Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-04-23
" eekly News Summary q.

On and after Thursday the irst Of
MAY it will be all trout's life is worth to
try and get living in this State.
--Garroters have appeared 10 Boston,
and the hardware stores are selling revolv-
ers at a brisk rate
Sea captains say that there is not
good lighthouse on the entire coast of Nova
Scotia west Of Halifax.
1t turns out that Capt. Williams, Of
the Atlantic, was dismissed from the Will
liams & Guion line for drunkenness. SO
says the Nation.
The frcshct in the western rivers is
subsiding Considerable damage has been
done to property along the Genesee aud
Susqueh hannah rivers.
Judge Tappan, Of New York, decided
Thursday, that Mrs. Myers, witness in the
Goodrich case should be discharged on her
own recognizauce and security Of $1,000
A Memphis, Tenn, grand jury has it,
dicted all but four of the county judges for
drawing $50 per cent. more than their le.
gal compensatious,
The gentleman who has heretofore per-
formed the part Of the wild man in Chi
cago museum has concluded to be tame u
til he gets his last months wages.
--Rcy. Mr. Sturgeon doesn't approve Of
pictures, and thinks artists as a rule,
little better than imps Of Satan. lie ap.
proves of port wine, though
REV. Mrs. Van Colt has so many calls
to preach, that she always says mo"
whenever she sees man with a white
neckcloth approaching her.
Immense white sunshadcs-small cir
Gus tents, IN lact--are the correct thing for
fashionable dcmoiselles who intend to visit
the seaside this year
1t is a boast among fashionable women
that they "neyer read newspaper. But
they make much more hustle about their
ignorance than is at all necessary.
"A Syracuse paper has received poem
on the loss OF the Atlantic but is afraid to
publish it, lest some Of the survivors see
ing it might feel worse than they did at the
time of the tragedy.
"A bill has passed the Pennsylvania
House Of Representatives, prohibiting mi
nors from visiting variety theatres, negro
minstrel exhibitions, and ike entertain.
ments, in Philadelphia
From the most reliable returns it ap.
pears that the political complexion eff tho
Ohio Constitutional Convention will be 81
Republicans to 40 Democrats aud Liber.
ais, with seven counties to hear from.
In New York shop window is dis.
played liie-preseryiug mattress float
ing in a cisteru Of water aud having on il
a family Of dolls arranged to represent per-
sons who have been shipwrecked
A New York letter represents James
Gordon Bennett, Of the New York Herald.
as dying Of love, $50 to speak for Dan
ish princess and that he has at last got the
consent Of the King Of Denmark to marry
/ her.
The Springfield Republican says that
in the last letter Mr. Albert Sumner, one
Of the Atlantic's passengers, wrote home
from Europe, he inclozed his photograph,
with the words " Coming events cast their
shadows before"
"A young man named Sullivan, who
attracted by curiosity, went to the steam
boat wharf at Fall River, Saturday. to see
the survivors Of the Atlantic, found his
brother, whom he had not seen for years,
among them.
a A large four-story building at Mid
dletown, Conn, known as the shepard
Block fell Wednesday afternoon, hurying
about twenty-five men. At last accounts,
six bodies had been recovered aud several
persons rescued more or lessiniured
Stephen Handy, an old Keutuckian,
took a good wash and shave the other
. night, and went 10 bed, rcmarkng that his
time to die had come and be guessed he
IL would do up the job that night, and he
did.
b Midnight burglaries are quite fashion.
able in the suburban towns around New
\ ork, and rumor asserts that rafting Ere
. Of revoyers may be heard from ! / to 3
n o'clock, any night, aud the local coroners
are in high spirits.
). -Bergh gets beaten in many Of his at.
i tempts to mulct the cruel stage drivers,
# lately He was allowed to conduct the
n prosecution Of one, the other day, and SC.
cured his discharge in a very short time
% while he himself was held TO answer for
l. causing the illegal arrest Of the driver.
/ "A prominent New York cotton broker.
n who has improved every chance these last
d ten years to obtain divorce, and been beat.
n en- each time, has no hesitation 10 saying,
K aud saying it boldly, that the doctrine that
10 "eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty
t. is all bosh.
/ "A Rochester couple who we're married
Ct in February, after a three days acquant.
50 ance, quarreled the morning after marriage
y have been at it ever since, aud on Wednes.
A. day the husband shot his wife twice in the
y neck, and then put bullet through hin :
t self Both are obstinately recovering.
-Pigasof knew of only three misftr.
housekeeping in cold room in winner,
=. wearing tight shoes 10 summer, and sleep
" in the same room with a crying child which
- one can't whip. The same cynical indiyid
70 ual remarked, "There is nothing more dis
= agreeable than piece Of good fortune tina
$ comes too late"
f. A newly-married Troy man fred BIZ
Ia rifle into crowd of serenaderr, and loca
~ paper informs us that boy named VIM
\. Hanion received the greater part Of th
/ contents of the gun, hut be is not seriousl,
a. injured" Most people are addicted t,
es loading their rifles in way that insure
a a larger return on the ammunition invested
a John Hanley, the boy hero of the At
as lantic disaster, will remain with his rela
vt tives at Newark, be declining to Join d
!, travelling show, or become the adopted son
E. of Rochester alderman. Considerable
- sums of money were given him by people
O. IN New York and Newark, which, added t.
ne the sum from the Bostonians, aggregate
nearly $1,000
The omnibus had its origin in Nantes
b. France, about 1929. The invention wa
- the work Of military man on the retire,
~ list. 1t did not at first meet with the de
~ sired success so that after short unsatis
u ~ factory trial it was sent to Paris, wher