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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

A FiNE CoNcERr The Concert to he given
in Village Hall next Tuesday evening by the Ca
milla Urso troupe is one of the best our people
have been promised fort long time The mem
bcrs Of the troupe are musicians Of ominence
and acknowledged excellence, as a glance at
their advertisements in another column, will
show We predict large and delighted au-
dicucc
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07
Walnhman Sc Journal.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1874.

Rsv. Dr. IoRD resumed his pastoral work
last sabbath, in greatly improved health
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07
Ienal dStntines.
CTATE OF VERMONT,

y WASHINGTON DISTRICT, IS.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, within and
ior said District the 18th day Of December A. u
l373i
An instrument purporting to be the last VIII and
Testament Of AlansOn Bugbce, late 81 Northleld In
sad District deceased, being presented to the Court
ny samuel Howard, tho executor named therein,
| lQr Probate IL Is ordered by said Court that
an persons concerned therein be notified 10 appear
as session 81 said Court 10 DO held at the Probate
Vhge IN Montpelier, on the 9TH day Of January, A.
| d. lslli and show cause, II any they may have,
against the Probate Of said Will for which purpose
tutthef ordered, that copy Of the record Of this
gtuer pc published three weeks successfully In the
vermont Waterman and State Journal printed AZ
montpelier previous 70 said time appointed for
hearing by the CouJt,-Aitest,
UfOl N A chase uagtstcr
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

GR,ND Army on THE RErunLic AT the an
nual meeting Of Post Brooks, No 10, G. A.
r., held in their hall on Wednesday evening
OF last week the following officers were elected
for The ensuing year Commander, j o. Liy-
ng,ton $. VIC, Hiram A. lluse; j. v c.,
George $ Robinson Quartermaster, Rob ).
Coaey Chaplain, Rev \ n Glazier Officer
Of the Guard, II C. Lull Officer Of the day,
A. C. Bean.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

Joel Foster Jr., for expenses and for ser
vices as Director and Clerk from Au-
gust, 1870, to the present time, payable
Ia first mortgage bonds Of the road at
their par value. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,4lO 90
Charles IL, Heath, for expenses and ser
vices as Director and Attorney for the
past two years, payable In bonds Of
the road at their par value. ..,...,... G7g %
l. N. Hail. for expenses and services as
Director for two years, payable IN
bonds Of the road at their par value. go SO
s. G. Shurtleii, for expenses and services
as Director and Attorney for one year,
payable In bonds Of the road at their
par value. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2)l 60
George b. Fessenden, expenses tho past
year, and services as Director since
August, 1870 payable In bonds Of the
road at ar.......-........,.......... 2j3 -9
Eli S. Pitkin, expenses and services as
Director one year.-.........-..s..... 80 Cd
C. NJ. Weeks, expenses and services as
Director one ear.......'............ 50 50
George Wooster expenses and services
as Director one year, 500 OF which is
to DO paid In bonds Of the road. ...... 40 90
| j. W. Brock, expenses and services as
Director one year. 81 ~
l. W. Brown, services Director one
year, .t..'.'.',...s...s...s...,. IL ul
Drsctor two Year, and i've months 1000 Cd
James @. French, for use Of team, and
services as Managing Director for two
years ending January, 1874, payable
| In the bonds Of the road at their par
| value ......s....,.......s-....-.. li0ll W
| We have also examined the
books and vouchers OF Mr.
| French, which show that he
| has paid out for the corpora
| tlon during the same period, flJ, Go IS
| And we find from various sour
| ces that he has receYed.... 7,AE ~
| Leaving balance due........, ---- la,ll9 II
Interest account with Mr., French to be adjusted on
| final settlement.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

NEWSPAPERS The first number Of the Yer
mont Statesman, the new paper at Burlington,
published by Charles p Button, is out, and is
avery creiitablc production both in matter and
make zap.
The FroamaH makes a neat and tasty ap-
pamnce in its new dress
The Citizen, at Morrisyile, has been en-
Arged by the addition Of one column to the page
MAs3Nic Tho following officers Of Mount
Zion Cammanlery, 80. o, have been elected
for tie following year Z. g., J. L. Mack
Mortified Gen'o., II D Bean, Mortified
Capt Gen'o., Emory Town. Waterbury
rreiate. Rev G. G. v Eastman Sr. Warden,
Henri Ferris Jr Warden, ) o Somcryille
Recorder. u NJ Poland Treasurer, Joel
Winch Thi. Commandery IS in a very -four.
ishing condition. and promises to be yigorou.
institution
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

