Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-07-19
Weekly News Summary.

weekly news summary,
1t is reported that Eugene is trying to
sell her sl.60O,000 worth Of diamonds.
"A New York laundress advertiscs to
wash and iron few gentlemen.
Nearly 10000 dead animals were last
year removed from the streets Of New York.
One Of the Siamese twins is at the point
Of death. The other is we'll In case one
dies he will be amputated
There are said to be 10000 unburied
dead in Buenos Ayers, and the gravedggers
are on a strike
Cadet WATSON, who graduated at the
head Of his class at West Point, is going to
Japan, engineering.
The gown which the archbishop of Paris
wore at his execution is to be cut into small
pieces, as relics to be used by the Paris clergy.
Amherst college is discussing the quest
ton Of opening her doors alike to both sexes.
The proposition is received with favor in all
parts Of Massachusetts,.
Seven convicts recently dug out Of the
Dayton (O) county Jail, among whom was
Mcclellan, in whose defense Valandigham
lost his life.
Gen Logan, the Illinois senator, is lying
seriously i'll at his home in Carbonate lie
has suffered from homorrhage Of the lungs, aud
is very low.
The French government has paid to
Switzerland two million francs as a partial
reimbursement for the maintenance Of French
soldiers who took refuge on her soil.
D
and pounded good little boy to death be.
cause he wouldn't trade off some eggs which
they had stolen.
"A neat and sensible style for morning
street wear in New York is an over dress Of
striped calico or percale, over black alpaca
or mohair underskirt.
New York lads Of " financial" tenden-
ccs have taken to stealing hats of the heads
Of passenger in street cars, through the open
windows
"A widow lady named White, died of
starvation at Lancaster Pa, recently She
resided with her daughter, who was so proud
that she wouldn't let the public know Of their
restitution.
"A rural Kentucky parent traced his
clipping daughter to Cincinnati gave her
a heightened spanking, made the young man
come down with $40 for his expenses, and
then bore the girl home in triumph.
f Prof Coe Of Ogdcnsburgh, New York,
recently made balloon ascension from that
place, and on his way up passed through seve-
raj snow squalls, and at one time had two
inches of snow in his basket.
Hon. Joshua L. Chamberlain was last
week unanimously elected President of Bow
doin college to succeed DR.. Harris, aud Prof
Noah Porter was chosen to succeed President
Woolsey of Yale college
+ Wisconsin, schoolboys carry pockets full
Of locusts to school, and at given sigma
4 each boy taps on his pocket causing the
a locusts to give forth their deafening, dolefu
4 cry, as if forty children had been whipped.
President Grant delights to have Sher
4 man with him at the Branch. The crowd o
f usually importunate ofice-seekers are so afrsit
of old Billy Tecumseh that they relapse int
unwonted modesty and gentleness.
The Postmaster General has appointe
four ladies to first-class clerkships, to receiv
r the same pay as male clerks of the same grade
D. They are all accomplished inguists and trans
~ lators.
" The Utica Herald asserts that unless tn
/. country obtains some accidental outlet 70
"a butter now unforeseen, the crop for 1871 viii
taking the average Of the season, be sold be
n low the cost of production.
Shortly after the close of the war, tn
% War Department sent a train Of wagons T.
IS Arlington for the furniture belonging to Ger
: r. H. Lee, which was removed to Alexandra
a. Va, and still remains stored there untouche,
:. 1t filed eighteen wagons
Hon. c. G. Bowen, convicted of bgam
10 in Washington, received his pardon from tn
: President on Saturday. The United Stat,
Marshal Immediately released the prisone
:, and he left the prison in company with Mr.
ho Pettigrew-King- Bowen.
Out in Missouri the other day a swar
of bees lit on little boy, covering him fro
60 head to foot. The father told him to Ike,
ie perfectly still, and gently lifting the boys h
&C. from his head to a bush the bees swarmt
upon it. The boy was unhurt.
~ Andrew Smith of Cairo, Ill.,, shot hir
self in showing how Alfred Plumb shot hir
self in showing how Adam Remether sh
IL himself in showing how Valandigham sh
Of. have sbot himself RIO be continued
m.
u young lauy III Tue eno.r OF a rul
-. ne" orA onuron was 80 intent cooking oS
~ sne Iail'ug 70 see su9 new oon"elS 'ne o'u
=. 1uuI"y' 1nas sue ie'. oyer gu 70 ueac 20
~ upau pno mas "J'o " JViu ~ wy oono,uu'
~ ny'n" no"ereI, snougu '"e u'a0o" says
'a"i' n'ar 'Ou0'''"s "'"