Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-26
WeekIY News Summary.

MIR Charles NordhoH has resigned his
place as managing editor Of the New York
Evening Post.
"A dexterous monkey picked mans peck
ct Of 1875 on the New York and Brooklyn
ferry boat the other night.
During June 93s 900 instructed letters
were received at the Dead Letter Office. OF
these, ll,7OO contained money or valuablcs
California expects to make her little con-
tribution to the cathartic needs Of the country
in an estimated product Of 3,Sl0000 doses Of
castor oil.
The game law ia New York was of Sat
urday, aud the woodcock had to take it live
ly. Before breakfast time the restaurants
had them on ice.
The Ninth New York Regiment in ref.
utalon Of the slurs on Col. Fisk, has unaui.
mously voted to present him with the hand
soonest sword that can be made.
The claimant Of the Tcbborne title aud
estates is said to have stopped at the Clarcn.
don hotel in New York in 1866, aud to have
forgotten to pay his bills when leaving.
The was little snow squall on Mount
Washington about five o'clock Saturday morn
ing. Over two hundred people from all parts
Of the Union diued there Friday.
When Chicago gjrl qnrrels with her
lover She communicates the important fact to
her friends in the remark that she isn't on
squeezing terms with that fraud no more
--Armlets Of jet and gold, connected with
the bracelet by fine gold chain are now be-
ing worn by the seaside bellies with true abo-
riginal abandon
More than three numbered ministers were
present last week at the National Camp Meet
Ing near Round Lake, n. Y Eight thou
sand persons were estimated to be present on
the Sabbath.
The dcnizcns Of Iowa City thought they
were having a free exhibition Of earthquakes,
the other day, when lightning struck the gas
pipes Of church and exploded the street
mains all over town.
Ole Bull is writing book upon the
" Soul Of the Violin This is a department
Of psychology which has never been ycntl-
ated, but no one knows more about it than
he who has it in charge
"A premium Of 5000 is offered in Sonora
for the scalp Of an Apache Indian and the
rangers there find it at the same time so profit.
able and so pleasant, that they have left OIL
raising cattle and gone to skinning red men.
M Ducatel, an cmpoye of the Paris board
Of works, who, while the Versailles troops
were pounding away at the St Cloud gate clam
bered up the rampant and informed them that
there was not soul to defend it, has been
made a member Of the legion of honor.
The Italian Parliament, besides making
Plus TX absolutely independent Of the civil
authority in the exercise Of his Pontifcal
functions, and guaranteeing to him the use Of
all the Pontifcal palaces free Of charge, has
voted him an annual salary Of 5000, 600.
). Lombardo, an aristocratic barber Of
Charleston South Carolina, lately refused to
shave a colored member Of the South Caro-
lima Legislature, and he is now hello in $1,000
bail to give his reasons under the civil rights
bill.
The practice of brewing beer from rice
( is rapidly coming into use in Germany. Thi
beer is said to be Of very clear, pale color
Of an extremely pleasant, mild taste, foaminl
strongly, and yet retaining well its carboni
acid.
--" What is the annual corn crop of Ken
lucky ~ asked a foreign tourist of Ken
tuckian can't exactly say" replied tn,
Kentuckian "but know its enough tC
make all the whiskey We want, besides what
/ is wasted for bread"
The powder tanks found by the wrecker,
[ in the confederate iron-clad Richmond, nov
lying il thirty or forty feet of water off Cha
pins bluff are in good condition, and the pow
der as dry aud ready for use as before it
submersion, six years ago.
Charles Hitler, wealthy married citizel
of Owensboro, Ind, recently got togethe
about $50 600 in cash and eloped with youn,
girl Of the place. When near Louisville b
either fell or was knocked of the steamer AM
drowned probably the latter, as none of hi
money was found on his person.
! Chicago is delighted with its cana
, which makes the Chicago river run up streaI
and conducts the water of Lake Michigan
through it to the Mississippi The color c
f the water at that city, heretofore black,
now blue, and pleasant to the sight; the vii
stencil, too, is fast going away.
The Opeika CAlabama) Locomotiy
steams away at the new departure aud bold
announces its own platform as follows FRS
a cordial, habitual, and eternal distrust Of ii
general government Second, an ineradic
p Bile, inexpungable conviction that these stat
are, and of right ought 10 be, free, sovereign
aud independent.
Grace Greenwood, commenting upon tn
wonderful activity Of Chicagoans, says that Ii
tie children there are infected with the prevail
ing spirit and carry it into their play. q.
, friend of ours, she says, " had occasion latel
to punish her little four-year old son by
= quarter of an hours solitary confinement in
closet. As she was about to close the doc
: on him, he looked at her responsibility an
said You are making me waste my time.
D. The proposed suspension bridge aero
q the Hudson at Poughkeepsie, according
present plans, will be structure worthy
national pride Its length will be 3400 fec
The tower is to be of solid and massive m
sonry, and the foundations will be 20 feet b
low the surface of the water, The brid
itself will be elevated 1870 feet above the W
e ter 1t is intended that the cables will be
steel or iron, and afford carrying capac eli
!. of half ton to each lineal foot The tot
e cost Of the structure is estimated at upwa
= Of two and half millions.