Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-03-06
GENERAL NEWS



immense emigration into that State this
spring are very encouraging.
The hop house Of Mr.. Carlisle blanchard,
Of Bernston, was burned Feb, "a. Loss
about $500. Insured for $3.50.
The Duchess Of Geneva. the famous s4O,l
600 COW, died at the farm of Hon. Samuel
Campbell at New York Mills on Friday.
An accident on the Great Western Rail-
way, near London, Ont, Saturday evening,
caused the death Of eight persons, besides
injuring many others.
The frauking bill was defeated 10 the
House last week by vote which surprised
the majority Of the members The vote was
l30 nays to l31 yeas
Tho death of DIR. Livingstone, the Afric.
an traveller, is fully confirmed. He died
of dysentery, on his way to the coast, being
sick about ten days His books aud man.
uscripts are believed to be safe.
A meeting of the State Grange Of illinois
is called for April 14th next, the principal
object being to consider the ratification oftho
amendments to the constitution Of the Ma
tional Grange proposed at the st. Louis
meeting. ,,- -. o,.. .,.t...
The six hundred oranges Of Ohio were
nearly all represented in the annual meeting
OF the state grange, which commenced at
Xenia on Feb. 18th. More than nine.
tenths Of these Oranges have been organized
since April last. sri a-,
Butler has triumphed over the ere
spectacle" faction Of his party in Massa-
chusetts, and got his man Simmons confirmed
in the Boston custom house by senatorial
vote Of 30 to 16. Now we shaIl see Whist
we shall see. r
Money goes a begging. The BOsto !
banks are urging their customers to take il
at six per cent. for four months. Pity we
couldn't have little Of it up here in Yer
mont, when 10 per cent is the lowest rate
to farmers on landed security.
The receipts of the post-ofice department
have risen from l6,292,000 10 1868 to
So, 100000 in 1873, and the expenditures
from 500, 730, 900 to S29,694,000. The in
crease in revenue has been greater than that
in expenditure by about s35O,000.
The New York canal ring is receiving its
annual exposure. The corruption and loose
ness Of management and the cheating of the
state are satisfactorily established, but it is
bold hope that encourages the expectation
that anything viii be done about it.
The Massachusetts State Grange resolved
That the state grange Of Massachusetts, re-
cognizes no newspaper within the common
wealth as its official organ, but that all mat.
ters Of public interest ut its meetings shall
be given equally to all members ofthe press. I"
Its head is level. Organs arc played
out.
The officers of the New Hampshire State
Agricultural Society have invited the officers
Of the various county and town agricultural
societies to meet them in convention ON the
18th, at the City Hall in Manchester, TO ar
range the time for holding the state, county
and town fairs during the present year
That's the way to do it.
A destructive cohhagration visited Pana-
ma on the 10th ult, by which property to
the amount of 100000 in value was
consumed, mostly insured in London.
The dispatches are very brief, and fail to
describe what buildings were burned, except
that they include the business portion of the
place, among them being the Grand hotel,
city saloon and bank -
The political contest in New Hampshire
has been changing its aspect within the last
month, and it now seems as if the success Of
Gen. McCutchins, the republican farmer can
didate, if he succeeds, might be the first step
towards the publication Of the party in that
state, and the retirement Of Rollins, 0rdway
and the trading class of political leaders from
the high places of party power. Aad then
comes Vermont.
The Wisconsin grangers have already got
to work in the Legislature and the first re-
suit is the passage Of bill reducing the
rates Of storage from 10 cents to one cent
per bushel, also bill giving the St. Croix
land grant to the North Wisconsin and
Chicago and the North Pacific air line
roads; also bill to regulate the rates Of
passenger and freight traffic by the rail.
roads last named, which makes heavy re-
duction on both passenger and freight rates.
Those in favor of a grand international
exposition at Philadelphia have finally sue
ceeded in convincing President Grant that
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our country in the eyes Of the world, and
while he does not believe that it will prove
financially remunerative, he thinks it will on
general principles be wise undertaking, the
glory, &C., being quite enough to repay the
nation for spending few millions of dollars.
He has sent message to Congress on the
subject
Reports from various ports on the lakes
indicate an unusually early opening of navi-
cation. At Marquette and White Fish
Point, Mich, the ice is from II to 20 inch.
es thick in the harbors, but there is very
little outside. In the St. Marie river it is
20 inches thick. The old inhabitants there
expect an carly breakup. The ice in Mack.
NAV straits is lighter than for many years,
being only from 10 to ii inches thick A
week Of warm weather would probably clear
the straits. There is but very little ice on
Lake Huron, and that is very thin.
The lowa.anti. monopoly state convention,
which has been in session at Des Moines,
this week, adopted platform declaring in
favor Of political reform, free banking, repu-
dating the doctrine that to the victors be-
long the spoils, declaring all corporations
subject to legislative control; that railroads
should pay full and just share Of the taxes,
and are entitled to only just and reason
able interest on the moneys invested, oppos-
ing further land grants to railroads, and do.
claring that tho public domain should be re.
served for actual settlers.
Moncure d. Conway writes to the Cinein-
natl Commercial that republicaniSm is dead
in England. He had just been up through
the manufacturing district Of the north,
where the most liberal and intelligent COM
mon people in England are found, and he
says that the radical leaders have given up
the hope of bringing in the republic these
| many vaara They snv that the dIsoonrap.