The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-08-12

Association. TO meet at the Worlds Column
bian Exposition, to be held at Chicago in
1898. The National Bar Association will
next meet at Washington, ID. c., on Decem-
Der 81 1891
The grave of Barbara Frietchie, in the
German Reformed church cemetery, near
Frederick, Md, is marked simply with
headstone bearing her name, age, and
1862" There is a tangle of briars and
creeping vines running wild over the mound.
NORTH CAROLINA is to have one of the
longest electric railway lines in the world.
1t is to run from Ashville to Rutherfordton,
distance of forty-one miles. The power
to operate the road is to be derived from
water. The line is intended for both freight
and passenger service.
The total receipts from customs during
the month of July were 1913, 953, 1856, or S.
Si5,232 less than the receipts during the
same month of last year The receipts at
New York for July last were 81 ,303, 1859, or
$500, S47 less than in July, $780, and So,
4S7, S31 less than in July, 1889.
JUSTICE FIELD is the scholar of the SUI
preme bench. Besides his Greek and Latin,
he is thoroughly versed in modern Greek
and Turkish, and can converse fluently in
French and Italian. His library is one of
the finest in Washington, and he himself is
probably the most interesting man in public
life at the capital.
ONE of the longest and most costly steel
railroad bridges in the country is now being
erected by the Union Pacific across the
Columbia river at Vancouver, Wash. The
length from the Washington to the Oregon
shore will be 5000 feet, and the draw-pier
will be over 400 feet long. The cost of the
structure will be over S4000,000.
WHITTIERs bodily infirmities have
reached point where he feels obliged to
abandon his daily walks, except about his
own grounds. He cannot endure the ia
Of lrfW~
failed that it is with difficulty he can con-
verse. 1t also prevents his attending
church any more.
THE fishermen of San Diego, Cal, have
utilized electricity in their war upon the
tinny tribes. Incandescent electric lights
are lowered into the water at night, and
large net is placed below them. The fish
are attracted by the glare and are plainly
visible. When sufficiently numerous, the
nets are hauled up The catches are enor-
nous.
Miss ANToINETTE KNAGGs a college-edu-
Gated young woman of Ohio, owns and man.
ages farm of 200 acres. She carries on her
work according to the theories of books
rather than by ancient traditions, and, con-
trary to the usual impression about book
farmers, she is making success of her
undertaking.
The first Bessemer steel produced in
Maryland was blown by the Maryland Steel
Company at Sparrow's Point Saturday,
August 3 With the exception of steel made
at mill in st. Louis, this was the first pro-
duction of Bessemer steel south of the
Mason and Dixon line, and begins the prac-
teal operation of one of the largest and
completest steel rail plants in the world.
A NUMBER of bees selected the garrett of
California church for a hive, storing in it
many tons of honey. The recent hot
weather, caused the wax to melt which
loosened the store of sweetness. The
weight was too heavy for the church rafters
to hold, and the whole partition of the roof
caved in over the pulpit. The church pews
and pulpit were completely buried in honey
and wax.
A TERRIBLE collision occurred on the Og-
densburg Il Lake Champlain division of
the Central Vermont railroad, near Cham
plain, n. Y, last Wednesday, between a
mail and an excursion train. The excur-
sion train had 675 persons aboard, of whom
three were killed, and twelve seriously in
jured The railroad officials are keeping
the matter very quiet, but it is one of the
worst wrecks that ever happened on the
Central Vermont road.
Foreign.
JAPAN has now 1000 newspapers, where
twenty-five years ago not single journal
existed.
SMALLPOX is epidemic at Acapulco, Mex
leo. The American consul at Vera Cruz is
sick with yellow fever.
LORD TENNYsoN was seen in London the
other day, hale and hearty, sightseeing in
the picture galleries and other popular re-
sorts.
The tea trade of Japan is constantly in
creasing, while that of China is diminish
ing The increase is at the rate of more
than 3,50O,0O0 pounds yearly. Most of the
Japanese tea is consumed in the United
States and Canada.
BY means of powerful jet of compressed
air. German military engineer drives dry
cement down into the sand or mud at the
bottom OF stream, so that the water imme-
diately fixes the cement, and it becomes
like solid rock, suitable for foundations.
KING ALEXANDER of Servia, aged fifteen
years, was recently introduced to Xena
daughter of the car The young people
seemed mutually pleased with each other.
Alexander goes home with the implied
promise that he may on good behavior
aspire to become the cars son.in-law at
the proper time.