The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-05-01
Domestic.

FOUR cases of genuine leprosy have been
discovered in Brooklyn, n. Y. All the
victims are negro children, natives of Bar
BADGES, w. l.
ONE THOUSAND workmen struck last week
at New Castle, Pa, and as result every
furnace there is idle. The men insist that
the old wages of 1892 be restored.
MRS. FRANK LESLIE, widow of the we'll
known publisher, died last Wednesday at
Shokan, n. Y, of heart failure. She had
been ill for year and had been leading a
life Of solitude in the Catskills for the past
ten years, stopping at Broadheads Bridge
and Shokan. One son, Alfred, survives her.
SEVEN Polanders who were at work clear
ing land in the town of Wild Rose, Wis,
We're burned to death last Thursday. Their
shanty caught fire, and they persisted in the
flames. The men had been carousng with
a number of kegs of beer, and it is supposed
they were all drunk in the shanty when the
fire occurred. Their names are unknown.
The First National Bank of Painfield,
n. j., was robbed Of S22,765 at noon last
Wednesday. Two packages, one contain
ing $4,000 in new bills, of various values
from one TO one thousand dollars and an
other OF 81, 765 in mutilated bills were miss
ing. The cashier was engaged in converse
ton with well-dressed individual while
his accomplish gained access to the vault.
There is no clue to the thief The bank has
100000 capital and $50, 00O surplus and will
not be affected by the loss
JUDGE ANDREWS of the supreme court of
New York has rendered decision that the
executors of the will of the late jay Gould
must pay the taxes upon the assessment of
S510,OOO,0OO, which was placed upon the
personal property for the year 1893 The
Gould children will undoubtedly appeal
from the decision to the general term of
the supreme court, unless in the meantime
they succeed in making some settlement
with the tax commissioners, which it is
said they are attempting to do. The suit
involving the assessment of 1894 is still
pending.
The consul of the republic of Ecuador at
San Francisco notified Secretary Gresham
last week that two vessels were about to
leave San Francisco with consignments of
arms supposed to be destined for rebels In
Ecuador. He asked that the United States
interpose to prevent these shipments. Sec
Rotary Gresham referred the matter to At
torney General Olney, who gave an opinion
that there was nothing illegal in the acts
complained Of The United States author
tiles accordingly declined to interfere and
the vessels, it is reported, have since sailed
for their destination.
THE United States customs officials of
Montreal have unearthed novel mode of
smuggling Cinnamon into this country.
Perforated collins were used, and when the
supposed corpse reached the states it was
claimed by one of the smugglers. Fifteen
supposed dead Cinnamon were safely
worked over from the Canadian side across
the lines disguised as women, put in hiding
at Vanceboro, Me, and then distributed
through the states. When this new means
of entrance to Uncle Sans territory became
generally known among the resident China
men in Vanceboro, they took steps to in
struct their brothers from the Flowery
Kingdom, as soon as they arrived on the
Pacific coast, OF the new manner of gaining
access to the land of the free. The result
was that the scheme was overworked and
detection followed.