Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-22
GENERAL NEWS.
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In Missouri, on Tuesday of last week, the
temperance men were victorious at the polls.
The steamer Faraday, with the new At.
antic cable on board, has sailed from Grave.
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Capt. Tyler has sailed from Queenstown
Tor New York, to investigate the Erie rail.
road affairs.
President Grant has issued proclama.
ton sustaining Baxter as governor of Ar-
kansas, and giving Brooks ten days in which
TO pack up and leave.
Forty-three women crusaders were arrest.
ed at Cincinnati, Saturday, while praying in
the street, the mayor having warned them
to cease their demonstrations.
A brutal Mississippi river steamboat cap.
tain named Harry Powers, who recently
strung up young Hebrew passenger named
). Beermon, to make him confess to having
robbed the passengers, and then put him
ashore with HIS hands tied behind him, has
been arrested at Memphis and is held for
trial.
A band Of fifty masked aud armed men
attacked the Jail at Shreveport, La, Satur-
day night, and taking out q. T. Jones aud
Oliver Hill, who were held for the murder
Of the young Tennessean, Elliot, hanged
them TO a tree in the courthouse ward
During the excitement, fourteen prisoners
escaped.
Tiburcio Vasquez, the bandit who has
been for long time a terror to the southern
portion of California, was captured with
two Of his gang Friday afternoon, near Los
Angeles. He was surrounded while ut din.
ner with his weapon in another room. He
received seven wounds in his Attempts to es-
cape, but physicians say he will recover. A
reward of $4,000 had been offered for his
arrest.
A New Haven Man, Lewis Robinson,
who arrived at Wilmington, Del, ON We'd
nesday OF last week, had chance 10 taste
the sweets of those old penal institutions of
Delaware, the lash and the pillory, He at
tempted to commit rape on little girl, but
was immediately arrested and committed to
Newcastle jail he was arraigned for trial
in the morning, convicted and sentenced
in the afternoon, and before night received
30 lashes. Saturday he was impilIoried for
one hour and then taken to prison on ten
years sentence.
The treasurer of Fairfield County, s. c.,
recently pleaded guilty to charge of de-
faulting $4,000, and was sentenced TO pay
$1,000 fine and be Imprisoned one year.
The CharestOwn Nei0s and Courier re-
marks "As there is a strong suspicion that
the delaulting official lent the money, which
he Is charged with embezzling, to the gov
ernor, the next step in the proceedings will |
probably be an exercise of the executive |
clemeucy, and, it precedents are worth any
thing, the final step in the proceedings will be |
the relase OF the convicted officials bonds. |
men by the General Assembly"
MAINE.
Fish commissioner Stanley will soon put
lOO, 900 young salmon into the Androscog-
gin
John A. Henderson, a well-known mer-
chant Of Portland, has run away, leaving an
Indebtedness Of over $4,000.
Several libel suits we're recently brought
against the AuJurn Clipper, but they have
all been settled on the condition that the
sheet shall be published no longer.
The Cumberland County attorney is going |
it strong on the portland run-selers. Over
80 indictments have been reported, and he
says he will settle with nobody short of a
$500 tine.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
A Dover boy, II years old, killed himself
with liquor, few days ago.
Harris Il Co., shoe dealers of Concord,
have failed, with liabilities of 1000.
There is said to be a majority of forty
In the legislature for license law Of some
kind.
james Shores, Of Nashua, was thrown un-
der harrow by his horse, last week, and
fatally hurt.
George +. Hillard, IL years old, was
killed by the discharge of a gun he was ex.
aiming at Hillsboro, on Sunday.