Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-20
Meeklr News summary.

arc repOrted 70 nave mhuc SJoiVuV ny tncF
concerts in England.
1t is announced that the subscriptions for
the Sumner memorial fund now emount 10 over
thirteen thousand dollars.
beginning Of a judges charge in Iowa
Gentlemen Of the jury, you must now quit
eating peanuts and attend to the case.
In some parts Of Franklin county, Maine,
the slcighng on Monday, May 4th, was better
than the average throughout the winter
Mitchell, the great wheutgrower Of the
MERGED region, California, will sow this spring,
in oil, about fifty thousand acres Of wheat,
Vanderbilt has given his university down
at Nashville, Tenn, another ten thousand dol
lars Somebody's stocks will have to suffer.
Tho present weight Of Hon. A. II. Steph-
ems is soventy-two pounds and three quarters.
lie is in Georgia, hoping to recover his health
The annual summer exodus to the old world
has fairy set in over six hundred cabin pas
sengers sailed from New York for Europe,
last week
A southern paper says that Gen. Forrest,
ct the brilliant confederate cavalry leader, is
now engaged in hauling wood to Memphis,
driving the team himself
Prof Young Of Dartmouth College, will
90 10 China 90 observe the transit Of Venus, in
accordance with the invitation extended to him
by the government
Mrs Seba Spioer, Of Upton, Mo aged sew
enty eight, recently employed a mason to repair
her chimney and herself carried all the mortar
and brick UP ladder.
The petition Of Alice Mason Sumner, the
former wife of the late Senator Sumner, for per
mission to change her name to Alice Mason,
has been granted by Judge Amcs
some one has discovered That Gov. Talbot,
Of Massachusetts, is " direct descendant Of
the Earl Of Walpole and the Stuarts, and Bos-
ton Is disposed to put on airs about it.
And -ays She Well, ifyou haven't any
time, anl must 60 over to the store, you needn't
beat the carpet suppose we can live like
pigs for O month longer as well as not"
--Gov biz. Of New York, is considering,
among some four hundred bills, one that makes
legal holidays of New Years, February %, May
30 decoration Day, Jaly ith and Christmas.
some human beings at Racine, Wis, the
other day, tied dog to a stake covered him
with o cont Of tar and straw, and setting fire to
him. stood by and watehed him burn to death.
-Thc1dJro Thomas opened his summer tenn
pie, the Central Park Garden few evenings
since, where, amid the aroma of pipes and beer,
true German style, lie educates the people Of
America in music
The Society Of tic Army Of the Potomac
have selected Philadelphia as the place for
mex ycer'- reunion. The meeting just closed
az Htrri-bureh was we'll attended, and prolific
in speeches aud good cheer
--llc dul time in spring shopping has come
when woman feels that She wants to buy
something. but doesn't know what, and stands
before counter for forty five minutes at a
time and purchases nothing
"A Western justice of the peace Is said to
have bad one hundred and thirty out Of bis one
hundred and thirty-Gge decisions reversed on
appeal In the other five cases, the parties
died before they could appeal.
The Washington Court Of Claims has de-
cided, In reference 10 the application Of Mrs
Bella Lockwood for admission to the bar Of that
tribunal, that the common laws and precedent
arc all against the appointment Of o woman to
the Office Of attorney
A German named llepner, Of Reading, Pa,
Is fifty nine years Old, has been married three
times since he was twenty-five years old and
has been the father Of forty-ono children only
five of whom are living. Among the children
were five triplet- and seven twins.
The machinery Of the Pueblo mills, in
Denver, Col, was stopped, some days ago. by
the Cling Of the turbine wheel With catfish, to
the weight Of full hundred pounds. The
same effect has been occasionally produced in
manufactures on our streams by cells.
"A man named Murphy, in Bergen, Monroe
county, y. y, was endcayoring to move a rock
weighing some thirty tons, when it rolled into
40 excavation be had made and caught one Of
bis legs under it. Being alone and unable to
o2triote himself, he remained thus for some
twenty four hours when aid came and he was
worn hi. finger. to the bone in trying to dig
himself out.
"A band Of highwaymen robbed the mail
each driver, and man named Guet, on Tues.
day Of last week in Clayton pinery, near Spring
field. No, and also rilei the mail The rob
hers were pursued and tracked by twenty men
70 Boone county, Ark, and fight ensued in
which Rev. Mr.. New was killed and another
man seriously wounded the robbers escaping.
Mr. New was the minister Of the Methodist
church. and had but recently come from Iowa
A P,tt-burgh young man, while endeayor-
ing 20 signal an approaching train, fell upon
the track and was run over by five cars and the
caboosc His legs were completely cut OF just
above the knee, but remembering his orders he
cleared the track Of the dismembcred portions
Of his own body, and taking flag from his
pocket waved it until be had stopped the train,
which was fast approaching But for this
heroi-m other lives must certainly have been
lost as collision was inevitable.