Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-05
GENERAL NEWS.
Chicago had a 10000 FIRE Monday


Gov. Moses, of South Carolina, did not
appear in court last Friday, the day set for
his trial, and the case is postponed until
October.
1t is proposed among the reform party of
Kansas to call state convention Of farmers
to nominate u state ticket, as has been done
in some Of the other states.
The river schooner Texan Ranger from
Matanzas, with sugar, struck a snag aud
sunk in the Mississippi river, near New Or.
leans, Friday night; loss $4,000.
Thirty women presented petitions signed
by 10,438 persons in favor of prohibitory
law in the Rhode Island senate last week
Wednesday. The bill has passed both
houses.
The machine shops of the st. Louis and
South Eastern Railroad, at Mount Vernon.
Mo-, were totally burned May 81, with
three locomotives and two passenger coaches.
Loss 100000; uninsured.
Secretary Richardson and Solicitor Ban
field Of the treasury department have re-
signed. Secretary Richardson has been NOM
mated Associate Judge Of the Court OF
Claims, and Gen. b. IL. Bristow Secretary
Of the Treasury.
Monday q painter named McCulloch,
while OH one Of the bridges on Three Sisters
island, Niagara falls, fell off the scaffolI and
was carried by the current near the edge of
the falls, where he caught on a rock and was
subsequently, rescued.
A partial draft of the proposed reciproci-
ty treaty between the United States and
Canada has been sent 10 the authorities at
Ottawa, by Mr.. Brown, the Canadian COM
missioner at Washington, and its features
are approved by the government.
If the senate aud Gen. Grant fall in with
the notions OF tho house, next New.year's
day will witness the compulsory retirement
to civil life of colonies, 8 lieutenant colo
nes, ii majors, 81 captains, 80 lieutenants,
a number Of staff officers, and 5000 high
privates.
The ship British Admiral, from Liverpool
for Melbourne, went ashore on Kings island,
IN Bass straits, and became total wreck
She had on board Al passengers, and crew
Of 50 persons, all of whom were lost except
four passengers and Eve seamen. Kings
island is uninhabitod.
At meeting at London, Ont, Tuesday,
OF delegates from the various oranges lately
organized in the Dominion, some 60 delegates
present resolved to form Dominion grange,
to sever all connection with the American
order, and make its objects more exclusively
national.
They have been counting noses at Prov
idence, X. L., since the recent annexation of
North Providence, and find the population
to be 99,593, the old city having gained
1860 or 22i per cent. in four years, and
l5,l 20 having been contributed by North
Providence. The prolonged suspension of
tho delaine works has diminished the pop
ulaton 1000.
The Louisianians are beginning to esti-
mate the cost Of putting their levees in
shape to resist next years freshet, and have
an eye and half on the national treasury
for the means to pay for the repairs. Ac-
cording TO the state chief engineers some
5000, 900 cubic yards of evee will have to
be built to save the state from an ordinary
overflow, for the construction Of which the
authorities think the state cannot pay more
than One-third.
A man named Murphy, claiming to come
from Dover, Stewart county, Tenn, went to
farmer Donal dson's house in Upton county,
Saturday, cut Mrs. Milton Donaldson's head
open with an AK, killing her instantly, and
also cut two great gashes in the head Of a
negro 'servant-grl The girl subsequently
gave an alarm, and Murphy was chased aud
caught, and shot at O'Clock in the evening
by citizens. The murderers object was Il
rob bona ldson's safe, which he supposed
contained $1,000.
The attempt of Rush II. Sloane, the alb
sconding president of the Cleveland, Sandus
ky and Cincinnati railroad, to compromise
by the payment Of S250,00O and costs hai
fallen through, and Mr.. Sloane, who had go
as far as Canada on his way home, has re
turned to Europe, The trouble was, it ap
pears, that the. proposed compromise was
construed to refer only 10 the civil suit
against him, and last week the grand jurl
at Sandusky found fifteen Indictment
against Sloane for embezzlemont, and nine
for forgery.