Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-07-23
Mcckly Ncws summary.

Abyssinia il at Choltenham college, Eng
land.
A " Franklin circulating library" has
been opened in Rome for the benefit OF the
working classes.
Two Cleveland girls are making a
pedestrian trip up the St. Lawrence, carry
ing only satchels.
Just as soon as Train aud Sergeant
Bates got quiet, Lord Gordon had to 60 into
state Of eruption.
Long John Wentworth owns 1000
acres of land within twelve miles Of the
Chicago courthouse.
Rev. Charles Whitehead fell dead, last
Sunday, while administering the communion
to his church at Amboy, N
--Garrett Davis, youngest son of the
late Senator Of that name has commenced
the practice of law in Kentucky.
A Texas woman has arrived at Saint
Louis with 1000 cattle, all her own and
which she assisted to drive from Texas.
John Adams aud jesse Grant are the
only men who ever lived to see one of
their sons President Of the United States.
Mrs. Elizabeth Ayers, who recently
gave $4,000 for an orphan asylum at
. Jacksonville, H., has now taken II oil back.
The walls Of Constantnople, though
built 1900 years ago, are still perfect
Originally there were 43 gates now only
seven exist.
John jenkins, an Old lllinoissn who
Il %, talE It,Aiap fthtaavpf tua "a
originally " Took Chego,' which signifies
without timber
"A Cincinnati brewers wife papercd
her trunk with oos'ly rs revenue Stamps,
and the brewer is in Jail for the way be
took on about it.
The market is very well supplied with
berries The new worm that comes with
them, this year is rather acid in favor and
not altogether unpleasant.
-Ex-Mayor Oakley Hall, Of New York,
is announced to lecture on " Love, Mar.
riagc and Divorce" Tweed and Copnelly
haven't announced their subjects
"A Washington Territory man offers to
contribute s2j toward fund TO buy Oh
the mon who have made it their business
for twelve years past to hold all the Offices
"A bare.footed Ohio girl, who walked
ten miles TO hire out to hoe corn, was adj
mired by a widower worth 100000, and
the two are now one Isn't there a lesson
in this
The superintendent Of the tree-pant.
ing bureau of the St. Paul x Pacific rail.
road is now running thirteen breaking
plows, and will set out 500 600 trees befor,
next spring.
Those who want to be lcetotalers should
let up on eating bread. A New Yorker
has discovered that twenty-four pound
loaves contain as much alcohol as a bottle
of port wine.
"A couple of oxen bulled the Pottstowr
(Pa.l candy market, the other day, by Gu
tering the largest confectionery in the place
and smashing up indiscriminatey the cases
and jars Of sweets.
This year, Cincinnati pays its public
school teachers S404 SOB, against Sl47,
437 in 1860, and 5,l97 in 1880 10 tht
last forty-four years it has paid out on tbii
account s5,033,297.
-oa nies vounson one OF the "ealihles
citizens OF indianapolis, has given one hun
dred acres Of land, near the city, valued al
100000, for the building and endowment
Vi ''e''cai colego'
Asa Packer has given to. the Lehigh
(Pa.) university Sc acres of land and ST..
Oo0,ooo to build and endow 1T. Tuition
will be free 10 this institution, while room:
1
anu ooaru VIII NC FURNISHED ~ cos''
~, the Oaiedon'an cup games at oar,
a'ogn' 1a'' las. week, one feature was ia'
woman race Tor anew bonnet Inc lean'
est contestant weisneu 10y, anu eoree ON
ers ws'sneo' respectively wv 90 anu -
PounuS'
Among the records OF the circuit court
al Mempuis Is Petitloh from coiore0
man. dated before the war, asking mat ut
may pccomc ,ne save Vi houer' D"'op' at
nc peiieVes tue cUnui'lon OF slaVery oe''el
ior hin' 'hah ireeuom'
Col. Fred Grant writes of the gooC
sport be is having with the Stanley military
expedition through the Indian country t
the Yellowstone Two OF the regiment
nave io' OF oioounounus aiong' ana Que o
tnese caught "uu N'''eu hVe au'eiopes u
one uay'
-Engineer Osborn OF the Pittsburgh
road, seeing an obstruction on the tract
near Bedford, one day last week, stoppe'
his train aud discovered that bis COW
catcher had caught up little girl. Sh
was but slightly hurt, though not slight.
frightened.
james Gordon Bennett was recent.
put upon the witness stand in Paris to ties
tity in libel suit brought against tn
Herald by an irritable Frenchman, an,
was very much incensed when the judg
asked him, as is customary in the examina
ton OF witnesses, II he had ever been con
demned for any crime.
The Louisville Courier. Journal neye
asserted that Gen. Howard stole none
from the government, but it is remarke
that "he merely surreptitiously borrowe
1t permanently, and remembered to forge
to keep any record of the fact' That
Bourbon straight in literature. Lightnin
can never hit the man who writes in tina
way.