Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-04-21
IN GEN ERAL.

Within distance OF TWO miles on the
james river, in Virginia, there is unimproved
watcr.powcr enough to carry 100 factories
with 20 sets of machinery each.
"A married couple in Kentucky, both Of
which are deaf mutcs, have an infant child
that can hear, and which, it is thought, will
be able to articulato perfectly in due time.
Illinois has 700 Masonic lodges and about
10000 members.
New York had last year, 7i0 fires, caus.
pp s4,3i2,37l loss and Chicago for the
anne time 4O5, by which $500, 100 was lost
Gen. Butler goes to Baltimore, next
week, to defend in person the suit Of the Kim.
berly Brothers against him, for recovery of
the rent of buildings at Fortress Munroc
used for military purpososby Buffers orders.
The famous Burden spike case which
has been in the New York courts for % years.
has been finally decided in favor Of the plain.
til. Henry Burden, Of Troy who RECEIVERS
$50, 600 from Cornng& Winslow, proprictors
Of the Albany iron works.
Mr.. Richotte, Of Marsellcs with six
French laborers, has gone to plant an olive
grove in louisiana lecarries the seed, and
also cuttings Theoretically sealed in metallic
cans. The experiment was onccd tried in
Alabama under the countcnance Of Congress.
but without success.
The liberal party in Rome declare they
have positive information that Italy has Joined
France and Austria in a treaty Of alliance
and that one of the covenants provides that
the statu quo shall be maintained at Rome
tin the death of Plus X, when Rome shall
be declared the capital Of Italy"
st. Louis is making desperate exertons
to secure the wheat tradeof the upper Missis.
sippi, and already grain enough to load one
thousoud cars is on It's wayto that city The
Minnesotans, however, talk hopefully Of
route Of their own to a ioreignmarket by rail.
way to Lake Superior, thence by boat to
Collingwood, on Georgian Bay, thence by
cars to Toronto, and thence to Liverpool.
4" in less time from st. Paul than it would re.
quire to pass st. Louis"
The Illinois Legislature, on Thursday.
on commomoration Of the day, visited the
tomb Of Abraham Lincoln. Brief religion.
services were held The visitors generally
were liberal in their subscriptions towards
the monument fund.
Another rebel leader in Cuba, Aduloere.
has been executed at Mauzanillo, and Gen.
Dulce has confscatcd the property Of several
Of the wealthy citizens Of Havana, sympa.
thzers with the rebellion.
--Goyornor Hoffman yesterday sent a mes.
sage to the State Senate yotoing the bin
granting State aid to the Plattsburg and
Whitehall Railroad. He claims that under
the Constitution the bill should be submitted
TO the people for ratification, and thinks it q
swiude in all its details
Gov Palmer, Of Illinois, has sigucd the
bill repeating the sections OF the warehouse
law which prohibit all sales Of grain for ia.
ture delivery
"A cave in Lookout Mountain, Ga, has
lately been explored for distance Of eight
miles and is said to far surpass the mammoth
cave Of Kentucky in variety and spendor
1t was partially occupied during the war by
rebel mandatory Of saltpetcr
-Instead of the coo log school houses
which Missouri boosted at the close Of the war,
the state has now 5000 convenient buildings
Pleasant Hill, town Of three years growth,
with 1000 inhabitants has eight churche.
with commodous houses Of worship.
After a horse is nine years old wrinkle
comes over the eyelid, and every succeeding
year leaves another well defined wrinkle on
the same spot Therefore, to tell how old
your horse is, provided he is past the age Of
nine, add the number Of wrinkles to thatnum.
Der
In the lumber yard of the Union Pacific
Railroad at Omaha, are about four and hall
million feet Of lumber, and the shops there
employ 76s workmen.
"A notice of a birth in a London paper
has appended to it these words " Mr.. Forbes
(the father Of the child requests the prayer,
Of his friends and acquaintance in this sor,
affection"
Strawberries are fifty cents basket il
the New Orleans market, and apples six for
dollar.
The late John Minor Bolts had a signct
| ring made ofhlings from the old Independence
bell in Philadelphia, and at his death be-
queathed it to Gen. Grant, TO whom it Ia.
just been duly presented.
There is an editor in Paris who has
fought fifty duels.
Speculation in real estate in Chicago is
very active. Land in the vicinity Of the pro.
posed parks is worth twelve times as much as
a few months since
The Jews do not appear to have any Of
that foolish secretiveness about matrimonial
engagements which is characteristic of so ma
ny people. The lsraelite Of New York has
list Of betrothals eyeryweek. 1t is appropri.
ately placed before the column Of marriages.
"A Chicago paper has only one fear on
the subject Of Chicago's becoming the city Of
the world. So long as railroads and steam.
boats are the means of communication il is all
right, but if balloons become the medium of
travel there is danger for Chicago. Hence
the balloon theory is deprecated as unwisc
and unnatural
"A smoking bishop dined with Admiral
Farragut once upon time and after the des.
sert rendered a bunch of Hayanas TO the sail.
or, with the invitation, Have a cigar, ADM.
raj ?" "No, bishop" said the admiral, with
a quizzical glance, " don't smoke-I swear
little sometimes"
"A paper is in circulation for signatures
in Providence, Rhode Island, asking Gov.
Burnside to accept public ovation, owing to
the aspersions cast upon his military reputa-
ton by senator Spraguo.
Out of forty-two canal boats which ar.
rived at Chicago one day last week, all but
two were laden with corn, the aggregate
amount being 240, 900 bushels.
49, Commodore Vanderbilt took mouthful
of bed bug poison the other day by mistake
and not wanting to die spit it out and suffered
no material harm.
=" Crazy Ann" for forty years an inmate
of the Dewitville IN. " poor house, has
lately regained her reason, and remembers
nothing since she was girl of Is. All the
intervening time is to her blank and mys'
terry.
Mary 4. Wall died at the Brooklyn IN
Y } city hospital, Thursday night from the
effects of the explosion of lighted kerosene