Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-11-19
weeLly News summary.

000, her Insurance policy says.
Wendell Phillips has a new lecture on
the mast present and future Of the colorod
race.
The Chicago exposition devoted the
last day Of its life, Monday, to the poor Of
the city
Alderman Cicala, Of Memphis has
been expelled from the board, for irrcgu.
laritios while acting mayor
A band Of faithful Mormons number.
ing about 100, meets every Sunday after
room, in an upper room at Brooklyn.
Kentucky will commence, next month,
with code Of revised statutes, in which
The word white is conspicuously absent. "
Clarence Prentice the only surviving
son Of George d. Prentice, was thrown from
buggy on Saturday night and instantly
killed
The prussian government has pur.
chased a gypsum island in the gulf Of Cali
fornia for $4,000 and will use gypsum
as fertilizer.
A western man who has been stopping
at New York, feels aggricved because his
hotel bill there for one day amounted to the
value Of Is bushels Of corn.
An old vessel e the bark True Love,
which recently arrived at Philadelphia
from Greenland. She was built in l7G4,
aud her timbers are said TO be as sound as
ever.
- TIE san Francisco Bulletin thinks
Al ii Al N.aA ~, ba | uffH Cd
States can be made in California, and urges
the winters to make more raisins and less
wine
An item for the tea.table The Brit
ish board of trade has discovered 10000
600 pounds Of adulterated teas in bond at
the London custom house and moves that
they be sent to this country
Rich copper mines aud immense guam
titles Of phosphate Of lime have recently
been discovered on the islands Of the gulf
Of California, and few cargoes Of the
phosphate have been shipped to San Fran
cisco.
San Francisco Is now looking forward
to building her own ships inside the Golden
Gate, with timber and iron brought from
Alaska. OF both these that outside pos
session Of ours is found to have abund-
ance.
The Southern historical society, led
by General Wade Hampton, is getting TO-
gether good deal of the history Of the late
war, part Of which will be published il
the Southern magazine, the organ of the
society.
The wives of three habitual drunkard
Of Nation, ILL.,, have each obtained a judg
mcnt against the saloon keeper who sole
the liquors. The total damages awarde,
are $500, and the dealer will be NOR
cautious.
The iron miners Of the Lake Superio
region contracted for their ore with the man
ufacturers at very high prices, last spring
but the manufacturers are unable to kee
their agreements, and there is consequent
a complete breakdown in the business.
Nine maidens of Whampoa, China
seeing the miserable condition Of wives il
their country started for a better land, re
Gently, by the means Of drowning. They
made themselves thick garments, which
they sewed together and then jumped int
the deep, one and ALL
Gov. Dix's Thanksgiving proclamation
is brief enough, surely 81 recommend t
the people of this State the observance o
the twenty.seventh day of November mex
as day Of thanksgiving and prayer to Al
mighty God, in reeorent Acknowledgements
of His unnumbered bouniies."
Samuel Peters, of Shreveport, La
member of Congress-eect, was cashier {
the Freedmen's savings bank there, bu
died without making known the " combine
tions" of the lock, and the people hay
$4,000 in the vaults which can't be got 9
without breaking them open.
Few editors can receive with the
evening mail an envelope containing drie
human ear nclosed in a paper containin
the following fearful warning; "Viper
Beware! This is all that is left Of one ma
who traduced me il the papers !'-as Ii
Albany Post man did the other day
Tho whole number of Modocs sent t
the Island in South Platte river, near For
Mcpherson, Nebraska, is one hundred an
dity.seven, the most noticeable of whom
Miss Mary Jack, who is eighteen aud hant
some, has long, wavy hair, and a pair {
black eyes that snap awfully when am
thing is said about her late father.
Rev. John Sebastian Cabot Abbot
who has written more unreliable histor
than any other author, living or dead, hi
announced his intention to write a series
histories Of every State in the Union. An
every State in the Union should apply fC
an injunction to prevent the consmmmatio
Of such an outrage. Louis Democrat
"A great revival isin progress at Ricl
mond, Ind, prominent feature Of whit
is that the converts take their jewelry al
other valuables from their persons and 81,
them to the cause Of Christ. About $50
worth was collected, Sunday night. at OIL
meeting, one Of the donors being u KING
Templar, who gave up his sword and reg
Tia and abandoned the order.
"A public meeting was held in D
CrOsby's church, in New York, Tuesdi
night, to consider measures for suppressiI
the Indian frauds and the wars which resu
from them. Resolutions were adopted r
cognizing the right Of Indians as men, al
urging that a delegation be sent to the
with expressions of kindly feelings and i
yiting representatives from the yario
tribes to meet their friends in New 70
January 9th.
The last census of Paris shows tn
there are 10000 Americans residing
the city, two.thirds of whom are louisa
ians, and one-sixth Of the remainder fro
other Southern States The causes of the
residence abroad are the same Plantatit
owners find il more profitable and agree
BILE to leave their property at home, an
on account Of the cheapness Of the liyil
abroad, can subsist very comfortably on Il
relts from their estates.
"A society, said already to number OIL
hundred members, has been formed in Har
burg, its object being to restore the ancie
practice Of burning 10 the place Of buriI
Each member is required to make a will r
quiring his remains to be burned 1t
doubtful, however, whether any such chan
is ever likely to become general, at lea
among Anglo.Saxon peoples, The practi
of burial was originally founded upon &c
tain religious ideas, which are still, to
great extent, entertained,
1t is expected that the new Atlant
cable, for the construction of which fro