Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-07-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Japan prohibits The expectation Of rice
and wheat after August l.
Congressman Hale, Of Maine, has accept
cd the postmaster genera'ship.
Harvesting has already commenced in
many parts Of California, aud the yield Of
grain is enormous.
Mrs. Sarah Il. Landt, a physician Of
Trenton, N j., has been found guilty of
the death Of Mrs. Carson by abortion.
Gen. McCook has received his commits.
sion and taken the oath Of office as governor
Of Colorado. lie will enter upon his duties
early in July.
Quite a number Of persons have been
killed and lot Of stock run of by hostile
Indians near Dodge City, Kansas. A
squad Of soldiers are out scouting after the
offenders.
j. Bowers Underwood, government de-
iaulter, who was arrested in Cincinnati
Saturday, successfully anticipated trial and
conviction by blowing his brains out with
a revolver.
The Beecher-Tilton scandal is being aired
through the press again, Mr.. Tilton having
published letter from Beecher asking his
forgiveness. Henry Ward remains as silent
as ever ON the subject.
The Grand Trunk railroad has given to
the Rhode Island locomotive works at
Providence the contract to build so first
class locomotives for its new narrow.gauge
track, the work to be done by September
20. There were IL bids for the job, and the
contract price is S555,000.
Intelligence has been received from the
coast Of the lower st. Lawrence River that
The spring cod fishery is very good with an
abundance Of bait; also that the salmon fish,
ing is now excellent, although much retard-
ed by the lateness Of the season and high
waters in the river.
The somewhat singular spectacle was pre-
scented at Fort Wayne, Ind, Tuesday eve
ming, of public pool.sclling on the nomina-
tion Of congressman by the democratic con-
vention, Wednesday. Hamilton. the first
choice, sold for SO, as did also the field. While
the bidding was at its hight, the police
appeared and put u stop to the proceedings.
Two masked burglars entered the house
Of Mr.. Mccormick, collector of customs at
San Diego, CAL, Sunday night, bound and
gagged him, procured the combination of
the custom house safe, and then, while one
remained on guard over the collector, the
other robbed the safe Of some $4,000. A
man named Williams has been arrested on
suspicion Of being one of the robbers.
The town Of Berdicher in Russian Po-
land, inhabited mostly by Jews, has suffered
from one of the most destructive and 70.
markable series OF fires. The first day,
600 houses were destroyed. The next day,
there was another confagration involving a
loss of nearly as many more buildings. The
two succeeding days, the town was again
visited by fires, by which whola streets were
laid in ashes and thousands Of persons were
made homeless.
A New Mexico letter states that the RiC
Grange river has overlooked the valley
from Albuquerque to FL Paso, making great
havoc, destroying grain crops, orchards
vineyards, etc. 1t made new chanHel 10
the rear Of the town of Albuquerque
threatening it so badly that its inhabitants
fed to the mountains. Several settlement,
have been destroyed, and thousands having
their homes wrecked, starvation is imminent
The damage done is estimated at $4,000,
900.
At the instance of Consul General Sc
ward and other foreign consuls, the Chinese
government has issued an edict to all grow
ers, manufacturers and exporters Of sill
commanding that precautions be taken tC
prevent the deterioration of the silk crop
and torbidding all couutsrfeiting aud aduI-
terating Of silk in bales or manufactured for
export. This resulted from the representa-.
tion by several chambers Of commerce in the
United States that the silk from China, last
year, was Of an inferior quality, and in
many instances adulterated and counter
ieited.
1t is rumored that the mysterious legsla.
ton Of tho closing hours Of tho Congress
ional session discloses even worse action
against the press than was charged upoI
Senator Carpenters bill. Under the guist
of depriving the police court of the distric
of the power it claimed over the press Of
the country, Mr.. Poland reported bill at {
night session, which passed without debate
that takes this power from the police cour
and transfers it to the circuit court, an,
then, in u second section, by making tn
33d section of an old act Of 1889 apply h
courts created by congress in the District o
Columbia, makes it possible to begin suit TO
libel against any editor Of newspapers any
where, arrest him by warrant Of the court
justice Of the peace or other magistrate
and bring him to the District for trial, al
expenses to be paid by the United States
Mr.. Edmunds and Mr.. Frelinghuysen man
aged the matter in the senate. 1t is har
to credit these men and Judge Poland wit
conniyancc in scheme of this kind, but tn
fact will soon be cleared up. There wa
certainly bad animus cvinced toward tn
press in both branches Of congress at tn
last session, which we should be glad to b
assured did not get embodied in Legislation
in any form.-BostOn Journal
MAINE.
A Dead River man recently caught fou
bears in four traps set half a mile fror
each other, within ten days.
Portland is going to have new fair
grounds, with a trotting park, to cost S25,
900, and $4,000 has already been Subscrit
ed.
The Portland Press figures up 10 candi
dates for the succession to Hale in Congress
and politics will probably be lively in tn
eth district soon.
4 The city government of Portland made
tour over the Portland x Ogdsnsburg raj
road with the directors on Saturday, and 4
the Notch Of the White mountains 2S
yards of rock-two tons to the yard-wu
blown open at one blast, to amuse them.
An important case relating to the liabili
~ Of telegraph companies for errors in tn
transmission OF dispatches has just bee
decided by the supreme court at Bango
Bartlett 4 Wood, Of Bangor, telegraphed
firm in Chicago by tho Western UniO
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