The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-02-28
February
Summary of News.

ou''i'i'oly vi VIEWS.
Hartford, Conn, is to have
Opera House. " ~
Lawrence, Kansas. has nor
pauper. NV SIN =
day. '''''i ''e's
missouri sends rat-skins to Eurone
his violin. -7'
Ottawa Canada paper. report Il, !,
many men and teams are returniuo fir, y,
the numbering region, in couscqr.n Is
OF the limited operations of the -,
coming to conclusion.
during the past thirtv-tbree -
hIty-one fires have occurred i'm L.6uIsn
theatres Eight times the flames lot
a.-yIi iiedd%ay that the houses were Les
! 10y gu. me causes of some of fhese
ne " ere curious; eighteen caus.,i
cigars. - 7''''i' = oi
Joseph r. Ingcrsoll. a Wen -,
lawyer Of Philadelphia, died a., nm, ~. :
day at the age of eighty-two wears
Plymouth harbor has been fro ,.,,
up Tor fiye weeks, and coal and other
suppnes nave to be freighted bv abroad
from Boston; 80 the Ueuori0f +, -
I0us 70 nave the reaiiroad 20 through TO
Woods Hole
DR.. Holland Timothy Titcomb win
soon leave for Europe to spend it Is
said, several years.
Gen. Chambers of Louisville IA =
daughter born TO him on his 74rh birtb-
day, and the members OF the bar -
sed their admiration by presenting rim
with silver cup.
The value Of sheep kl.e,l br das. ir
the nited States for ls6j IS Isl r..s "a
by the Commissioner of Aqr.rllfa.. al
two millions Of dollar. The -lI-.r rs,e
Of the whole number ~ dogs Era an Inc
States is estimated by h.m to cost In
nually fifty millions ofdollar-.
-Thirt thousand Ir-hnsen in 7 ,f-
don have thus far signed the .lgra-, az
loyalty Co the Queen, and four hundred
priests i'm Ireland have signed thed..eIa-
ration in favor Of the repeal of he
union.
A -pondent Of the Portsmouth
Journal favors the nomination of leo.
=. Boutwell, for President
Prince Lucien B0naparte is to be
made a Cardinal. and the Emperor
wishes that the ceremony be made az
imposing as possible.
AT dinner given bv oneOf thedi rec
tors of one of the state street banks Bos-
ton, one evening last week there were
present, among others. thirty gentlemen
worth million dollars each. GOod
things were said and suggested, a. well
a eaten, at that dinner
some of the members Of the new
bachelors club i'll Lexington avenue.
New York, who became members be-
cause they could not afford to marrv.',
are said 10 have incomes of 80, 900 to
10000 year.
Counterfeit 80 Treasury notes OF
500. dated June -, 1865, differing ms
Jerially in the run Of numbers are being
forwarded To the Treasury Department.
asking for conversion.
An officer of the Government Of Sit
ka, Alaska, writes under date of Jan. rs,
that the great need of the country t. the
organization of civil government, With
a generous code of legislation
AAt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Vi MOLhlllZllltll
Friday night in honor of the passage of
an eight hour law by the Legislature
was one Of the most imposing ever Wit
messed in San Francisco. There we're
over 2000 persons in the torchlight pro-
cessiOn.
The Philadelphia Union League
have received large flag bearing The
letters =. P. A." Senate and people Of
There are 1865 lakes in Maine. sOme
Of which are from 300 TO 20J0 feet above
the level of the sea. 1t Is claimed hat
no other area of extent in the world pGs-
-esses so much water power.
Hiram Smith, an eccentric bachelor
ltChester, Mass. is having his sepulchre
lewn in a large rock in that town lie
pays man 500 TO do the work, and by
lie stipulation the cave Is to be seven
eet long, four wide and four deep. and
.fter his coffin is put in, the aperture
will be sealed up with a marble slab and
cement.
1t Is stated that during the past i've
-ears emigration from Ireland has lie
'reased from III, 22g iii the first to -. zoo
n the fifth. 1t is also alleged that while
he total land under cultivation has de-
reased, the cultivation of the rest is
letter, and the crop larger by an aver
ge of s., 900, 600 a year than they were
n lS60-6l.