The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-07-15

rel, when the cannon exploded, throwing
him into the air about six feet. His face
and hair were filed with powder and his
left arm broken near the shoulder so badly
that IL had to be amputated. A piece OF the
broken cannon passed between his arm and
body, tearing out the flesh and exposing
two OF the ribs.
THE twenty-hfth encampment Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic will assemble
in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday, August
3. The parade will occur on Tuesday,
August 4. This encampment is known as
the "silver anniversary" and Vermont is
highly honored in having the commander
n-chief. 1t is expected that Colonel Veazey
will accompany the Vermont delegation in
a special car. The route selected for the
outward journey is via the Central Yer
mont and Rome, WATERFOWL and Ogdens-
burg division Of the New York Central to
Niagara Falls and Detroit Returning, via
the Grand Trunk, passing down the river
St. Lawrence by daylight, through its furi-
Gus rapids to Montreal. Those desiring can
return direct via the Grand Trunk railway
from Detroit to Montreal. Round trip ex-
cursion tickets, good going from July 81 to
August 3, and good for return passage until
August 49, will be sold from the principal
points in Vermont to Detroit and return for
! fifteen dollars.
Domestic.
The American Institute Of Instruction
! began its summer sessions at Bethlehem.
n. H., July Z.
THIRTEEN people were killed in rail-
road accident at Aspen Junction, Colorado,
last Saturday night.
So far twenty-six states have made APP
preparations for the worlds fair, the aggre-
gate being $2,7750OO.
THE duty on tin plate went into effect
July l. The duty is now two and two
tenths cents a pound.
A MOVEMENT is on foot in Bangor, Maine,
to erect a monument to ex-Vice-Presdent
Hamlin by popular subscription.
THE product of gold in the United States
the last sixteen years has aggregated the
enormous amount of S572, 100000.
BY the will of William b. Ogden, Chicago
| University receives half million dollars
for estabis ing school of science.
GRAssHoPPERs are appearing in enor
nous swarms in Kansas and the DakotaS
Fears are entertained that the corn CrOI
will be much injured.
On July an imperial bronze statue
erected TO the memory Of Samuel S. Cox by
the letter-carriers of the United States, wa
unveiled in front OF Cooper Institute.
A MYsTERIoUsLY formed lake is rapid,
filling in the desert near Salon, Colorado
1t is said to be thirty miles long by twelv,
wide. A branch from the Color ado river il
feeding II.
If present expectations are realized tn
: cane growers of the South will produce tn
unusual crop of 1000, 900 pounds of suga
in the coming year. This being the case
the government will pay S9,0OOOoO il
bounties.
, CITY TREASURER BARDsLEY, the note'
, embezzler, has been succeeded by w. Red
mond Wright, who is causing PHILADELPHIA
, ans a world of trouble by insisting on al
actual count of all moneys deposited in tn
city banks.
! YALE UNIVERSITY has opened her door
to women. Miss Irene w Colt of Norwich
Connecticut, daughter of General Jane
B. Colt, former congressman, has passe
: the required examinations and will be aG
mitted next fall.
, In glass case at Bowdoin College Pro
lessor George T. Little keeps the copy {
Horace that was used by Longfellow whe
: "A student at Bowdoin, sixty-eight years agC
3 1t has the poets signature on the first lea
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