The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-07-30
COMPLETE HUMOUR CURE, 81.
DOMESTIC.

Princeton, n. j., July %, james
Johnson, known to every living alum
nus of Princeton University as Old
Jimmy" and the 'Varsity's mascot at
games died this morning. He was
born in 1915 and sold III slavery when
a boy. Liberty was purchased when
a young man and he went to Prince
ton where he has sold fruit ever
since. He leaves comfortable for
tune.
Annapolis, Md, July %. Fire this
morning, which destroyed nine build
ings including st. Marin's German
Lutheran church, caused loss of $50,
600
Washington, D. G., July 23.-The
post office department has established
a rural free delivery at Sheldon, Vt,
to commence August /, with one car
rier The length of the route is %
miles, and the population served num-
bers 46S.
Pana, H., July 24.-The Bible as
a serial story is announced by the as
sumption Independent, weekly
newspaper. The publisher announces
that he will begin with an install
ment from Genesis this week and will
print additional chapters in each issue
until the work is finished. He esti-
mates he will need fifty years to COM
plete the publication.
San Francisco, July 23.-The general
opinion is that Fitzsimmons has little
chance to win. Betting is now on the
basis of two to one in favor of Jefries.
Brooklyn, July 23-The coroner's
jury in the Latimer case returned a
verdict this afternoon that Latimer
came to his death at the hands of some
person unknown. 1t further declared
the ante norton statement should
have been obtained. The police will
now hunt for the burglar
Washington, d. c., July 24.-By a
recent act of Congress each State is
entitled to two midshipmen, or naval
cadets, at-large in the United States
Naval Academy at Annapolis to be
named by the Senators from the States,
Senator Proctor announces that there
will be competitive examination
about the middle of August for the APP
pointment which he is entitled to
make, the time and place to be desig-
mated later. Candidates must be be-
tween fifteen and twenty years of age,
physically sound, and well qualified i'll
grammar school subjects, including
algebra and geometry Further in
formation regarding the appoint
ment, and also of the place and date
of the examination, as soon as the
same is determined, can be had by adj
dressing Senator Proctor, at Proctor,
Vt.
Poland Springs Me-, July 24-
Sheriff Pearson of Portland, the fight
ing parson, sheriff of Cumberland
county, who is critically i'll here, has
had another relapse and his physi-
clans are greatly worried. a consul
tation was held Tuesday He has
fighting chance for life and that's all,
New Haven, July "a. R c. Suarez,
the Cuban sweep who stole three
trunks full of clothes and jewelry be-
longing to Reginald Vanderbilt, John
iors, was sentenced today to fifteen
months in Jail He entered a plea of
guilty,
Camden, S. O., July % Fifteen
buildings, valued at 500, 900 in the
business portion of the town burned.
Dynamite is used to blow up build
lngs III path of the flames The post
Office and two banks were among
buildings destroyed.
Ravenna, Ohio, July %. Al boiler
on the Baltimore and Ohio freight
locomotive exploded here this morn
ing, killing the engineer and badly
scalding the fireman and brakeman.
The boiler cleared the trucks and shot
ahead sixty feet blowing into the
ground four feet. The engineer was