Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-21

Representative Elliott's colorcd friends
in Washington gave hima soreuadc on Sat.
uriay night in recognition Of his recent
eloquent speech in the House
"A dog in Iowa city, Ia, got into
well forty feet deep, the other day but
somebody lowered a rope, which he seized
and hung to until he was drawn up.
The King Of Sweden has appointed a
day on which collection is TO be taken
throughout his kingdom for the benefit OF
the Emanuel Lutheran church in Uhicago. !
Out Of 4,250 criminals who have
asked for executive clcmoucy in Kentucky |
since the first Of January, 1870 3,loo, or
about threc-fourihs, charge their troubles |
to rum
There is haunted g,isl mili iu Lau-
caster. Mass. When The evening shades
prevail ghost comes up through a cuttlc.
An offer Of Of 500 has been made to any
one consenting to sleep night ia tAe MILL
thus far with no takers.
The English, who have been anticipate
ing visit from Beecher next spring, arc
not going to see him, alicr all, Beechcr
SAYS he never worked 30 hard in his life
as when he was in England before, and he|
doesn't propose to try it again, just yet.
Somebody with turn for statistics
has computed that a man Of average loqua-
city talks three hours per diem, at the rate
of one hundred words per minute, or enough
in one hour to Gil twenty-nine octave pages,
in one week six hundred pages, 10 one year
Glty-two volumes.
--oetn urcen, OF Rochester, n. y, Of
fcrs to send anybody 10 the United States
or Canada few hundred spawn Of white
fish or salmon trout On the receipt Of City
cents, and desires persons receiving to pub
fish in their local papers the results Of their
experiments in fish breeding.
The Jewish independent, hitherto pub
lished at Peoria, H., has been moved to
Chicago. 1t is the only paper Of lis kind
in the world, its design being to break down
the barriers between Jews aud Christians
The best sermons of all scots will be pub
ished init. Rabbi Dr. Browne is its editor.
The lumber produced on the Mississippi
river above Minneapolis, Mimi, the past
season, including logs on hand in the spring
Of 1873, amounted to 225, 600, 600 feet;
the total product of the Minnesota pineries
was ! ,032, 1886 feet, and the logs on
hand for the season Of 1874 measure $685.
100000 feet
Milwaukee, Wis, is agitalod on the
wooden-pavement question. \ railroad
tie that had been preserved By the Thelamy
process, and had been used in Germany
ever since 1861, was received in that city,
few days ago, as sound as nut. The
wood is preserved by an infusion Of sui
phate of copper and chloride Of barium
Mrs. Mary Il. Norris has recovered,
in the circuit court at Washington, YER
dict for $500 damages against the Orange d
Alexandria railroad for injuries received,
one night last month in walking back from
u point two miles beyond the station at
which she wished to stop, through the in
advertence Of the conductor
"A Virginian writing from Georgia,
says that the southern people are not half
poor enough for their own good yet. They
haven't learned that in order to prosper,
they must 40 to work with their own hands /;
but as soon as they arc reduced to absolute
want, and are obliged to do something
for themselves, the tide will turn in their
favor
The ball given by the middies at the
naval academy in Annapolis, Md, always
a great event TO the elite Of that city, as
well as Washington aud Baltimore, took
place last Friday night, and was a grand
affair There was general rush of people
the hall was beautifully decorated, and i
was six O'Clock on the morning Of Satur
day before the festivities quite ceased.
Pedro G. Armigo, who committed SUI
eide at Albuquerque, New Mexico, fe
days ago, was known as the sheep kin
of New Mexico" lie had the control
about 100000 head of sheep. He was
man of remarkable business ability and ha
made good deal of money. A writer
the Denver (Col) NewS says that his VII
lent death was predicted at a seance in n
vember
Somebody has uneaIthed story til
Gushing, when he was appointed as Uuit
States commissioner to China, purchased
gaudiy decked coat worth $4,000, wi
which he expected to astonish the nativ,
but on the journey across the isthmus {
coat was stolen and was made to adorn t
back of heather man, while poor Gal
had to appear at court dressed very mu
like other folks.
A woman named Smith, living
Newark, Mich, who was made insane, o,
81 l,tt Al 81 L.. 1.
became silent, aud, sitting with her he
down, has not spoken since, until a
days ago, when she made motions that
wanted a slate; one being given TO h
she wrote that a trouble in her throat p
vented her from speaking, but her vo
soon came to her, and she now conyerses
telligeutly.
= An imbecie woman, dirty and ragg
was picked up in one of the streets of n
York, few days ago who belongs to I
well-known and wealthy family of "
Jake Smith," in Chicago. Twelve ye
ago she was married to young man
high standing, who went from Boston
become the junior partner in the larg
grain house Of the city The young n
inherited his fathers wealth, which
very great, but he took TO drink ing
gambling, and eventually withdrew Fl
the firm, ruined man. His wife sha
his downfall
One Of the greatest triumphs Of Go
rich, the notorious Chicago lawyer v
procures divorces, without publicity"
just come to light. A decree was gran
TO Anna Kline against her husband, lose
in May, 1873, but she has been living "
Joseph ever since, until last Tuesday, wi
she discovered that forged application
been made, purportiug to come from b
and put through by Goodrich. Her
band had got possession of her property
procured the divorce, 50 that he might lei
her to her own resources, at his con
nience. The decree has been reversed.
Jacob Stiner, who was killed at
fire in New York on Tuesday of last We
came to that city with his brother Jos
10 1889. They carried on the tea busir
together until 1869, when they fell int
disagreement, separated and became sh
rivals. Whenever one of them starte
new store in any part Of the city, the OF
would open another close by. They alw
painted the front Of their stores red,
there are now ffty-eight red fronted
atnroo IL tha