The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1894-10-03
DOMESTIC NEWS.
DOMESTIC IN BRIEF.

THE National Christian Endeavor Con-
vention for 1895 is to be held in Boston in
stead of San Francisco.
WILLIAM f. BARRETT was renominated
for congress by reclamation at the seventh
district congressional republican conven-
ton, held last week at Chelsea, Mass
ONE HUNDRED families from Iowa are to
locate near Daphne, Alaska for the purpose
of engaging in truck farming, fruit culture
canning, and pail manufacturing. 1t will
be operated on the Henry George single-t tax
plan.
THE stallion race, for which the New
England Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
citation offered purse of 5000, was won
last week, at Mystic Park, by Directum, in
three straight heats More than 25O00 peo-
pie witnessed the race.
On Sunday, officers arrested 7. r. Haz-
card, president of the bank of Sedgwick
City, Kan, no defrauded Springfield, ILL.,,
parties out of $4,000 by forged real estate
deeds. Hazard was captured at Plymouth,
N. H., and is now on his way to Kansas.
BELL WHITE died on Sunday at Chicago
while having blemishes removed from her
face by an electric treatment. 1t is sup
posed that the cocaine used to deaden the
pain caused her death The propretors OF
the establishment have been arrested.
THE plant of the Erie Car Works at Erie,
Pa, the largest concern of the kind in the
country, was burned last week Loss
$500, 600. A large number of cars owned by
the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
road were destroyed
The treasury department at Washington
is endeavoring to stop the sale of liquor in
Alaska. The law forbids the importation
of liquor into the territory, but, in spite Of
the authorities, Illicit distilling is being
carried on there to large extent.
The valuable colt Buck Mccain was
killed in Chicago last week. He broke
away from the boy who was leading him,
and, running directly in front OF Burling-
ton engine, was instantly killed. Buck
Mccain won the Latonia Derby last year
and was valued at $4,000. He was owned
by A. G.. McCaffery.
OFFICIAL returns received at New Haven
indicate republican landslide in Connecti-
cut rivaling that of Maine and Vermont.
Towns that have not gone republican for
forty years have elected full boards of re-
publican officials, The democrats are de-
moralized, and "allow " that it is repub-
lean year in the Wooden Nutmeg State.
THE paper and pulp makers on Fox river,
Wis, have signed a contract giving an Eng
lish syndicate an option on all mills, machin-
cry, water rights, leases, and other proper
ties. The option runs six months from Oc-
tober /. This includes all mills along the
Fox river for distance of twenty. five miles.
The plants are valued at 100000.
THE Bell Telephone Company directors
declared the regular dividend of three per
cent last week, also an extra dividend OF
one and one-half per cent, payable October
10, TO stockholders OF record September 30.
The extra is from the earnings of the first
six months Of the year and makes ten and
one-half per cent declared from this years
earnings.
UNIFORMS of new design are soon to be
issued to the United States sailors and
marines. The principal change is in the
cut of the trousers, which are made to con.
form closer to the sailor boys anatomical
curves above the knee, retaining their gen.
erous proportions at the ankles. A dark blue
Jersey for cold weather is added to the out
fit, and the white hat is replaced by white
cover for the regulation cap. The depart
ures from the old style are not radical, bu,
they mean considerable increase of comfort
and the boys will look more nautical than
in the past few years.