The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-05-20

AT the Kentucky democratic state CON
vention, on Saturday last, resolution nam
| ing Cleveland for president was introduced
| but motion to adjourn was carried before
| the resolution was acted upon.
! A MONUMENT has been erected at Column
bus, Ind, to mark the center of population
in the country. A similar monument was
erected in 1910 in Maryland, short distance
to the northwest of Washington.
Mrs JAMES G. BLAINE, JR., is at Sioux
! Falls, ). d., for the purpose of obtaining
divorce under the loose laws of that state
1t is said that she will marry the physician
who has been attending her during her ILL.,
ness.
WARNER MILLER, president of the Mic
aragua Canal Company, has returned from
his visit to the canal. He has no doubt of
the success of the scheme, and he says the
cost thus far has been less than was ex-
pected.
Ex-PREsIDENr CLEVELAND was hand
somely entertained by the Cleveland democ-
racy of Buffalo on Tuesday of last week.
when a new clubhouse was opened with
formal exercises. He made speech on po-
| litiCal issues.
THE pension commissioner makes the an
nouncement that expenditures in that de-
partment for the current fiscal year, instead
of exceeding the appropriation of some
$125,0O0OO0, will probably fall 900
short of that sum.
A NUMBER of hamlets and villages of
Michigan have been completely wiped out
| by forest fires. In many places trains were
! obliged to stop running, and the damage
has been immense. Thousands of people
have been made homeless.
THE entire force of the Chicago and North
western switchmen was discharged last
week by the company, and the places are
being filled by new men. This action is
taken by the management because of the
! alleged ANNOYANCE and frpuhlp pauoaI "a
company by the swtchmen's union.
A SPECIAL from Yankton, S. D., says that
Chevalier Gustave NJ Finnotte, a former
well-known banker of Florence, Italy,
Boston and New York, and once an Italian
consul, is dead, aged seventy-eight years
| He was a member of two titled Italian
families and had been living as a farmer of
! late years.
GEORGE RooD, of Jersey City, is suffer-
| ing intense agony from peculiar trouble.
He was recently hit by thunderbolt and
badly burned. His whole body is so charged
with electricity that when he puts his hands
together they stick, and only by violent
rubbing can they be separated. If his feet
! touch it is the same.
GREEN b. RAUM, JR., son of the commits
soner of pensions, has resigned as assistant
chief clerk of the bureau, at the request of
Secretary Noble. The latter learned that
! Mr.. Raum had been guilty of irregular and
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appointments to the bureau. The tempo
rary appropriation to his own uses of S72
! belonging to the government is also charged
| against him.
IT is announced that big express deal
has Just been consummated, which gives
! the National Express Company through
| route from the Atlantic to the Pacific. By
the terms of the agreement the American
! Express Company withdrew entirely from
the Fitchburg railroad on May 10, and the
National took possession. Hereafter the
American will send all of its western bust
ness over the Boston and Albany.
A TRAGEDY of the southern type was en-.
acted in a probate court room at Hager
| w. Va, short time ago. The Hall and
Steele families had been enemies for some
time. Four of the Halls were in the court
| room and two of the Steeles. One of the
! former made statement as witness, and
the lie was given. Then the firing began
and the court room was cleared. When the
| fight was over it was found that the two
Steeles and two of the Halls were either
killed or had been fatally wounded.
WORK train near Austin, Penn. was
caught by the forest fires in the early part
of last week, and those on board had a lor-
ribe experience 1t was too late to retreat
aud the men jumped off and ran into a
creek. But the water was nearly scalding
hot. and more suffering was caused in that
way. All but five of the party escaped
uculhi hoNcNtl' ne I'VE were burned TO a
crisp. Out OF the total number of res
culng party who went out after these men,
thirty were found badly burned, blistered
and bruised,
JUDGE SNEED Of Knoxville, Tenn, on
motion Of John L. McNutt has granted
fiat for attachment and injunction against
the Cardiff Coal and Iron Company. McNutt
seeks to have a receiver appointed for the
companys property. At a widely-adver-
tised sale of lots by the company year
ago, at which over $4,000 worth of lots
were sold, McNutt was one of the pur-
chasers. 1t was stated at the sale that the
company had S1,000,000 in its treasury to
spend for the first year in public improve
ments, and now that year has elapsed the
town consists of a $4,000 bank, a saloon
and a country store. The Judge granted
the fiat on the ground that the company
was insolvent, was fraudulently disposing
of property and was granting fraudulent
preferences. More or less Vermont money
was invested in this enterprise.
Foreign.
TIMOTHY l.. AND EDWARD HARRINGTON,
Parnell's stauuchest supporters have de-
cided to withdraw from the Parnellite wing
! Oft no ri oh rli