Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-17
Weekly News Summary.


John Hatfield, who died a few days since,
at Troy, n was the first man who
made luciler matches in this country
Mrs. Fair, the San Francisco murderer.
thinks she will escape both the gallows and
the State prison Bat San Francisco don't
see it,
"A quaint, old Scotch proycrb runs thus;
An ounce of mother is worth pound of
clergy"
"A Hudson milFman was overheard sing
I ing to his fellow craftsmen, yes well gather
at the river"
Napoleon Iii has been offered loan Of
$4,000 by a lady. The London Couyt
Joaraai says he can easily borrow from
sl00O,0O0 to sl,50000O.
Senator Wilson went on to Washington.
recently, by way Of Springfield file is medi.
tating California, instead Of Europe for his
summer ionrueying
Dick Yates ycarns to get back to Wash.
ngton again. and proposes to run for con-
gresham at large from Illinois, in place Of
Logan promoted to his seat in the Senate
Tree planting ia Nebraska is regular
department OF agricultural settlement and q
company Of Swedcs have lust ordered 900
cottonwood trees for one Of their farms.
The solemn removal and demolition Of
the five stones which used to serve as base for
the stillotino in front Of the prison Of La
Roquettc. took place at Paris recently
In New brunswick they do not like the
reported fishery provisions Of the new Wash
ngton treaty and they entertain hopes that
Che Canadian Parliament will not ratify them
--Jnlgo Boo1 n Cbic,,o has doc;do1
that marriage contracted while the parties
were slaves was not lceal. and that no divorce
was therefore necessary.
They estimate Cbin.m,p'. nro.ner;ty
In co'or,l, by tbo y,v M. sncnJ. NJ, ,na,o,.-.
ir businc., Is good ne buy, hem. If moor rice
. no small quantities
Ir bc demosr,t. b,ll c,,c.nt. L.n
.tbr.atan to sond Dr. William NJ Cw;n b,ct ~
|ho rn;,cd S,,,os SUI, ~ ,ja,. 20 n.
/ Cole, which would inlicote they forget little
and learn nothing
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cleared away. anl cxhorts neonlo i, oyory
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Three liueiuuati editors, having become
rich and respectable, d, all editors do there at
very early age, have taken to themselves
wives and are now spending their honeymoons
at Ne" YORK.
The poor Old pope being down, nobody
cares how hard they hit him, aud the profos-
sors 10 the Roman University are now inAct-
ing the uukiude,t cut of an by declaring
against his iufaIibility
Halt a million dollars was the value Of
the contents Of a freight car loaded with silk.
worm cocoons, which passed over the New
Jersey railroad on last week, on the way from
California to England
The boys of Troy uolytechnic ;n.ti,uto
have been denied admission to the national
college rowing association, because their in
stiintlon is only school" Naturally, they
are very mad about 1t.
Seven different women are now claiming
to be the lawful wife of the earl of AberJen'
whose eccentrice absence from home as a sail
or, and whose death on an American vessel
oeea-loned 50 much talk last year
-Rebccca Wright, who gave the informa.
ton to General sheridan on which he fought
the battle of Winchester and defeated Early 3
army ha, Just gwen her heart and hand to
Nl'''am bonsol Of Cecil county Virginia.
a man was recently arrested in Italy
who had made his living for the past forty
years by smuggling abandoned Swiss babies
into the province of Como, having transplant.
eu ~ 'na' time about 52oo tender infants.
"A Peoria lll) man put some catfish into
his rain water barrel, last fall, and when the
cold weather came they froze up solid in the
clear ice aud remained so all winter but they
are coming ont lively this spring after their
cheap Information.
~ new Unmarried man complains Of tho
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