Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-04
GENERAL NEWS.

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Yellow fever at Pensacola.
Am Eliza Young, one Of Brigham's wives
has sued him for divorce.
1t is stated that lawyers o. d. Morris
and 5. G. Davis will now sue the Brook lyn
Eagle for libel.
Another battle with Spaniards is report
ed in Cuba. Some two thousand Spanish
troops are said to have been put to fight.
The Fenian brotherhood held its 18th
annual meeting in New York last week, and
appears to DO wide awake aud in good work
ing order.
Bazaine, since his escape, has published
letters in some papers, aud the French au.
thorities have prohibited the sale Of papers
containing them.
According to the finding of the coroncrs
jury no blame attaches to any one for the
late Southeastern disaster. 1t was one Of
those unavoidable accidents which sometimes
happen.
The Indian war cloud seems TO be blow
ing over, after a little bloodshed The no.
BILE red men are returning to their reserva.
ton, having been assured that they would
be exteminated if they did not.
The jackson, Lansing and Saginaw rail-
road companies have not forfeited their right
to 10000 acres of government lands, as
was stated in the last weeks FARMER. The
lands in question were granted to and for
feted by another corporation.
Three men bound Frenchman named
August Gardner to n railroad track over a
culvcrt near llenryvile Ind, Saturday
night. The poor fellow released all but
one foot when Il passenger train came along
aud cut it of. lie lay by the roadside un.
tilImornng, was found, told his story, and
died.
Gov. Taylor addressed a meeting oil
erangers at Monroe, Wis, on Saturday
Referring to the Potter law he said that
the Commissioners show that the railroads
are doing the same amount of business as
last year and would lose less than five per
cent. Of their gross earnings 1t is further
stated on the same authority that the st
Paul company earned enough last year above
expenses and interest on bonds to pay I pei
cent. on their common and preferred stocks
In conclusion he expressed his belief thai
when people had established their power to
regulate railroads il would be used with
moderation and justice.
The Boston Journals Washington cor
respondent complains that there are only
fifty copies Of the new revised statutes in ex
istence, and that is all Congress ordered
printed before the completion Of the index
which will not be done before December
The attorney general, who is liable to b,
called upon daily for construction of thi
new code, has not copy of it in his posses
sion and has recently been obliged TO borrow
a copy Of the state department before h
could decide case that had been reierre,
to him. The judges of the United State
supreme court, which are soon to begin thei
fall terms, are constantly writing for copie
Of the revision, in order that they may know
what the law is, but there arc no copies b
give them.
1t is interesting to know that an attemp
is really being made to prosecute ex-Unite
States Marshals Brtton aud Roots, of Ar
kansas, for their wholesale swindling of tn
government and other crimes, as it is inter
esting to know how their prosecution is hin
dered, Some weeks ago. Mr.. Nestle, one o
the treasury clerks, was sent by the Attor
ney general with evidence from the treasur
records to assist in an investigation Of tn
accounts of Britlon and Roots. 4le has re
turned without delivering his documents, 70
the reason that he could not safely take then
to Fort Smith Two stages upon which
was expected that he would arrive, it is said
were overhauled by masked highwaymeu
and he turned back after becoming full
convinced that those parties were employe
by the deiaulting marshals to obtain posses
sion Of the documentary proofs which h
was conveying Another attempt, not s
easily prevented is likely to be made to &c
those documents to Fort Smith Repul
ican.
Ku-Klux outrages are reported from tn
Southern States, and we'll authenticated
A band Of KHKlux stopped railroa