Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-05-06
Notes and Comments.
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the subject Of conversation IN Kansas It
is said now that it will begin some time in
June.
Massachusetts, woman suiTragists are
rejoicing over the fact that the now Gov.
ernor Of that State-Mr. Talbot-fvors
their theories.
Mr.. Morton's home paper says il IL
idle" to talk ola split in theparty in con-
sequence of the veto. The bill was not a
party measurei sixty.thrce Republicans
voted against it, and nobody hasthought of
ostracizing them for 50 doing
Among the appropriations in the an.
nual "river and harbor appropriation bill, 81
now before Congress, is one Of fifteen thou
sand dollars to improve the harbor Of Bur
Iiugton, and one of eight thousand dol
lars for the same purpose at Sgantou.
The thirteenth annual session Of the
National Division of the Sons Of Temper.
ancc, will be held at Ottawa Canada, Wed.
nesday June 18th, and the twenty. eighth
annual session Of the Supreme Council OF
the Tomplars Of Honor and Temperance
will be held at Albany, ~ Y, on the third
Tuesday of August.
The luxurics Of the season arc held al
rather a high figure in Boston market
The best pine apples cost $50 each, anC
Strawberries are a dollar a quart, while th'
green peas and Bermuda potatoes are scare,
and poor Penobscot salmon is quiet fol
sl.l0 o pound, and the fragrant onion i
strong at $40 barrel
The receipts Of internal revenue fol
April will exceed those Of last year by bal
million. Thus far the falling of due &,
the panic has been to a considerable exteu
regaiued, and if the receipts for May an,
june keep up to those Of last year, tbo lul
estimates by the committee OF 100000,
1000 for the year wil be reached.
Tho iuaationists will, it is said, issu
an address to the country, against iLo Pres
dents veto. They can hardly do less au
we do not see what they can domcre. For
tunatcly they are not strong enough t
ride over the Veto and they will gro,
weaker as discussion gses on. Senate
Morton is to write the address to tbc pee
pie. 1t will be as able q presentation 0
the imitation argument as can be made.
In the Supreme Court at Taunton
Mess, on Friday, Margaret Black, Of Fa
River, obtained verdict for 81 800 againl
Andrew S Weeks, of the firm Of Weeks
Potter, Boston, on account Of being nearl
poisoned to death by dose Of aconi'
which she took, sppposing it to be pcar
The aconite was put up by Weeks 4 Potte
and labelled picara by mistake, and soI
to a Fall River apothecary who in turn sol
it to the plaintiff. Az appeal was taken.
An important result Of the foods
Louisiana is the effect they will have Q
the cotton crop Of the current season. A
cording to the best estimates, not less tia
two hundred thousand acres Of cxcelleI
cotton land in Louisiana, Arkansas an
Mississippi have been submerged, aud Il
growing crop totally destroyed. The
Of the staple thus lost will probably not
less than three hundred thousand bales, a
amount sufficient to produce a very percel
tible effect on the general market, besid
impoyerisbing large number Of planters
; Mr. Edwin Rooth. while on MS rrrv
visit to Louisville, Ky, made tour throue
r the Masonic Widows and Orphans Hon
e In response to the presentation Of bouqu
BY bright-eyed little girl, Booth made
D briefreply Of thanks, but was so embarrass'
and overcome that be could scarcely spea
I 1t was little singular to see the geniu
who nightly held the multitude spellbour
by his stage eloquence, quite awed into j
ability to speak by the sight of the lit
' orphans who, though happy in expressio
4 appealed by their condition to the tende
. est emotions Of ones heart