The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1892-12-14
Summary of Neus.
Domestic.

DR.. ISAAC M. WISE, Jewish rabbi from
Cincinnati, made the opening prayer in the
house of representatives on Thursday.
The whiskey trust has advanced the price
of whiskey fifteen per cent. Before an
nouncing the advance, 5000 barrels, held
by Louisville, KY, dealers who were not
members of the trust, were purchased,
THE cause of an Italian funeral at Mel
rose, Mass, last Thursday, was the explo-
sion of a stick OF dynamite which the man
in the coffin had tried to break on rock
Six others were seriously injured by the
explosion.
THE prosecuting attorney who succeeded
in convcting DR.. Graves of the murder of
Mrs Barnaby, has no faith that the doc
tors appeal will be successful, and ex-
presses the opinion that Graves will be
hung for the crime.
BY the shutting down of the Bethlehem
(Pa) Iron Company's rail MILL last week
Wednesday, over 900 men we're thrown
out of employment Shortage of orders for
steel rails is given by the managers as the
cause of the shutdown.
CENTRAL Texas was swept by cyclone,
last Thursday, which did large amount of
damage to farm buildings, stock, fencing
and forests, caused the death of one person
and manned score of others. The track
of the cyclone was about 100 yards wide
and its course extended across the country
for ten miles. Buildings and live stock
were swept away like chat. Haistones of
enormous size fell during the storm.
AT the Inauguration OF governor-elect
Llewellyn of Kansas, the usual inaugural
ton ball will be omitted, owing to the fact,
as one of the populist leaders says :" that
the plain people of Kansas who elected the
new state officers cannot but look with
anxiety upon any indication that their of
ficers have submitted to the allurements of
fashionable society, which, representing all
the enemies of the common people and
based upon wealth gained by monopoly,
constitutes dangerous lobby about the Of
fetal whom it may secure in its meshes."
The other evening, the freshman class
of Yale College went out for little
pleasure, and attempted to find it by break
ing up variety entertainment which they
graced with their presence. BY throwing
tOrpedoes upon the stage and guying the
actresses, they broke up the show, and the
audience was dispersed. On Friday five of
Pickett at New Haven, charged with dis
orderly and " riotous conduct. Convic-
ton followed, and it is expected punish
ment will be melted out to the entire class
The faculty is making thorough investi-
cation of the affair, and numerous expul-
sions are inevitable.
SECRETARY Fosters report from the
treasury department shows that the total
revenues of the government for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 1892, were $425, 1858 ,260.
OF this, $177, 452 494 came from customs
S153,97l,072 from internal revenues, and
f70,930, 475 from the postal service. The total
expenditures for the same period were
s415, 953, S06-leaving surplus of about
a10,000000. The total volume of money in
circulation November l, 1892, was $780,
139,735-or about 800 100000 more than on
November /, 1891. OF the domestic exports
during the year, agricultural products were
1870 per cent Of the total amount the value
being 500, ,232; manufactures IS per
cent, valued at S15S, $40 ,937, other products,
as of mining, the forests, ETC., bringing the
total value of domestic exports up to ST.
015,732, as against SS72, 2702S3 for the pre-
ceding year.