Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-06-28
Weekly News Summary.


er have put the fare between New York and
Troy down to 80 cents
"A Nicksburgh man set a spring gun in
his chicken house which successfully brought
down his wife for its first victim.
The annual parade of the Brooklyn New
York. Sunday schools occurred Tuesday, 3O,-
200 children appearing in line
William johnson, the Westfeld organ
builder, lately burnt out, is at work again in
the old church-bulding,and finished his first
organ since the fire last week.
Wendell Phillips docs not respond to the
idea Of Horace Greeley for President He
prefers to stick to Grant Which Of the Gs
is this the worse lorl
The Memphis Tenn Appeal asserts that
all the amendments except the thirteenth will
be repealed as soon as the democrats get the
power
Two girls at Saginaw, Mich, made
wager that they could take five grains of
morphine without injury They tried it and
died together.
There are l} surviving soldiers Of the
war Of 1872 in Knox county, o., the oldest
of whom is o. and recently walked eight
miles to apply for a pension,
Mrs Eddy, Of Lincoln, caught her bet.
ter half kissing the servant girl The doctor
was sent for. He says he can patch up Mr.
E1iy's face, but he'll always be bald-headed
Some of the women in the Treasury De-
partment at Washington are to be promoted
to frst-class clerkships if they can pass the
necessary examination.
chief Justice Chase declares himself in
favor Of the new departure and says he shall
vote the democratic ticket 10 Ohio it he is at
home at election time.
Indiana dogs have carried sheep stealing
to such an extent, along back, that the Legs-
lature offered bounty on every dog skin pro-
duced, and the honest farmers now find pup.
pies the most profitable crop they can raise.
Henry Aonzo Napier, the colored cadet
from Tennessee, Is pronounced to be eighteen
years old, dignifed and charming in convcr.
saton and to have the blood Of the English
Napiers coursing through his veins.
An immense strike, involving 5000 men
in ideness, is now in progress at old Newcas-
tle-on-Tyne and Gateshead, England, among
the engineers, because their labor was not re.
duced to nine hours day.
"A company has gone to Rome for the
purpose Of building iron houses there. The
city council has given them permission and a
locality has been assigned for experiments
with this architecture so novel to Italians.
There is an ice cave in Decorah, Indiana,
which is about 100 feet deep, and in winter
perfectly free from ice. As warm weather
comes on, however, congelation begins, and
when hottest the cave is most abundantly
stored with ice.
-Gardiner Mclean of St. Croix ate over
800 turtles eggs and the greater part of the
turtle, the other day, on wager. He then
took as a dessert box Of pills more than the
terms demanded and never felt better in his
life.
"A movement is on foot, originating in
New jersey, to get a meeting Of all the male
descendants of the signers of the declaration
of independence, to arrange for taking part in
the national celebration of the centennial of
our independence
An old gentleman having had passed him
by waiter at dinner the bill of fare, and ev-
identity laboring under the idea that somebo-
dy was passing circus bills, told the waiter
he would read it after dinner" lie had a
hard time selecting his dishes.
"A despatch from London of Tuesdays
date states that advces from Hong Kong to
May 26 have been received. The ship Dol
laras Ugarri, from Macao for Calao, was
burnt at sea, and 600 coolies perished in the
flames.
Two more persons were carried over Nj
agara Falls the other day in boat. After
they had got a short distance from the Cana
da side, one Of the oars ceased to work, and
there was nothing left to prevent their Drift
ing to destruction.
Weston is about to strike out into an
other great folly, which is an undertaking to
walk II miles in 81 consecutive hours, and
continuing, to complete 400 miles in FIVE con-
secutye days the trial to be on the Empire
rink, New York
DR.. Comins, of New York, has arranged
in his yard a cat trap, which nabs every un-
suspectng feline that trespasses in that vicin-
ity, whence they are only released for execu-
ton. One Of the doctors friends reported
him to the high souled Bergh, the other day,
and he now knows what it is to be Gagged him
self
Trial Justice S. A. Jacoby, a white man
living at Waterboro, S. c., received Ku.
Klux notice to quit within ten days, and
found coffin at his gate as an intimation of
his fate. He detected the authors and secur-
en- their arrest, which so alarmed them that
they made confession, but stated that it
was o",y " JoAe'
The President not belngat Long Branch,
the reporters have taken to interviewing his
cow. lhey hnd her black i've years DID,
having three calves which are being tender
reared ana altogether very proper COW
ior President or any other man. She Is
sad TO DC treated with great respect by 9th
or ana less favored cows at the Branch.
Among the promlscuous importatlons OF
slaves from Airlca' some hereditary talnts oil
eaniballsm still remain. Two negroes IN the
w est Indies lately cut OOeQ a little bOV, whose