizen He fled,
but was captured by a mob, who determined
to give him "A severe beating and let him go.
The negro was stripped, but when the whip
ping began he broke away and ran. The
rob was armed and a volley was fired on
the negro, who fell rddled with bullets.
The Woman's National Council, which
held largel y-attended and interesting con-
vention at Washington last week, elected
the following officers President, May
Wright Sewall of Indiana; vice-president,
Ella Dietz Clymer of New York; CORE
spending secretary, Rachel Foster Avery of
Pennsylvania; recording secretary, Isabella
Charles Davis of New York
LIZZIE WTTHERELL, aged twenty, was ar
rested on last week Wednesday, in Cam
bridge, Mass, charged with burgarizing
the house of Mrs. Frank A. Coley in that
city. The girl, who formerly worked as a
domestic in Mrs Coley's family, gained en-
trance to the house about midnight by cut
ting out pane of glass in the basement
window She proceeded to Mrs. Colley' 3
chamber and tried to chloroform that lady,
who awoke during the operation. The
| WithereIl woman enforced silence by threat
ening to shoot Mrs. Colley, and taking 81 200
worth of jewelry, principally diamonds, left
the house. Mrs. Colley Immediately gave
the alarm and the girl was arrested as she
was about to board a Boston horse-car. The
jewelry was all found in her stockings.
Foreign.
GENERAL DEoDoRo DEFoNsECA has been
elected president of the United States of
Brazil. He received majority of twenty
three in the federal congress.
A FIGHT on last week Friday between the
federation and union dock laborers at the
Tilbury docks, London, was quelled by the
police, who had considerable difficulty in
restoring order.
! THE recent thaw caused high water in the
river at Des Rvieres, p, G.. and it moved
! one end of the large iron railroad bridge six
feet. 1t was impossible to move it back I'M
! til the water subsidized. In the mean time
trains went via Rouses Point y. Y,
THE body of Manager Swift was taken
out of the Spring Hill, n. S., mines on last
| week Friday. 1t was found face downward
under about four feet of stone. This is the
last to come out, making in all 1913 victims,
including three who have died from in
| juries. There are fifty.siX widows, 163
| fatherless children, and seven widowed
mothers deprived of the support of their
sons.