The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-03-25
Domestic.

THE cities of Omaha, South Omaha and
Lincoln, Neb., have adopted the ancient
curfew ordinance, which provides that chill
dren under fifteen years of age, unless &C
companied by guardian, shall be at home
after the hour of eight o'clock in the even
ing during the winter, and nine o'clock
during the summer months.
ROYAL GRANT, aged eighty one, and Mrs.
Martha j. Warren, aged seventy-one, were
married at Middletown, Conn, last week.
Years ago the groom met the bride, but his
suit was not successful. Since that time
he has married twice and she once, and
now, after several years of loneliness, they
have met and renewed their early love.
NUMEROUS complaints have been received
by the New York state board of health,
from the health department of New York
city, concerning the shipment to New York
from Orange county of carcasses OF tubercu-
lous cows. These carcasses, when not
seized by the board of health, have been
sold in New York for food. The state board
will refer the matter to the district attorney
of Orange county, with request that he
investigate it and prosecute the shippers.
The Latin & Rand powder works at
Rpton, n. Y, exploded last Wednesday
with terrible effect. Five men were killed
outright and a score or more were badly in
jured. The works were destroyed in
similar manner in January, 1894, and were
a mile along the Waikiki creek The loss
will exceed $4,000. The works are seven
miles from Kingston. The shock, however,
was felt strongly in that city and caused
small panics in several factories where fe-
male helps employed.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has issued proc
lamation Withdrawing from disposition any
public lands lying in the territory known as
Greer county, Texas, which the United
States supreme court has decided belongs to
the United States and not to the state OF
Texas. This proclamation is issued because
OF the claim OF the Choctaw nation to Greer
county, and will remain in force until the
dispute is settled. The decision settles a
controversy which has been waged by the
state and federal governments for many
years. The territory in question is situated
in the southwest corner of Indian Territory,
and comprises about 100000 acres.
In accordance with the mandate of con-
gress the secretary OF agriculture has pre-
pared a circular letter, to be sent immedi-
ately to all known reputable growers and
dealers in seeds throughout the United
States, asking them to furnish at reasonable
prices to the United States department. OF
| agriculture ten million packets of garden
field and flower seeds, beginning with
asparagus and ending with wheat. This
Der and delegate in the house of representa-
tives and to each United States senator
10 600 packets for distribution among his
constituents, after deducting one-third OF
the whole amount in accordance with the
law for distribution by the secretary Of
agriculture All seed must be delivered OF
or before thirty days from the seventeenth
day of March, 1896.
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