WORCESTER The Congregational church and
society ofttis town have united in giving Rev.
William sehofeii call to settle with them as
ieir pastor Mr. sshoield Is a young man of
HaE'i-b hIth selfedueted, having been a
DWlW0is.ns mechanic until the past season,
r-ea DC came among Us. lie is an active,
energetic man, earnestly devoted to bis new
calling, q fine speaker and ready writer.
That lis abors with US are acceptable to our
people, manifested hy the largely increased
Attendance on public and social worship and
tho Sunday school. We think the church and
people q Worcester have good reason to con-
graduate themselves tha. there is prospect Of
securing Die permanent services Of an able
minister
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

Our community were greatly shocked last
Tuesday at the announcement, made in the
teogrophic columns Of the Boston papers, that
Mr. William W Storfs cashier Of the First
/ National Bank Of Concord, n. II and Treas.
urcr Of the National Savings Bank of the simo
/ place, had declared himself unable 10 make
| good bis accounts with these banks by an
amount between $50 900 and 500, 600. Mr..
Siors is a native Of this village, son Of the late
Dca. G, w Storrs, and resided here up to
Inboutii'icon years ago, and bis widowed mother
still lives here From here he went to Chel-
sea, acting for several years as cashier Of the
bank there, and thence went to Concord. The
confession Of Mr. Storrs indicated that, in an
hour Of weakness, some three years ago, he
candcstiuely loaned $1,000 Of the bank $
money t1a friend, one Webster, q lumber specu-
lat0r 90 Eilcnburgh, ~ v, on the representa-
ti0nof Webster that 10 would bridge him over a
crisis and save him from failure that this not
meeting the demand he had from time to time
added 20 this sum until from $50, 600 to $780,
GOO had gone in the same dircction--to carry
along which he had made false entries in the
books Of the banks up to the present time
This confession a-towdcl the directors Of the
banks, for Mr. Storrs bad enjoyed their I'M
bounded confidence up 70 that moment. An
examination % The book. and accounts was at
once commenced, the resutof which isawaited
with the deepest interest.
Tho ease 40 Grst seemed mtig1ted by the
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-01-07

Office Gomez State and Main Streets.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20

Castle that dispels the recent rumors of die
aster to the British arms, and confirms the in
telligence of the surrender of the Ashantee
King.
There are wars and rumors of wars in
South America. Another rebellion has broken
out in Paraguay, and a war between Brazil
and the Argentine States, it is feared, will
result from it. Buenos Ayres, too. is making
preparations for a trial of strength with Brazil.
A letter from Havana says that since the
late DEGREES were promulgated. the natives
among the Spanish volunteers are constantly
deserving to he insurgents. and that whole
families are fleeing to the mountains.
The British Government has already ex-
pended nearly $40, 600, 900 on account of the
Indian famine. and will have to maintain
5000, 600 people for three or four months
longer.
1t is stated that certain inhabitants Of
Fayal have addressed a petition to President
Grant, praying for the establishment of a
Protectorate by the United States over the
Azores.
-olllCltl dispatches nave bttH ItCciNeu 1T
London from Gen. Wolseley announcing the
capture and burning of Coomassie, the Ashan-
tee capital. The troops were on the home
ward march.
The report OF the killing of ex-President
Cespedes by Spanish volunteers in Cuba is
confirmed.
A confession has been made by Charles
orion. in which he asserts that the Tichborne
claimant is his brother.
A serious riot recently occurred in Pesth,
Germany, and several buildings were burned.
The military fired Oh the mob, killing four and
%wounding many.
The German Government has arrested the
Bishop of Treves and closed the seminary at
tached to his See.
The London papers publish a long state
ment, signed by Charles Orion. in which the
writer confesses that he recognized the Itch
borne claimant as his brother the first time he
saw him. and that silence on his part was
bought with -, paid monthly. for a year, and
the promise of a Thousand or two additional
at the conclusion of the trial.
Fifty thousand ounces in gold is the in
demnity paid by the knG Of Ashantee to the
British.
Gen. Concha is to supplant Joyellar as
Captain-G Genera of Cuba.
The British losses in the Aslantee war
were Is killed and 36S wounded.
-Serrano has assumed personal command
of the army of Spain operating against the
Carlists in the north.
The Liberals in the British Parliament
have agreed to accept the Marquis of Hart
ington "a their temporary leader. This is
done at the request of Gladstone. who agrees.
if his health will permit, to resume the leader
rhip in 1873.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
GREAT ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE.

