Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-09-30
News Ifens.

"A woman named Bridget Dunkley, prin-
cpal Of public school, No. 9, at Brooklyn, has
been arrested for brutally and inhumanly
beating little scholar, girl Of less than
eight years, to such horrible degree that the
little sufferer died in commissions a few hours
after.
-- The new Jewish Temple Emanuel, Of
New York, which cost something like $780,
900, is likely to be free of debt, and to have
a handsome sinking fund in addition from the
sale Of its pews, notwithstanding its high cost.
The pews were appraised at 5000, GOO; but
at the auction sale, few days since, $780,
600 were realized, members Of the congrega-
tion paying as high as $4,000 for a first
choice, and others paying all the way from
four thousand to five thousand dollars for a
choice. Twenty pews were appraised at
$4,000 each.
- An excellent feeling prevails at the
West. Crops have been large, the croakers
are few, and trade is showing unexampled
activity. The effect upon business at the
Fast will be very great.
-" Starved at Belle Isle is the insorip-
ton on well wrought granite stone in the
cemetery in Bloomington which marks the
resting place of G. p Chamberlain.
- Two thousand new buildings have been
erected in St. Louis within twelve months.
49, In California they measure the progress
of new towns by statistics Of the quantity Of
whisky sold in day.
- The best place to perform the Grecar
Bend is over the wash-tub. \ little prac
tice will give exactly the position required.
Burlington, Iowa, has decided not to
pay its debts.
Cincinnati and Erie are to be joined by
new railroad line, to be constructed by a
company calling itself the Cincinnati, Penn
sylyania and New York Railway Company
u The New Capitol building at Albany
New York, is likely to be pretty expensive
affair before it is finished, judging from the
awards of the jury appointed to assess dana
ges for property taken on Washington Ave
nue., State, Hawk Congress and Swan streets
The Albany KmckerJockey is able to giv'
only the principal awards, but these foot VI
S4s9,000! This for the land alone on which
the structure is to be built, must be admitted
to be pretty liberal beginning,
- As the funeral procession of Mrs. Car
was crossing the Erie Railroad, one mile ives
of Painted Post, near Corning, N. Y. Tuesda.
last the Rochester express train came alonl
| frightening the horse Of Mr.. Carr, Mrs
Drake, sister of the deceased, was throw
on the track and had both Of her feet cut of
A child of the deceased was run over and lit
orally cut to pieces.
Weston, the /" failist, has found out a
last why he has got beaten so often lately
He says that he is convinced that cirenia
track is against his nature, and against tn
nature of all men, and horses too. 1t cause
dizziness and nausea. But what Of the fail
ures of this man on straight track ? Al
the way from Portland to Chicago, for exam
ple2
Belgian journals announce larger nun
Der of visits than usual to the Waterloo BAT
tlefeld, and the supersttious French regar
it as sign of an early outbreak of hostili
ties.
1t is less than six years since the frs
six miles of railway was opened in Minneso
ia. 1t now has four hundred and seventy
four miles in actual use.
Petroleum has recently been successful
ly used as fuel on French railway line
Greater power was attained than is usua
when coal is employed,
The Troy iron establishments of Burden
Sons and f. Corning & Co., which have beel
stopped more than four months by strike
fully resumed work on Wednesday.
-" Sambo, did you ever see the Catskil
Mountains 2" "No, Glen but I've see
cats kill mice"
- Missouri is growing rapidly. With
six months emigrants have purchased $4,000
acres Of land on the Hannibal and st. Josep
Railroad.
A dispatch received yesterday from tn
end Of the track, announces the completlo
of another section of the Union Pacific Rail
way, making eight hundred and twenty mile
in operation.
- FIGURING mills in Minneapolis AMI s
Anthony will turn out 10000 barrels
-four in the next two months.