Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-03-31
IN GENERAL.

ton lately rose en- masse IN opposition TO the
very unpopular grist mill tax, and killed the
MAYOR and twelve of the municipal council.
men.
The Bishop of New Jersey has given notice
that he will refuse at confirmation to lny his
hands upon the piles Of false hair and chic
non4 which disfgurc the heads Of so many
voung ladies seeking admission to the church
and communion. The Bishop is not likely to
confirm many young ladies at present,
What ncxt2 The friends Of Andorsonyllc
Wirz propose erecting monument to his
memory
Indianans are the tallcst natives of the
United States, and were the most robust sol.
ders in the army.
w w. Corcoran is about to erect a nam.
moth hotel, to bear his name, on Vermont
avenue. near Senator Summers residence, in
Washington twill be ready before the De.
cembcr term Of Congress.
Another section Of the Central Picifo
railroad was completed on Tuesday, making
making 800 mile. oftrack cast Of Sacramento.
Excl President johnson lies dangerously
I'M at his house in Grccnyillc, Tenn DR. Ba.
iii Norris of Washington has been summoned
by telegraph, and len W. at g O'Clock We'd.
nosiay morning for that place.
Quito auumbcr Of Mrs Brigham Young.
arrived at Chicago on wednesday
Lieut.. Gen sheridan and Col. Crosby.
his chief of staff have arrived at Chicago
The governor of Now Jersey, ON We'd.
uosdoy, sent the ljth amendment 10 the Lcg.
h,ure with O. message giving reasons why Il
should not be ratified by that state.
$50 Macl writes 10 the Cincinnati Eagp'.
rcr that ola Mr. Blair was terribly cut up
because his SON General Frank was removed
from his Office Of Pacific Railroad Comm
sioner, which is very likely true.
Pierre Slulc ofLouisiana is insane
MIR. James Harper Of the Grm of llan.
er a Brothers was thrown from his carrmga
recent, aud very seriously injured He lics
| In rrlcarious condition 40 S. Lukcs Ho..
| pital, in New York city
The General Merritt nominated for 81.
val officer Of the port of New York, was for.
meriy ON Governor Fenton's staff, and J. not
/ the celebrated cavalry officer.
Nothing sets so wide mark between
vulgar and noble soul as the respect and rev.
crcutial love Of womankud \ man who Is
/ always sneeriug at woman Is generally pro.
/ fligate or q bigot.
/ Col Gowan, the American who raised TIE
vessels sunk by order Of the Russian govern.
ment Ia the entrance Of the harbor OF Sebl..
topo, to keep out the allied feet, is going TO
/ try 90 raise the Spanish treasure vessels sunk
ia Niqo Bay by the English in 1902
The New YORK Independent proposes tha,
judges be not allowed to state the limitation
Of criminals sentences, but that that duty be
conddcd to the prison supernicndents ana
that no convict should De discharged until De
!. master Of some handicra1 by which he can
support himself
The late snow storm has been followed
Ia Nova Scotia by heavy rains, which have
caused immense destruction 10 property.
The late Hon James Guthrie lclt prop.
erty valued at about million dollars. having
before biz death been very liberal TO hi. chill.
drcn and grandchildren
1t has become O law iu Minnesota that
no public school from which colorcd children
are excluded shall receive any part d the
-chool fund.
"A man who had passed twenty -four hours
in New York sewers, emerged, "Wednesday
with bag full Of watches. jewelry and other
yaluables
The stock market ia New York Is re-.
ported to be in an unsettled and demoralzed
+ condition.
There were destroyed in New York city
last year 2l7,972 pounds Of unsouud" meat,
j and p barrels of bad eggs
The proprietor of Gcorgia paper ha.
discovered now way to make delnqucnt
b pay up He offers to distribute By lot 10 those
who settle their old accounts, ten prizes, To-.
Guiding gold watch, several rifles and guns
and a quantity of silver plate
Several London theatres are about to re-
T. verse the timc-honored custom Of charpin,
extra to those who purchase reserved seats i
% advance, and, taking the ground that it b
# really on advantage to the theatre TO sell 10
e seats, viii make deduction to those VIII.
book their seats
The Americans at Berlin camor loudly dr
the removal Of Minister Bancroft " What.
the matter Is that the historian almost ".
norcs bis countrymen, does not present them
at court or invite them to his own private en-.
ID tertainments.
just as the body of negro was being low.
cred into the grave at Weldon n. c., few
} days since, colored woman stepped up and
claimed the lowering-rope around the coffin
proving that it was her clothes line, but re.
Gently stolen from her
Imprisonment for debt is abolished 10
Belgium. The vote in the Chamber was Il
to II in favor Of the abolition and an amend
ment cxempting newspapers condemned 70
; pay fine from the operation of the law VS.
rejected.
Gold has been found in digging a well
in Bureau County, Illinois
80 Salt Lake contains 900 Mormous nni
5000 Gentiles.
Prizes are awarded in Paris to the mos
careful nurses and to the latest and heathica
babies
Wild beasts are becoming very plentiful.
in the neighborhood of Vioks6urg.
Great joy was manifested by the miner.
IN the White Pine district over the birth o.
the first native Of the region. They mace
, up purse Of several thousand dollars IN M'
yer bars and gave it to the pioneer infant
"A proposition to encourage inlmigaili
into Kentucky was defeated by the Legislature
on the ayowed ground that such mea'lr
would finally have the effect to oyertnrn To,
5 existing political supremacy Of the preseD
enlightened law makers Of the State.
Only fourteen members Of Napoleon
grand army are now living.
A Chicago paper,-we need not give ~
itics,-says that Longstreot was never
traitor gu til he lent himself to the Jaoi
bins in the persecution of his friends '''
neighbors"
One Of the members of the Illinois l,s,
3 lature bears such bad reputation that WY.
ever he rises to speak the galleries are inu,
dlately emptied of ladies', and no gen'lyg~N
OF any self-respect will remain in the ha'''
5 1T was lately stated that four Ear0PSTr-5