GREAT ENGINEERING ENTERPRISE.
Little attention has been given in this
country to the construction of the great
Peruvian railway that is to connect the
Pacific ocean with the Amazon river,
though it is, perhaps, by far the great
est engineering enterprise ever under
taken. The work was commenced in
1870, and from eight to twelve thousand
laborers are employed by day and night.
In places the read bed has IN elevation
of 1900 feet above the level of the
sea. Thus far 40, 900, 900 cubic feet of
rock and earth have been removed, at
an expense of S33, 600, 600. One of the
wonders of this %stupendous work is the
great viaduct, which is $50 feet long and
800 feet high in the center. 1t is sup
ported by three pillars, which are re-
spectively 166, 1873. and 253 feet in
height. In a single section there are
30 bridges and viuducts, the aggregate
length of which is 5000 feet, and 30
tunnels, amounting to $1,000 feet in
length. The route of the road is sub
stantially that passed over by the adj
venturers who deserted from the army
of Pizarro, when engaged in the con
quest of Peru. We know not how pop
ular this trdns-continental, sub-equa-
torial route may become, but its won
ders will eclipse those OF any route of
travel i'll the world, and will open to
civilization and commerce an altogether
new region OF country.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
NEW YORK'!S UNKNOWN DEAD.

The bodies of the unknown dead
found in New York are disposed of in a
very economical manner. 4 description
Of them is noted down, as well as an ac-
count of the clothing found on them. A
photograph is then taken, and the de-
scriptions are pasted on the back of it.
The bodies lie on slabs in the morgue
as long as it is safe to allow them to, in
hopes hat they will be identified and
claimed. Ii a body is not claimed, it is
put in a pine box, to the end of which
a number is placed corresponding to
one on a photograph. The bodies are
buried in the potters' field, III Harris
Island, without form OF religious cere-
mony, the work being performed by
conyicts. Pits or trenches are dug,
fifty feet long, twenty-one feet wide,
and nine feet deep. In these the collins
are laid in tiers, side by side, in three
rows, the spaces between the larger cof-
fins being filled by the coffins of chill
dren and infants. After the bottom of
a pit has been covered by one layer, a
few inches of dirt is thrown Oh and lev
eled down /; on this another layer is
placed, and so on till the pit is filled
within q few inches Of the top. The
top is then covered with dirt and round
ed over. Stakes are placed at each end
to indicate boundaries. Before one pit
is filled another is dug, but a space of
ten feet is allowed between the pits.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
Brilliant Success.
insulators

1t is permitted to few men or com
panies to achieve acknowledged superb
ority in any important position or bust
ness. The present generation has wit
messed %stupendous rivalry in several
branches of industry, and notably the
Sewing Machine business. Amid a
multitude of competitors, steadily and
surely the Wheeler n Wilson Company
held their way from the beginning, upon
fixed and honorable principles. Long
since, their leading position in America
was established. : Abroad, at London,
in 1862, they won the highest premi-
inns !; at Paris, i'll 1867, they distanced
eighty-two competitors. and We're award
ed the highest premium, the only Gold
Medal for Sewing Machines exhibited
and lastly, amid unparalleled competi-
ton. followed the splendid triumphs at
Vienna, noted in our advertising col
umns.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
PiETON.S OF HI'SEi ID II

The Executive Committee Of the National
Grange of Patrons of Husbandry are maturing
a plan for the formation Of a statistical bureau
in connection with the National Grange, for
the collection and dissemination OF informa-
ton in regard to the condition of the crops
throughout the country. The new bureau
will be located at Washington. Subordinate
oranges will report direct to the State Grange
all information of interest relating to crops,
and the different State Oranges will report by
telegraph to the Statistical Bureau of the Or
der at Washington. The bureau will compile
and summarize these reports into Il monthly
report of the crops in all sections Of the couL-
try, and will simultaneously transmit the re-
port by telegraph monthly to all State Oranges,
which i'll turn will furnish it to every subordi-
nate grange within their jurisdiction. The
information will not be furnished to the press
for publication, it being intended exclusively
for the benefit OF members of the order.
The number of oranges in Wisconsin is
reported by the Secretary Of the State Grange
to have increased to 1893. In January last
there were SAG. When the organization of
those that have applied for recognition is
complete there will be 430 oranges.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20

