Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-09-18

u on asked Tor against the rOaHtOaus, WIN
one exception. The Milwaukee and Prairie
du Chen division of the Milwaukee and st.
Paul railroad holds an old territorial char
ter, and hence is not subject TO the clause in |
the state constitution which authorizes the |
Legislature TO alter or repeal its charter. |
The president and superintendent Of the Mil
waukec aud st. Paul road say the company |
will comply with the law and give such ac-
commodations to the public as their curtail- |
cd means will allow.
There has been bloody fight between
tho blacks aud the whites in Alabama, in |
which the former appear to have been the
aggressors.
MAINE
Two Bangor boys recently stole demi-
john and ID bottles Of wine, and, taking up
their quarters in vacant house, lived there
for week, making free with everything in
1t, but they have been arrested.
The state election took place last Monday.
and resulted in the election of tho repubi.
can ticket by larger majority than last
year.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The knowing ones up among the White
mountains smile significantly when the Sun
day excursion trains to the Twin Mountain
house Ito hear Beccher preach" are spoken
Of Not tenth of those who go care to
hear him, if there were room for them within
hearing distance, but they like the fun Of
going, aud the hotel keepers like their
money. Beecher is an extremely profitable
guest
The supreme court at Nashua serves Louis
Lamreaux right by 6uing him 500 and
costs and giving him year in Jail for pull
ing horses tongue out.
The supreme court room at Nashua has
been crowded for day or two with people
watching the case Of man accused Of steal
ing girl. A man named Bixby hired a
Swedish girl of Boston agent, three years
ago, and paid $50 for her passage to this
country, but, on her arrival, with others, one
Dunlap changed the tags on the girls, and
thus got possession Of Blxbys girl. Dunlap
was fined $40.
John b. Clark, of Manchester, has estab.
lished at Dartmouth college four prizes of
$40, $50, $40 and SO for excellence in dec
lamation.
The number of oranges in the state has
increased from II to 80 since December
Dudley T. Chase, of Claremont, is master of
the state grange.
A woman with a baby under one arm
and dog under the other entered Il crowded
car near Concord, the other day, made for a
seat where an old man was sitting alone
aud was proceeding to stow herself, child
and dog into the vacant seat, when the man
. who has great aversion to dogs, blandly
, remarked to the lady: MADAM, have nc
objection to one baby in this seat, but
have most decided objections to twins" The
woman found another seat.
Alonzo Nutes shoe factory and stable
: and l. of the Mechanics hotel at Pennington
were burned on Thursday of last week
,, Loss $4,000; insurance S47 900. Nearly
800 hands thrown out Of employment.
MASSACHUSETTS.
, The democratic state convention met Al
t, Worcester last week Wednesday and nom
mated William Castor, of Boston. for Cover.
nor.
. The Lowell Times thinks that Gen. But
q lers projected improvements in the channe
, of the Merrmac river will bring the cost o
| freighting coal from Boston to Lowell down
, to 40 cents per ton, the present rate being
=, Sl20.
Wilfred i. Fits, of Lowell, the boy whit
= brought himself suddenly to notice in New
!, Hampshire. several mouths ago, by getting
. up in his sleep and beating and cutting an
= other boy within an inch OF his life, died il
= commissions at the insane asylum in Worces
: ter on Thursday evening OF last week.
d There is a distrust of the caucus system il
Massachusetts, too. Those republicans il
c the tenth district who desire the election o
d Prof. j. ii. Seelye, of Amherst College, haC
+ an informal meeting at Greenfield last weeI
n and nominated him, agreeing to try to secure
e his nomination by the party, but, if the
o fail in that, they propose to fight it out OIL
l. that line.
An unknown man rushed into house a
J Boston on Tuesday evening, threw peppe
: into the eyes of two women, threw one o
u !, them out of the window, and escaped, wit
u little money found in the house, before tn
&c police could get hands on him.
. Gen. Butler arrived at NewburyporI
Monday, grounding his yacht" says a dis
:, patch to the Boston Herald, sin mid-channe
= on distractions which can't be removed with
y out another appropriation. The principa
- republicans and sinners have gone aboarC
N and are discussing how to get that zach
a and things aaoat"
m Jesse Pomeroy, the boy who is in Jail a
10 Boston, under indictment for the shockin
= murder Of little Horace Milin at Dorchester
thu hao mil ata or mn
No dering the girl Katie Curian in Marcel
II. She, it will be remembered, is the child VIII
10 was missing for a long time and whose mt
tilated body was recently found in celia
q. Pomeroy has confessed both crimes.
3, CONNECTICUT.
or The constitutional amendment giving a
" towns with 5000 inhabitants and upwar
es two members OF the House of Represents
n tives goes to the people at the annual ele
ee ton Of town officers on the first Monday
re October
IL Charles Il. Baldwin, Of Braniord, thougl
he he saw pigeons in tree, the other day, III
m fired his gun, lodging about 40 shot it Il
OF head Of George II. Andrews, who was pic
ing cherries in the tree and was not mo
he than four rods off, Andrews has horribl
nt- looking head, but is likely to recover.
co A Bristol man was so angry because onI
rs, the small fine Of one dollar and costs W
w Imposed on fellow for grossly imposi
III upon his little daughter, the other day, tn
We he pounded the miscreant's face to jelly
'lr the presence of the justice. lie then turn
D. around and admitted that he had Violat
nu the law and was willing to foot the bi
70 The Judge let him off for ono dollar Al
o' costs.
b. An indictment for the murder of Irvi