Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1868-12-23
IN GENERAL

D s. Alnasa Sargent, aged =,
eight died at Hanover, n. II so naaJ.
inst. He was able to work co ~ ~ The
til within year or two, and ha ,,'aIao'y h.
scythe since he was ninety.6ye ''''s "a
Saturdays New York no,o..
james Fiske, on behalf Of the H.; say aa
Company, has bought the No~. Hahn
steamers for 81 100000, and wiPi, O'' l@l
buy the Stonington line for s7Oo N aioalj
Bristol boats will be placed on ,SS n
route, and run as one line IN Gonna, N.''la
the Erie Railroad. ''''V'' lob VII
Sarah NJ. Clark of Beaver H. n
sin, has taken out patent for WV
stove. DR.. Todd and Gail Ham, @Sg
notice. ''ol IA
The cooperative principle Of AL
ness is rapidly gaining favor amoo 1''ug b.
les and others, and is being appliaS u,''a
extensively but successfully d., ta aN VI
Of piano-makers, some time aoo ~" afl
tensiye cooperative piano mannf,es, 'e' @
the bricklaycrs' strike last s,nmc, VIZ
establishment of many firms Of WY. AZ q
who now conduct the bnidins s'Alsua
themselves and share the profits "'''s h
New York is believed to h..
two hundred fences or estolI;l " eg
the receipt of stolen goods Tbe '' @ p
occupation Of most Of the proprie,o, o'"''''
Of repairing jewelry. 'AH
The consolidation Of the Am,.;
Merchants Union express companio, ~ :, ID
duce the expenses Of the new cam. '- Y p
100000 year. Prospects a. "a, ~ y
company are favorable, but the AJ.n ''I "
ems another fight. -"'' 'a'''.
1t is calculated that ex. Ooo,. T.,
eoniessor, who received $500 ''i'e'lI
obtained eleven cents for each 4, ~ .s., oa %
Friday was the shortest day orn.
being only nine hours and four MINT gay
or six hoursand thirteen minute, ,bo,,..
the 2lst of June. ''' wy
Mrs Abraham Lincoln Will.
making some purchases in fancy ,,,..
at Franktort-on-the-Main, uddebly c '
away. She was removed to Der hotel ~
at last accounts, she was lying in ,o,i..
which gave rise to great appreheusi.p.
--Abyssinia, since the departure A.
English troops, has been engrosel viii !.
warfare and a sharp conflict j. goip, a \
tween couple Of native queen, ,3 III
tribes for the possession Of the ruin, a y
fortress Of Magdala, where King Tai,
was killed.
Senator Ramsey on Friday a., ,,-.
a bill abolishing the franliAg prrl'r
This is better than the other proto,.t.s B
its reform. But we have not the ~
idea that Congress will pass the b.iI
Wendell Phillips has CLEARED A,,-
ten and twenty thousand dollars from !, !.
ture on the Lost Arts"
The western veterans. at Cher }.
week resolved to appear at their ns1i roma
in full uniform, officers and o.iep u.
their rank designated.
AS good authority as is likely p Ed
tanned gives the present circulation q q
New York morning papers thus Hsi 8
600; Sun $1,000; Tribune $4,000 Va
and Times $4,000 each; Star 1900 "a
ocrat 1000 aud Journal Of Comm-a ]
90.
The Montreal aud Quebec Saih
Clubs are in training for their winters s-
the present practice being tramp. Of No
five miles a day.
One thousand and fourteen person v
killed or wounded on the railroads o. &,
Britain last year-200 Of them ksi
half Of whom we're employed on ID. 70
When it is considered that more thai
millions Of passengers were carried owe
English roads alone, the number o. s-
accidents must be regarded as wonder
small.
Prime butter is twenty cents a Pog
New York
The Government holds fifteen hs
million acres Of land now. That ought
worth enough to pay the national DEBT
There are $500 rum-sellers il P
sylyania. and 1853 school teachers
Of supporting schools, s5,S63. 759 Va.
liquor consumed, 1891 ,4s7 600.
A Brooklyn paper chronicles to, 4
riage in Wisconsin Of a couple who's D.
gate ages amounts to las years, uais
head Of " crimes and casualties" but be
specify in which division it purposel
the event.
Austria pays its diplomatic a,sg
Paris s45, 900, at London $4,000. 8
tersburg $4,000 Rome s2S.0OO a.
gradually down to Washington $500
1t is stated that the reception gi,.
Gen. Grant, last week, by Marshall .
erts, cost that gentleman $4,000.
Minnesota has increased her popal
about 10 per cent. in three years. and
now population Of 100000.
Samuel NJ Andrews, who killed c.
Illus Holmes OF Kingston, Mass, has bess
to work in the machine shop of The $,
Prison.
There are 10000 oil wells OF the Il
ern shore Of the Caspian Sea- that yield
100000 barrels of tae fluid annually
A New York paper thinks Gen. CT
cannot be much Of a politician, becaus
paid promptly for an oyercoat be boaga
that city.
Lorenzo Dow defined death.bed ~
lance to be burning out the candle Of IL
the service of the devil, and blowing
snuff in the face Of Heaven.
OF the 23,S45 emigrants who arrirA
Canada during the past season 1874 Fl'
on to the Western States.
MIR. Clendinning, the great iron f:'''
OF Montreal, was news boy about wa
years ago.
"A torpedo Of extraordinary pOver.
reported, has been invented BY an Lnsi
man, Mr.. Whitehead of Flume, who hii
ceived 100000 from the Austrian g''"
ment for his secret.
Captain Moses w. Nelson, who 'a
valuable mineral lands in Carter and Joas
counties, Tenn, il is said, has sold the 81
to party of English capitalists for ten %
lions Of dollars.
"A widow living in the town Of Hu''
Y. 73 years old, has woven with hsi n
hands 1000 yards of carpeting vl'Ni1 !.
past three years, and also has done ~ =
housework.
A large number of Usage orange h
have been shipped from Iowa to lIe,~
the purpose Of growing them into Ae's' 4,