The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-08-12

Carleton, the New York publisher,
will soon begin the republication of
Dickens "All the year round"
An American missionary writes
from India that the Hindoo women
worship the statue of Lord CORVALLIS
with great reverence.
Marshall O. Roberts of New Yor TX
has presented to the commissioners Of
the Central Park a beautiful bronze
statue of Eve.
On the Goth ult. the court house
and jail at st. Scholastique, Canada,
were burned together with three pris-
oners, mother and two daughters.
The Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has decided that all articles
of Job printing, not included under the
head of bill-heads, cards, or circulars,
are exempt from tax.
Paris has 81 mayors and 1896 51
inhabitants. Last year there were 49,
1876 marriages, A. 1875 deaths and o.
312 births, II, sol Of which were illegit-
innate.
Baltimore harbor was lately on
fire, and the fire lasted until 1900 bar
rels of petroleum had been consumed.
Spurious fly cent postal notes Of
the new stamp are out. They are
shorter than the genuine ones, and
the printing and engraving are gener-
ally indistinct,
The schooner Charlotte Shaw,
sent by the Clristiln Commission from
Boston, loaded with ice. vegetables and
sanitary stores, reached City Point on
the 29th nit, the day before the late
attack on Petersburg.
Tho brokers room in the new
building just finished in New York foi
the "open board is finely frcscoed
In the center of the ceiling is repre-
scented the goddess of fortune emptyine
a salver of coin upon the heads of .
bull and "bear,' the latter in the ac
of hugging the pieces to the earth
while the former losses them in the air
A Canadian journal reports thai
several considerable droves of horses
purchased in Western Canada, on Con
federate account, have passed down OF
the royal mail steamers during the pas
few days, destined for Quebec. At tina
port they will be shipped for Mexi
can port, and thence passed overland
into the Confederacy.
"A widow, occupying a large hons,
in fashionable quarter of London
lately sent for wealthy solicitor t.
make her will; by which she dispose,
of between $500 and 100000. HI
proposed soon after, was accepted, an,
found himself the happy husband of
penniless adventurer.
The man who killed Luther Lad,
of the 9th Massachusetts, regiment, tn
first one who fell at Baltimore April lg
1861, was a fellow named Wrench, tn
son of wealthy citizen of Williams
port, Nd. He used to boast greatly O
having killed "that damned Yanke,
boy soldier that shouted for the star
and stripes as he fell" Wrench wa
finally killed in a drunken quarrel a
Williamsport in the summer of 1862
There has been serious strik
upon the Adirondack railroad, and
dispatch from Niagara, n. Y, Tuesda
} night, reported that about 500 rioter
were endeavoring to drive off the Ger
man laborers. Several arrests ha
, been made. The company will tax
measures to protect those who wis
to continue in their employ, an
a serious collision between the Iris
> and German laborers is feared.
"A certain official in one of tn
German States had occasion TO max
out passport for a traveller. Tn
blank was filled out regularly until h
came TO the line for particular marks.
After much cudgelling of his brain an
, chewing of his quill, he presently wrot
down 'Jreshiy shared"
! "A lady named Brown was recent
l ordained pastor of a church in thi
State. 1t is grave question to decid
: whether her husband, provided sh
r has one,-should be called by courtes
Rev. Mr.. Brown, or Rev. Mrs. Brown
husband.
= psS- j. f. Stinson, Esq, the we
e known Road Master of the Rutlan
= and Burlington railroad, has closed h
L connection with that road, and pu
:, chased the Central House." Rutlan,
G and will soon undertake to manae
that hotel.