Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-02
Weekly News Summary.

king Oscar Of Norway will be crowned,
July is.
Mayor Mcdll of Chicago is going to
take a summer tour in Europe with his
family.
The Troy Press says that blue birds
made their appearance in that city Satur.
day, but they wore overcoais and hannels.
Buffalo has decided that pool.selliug at
races is a misdemeanor. 1t ought to be
made so elsewhere.
The sensitive syn Of Detroit widow
recently applied for an injunction to prevent
his mother from marrying again.
"A hundred and twenty-five families
from Syracuse, n. Y, have selected sites
for settlement in Western Kansas.
Congress has authorized the erection
of twenty-six new public buildings, fifteen
Of wi ich are in process Of construction.
Emily Faithful returns to England,
April 5, aud will deliver farewell address
at Steinway hall, Thursday, April 3.
The Mississippi Legislature has passed
temperance bill which is close copy Of the
stringent Ohio aud Indiana laws
"A police justice at Egiu, H., fined
man 50 for keeping rat in a trap two hours
before he killed him. That discounts Bergh
"A New York woman dealer in sewing
machines was choroformej, few nights
ago, by burglar, aud the works Of 80
machines removed.
An Iowa widower, having more chill.
dren than he could take care Of, traded oil
five Of them to a chldless neighbor for
half interest IN a saw-mil.
An Oregon youth dressed up a straw
woman and gave it a sleigh-rido through
the town, after his bashlul advances had
been rcbuiFed by the genuine article.
The prize package food Of the ra Ivy
train is about to be suppressed ia New York
state, as bill is now pending 10 Albany,
and will in all probability become law.
which forbids the vending Of such articles.
As many as thirty brokers and opera
tors in Wall street, are ex journalists. hay.
n been at different times connected with
the metropolitan press in various copaci.
ties.
AN Ingenious Yankee scamsircss makes
a squirrel, IN his revolving cage, turn Ter
sewing machine, and her i5lruau Gem.
petitors can't understand how she manages
to do long seams with "such It.ie blste.'
The duke Of Edinburgh played the
fiddle at a recent public concert at Albert
ball, London. 1t was concerted piece,
and nobody heard his particular fiddle, bat
he was particularly applauded
-Napoleon's will has been proved in
England. His personal property, sworn
not to exceed 5000, 000, be leit without re.
serve to his wife, bequeatting his son the
crown Of Fraucc--and don't he hope be
may get itl
What were the scant aud struggling
locks Of Eau compared with the tangled
mas that adorns the head of Oscar How.
1T, Of Knoxville, H., who 10 1856, ,wJre
not to cut bis hair or shave till John C.
Fremont was elected president?
Women assist at lyucbing 10 Fort
Eric, Canada. Fully ouelhird ora mob
Of about 800 that recently assembled o at.
tcud 10 a negro who had assaulted white
woman, were Of that sex. But they ddut
get the darsy.
Illinois is afflicted with "wilt.cltn
savings banks, which are springing Up all
over the state and their Officers are siren
uously opposing the enactment Of propos.
ed law requiring public quarterly state
menis OF all banking associations.
Colorado has been Dragging Of her
beautiful weather oil the past ) nicr. but
now the people are signing for some Of the
beautiful snow to moisten the dry earth,
which is so hard that it is almost impossible
to plow, aud unless relief comes soon, crop
prospects will be damaged