The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1891-01-14

in Coos county, N. H., and the ad jacent
towns lying on the Connecticut river in
Essex county, this state, is estimated to be,
in round numbers, 200 900 900 feet This is
largely in excess of the amount cut in previ-
Gus years. The value of the timber at the
mills is about 81 per thousand feet
IT is reported that on Sunday last be-
tween seventy-tve and one hundred Chi
cago Masons allowed portion of their skins
to be cut off for the purpose of grating
them upon the body Of John Oscar Dicker-
son, a fellow Mason, whose recovery from
au operation for the removal of a cancerous
growth depends upon this treatment
Mrs. j. Il. POWELL of West Pelham,
Mass, was killed on last week Thursday
by the explosion of three dynamite cart.
ridges. The cartridges were being warmed
in the oven of the kitchen. Mrs Powell
was standing about four feet from the oven
when the explosion occurred and was 80
mangled about the lower limbs that she
died in a short time.
For some months past an epidemic of
smallpox has been raging along the Texas
and Mexican borders, as well AS in several
towns in the interior of Texas AdviCes
from San Antonio, Texas, state that the
Mexican government has taken the matter
in hand and sent "A corps OF physicians to
Ouidad PortfOrie DaZ, across from Eagle
Pass, to vaCcinate the people and isolate
those stricken with the dread disease.
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American side.
The supreme court of New Hampshire de-
Cided unanimously two democratic judges
agreeing) early last week that it could not
interfere with the making-up of the roll
of the house. The legislature met on
Wednesday, and Clerk Jewett called the
house to order and called the roll of mem.
beers as prepared by him. AT its conclusion
he directed the sergeant-at-arms to admins
ter the oath of office to members Mr..
Bingham of Littleton at this point arose and
called attention to the fact that many Citi-
zens of the state were dissatisfied with the
roll in its present form, and after further
criticism of it moved the appointment of
six members, three republicans and three
democrats to confer with view to the pre-
pairing of a better looking roll. Clerk Jewett
declined to state the motion on the ground
that the house had not yet organized,
whereupon Mr.. Bingham, amid much con-
fusion, put the motion and declared il car
ried. Mr.. Bingham's declaration of the
vote was greeted with loud laughter and
that gentleman took his seat without an
nouncing any committee. Nothing further
was attempted by the democrats to prevent
the organization of the house, and Frank
G. Clark of Peterboro was elected speaker
and S. S. Jewett of Laconl clerk. The
senate met the house in Joint convention at
four o'clock the same afternoon and ballot
taken for governor resulted az follows Tut
tie, 1856; Amsden, 100; and Mr.. futile was
declared elected amid applause from the
republicans.
Foreign.
A PETITION for the cauonization of Chris
topher Columbus has been presented to the
pope.
THE cold weather in Europe is unprece-
dented. Even as far south as Algiers,
Africa, violent snow and hail storm is
reported. All the ports of northern Europe
are blocked up. In England it is reported
that for duration of the frost period this is
the greatest winter of the century and, in
point of severity, the winters OF 1913 and
1914 alone exceeded it, A great amount of
suffering and many deaths from freezing
are reported
" JOE" DoNAGHUE of Newburgh, N. Y,
amateur champion of the United States and
Canada, won the half mile international
skating race at Amsterdam, Holland, last
week, amid considerable applause. He
covered the distance in one minute, twenty
five seconds. He also won the two-mile
race in six minutes ten and four-ffths sec
onds, the international mile race in three
minutes and two-titths seconds, and the
five mile race IN sixteen minutes two and
one-ffth seconds.