The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-10-14

Clegg, aged twenty-five. Entwiste gave
himself up to the police and admitted his
guilt.
A RECENT census bulletin says that the
coal product of this country has nearly
doubled in the past ten years. Nearly 3O0,-
600 persons are engaged in the industry,
who receive in wages over 300, 900 an
nualy.
A MEETING of the national republican
committee will be held at Washington,
November %, to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Chairman Quay and to
fix the time and place of the national con
vention.
JOSEPH PETIT of Bridgewater, Mass, in
the United States court at Boston on last
week Tuesday was fined $500 for violating
the alien contract law in importing twenty
two Canadians as workmen in a Bridge
water brickyard.
In the presence of 20,OO0 people at Grand
Rapids, Mich, on last week Thursday, the
stallion Allerton won the $4,000 race,
beating Nelson in the second, third and
fourth heats. Nelson's best time was q 49,
and Allerton's, 14l.
THE date of the Joint debate between
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge and Hon. John
e. Russell has been fixed for the 23d instant.
1t will take place in fremont Temple
Boston, and the subject will be " The Adj
ministration of Governor Russell"
THE trial of Almy, the murderer, will be-
gin at Plymouth, N. H., November Il. The
regular trial term for the eastern district of
Grafton county begins at that time. Almy
again broke his leg when he was taken
to Woodsville, but no one knows how it was
done.
The magnificent new general hospital
building presented to the city Of Concord,
n H., by George A. Pillsbury of Minneap-
oils, who was mayor of Concord in 1876 and
1877, was formally dedicated and opened
last week Monday. This hospital is one of
the finest in the United States.
NINETY arrests of postal employees and
others were made during the month of Sep
temher for violations of the postal laws in
bre king into post offices, robbing the mails,
violations of the lottery law and for various
other offences. This is an unusually large
number of arrests for the period.
The town of Kiowa, Kansas, is in tur-
moil the citizens being in open revolt
against Mrs. Paxton, the lady mayor, on &C
count of her warfare against whiskey
Joints" She has been petitioned by the
business men to resign, and her husbands
name is said to be on the petition.
THE ecumenical Methodist council began
its sessions at Washington on last week
Wednesday. 1t is the second council of this
kind in the history OF the church, the first
having been held in London ten years ago.
The branches of the church are represented
by 800 delegates. The council will be con-
fined to discussion.
THE indictment against Dominick O'Mal-
ley, the detective who obtained such noto-
riety from his connection with the trial of
the Italians accused of the murder of Chief
of Police Hennessey of New Orleans has
been abandoned by the state, the district
attorney entering nolle prosequi
O'Malley was charged with bribing jurors.
In the United States district court at Alb
ington, Va, last week, Jack Mullins of
Buchanan county was convicted of intimid-
ating voters at the last presidential election,
and sentenced to six months imprisonment
and to pay fine of $500. This is the first
laws for the protection of the elective fran
chise.
SECRETARY NOBLE refuses to discharge
the three employees of the pension office
who made atfdavits that they were ap-
preached by the son of Pension Commits
sioner Raum with an offer of promotion if
they would give him $50 apiece. The COM
missioner wants them discharged, but the
secretary says there should be an invest-
Cation.
Mrs. KATE E. ROLLINS of Somerville, Mass,
died on Tuesday afternoon of last week.
When she learned that death was near she
requested that her marriage to Mr.. Rollins
take place, and the ceremony was per-
formed Tuesday morning. After the mar
riage she willed her fortune, valued at $780,
600, to her husband Her maiden name was
Norcross.
Mrs. JAMES G. BLAINE, Jr., is suing for a
divorce at Sioux Falls, S. ID. Her husband,
in his reply, denies that he deserted his
wife, but alleges that she deserted him. He
pleads poverty in answer to the demand for
alimony, and urges that he has an income
of but $1,000 year, which will cease the
first of December next. He makes a plea
for the custody of the child, who is said to
resemble his grandfather.
JOHN b, WOOD, who shot and killed
Alexander S Brown in duel at Hiwassee,
Ga, in Nav last, was convicted of murder
last week, and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. The two young men were rivals at
school, and at commencement time at the
close of the exercises they, with half a
dozen witnesses, went to clump of woods
and fought a duel according to the code
Brown fell dead at the first fire.
STEINBACH x Co. of New York, and
Marshal Field 4 Co., of Chicago, plaintiffs
in two of the cases involving the constitu
tionality of the Mckinley tariff act, have
filed briefs in the supreme court of the
United States, basing them chiefly on the
claim that the omission of the enrolling
clerk of the tobacco rebate section stricken
/ from the original bill by the senate, and re.
stored in conference, makes the act void
1t is also claimed that the sugar bounty
clause is unconstitutional.
TREASURY AGENT WILLIAMS has made g
report TO the secretary of the treasury in
regard to the allegation, that this govern.
ment had violated the provisions of the
Behrng sea modus vivendi, in allowing the
! North American Commercial Company tC
catch seals in excess of the limit of 7 800
| fixed by that instrument. Mr.. Williams
| report shows that nearly Q 600 seals have
been taken by the company since the season
| opened, but that since the date of agree
ment, viz, June 49, the catch has been less
| than 1000
Foreign.
THE king of Wurtemburg died on Tues
day of last week.
THIS dispatch was sent out from St
! Petersburg last week: "All classes of citi
zens here, following the example of the
czar, who has decided that no court balls
will be given during the coming season and
that the money usually spent for this pur
pose shall be devoted to the relief of the
suffering by the famine in this country
have resolved to abandon all entertain.
ments during the winter and to contribute
the money thus saved to the fund for allevi
ating the distress of the furnishing people,
IT was a curious coincidence that at the
very time of the news of the death of Mr.