Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-05-05
IN GENERAL.

! Ill Is ttalcu lnht many PtlhuhH WHO nave
hitherto spent the summer months at fashion.
able watering places, will this year take a
trim to Europe instead finding it more eco.
nomical.
The Paris letter Of ST. Louis paper
tells of a young Bostonian who recently fought
n duel for love (of married woman) in Bel.
GUM and was badly cut up by the outraged
husband.
Alta little fcte Of Eugenie on the %.
the toilettcs of the Marquse de Galliiet, Prin.
cess de Mettornich aud Countess de Pour.
taes--the three graces Of the Tuiloros-cost
upwards of 100000 francs.
Three weeks ago, on the line of the Mon.
treal railroad, therewas three feet Of snow on
a level Yesterday the farmers were plough.
ing, and no ycstige of snow to be seen.
Visitors have commenced congregatinp
I in the vicinity Of the end Of the Central Pa.
oifc Railroad to witness the laying Of the
last rail and the driving Of the last spike on
the Pacific railway which will take place
next Friday or Saturday.
The FIRE still burns in the Gold Hill
mine the steam injecting process has been
resumed. About 500 men have been thrown
out Of employment by the catastrophe
The Democratic Convention Of Wash.
ngton Territory met at Vancouver April
. 22d. and nominated Gov. Moore as delegate
to Congress.
Commodore Vanderbilt has sold all his
property on Staten Island, embracing large
areas Of undeycopcd land, to his eldest son,
| William. for one dollar Young Vanderbilt
ff Al Ia. i. 80. IL
terms to persons who will build upon and i'm.
prove them.
-Uriah H. Crosby Of Chicago, having re.
covered from the financial cmbarrassmonts
which induced him, three years ago, to rattle
off the opera house bearing his name, has re.
purchased the building, and now draws an
annual income Of from $4,000 to 100000
from IT,
1t Is asccrtaincd beyond doubt that the
crew Of the bark John Bright, which was
wrecked 10 Noatka Sound. were murdered by
the Indians Several deoaptated bodies Of
white men have been found ia that vicinity,
and it Is deemed necessary that the govern
mcnt should send gunboat there to protect
the whites
The village Of d" You Bet, Nevada Co.,
California, was destroyed by fire yesterday
The los, is $4,000.
The depot of the New Haven and North.
ampton Railroad Co. at northampton, Mass.
was entirely destroyed by fire Monday, which
originated from sparks from an engine.
-Gcn. Sherman arrived at Fortress Mon.
roe this morning from Washington, for the
purpose of presenting the oihcers who have
recently graduated, with their diplomas. lie
will visit the Portsmouth Navy Yard to-mor.
row, and return to Washington via Richmond
Sheridan gives the following humorous
definition -lrishman--a machine for con-
yertiug potatoes into human nature,
The best judge-A lady said to her hus-
band, in Jorrolds presence My dear, you
, certainly want some new trousers" No, |
think not, replied the husband. "Wcll,"
Jcrrold nteposed, think the lady who
wears them ought to know
Massachusetts has had six Ministers to
England, the two Adamses, Bancroft Ever.
EFT, Lawrence and Motley.
In March there was an arrival Of 1000
p watormeIons, 1000 cocoanuts and 400 bunch
I O. Of bananas, at san Francisco, from the
Sandwich Islands.
There are FIVE weekly American papers
in Paris chiefly supported by advertisements
, seeking the eyes Of American travellers and
there is serious talk Of establishing daily.
z Gen. Sherman has advertised for sale
his residence at St. Louis, Mo- which was
! presented to him by some Of the leading citi-
zens, who are justly disgruntled at this MGR
eenary disposition Of their gift.
Criminal business is dull in Indiana
! only seyenmurders in the last ten days, which
is quite an improvement ove- the first months
. Of the year, when, on an average, two persons
r. were murdered daily in the State.
The numbering season in the Saginaw
Mich region has Just closed. About $50.
100000 feet Of lumber have been cut, but
nearly one-third Of it will be left in the
woods unless the streams are speedily swollen
by freshets
1t is reported that the Mexican Congress
has authorized President Jusrez to recognize
the Cuban insurgents as belligerents whenever
he thinks proper, and vessels bearing the Gu.
ban flag will be admitted into the ports Of
Mexico.
AT the present time not one acre out Of
five hundred acres Of the cotton lands Of Tex.
as is under cultivation, and there is one-third
more cotton planted than ever before. Cat
tie are so abundant that they are slaughtered
by droves merely for their hides, which are
sent to San Antonio, while their carcasscs re-.
main on the prairie.
As the gold is doubly and trebly refined
which has seven times passed the furnace so
a fancy becomes more and more refined each
time it passes through the human heart.
In Sumter county, Georgia, the motto Of
the farmers is said to be- Half Corn and
Half Cotton" The corn ground is generally
MANFRED, and the yield is expected to be
greater than it has been for ten years.
Gen. Paine, of Wisconsin, who succeed.
ed Mr.. Dawes as chairman of the Committee
/ on Elections, seems TO have got enough of it,
s He says in a recent letter I" If this business
Of going TO Congress had ever been attract.
i've to me, my observation and experience dur
ing the last ninety days would have very ei.
tectually dispelled the illusion. | will work
zealousy and faithfully two years more as a
servant and then | propose to resume the
dignity of a sovereign and stay at home.
shall not be candidate for reelection"
One of the principals of the Fenian or.
ganization is gone to the South and West to
look up localities for Irish emigrants.
"A Misunderstanding the wrong girl.
Secondhand goods--Aucton furniture
g and widows.
Why are good husbands like dough ?
Because women need them.
Fisk has madc up with the Sunday school
that he turned out of Pixies opera house,
some months ago. He has given them Il
thousand dollars.
, Secretary Fish wants Minister Motley
to wait here until the effect in England Of
/ Summers speech and the rejection of the Ala.
bama claims treaty is known. That wouldn't
be very creditable to Yankee pluck
Senator Sumner has made real estate