Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-05-31
Weekly News summary.

In Brooklyn, a womans rights wom,o
is reported 10 have named her BOYS Su,,n
Mary and Kate.
The twelve votes against the ratification
Of the Treaty Of Washington were all. will,
one exception, given by Democrats.
--"Brick' Pomeroy lately divorced from
one wife, was married to another at New YorL
on Monday, the happy woman being Louise
VI. Thomas Of that city.
Minnesota has rcpudiatcd her railroad
bonds, by popular majority Of ten thousand
Thus her people have established the fact that
they are a community Of rascals.
The four highest mountains 10 the Stat.
rank as follows in feet above the level Of tie
sea Mansfield, 4,270 Camels IIumn
l,lss Jay Peak, 1878; Ascutney 3.A25
In a pigeon shooting match at Elkhart
H., the prize was won by a Captain Borarlu.
who shot 81 birds out Of 100 and won d
prize Of 81 600
Joliet, H., had double golden wediip,
one day last week The brides were sister.
aud were married the same day fifty years
ago Their mother. venerable old advo
eighty. was the hostess Of the occasion
DIR John b Gilman, formerly Of chi.
cage, has received from the Emperor Of Ger.
many the decoration Of the Iron Gross. 10,
distinguished services rendered in the ur,..
cal department Of the Prussian army
An arrangement has been made be-
which tobacco is now shipped from New Dr..
leans to Europe at s3 a hogshcad choaos,
than from New York This will compel Ne
metropolis TO lower her rates If She wishes 20
retain this item in the carrying trades
1t s stated that no legal steps have 81.
been taken to stop the work on the railroad
/ ferry across Lake Champlain at Tcoa
deroga. The construction Is in rapid uropre.
and has nearly reached completion ON The Ngu
l York side.
"A park Of i3 acres has been secured io-
the use of the New England Fair at Lowell
next fall, and O branch track will be laid. So
that stock can be unIoadel and loaded on Oh.
/ grounds. An excellent trotting course will
also be provided
The Illinois farmers don't find hop.ras.
ing profitable and are blowing up their yards
for other purposes. A recent shipment TO
New York Of 5s bales brought only two and
a-hall cents pound, which didn't pay freight
aud commission.
Mr. seely one Of England bold aud ae
/ tive workers in Parliament, Is trying 10 csiah.
lsh penny postal arrangement between thar
country aud ours, which shall include not only
the expense Of ocean transit but carriage l
both ends
Bishop Clarke Of Cincinnati, whose o..
cent death has been aunounccd, entered l
travelling ministry in 1913, where he sery
| till 1852 when he was elected editor Of g.
! Ladics' Repository lie kept that posiuo
twelve years, aud was chosen bishop of d.
Methodist Episcopal church in 1864
The English law. according to O rocea.
decision of the court OF chaucery, is that
dead father has more authority over a child.
education than living mother and whatey.
er faith he held when alive must be the rule
BY which she must Co. even though She ab.
hors it.
A Svede, at Black Maiden Rock. Wis,
having but one OK this spring, compelled hi.
wife 10 carry one end Of the yoke, while be
held the pillow and bis son drove The woman
endured this almost superLuman toll for two
days, when she rupturel an Internal organ
and died
A citizen Of Nebraska was Boosting that Do
his town there wasn't either a doctor, las.
/ yer or q clergyman aud only one rumse
How many inhabitants are there atop
er Pr asked a bystander We'll, was DO.
reply, there's only my family aud ms broth.
er Jake's, and Jake Is the rumseller'
"A champion baby show was recently
held at St. Louis, at which so samples were
exhibited, including seven pairs Of twins aud
a set Of tripets. John Walker who begin,
to have history almost as soon as Ginxs
baby, took the first prize, being only four
mouths old and weighing 81 pounds
A young lady in Cleveland, lOhio ra.
Gently received letter on her wedding eye
saying that her lover had a wife ani family
already She read the letter through. turu.l
her face toward her mother, who was To- th.
room, and cxcIaiming, Oh, ma go dropra
dead upon the floor.
One of the largest Atlantic steamer.
ever built, called the Spain, has just been
iloatod out Of the shipping yard of the noio-
rious Lairds az Brkenhcad England She
measures 437 feet in length with AZ feet
breadth Of beam, weighs 1900 tons, and eau
accommodate 1900 first class and 400 steer.
age passengers.
About three years ago o young girl 10
Lanark, Illinois, was visited by q curious iI..
ness, which during the last year took such
form that she loathed food, and existed 40
days without eating anything whateyar
Finally she expressed desire for food and
now her health sud flesh have been cnirely
restored to her.
The spots in the sun which so perplexcl
aud alarmed superstitious. people last year
are fast disappearing The total Of the spo..
ted area is now scarce $4,000 square mile
which is less than one part in 5000 Of the
area obscured in May, 1870. 1t is probable
the sun spots will disappear about june Of
this year
Theodore Lehman, a prisoner in the
Canton, ILL.,, jail recently hung himself by
accident while personating the ghost Of one
1 Hoffman, who was imprisoned and hung 10
the same JAIL two years before His acting
was for the benefit of new prisoner whom
be wshed.to frighten and he did it with
naturalness which was fatal.
"A female spiritual medium in Ohio tells
that Chief Justice Chase will be the next
president Of the United States and that be
will be elected by the Democratic party
Inc democratic party Is too polite to tell
this medium that she lies, but it requests US
to say, in the mldest terms possible, that She
is a ridiculous and absurd old fool L0ua-
rifle Journal.
"A disastrous fire has been raging in the
woods at Saranac Lakes, ~ Y, during the
past week, and, besides the destruction Of
much valuable timber, three houses and their
contents have been consumed. II is reported
that one man was burned to death. The air
has been filled with smoke and burning Gin
ders, and the effect Of the great fire was very
scnslbly felt in Plattsburgh on Thursday
While digging a grave recently at Ba
kers6eld, California, the sexton discovered
human skeleton about seven and half feet in
length, the skull of which was so large that
iull'grown person placed his head inside u
was buried with the crnuyn no;nt;ne, eastward