Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-09
IN GENERAL.

conservatives days, from sunrise to sunset on
a wager of $1,000.
The TAYLOR will case, involving over
half million dollars, was decided at White
plains. Westminster county, N. Y, Tuesday,
IN r, yor of the woman, Mrs Catherine Tay-
lor. who lived for years with Mr. Taylor as
his wife. and bore him three children, al
though they we're never legally married. Mr..
Taylor was afraid of the objections Of his
grown daughters to the match, and they
4 were the claimants for the property.
Colorado aud Wyoming merchants com.
plain that their stocks are getting low, and
their freight, which has accumulated at Oma-
ha. cannot be forwarded, on account OF the
pressure of other business on the Union Pa
cifc Railroad.
One of the manuscripts brought by the
British from Abyssina is illustrated with a
picture of the Israelites crossing the Red Sea,
armed with muskets.
A Philadelphia corsct-maker advertiscs
all kinds of ladies stays here"
Snow has fallen TO the depth Of three
feet in portions Of Canada.
- The Thanksgiving receipts at the Olym-
pic New York; theatre were $500.
- A Goldfish weighing seventy-four pounds
was caught within sight of the Boston light
house, the other day.
-- The Washington Police Commissioner
have rejected III applications for renewals
of licenses to sell liquor, including those Of
two leading hotels
"A party of drunken men attempted to
murder one of their number, on Sunday night,
in Kingsbridge, Westchester county, N. Y.
by burying him alive. lie was rescued by
citizens before being suflocated.
- Three hundred barrels of whisky were
seized in Cincinnati, yesterday, by Internal
Revenue officers. IL was found that the
whisky was from 6 to 10 per cent above the
proof degree on the gauger's certificate. The
penalty for this offence is Imprisonment, con-
fscation and 5000 fine for each barrel.
A silly Iowa elk tried to overtake d
railroad train. The conductor good-naturedly
stopped it, allowed the elk TO do as he liked
aud carried him along in the shape Of yenison
II. r. Toole, assistant special agent Of
the Treasury Department, seized in New York
on Friday last $4,000 yards of fine Lyoui
elk, together with large number of French
cloaks This is said to be the largest seizur,
ever made in the United States, the tota
value being estimated at $4,000.
"A Miss Barber has been arrested il
Corning New York for roasting baby t
death. She was left in charge Of three chill
dren of family named McCulloch last Wed
nesday. and in ct of rage at the younges
child for being fretful, threw it upon tn,
floor, stamped upon it until it was almost life
less, and then roasted its hands upon the no
stove When the mother returned home a
night it was dead.
49, Nearly one thousand pounds sterling
have been subscribed for testimonial {,
General Peel on the occasion Of his retire
ment from public life. 1t is to be expende,
in service Of plate
- Ex-Queeu Isabella is credited with
design to start paper in Paris in her Owl
interest. A lively editor declares this sui
fcient evidence Of her insanity.
In accordance with the laws Of the Stat
Of Connecticut, all children under 10 year
of age have been discharged from the facto
ries at New Britain, to enable them to 20 t.
school the required three months Of the year
France has given to the Roman govern
ment twenty thousand muskets, Of which 81.
thousand are Chassepots. This would be
sufficient eaSus Jelii for Italy, il she chose 5
to regard it,
Chicago is discussing the question O
suppanting " readers " in the public school
with daily newspapers. Such substitution
might be made without benefit to the lterar
culture of the pupils.
ARIZONA territory is proportionately th
least remunerative post office district in tn
country. The expense Of carrying the mai
last year was sl25,607, while the aggregai
receipts only amountedto sl,96s
1t is reported that the Adams House
in Quincy, is the only Presidential mansio
now held by the family of the former Owner
San Francisco figures up its losses by tn
earthquakes, at s4OO 600 in round numbers
Eight thousand buildings have bee
erected in Chicago this year, at a cost o
s25,000,000. Among these were twenty
five churches, costing 100000.
Cincinnati had three inches Of snow
yesterday morning, and more coming.
Lancaster County, Nebraska, has ofere
100000 in bonds to the railroad compan
that shall first connect Lincoln, the capital
with the Missouri River Four companie
are competing for it.
john s. Elliot died in Queen Anne's Co
Md, lately, weighing 400 He has weighe
500, but grew thin" during his brief but ia
tai illness.
1t seems TO be admitted that the Louis
lana sugar crop this year has been splendi,
one, superior to any for several previous years
both in quantity and quality,
A Baltimore paper urges the male DRY
goods clerks in that city to throw down thei
yardsticks and surrender to the women Blu
that would not satisfy the customers.
"A fever induced by exposure in the oh
servation Of the August eclipse of the SUI
was the cause Of the death Of the King o
Siam. He was monarch of high scientif
attachments.
There was such a storm the other nigh
in the West that the trains on n railroa,
passed each other on double track withou
making themselves audible or visible to tn
occupants of the other trains.
There are three books which are believe,
to be geographically perfect, and they are
an Oxford Bible, London and Leipsic edi
ton of Horace and an American reprint o
Dante.
AN Ohio farmer has raised forty bushel
Of new variety of corn in two years, iron
four kernels.
--Lamartine at seventy-eight is dotard
lie dictates meaningless trash to his secre,ar,
every day.
On earthquake day" in San Francisco
two thousand telegraphic messages were sen
East.
The Harpers pay from five to fifteen dol
lars per page for prose articles. The tota
average cost of a number is about six dollar
per page But the constitutions ara mana.