Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-08-13

Iowa is estimated az OE0uV.
--S5.horn made $4,000 by his four
vc.kF engagement in san Francisco,
Madison, WIS., has passed its first Sun.
day without beer, aud rather likes it.
will horses are abundant in southern
Texas ana he hunters are after them.
-Wndam Stoiniiz. born in Prague in
1887, is now called the greatest living chess
player.
The Albany Erpre@ says the epic.
otto has roaprclroi 10 that city, prostraiing
several horses.
"A restaurant keeper in the crystal
pl'scc. near London, pays Sl25,000a year
for the privilege
Rev. De- n. u Chapin, Of New York
preached ia Oic American chapel at Paris
on the 26.b ut
The nov ucwsboys home in Chicago
IS 60 furnish Lodgings for five cents aud
meals lur tlc same sum.
IA woman from Florida had small
live alligator with her on Hudson River
railroad train, The other day.
"A force OF farmers, with plows, scrap
ofs and spades, are diggntovcr the Bender
gave yard az Chcrryyale, Kansas
"A ishtuingrod pedllcr was killed by
ldtoiue. recently 10 Streater County, O.
Iicwls buried by the sympathizing farmers.
Jefferson Davis is still engaged, at 10.
taryals, on his " History Of the Confederate
States" although uferiug from defective
eyesigh'
philadelphia is soon TO have new
f1ur-ccut republican daily paper, which will
closely resemble the New York YrijaHe
In lbs makeup
The irousscau Of young Austrian bride
vas seized hy the Now York custom house
officials, q few days since, and couGseatod
fr noa-paymcnt Of duty
-Osian T. Dodge has resigned the
s.afcayship OF The st. Paul chamber Of
comm rec, because that body proposed to
eect as a director % maui who was obnox.
ioas TO him
Tho governor Of Illinois recently par
donod a peuiientiary convict because he was
dying Of consumption and thus unwit-
tinely accomplished the most remarkable
cure on record.
The prize little baby at the late San
Francisco baby show is six months old aud
weighs only two pounds and half A
Snowman has onsad it, and will exhibit it
over the country.
Indians foldom fight about women,
except in dime novels, but two Shoshonc
warriors recently carved each other all to
pieces no Eureka, New, because neither
would give up young squaw.
"A laiher 10 Wilmington, Del, who
took great dislike to one Of his children
that was roel-lootod'-baying feet turn
out-was arrested, last week, for eudeavor.
ing to persuade his wife to assist him ia
poisoning it.
Gen Flzhugh Lee narrowly escaped
drowning the other day. A skilf in which
negro was rowing him across the Poto
mao at Alexandria was upset aud the ne
gro drowned but Gen. Lee managed tc
keep above water till rescued
"A prisoner named Cotorinc, in the
Sing Sing prison, is the last person to ial
heir to she property Of foreign uncle
The sum is $50 600, aud he mas put it in
his wifes hands till he gets out. She viii
he foolish woman if she hangs around
till that time.
Ton Orleans kings, princes, princcsses
dukes and pretenders were recently com
phioants in a suit against an unhappy for
ester and bis wife, brought before the cor
rcotional tribunal at Tours, for cutting
down few dry sticks IN the forest Of thei
royal mightnesscs.
An Albany criminal, Sellick Sawson
dolied his identity on being arraigned on
charge Of theft, the other day, insisting
that be was his brother Alexander. Tn
old man was summoned, and appeared t.
lake a malicious satisfaction in Informing
the court that Aleck had been dead fou
years 50 Selleck went TO Jail.
The pensioner whose name is said t.
have been on the rolls longer than an
ether, having found place there June S
1915 is Nathaniel Stephens of Galesburp
H., formerly Of Canaudagua, n Y, VII
has drawn altogether s4sl5,G0 for wound
received in the war Of 1872 lie is no,
eighy years OF age, and entirely blind
About thirty carcasses of dead horse
were discovered floating in the sea nea
the shore at Long Brarch, on Tuesda,
Several Of them were stranded on II
beach, and presented unpleasant objec
for nasal or optical contemplation. Bait
ing has suddenly grown unpopular. The
are supposed to have come from Jerse
City aud Brooklyn.
William Rehaden, a New York sho
m ker, rolled over upon his side the 9th,
day, while sleeping upon the porch Of h
boarding house and drove a needle viii,
was IN the lapel Of his coat into his hear
In trying to get il out he broke it, leavir
the point in his heart. The physician
could do nothing for him, and there is Ii
tie hope Of his surviving the injury.
Mrs. Van Broeklin, of Twin Bridge
Nov, was struck down by paralysis in Il
absence Of her husband, recent y, and I
manned perfectly helpless with only h
two little children in the house for t,
days. They were too young to understai
the state Of the case, and thought the
mother was psleep, until the second eve
ing, when they became alarmed and start
out 10 meet their father on his return s.
was insensibe when he arrived, and SCI
died.
"A fprghuy looking lady, decked 10 /
latest fashionable attire, representing he
self as the granddaughter OF the great n
poleou, has taken possession of the Bon
pate mausion at BordentoWn, N. j., al
refuses TO leave it. She is apparently
woman Of refinement, fluent talker, al
issues orders to the occupants in an imperi
tone. The agent Of the property is nc
absent and those who have charge while
saway are in aquandary as to what act
they will take in reference to this stran
lady.
--Tney are 30 mortal slow over ia M
land that they haven't got sick Of vclo
pedes yet. There are several bicycle clu
there, and the present season has witness
quite number Of trials Of speed and
endurance. A sporting trip to the LAX
in the north Of Scotland was recently ma
by young man of Edinburgh, who travel
the distance Of $50 miles in 81 hours.
party has also made the trip from Lond
10 John O'Groai's house at the extrel