Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-02-24

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Upwards Of four thousand horses w..
| killed for food in Berlin in 1868 The t,.,,
for thi. mcrl is growing
The recent lunar eclipse could be .,.
| from the summit Of the Sierra Nevada Will
the sun was still in sight The phcnomo,,.
was caused by rclwction.
Some five hundred New York clol.
have formed q cooperative insurance comr,.
my.
Tho season IS SO mild in Maryland l..
the farmers have commence, Slowing.
Tho Bank Of Baltimore has lost A c...
who has been in its service for sixiy.fon,
years.
The number Of Sue Murphy clsim,p
on fc in Washington is 20,l76, amouptn.
to sl,020,0O0
The members Of the Rhode Island l.,
stature are paid one dollar per day. TbSs
all walk home every night, and back in az
morning
The Ncwburyport HcraH thinks III.
$4,000 knights of 81, Crispiu in Massacbo.
sotts if they are prudent, will be able to con.
troll the State.
-o Sweet are The uses Of adyersity. bs,
the adversely that brings sugar up to twenty
ccuis % pound makes the swectcniug becor.
rather dear
"A Boston broken down merchant b,.
been given two thousand dollar. by lorme
clerk, whom he had treated kindly thry
years ago.
Thirteen Of the Minnesota senator. anil
eighteen representatives, were boarlcrs at tbe
international hotel at ST. Paul, which wa.
burned last week, and lost an their clolbin,
and personal effects by the fire. Gen Band
Of the regular army and several other on.
Ger. were equally unfortunate
At the recent charity bali in New York
Mrs Gcorgo Francis Train was aitirei ps
dress OF light blue satin over which was
white lace skirt The edge Of the skirt abl
tho cor.age were trimmed with swansdogn
Mrs Gen Mcclellan wore white corded i'm
waist high. trimmed with foldsof crimson .a,.
in-the skirt being deliberately trimmed to
match
The Nebraska Legislature passed bia
establishing a lunatic asylum, state university
and agricultural college ia single day, re-
comfy Which is much easier than to organ
ize and successfully carry on the institution,
1t IS reported that among the last acts
Of Governor Fentons administration was the
pardon from Sing Sing prison Of young Edgar
r. KctchWm, upon the sole condition Mlt
there should be no public notice of the act
until after the issue of the late United State.
senatorial canvass had been made known 10
the people Of the State and country
- Mr. Sanford, the United States minister
.at Brussels, recently gave great diuuer az
the Hotel of the Golden Fleece The pecu.
liarty of the banquet was, that all the disha
were imported from America-the oyster.
game, poultry. fruits, vegetables, cheese croam
-eyorything say. one of the guests, had
been shipped from New York. Even the
French wine were taken from bond 90 The
New York Custom House, and shipped back
to lIayre Among the twenty-four guests
present. there were three ministers Of state
two generals and tho ministers Of Holland
Italy and Peru
Six hundred and twenty five Thousand
tons Of lee are now stored Tor the supply Of
New ork next summer aud there is no excuse
for au advance on last years price, % cents
per hundred pounds Over S5.J0O,000 Of
capital Is invested in the trade
-Guard against reading too much or too
rapidly Read rather with attention. las
the book often down; impress on your mind
what YOU have read and reflect upon il.
Excessive care turns a man into O pin
blunt at the head, slender in the stem and
sharp at the point \ woman Of care is Ike
a needle-.all eye and an sharpness -Beeet-
Ier.
Tho coffin which contained the remains
Of Ms Surratt, from the day Of her execution
until they were removed few days ago, has
been demolished and divided by the relic
hunters.
Capt. y. b. Ward of Detroit. Mich.
the champion inancier, ha. lately been di
yorced on the petition Of his wife, ON tn.
ground Of adultery Amony of $1,000
yearly was awarded, and no defense wa
made.
West Virginia has built three thousand
school houses within year-and very few
are substitutes for old ones.
Ono district Of Kentucky has ninety.
four distilleries, Of which twenty-five were 10
operation in January. The product Of sew.
outeon Of them was $4,000 gallons Of whis-
key
The CUBAN difficulties are likely to cost
the people Of the United States dear, as the
production in sugar has been largely decreas-
ed. The revolution continues, and appears
to be growing stronger and more troublesome
There is revival in oil excitement 10
the Pennsylvania oil regions, aud leases are
being taken rapidly. On Saturday well
was tested in the borough limits Of Oil City,
on the bank of the creek short distance
above Centre street. 1t producing thirty.
five barrels Of oil per day. The well is four
hundred and ninety-eight feet deep.
The South Carolina Legislature ycsler.
day ratified the Civil Rights bill.
---Forty-two dry goods houses in New
y ork made sales exceeding s 100000 last
year
The Georgia Legislature has resolved to
elect Congressman on the first Monday in
April
- ~hiA'aiAAf tb- llllNH VI IdllIbAu HAN
IN operation, and 652 projected and in pro-
cess Of construction.
"A pair of fond lovers in New Orleans,
tired of life and the prosecutions of cruel
parents, tied their right hands together and
.eaped from bridge with suicidal intent
But while the youth went over the rail, the
maiden went under, and there they were found,
dangling and screaming.
Deacon Braley jenkins and wife, Of
W est Barnstable, Mass, are respectively aged
nnoty-iour and ninety-two years, They have
been married nearly seyenty-one years. They
'njoy good health, and their memory Of events,
10Th recent and remote, is unimpaiper, The
ieaeon did his garden work last summer
" elocipedes are so numerous in New
Bedford, and particularly on the sidewalks
hat they have become a nuisance and the
authorities are called upon to prohibit their
ise in such places,
An enthusiastic young lady, fresh from
len, Buffers grand Washington party, re-
marks that IL could not have haen more OOr-