Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-20

successor, and calls on the president for fed.
eral troops TO maintain himself as the lepiti.
mate governor Of Arkansas. This is the
present situation.
MAINE.
A Calais barber has been fued 81 and
costs for shaving customers on Sunday.
About 2, 100000 eggs have been taken
from the fish-breeding ponds at Bucksport,
the past seven days.
The manufacturing interests Of Lewiston
are in as good condition as ever. The
cotton mills are running on full time, with
the prospect of better business hereafter
The counsel for Robbins who was recent.
ly committed to the insane asylum after his
trial for killing Camp on board vessel at
sea, has tried TO have him transferred to the
charge of his friends, but tho Judge says
that If he is insane, the asylum is the place
for him, aud if not his confinement is none
too severe punishment.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The price of bread has been reduced so
per cent at the Nashua bakeries.
An adopted child of j. Mitchell, of Ian.
caster, 10 years old, was burned to death in
a barn on Saturday.
The state temperance union has declared
in favor Of separate political action, with
out regard to the veal or woes Of the parties
with whi,h we have formerly acted"
MASSACHUSETTS
The business prospects Of Lynn are more
encouraging, and several boot and shoe mau-
uiacturers are TO resume active operations
at once.
Salem has two boys of tho Jesse Pomeroy
sort. They hung youngster up by the
heels, the other day, till the blood flowed
from his mouth
An omnibus line is to be established be-
tween Cambridge and Boston, in COMPETE
ton with the Union railway, whose rates of
fare are considered too high.
All the hands in the Lowell machine shop
are insured employment through the winter
by the acceptance of contracts for the man.
utacture Of s27O, 600 worth of machinery.
The grand jury has found an indictment
against Thomas Cahil, who was recently
brought over from ireland, for the murder
of Bridget Landergau at Dorchester, De-
cember 5.
The woman near whose house at Dorches.
ter was found the club or portion OF car.
rage thill, with which it is supposed Bridg.
Ell Landergan was murdered, has identified
Thomas Cahill as the man she saw about
the time of the murder
A 1O-year.old daughter Of II. l.. Has.
tings, of Boston, mysteriously disappeared
yesterday, and for time there were grave
fears Of another Jesse Pomeroy or Charley
Ross case, but the detectives succeeded in
tracing her to Athol, whittier she had wan
dered of her own accord, aking train OIL
the Fitchburg road.
The Sovereigns of Industry had a large
meeting at Springfield Friday night. Speech
es were made by several persons, among
whom were A. IL. Troup, one of the editors
Of the New Haven Union, and President Earle
Mr.. Troup said the state purchasing agent
in Connecticut had bought $4,000 worth
Of goods the last month at saving Of 90
per cent from the lowest prices offered BY
any other dealer.
A young girl at Boston accused of receiv
ing stolen shawl worth $25, a fortnight
ago. deposited $50 with man who became
her bail, aud on Thursday she was proved
innocent, but her bondsman returned her but
$50, charging $40 for the use of his nam,
for two weeks, and her lawyer brought in a
bill of $40. Hanging would be too gooC
for that beast of bondsman. As for tn,
lawyer it is expected lawyers will rob their
clients.
The applications for relief at Lowell have
been much larger for the past six week.
than for the same period, last year. In one
shop where 1900 men were employed, last
year, there are now but 800, and in other:
there is propor.ionate reduction. The
weaving and mulo-spinning rooms Of the new
mill OF the Appleton manufacturing company
at Lowell, which have been partially in OPP
GRAFTON for some time, are entirely closed.
Alonzo Dauzell, of New Bedford, waylaiC
his father, Christopher Dauzell, last weel
"Wednesday evening, and gave him sever
stabs about the head and neck, the fathe
barely escaping with his life. The sou haC
previously assaulted him, he having charged
that Mrs. Dauzell and the daughters were il
the habit of keeping house Of ill-fame ii
his absence. There has been endless troub
10 in the family on account Of this charge
and Mr.. Dauzell says that on Wednesday
morning his wife threatened to have him
killed. Young Dauzell is under arrest.
RHODE ISLAND.
The American twist drill company o
Woousocket have received an order 70
$500 worth of their machines from
Shanghai, China.
CONNECTICUT.
The Slade wooden company are running
on three-fourths time.-Many of the Birm
ingham factories are running on short time.
The contract of the Winchester arm
company of New Haven with the Turk 81
government will be carried out in about twt
years, during which time go 0 tons of ammu
milton will be shipped every six weeks +
Constantinope.
Latin, the supposed murderer Of Ellie
Lucas, confined in the Bridgeport Jail, mani.
tests great anger toward the state attorney
and says that he (lIattinl lied to the coron
er's jury, but will tell a different story
when brought before the superior court 70
trial.