The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-02-28

cese of Hartford at Hartford, Conn, last
week Thursday.
FIVE men were killed last Thursday by a
boiler explosion at Compile, La.
THE immense hardware store OF North
| Brothers, Chicago, was burned last week,
causing loss of 100000.
THE motion for a new trial for Preuder-
CAST, the murderer of Mayor Harrison of
| Chicago, has been denied, and he will be
hanged March 90.
EIGHT men lost their lives in the Sierra
| Nevada mountains last week by getting
| caught under a huge snow-plow that jumped
the track near Truckee, New.
AN agreement has been reached in the
| contest over the will of Willard Goldthwaite
J of Salem, Mass The will is allowed and
the bulk of the estate goes to Tufts College.
| GENERAL MANAGER T. A. McKANNoN, OF
the Concord and Montreal railroad, has re-
signed to accept like position on the Bos-
ton and Maine system. He will enter upon
the duties of his new position March 1.
The hospital for the insane at Rochester,
| N. Y, was burned last week Wednesday,
causing loss of $4,000 The 450 inmates
were removed without injury to any of
them There was no insurance on the
building.
A LADY in New York, whose name is not
made public, has presented to Bishop
Hurst, Of the Methodist Episcopal church,
| for the American University at Washington,
ID. c., the sum of 500, 900 to endow chair
of history.
THE election held last week in Pennsyl-
vania for congressman-at-large to serve the
| unexpired term in the present congress of
General w. l.. Lilley, deceased, was a pro-
nounced republican victory. Galusha A.
Grow was elected by plurality of over 1885,
600 votes.
THE extreme cold OF the past two weeks,
| and the unusual accompaniment OF large
quantities of snow, have wrought havoc
among the cattle on the great ranges in
Oklahoma Territory. Many thousands per-
ished, and those that survived are in a pitt
able condition.
| MATTHEW ASHTON, a convicted murderer,
died in Jail of smallpox at Madison, Wis,
last week. Through the death of an uncle,
while his trial was in progress, he became
heir to $3.50, 900, left by will by his relative,
who believed him innocent of the crime of
| which he was convicted.
THE property which Governor and Mrs.
| Mckinley conveyed to trustees, last year,
under financial stress, has been transferred
| back to them. This result is due to the eff
| forts of the trustees. When they received
the trust they decided to raise the money
with which to meet the governors obliga.
tons This has been fully done by private
subscriptions.
THE first vessel to cross the Atlantic
burning only liquid fuel was the British
steamer Baku Standard, which arrived al
Philadelphia last week Thursday from
Shields, Eng. Petroleum residuum was the
fuel used. The most important advantage
discovered on the run was that perfect com.
bustion was possible, an end never obtained
when coal is used in the fire room.
THE first move to save Boss McKane from
the penitenitiary was made in New York
last week, when Justice Edgar M. Cullen
signed an order for the prosecution to show
cause before him why certificate OF rea
sonable doubt should not be issued, upon
which a motion for new trial may be ia
vorably entertained. The order was coupled
with stay OF the execution OF McKane's
six years sentence until decision is rem
| dered in the case.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has become wea
ried by congressional perversity and has
gone for a duck-shooting trip along the
| North Carolina coast. In private converse
ton with friends before he left Washington
he expressed openly his dissatisfaction will
the present aspect of affairs in congress anG
elsewhere, and his desire to get away for
time from disagreeabe environments and tt
go where no telegram could reach him an(
no reporters follow him. He is accompa
MED by Secretary Gresham and Captain
Evans, the naval secretary of the lighthous,
board, and expects to be absent from Wash
ington about ten DAYS.