The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-08
NOTINGs.


country. has been made cardinal by
Pope Leo.
The board of general appraisers sus-
tains the decision that lumber tongued,
groved and planned on the EDGES Is
dutiable at % per cent, instead OF
being free as dressed lumber. This is
quite protective" decision OF
itself. =,
President Clark of the. Christian
Endeavor society has started plan Ior
.prayer chain" among the =, oO0, ooo
! members of the society and which is
calculated to reach around the world.
The idea is that an agreement De
formed among the Endeavorers to olier
at least one short petition every Gay
for one another. and for the Christian
Endeavor case, besides special objects
which shall be presented from time to
time to be included among the daily
! devotions.
Secretary Herbert has rejected the
new war ship Katahdin on the ground
| that it does not come up to the speea
requirement of II knots. A theory IS
advanced that she was purposely mace
to run at less rate, IN order that
being rejected she could be SOLD TO
Venezuela or to the Cubans but IL
is probably baseless.
The recent earthquake in Indiana is
said to have had the remarkable effect
of increasing by about GO per cent. the
capacity of the nafural-gas wells OF the
shaken districts which had recently
shown signs of exhaustion.
DIR. T. j. j. See, instructor in the
astronomical department OF the Uni
versity of Chicago. announces the as
coyery of trirle star, the first in the
history of astronomy. This star, when
belongs to the constellation Ophlcs,
has long been known to astronomers
! bat its true character, according 10 ",
See. has not been ascertained until
the present time. Each of the visible
portions of the star is as large as the
sun and the star is LOCO, 600 times
as far from the earth as the sun, or
93. 600, 900, 600, 600 miles. Its light is
said to reach us only after over flfteen
wears of travel, while the light of the
sun reaches us in eight minutes.
The Chicago university gets another
million from John d. Rockefeller and
the promise of s., O0O,o COD more on con
dition that an equal sum be raised In
other quarters.
The Tillnan Constitution for South
Carolina. DISTINGUISHING large
proportion of negro citizens on the
ground of illiteracy. was adopted D!
the constitutional convention Friday
night by vote of two to one AID
stractly it is founded on the same
principle as the Massachusetts consti-
tuition, but it contains PROVISION
DESIGNED to dodge the 10th amendment
by which white man who canno,
vote may read if he can understand
n clause of the constitution when reao
TO him. The new constitution is MOI
to be submitted TO vote OF inc
people.
Secretary Lamont has issued an
order giving the name of Fort Han
cool; to the Sandy Hook fortified
, tion. 1t is a fit tribute to the hero
of Gettysburg.
A correspondent of the Montpelier
Waterman yearns for delegation %
farmers to represent Vermont at th'
! national convention. and suggests th'
9 following names: Coasslus Peek %
Rroolxfeld. Geo. w. Pierce of Biattle
1 horo. G. |. Ball of Walden w Val
of Pomfret. Alpha Messer of Rochester
". II. Gilmore of Fairlee. I. +
smith of Morrisville, J. o. SANFORD
: of Stamford. and C. NJ. Winsiow o
/ Brandon.
$ There was discussion last week a
0 Washington of the code duello with al
the gravity that could be expected !, !,
/ there had been some sense in 1t
: Lieut. Young, naval officer, punched
t Senator Blackburn's nose because Q
n some remarks derogatory to Secretat.
: Carlisle The question whether thu
j senator should challenge the lieuteh
+ ant was referred to committee o
n gentlemen. and after thorough delib
C Grafton they have decided that n
should not. They hold that he mus
0 not shoot the lieutenant ON sight be
/, cause the blow was not with the opel
+. hand. intended to convey mortal in
h suit. but with the clenched list; ID
tended to injure the physical ieeiinss
g but not the sensibilities OF the sen