The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1893-03-17

! Fridays fire was the third great one 4
Boston's history. The alarm YVES rung iron
J the same box. No. so as at the great conf,
grafton of 1872 the burned district was Amos
exactly the same as that Of the Thanksglvin!
, fire OF three years ago, and the buildings de
stroyed the new ones which had arisen on tn
ruins of those then burned. The great 1877:
fire burned over 60 acres of land and lick,
up some 600 buildings, occupied by more thar
1910 business firms, with property loss Of
100000 900.
Tho threatened strikes among the Ch'clf {
railroad men at the opening of the World,
Fair look now as If they might he averted
The 50 railroads that center In Chicago even
| while refusing to make any concessions IN
rateS to the public on the enormous business
the fair will bring them, have united to re.
| sist the de .nards of their EMPLOYEES for the
slightest increase in wages. The switchmen
| have seemed to be organizing for strike and
the other unions cf employees were In SYM
psthy; but the roads have despatched agents
| all over the country to hire men. and II usy
be question now II the old employees won't
| find tn mSeives locked out for the simple Of
Tense of asking more pay. AT any rate they
| are losing their courage for any strike anc
| the switchmen have formally decided not to
| attempt It.
Coal was reduced N price Tuesday from 10
| to 40 cents a ton as the result of the collapse
of the Reading combine.
Mr.. Cleveland has only one namesske old
ehouQh tn hold office. and that young man "a
Grover Cleveland Brldgcrs OF Halifax county,
q. "a years OF age. Some twenty-four
wears ago the young mans uncle, Coione
Martin, went to Buf,Io. to receive treatment
at bo' pltal. and met Grover Cleveland ar
obscure young lawyer. Colonel Martin
thought Cleveland the ''smartest' man he hqd
ever seen. and went back and had his sisters
child named for him saving at the time, that
t.n a lAxrz L.. 1t
United States some dav.' Grover C,vel'n'
Bridgers, 1t Ia understood, will ask for fourth
class post1tfice In his county.
Paul B. Du Chailu has gone tn the Arksr-
sas Hot springs IN search of rest and rCcupe'
alton. Between trains at st. Louis h. told q
reporter that he was weary of civilization. |
and that although 1t was yerv nice (the word |
IL bis own 10 enjoy the luxuries OF large |
city he YVES more coutanted In the wilds OF
Africa. "You know,' said the explorer, |
"that there Is something fascinating ahou
that country 20 me-" Mr.. Du Chsiilu Il not |
the first man to eXper'encs such fascination,
hut wbtt 'er the attrsc,'ons lies. In his plrtie-
ular case. In the 4 900 wives who were off r.
cd II him at various and several times, As the
explorer related IN an interview last yesr, o.
whether In the fsct that gorilla once
'queezad him almost TO death, Is matter Of
conjecture.
Senator Dawes closes his pubic lifc In quite
a blaze of glory and one indeed that he has
merited bs bis lorg and faithful service OF
SO years. Is In the Rouse snd IS In the senate
A brilliant bar qnet was -iven in his honor ~
the Arlington hofel n Washington Monday
evening, afforded by ~ of his late sssocia g.
in congress OF both parties. nv Vice Presid, NJ
Stevenson. Mr.. Morton and justice GRAY Of
The supreme court II was an occasion Of
hearty kindness throughout. TrihuIes "a
he high character OF his service we're paid bv
HE colleague, Hosi, sn b. Senator Cockreil
who has been closely associafodwith him on he
cnmpi'tee, erd So a'nr q a. I
N responding to the t0a>i 'fhe prt sii, n n: tho
United States. sohr Sherman on ..Conrres. -
Henry Cabot Lodge on "MssSachu-stt Z
III spoke In profound spnreciqtonr Of {
lis work and especially the later phases of u .
IN the Indian question with their potenvies S
Il good In centuries to come. ?