Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.

A block Of business houes in Canton. Mo.
was burned Friday; loss $4,000, insurance
$4,000.
Snow began falling at Manton, q station
on the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad
in Michigan, Friday morning, aud continued
for some time.
Mr.. Sergeant, manager Of the South Dew.
on Railway, is announced as successor 10
O. j. Bridges in the management Of the
Grand Trunk Railway Of Canada. Where
is Shanleyf
The joint committee on leveos have de-
cided 10 recommend an amendment TO the
river and harbor appropriation bill in the
Senate so as to provide $2,000,000 for the
repairs Of the levees Of the Mississippi River.
1t is pretty certain that congress will
leave the currency question as it stands, as
both houses cannot agree upon bill, and If
they could Grants foot would be apt to
come down and smash il If it looked like
initiation.
The Impartial, Spanish newspaper, says
that in tho event Of the death OF the pope
tho Spanish government will, in the election
Of his successor, claim the privilege Of tho
veto that was formerly according to the
King of CASTLE.
The government authorities in India are
still feeding 100000 natives, and occa.
sional deaths from starvation are reported
The growing crops are favorable for an abun.
dant harvest. There can be no crops in
Tirhoot till December.
A most severe thunderstorm, accompa-
MED by torrents of rain, occurred at ST.
Joseph dc Ia Beawce, Can, on the 9TH inst,
causing an overflow of the streams. Three
saw.mills were blown down and two flour
mills badly damaged, and a number of barns
and houses overturned. The damage is cs-
timatcd at $4,000.
In Oregon the democrats have run in
Gov. Grover and his associates on tho state
ticket. The legislature is pretty thorough.
ly mixed. The figures for the senate are,
republicans IL, democrats 8, Independents
10. The house stands--republica 16,
democrats, %, Independents %.
II. T. Helmbold, whose quack nostrums
have been advertised until they became q
household word, and whose wealth, made
from these humbugs, was such that he We'd
with Jim Fisk in splendid equipagos a few
years ago, is pauper in Paris, through ex-
travagance and his wife has entered q con.
vent. "Richcs take 10 themselves wings
and fly away"
The managers of the Philadelphia cen.
tennial show have given up trying 10 lobby
an appropriation through congress and have
transferred the scene Of their labors from
Washington to Philadelphia, and are bow
hiring laborers and preparing 70 dig. Tho
permanent halls, ono for the city aud one
for the state, are to be built first, the plans
for the main exhibition buildings not being
yet fully settled.
A Woousocket, r. l., girl Is years old
recently fell into bad company, while on a
visit to friends in Providence, whereat her
mother was so euraged that she refused to
allow her ever to enter her house again.
The girl returned aud entreated her mother
to take her back but she refused, and the
| girl was 50 overcome that she abandoned all
her friends and went to Providence, whore
she is living life Of shame.
The house committee on territories have
agreed to report bill defining the quali6.
cations of delegates from the territories.
which provides that delegate shall be 25
years Of age and shall have resided seven
years 10 and DO q citizen or tho territory
which he is chosen TO represent, and further
that no person guilty Of bigamy or posygamy
shall be allowed 10 represent any territory
in congress. Nothing Is said about those
delegates elected before the bin goes into
Operations should Il pass.
Des Moines, Iowa, is just row excited
over the discovery that band Of unknown
desperadoes exists in that vicinity. Last
Saturday, the body Of John johnson. tall
or, so years old, was found lying in The gut.
ter, face downward, with bis skull broken IN,
and head gashed in a frightful mannerl
Near tho body was piece Of paper on
which was written This is the 9th man
we have killed, and We will never be taken
alive" Robbery is supposed to have been
tho incentive, as the victims watch and
pocket-book were gone.
A bill to provide for the collection Of
moneys due tho United States from tho Pa.
cifc railroad company has passed both
houses Of congress after some discussion. 1t
directs the secretary Of the treasury 10 re-
quire payment of the railroad companies Of
all sums Of money due the United States for
the per cent. of the net earnings. provid-
ed for by the act OF 1862, and inssruots the
attorney general, in case Of their refusal to
pay up within go days after notification. 70
institute the necessary suits and proceedings
to collect and otherwise obtain redress
in respect Of the same in tho proper
circuit courts Of the United States, and V
prosecute the Same with oil convenient dis
patch to final termination. -
The stockholders Of the Oaughnawaea
Ship Canal Company met at Montreal on
the 10th and elected tho following board Of
directors Ex,Gov. John b. Page, Of Rut.
land Col. Franklin Fairbanks, St. Johns.
bury Lawrence Barnes. Burlington Ex-
Gov. John Gregory Smith, 81 Adams Hon,
Il. p. Cotton, Irasburgh JAepb Edwards,
Boston; Hon. james Skead, Ottawa !; w.
Stanley. @. f.; j. r. Sincennes, John
Pratt, President Richelieu Co.; Judge 8.
w. Foster, Knovlton, p. O.; j. M. Thibo-
deau, of Royal Insurance Company; Hon.
John Young, Chairman OF HArboF Commits.
sion. At a meeting Of the directors, The
following officers were elected !. Hon. joIll
Young, President; Hon. john b. Pa&
Vice-President; Hon. M. Aylmer, LenORI
vile, p. O., Secretary j. II. Sincennes,
Treasurer. The Bank du Peuple of Mon
treal was selected as bankers Of the CON.
pany. The new and enlarged board Of al.
rectors is regarded as a very strong one.
MAINE.
Sixty thousand young salmon are to b.
put into Sebec lake, the last of this month.
Jeremiah Lenihau has been arrested In
Bangor for the murder Of his father-in-laW
at st, John, N. b., fortnight ago. h
The bears are getting so bold at Bancroft