route. but it is thought, having effected an
entrance into the reservation in good shape,
they will be able to maintain their position.
A Toledo dispatch says: THE news from
| all the towns in this section of the State indi-
Gates that the Temperance movement is on the
increase, and the coming week will probably
see effective work done i'll every county in
Northwestern Ohio"
The recent snow-storm in the Sierra Ne
vada mountains wss the s%everest ever eX-
perienced.
The whisky crusade has extended to the
Pacific, and praying women are wrestling with
the wicked rum-sellers Of Portland, Oregon.
The Representatives who are identified
| with the grange movement. says a Washing
ton correspondent. are endeavoring to secure
unity OF action as regards the serious modlti-
cation of the Patent law. They claim that
one of the greatest burdens upon farmers is
the patent monopoly. The nearest agree
ment. as vet. is a proposition to limit the
exclusive control of patents by inventors to
five years.
Every saloon in Greenville, Dsrke county.
! Ohio, nineteen in number. has surrendered to
the crusaders.
Gen. John Z. Smith, with his little army
of eight ~csvalry and four infantry companies,
is now on the march for Spotted Tails Indian
agency in Wyoming Territory. and a report
states that the hostile Sioux are concentrating
there with warlike purpose.
An attempt to have the question of woman
suffrage in the Ohio Constitution put to a sep
arate vote by the people, has failed i'll the
Ohio Constitutional Convention.
CRIME AND CRIMINALS.
Justice Richards. of Nicolett County,
breast, killing him instantly
Topeka. Kansas, is Mortified by a murder
of unusual dastardliness and stupidity. The
alleged murderers. a husband and wife and
their son, impelled by a greed of money, killed
all exemplary and inoffensive citizen who kept
a grocery store. and. having hid him i'll his
own cellar, took possession Of the premises,
and began deliberately. in open day, to remove
his stock. and undertook to act as the repre-
sentatives Of the murdered man i'll his busi-
ness.
Moses Sullivan and Peter Blair. two chiv-
slrous colored gentlemen, fought a duel near
Atlanta, Ga, the other day. Ten shots were
exchanged with Colts revolvers. At the tenth
round Peter fell, shot through the legs. Moses
escaping without a scratch.
Dayton. Ohio. was the other day the scene
of quite q row. which arose from a visit Of the
praying women to a rum-sellers place Of
business. The police in large force were
called upon to subdue the disturbance. and
only succeeded after one of the number had
been severely handled.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
THIN / IA TE NOTICED.

/ have noticed that in society a wo-
mans soul weighs jus: the amount that
her clothes cost.
l have noticed hat most business
people are much more polite when
you call to pay than when you call to
collect.
1 have noticed that nature generally
repeats itself. When 1 see O very bad
child 1 am pretty SURE that the parents
have not always been blameiess.
l have noticed that when there is only
one daughter in a family, and her pa
rents are very anxious to keep her home
as long a possible, some chap coaxes
her off before she is seventeen. l have
also noticed that when there is a house
full of girls, aud the parents are pray
ing daily for husbands for the same,
the whole lot are apt to live and die old
maids.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

BY the loss of the steamship Sedra. en-
route from Newcastle, England. to Port Said.
Egypt. in a recent gale. thirty lives were lost.
The main portion of Hillsdalc College. at
Hilisdale. Mich, has been destroyed by lire :;
loss. :7j. 000: insurance, $4,000.
Five persons were washed overheard from
the steamer Pennsylvania, on her last trip
from Liverpool to Philadelphia.
A shocking casualty il reported from In
dependence, Iowa. The dwelling Of George
King was destroyed 10y fire, and Mrs. King,
two children and Mrs. Moses persisted in the
flames.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
CHANG AND ENG.

The March number of LippincoH'.
Magazine contains some interesting
"reminiscences concerning the early life
OF these singular monstrosities. Thew
were born at a little fishing village near
Bangkok, in China. The father was a
Chinaman, who spoke the Tai-chew dia-
lect. The mother was born in Siam of
a Chinese father and a Siamese mother
so that the twins were over one-fourtb
Siamese and thr%ee-fourths Chinese.
They were known among their people
as the Chinese twins. They wore the
Chinese dress, and their hair was braid
ed according to the fashion of that
country. The mother was o fair, come
ly m of medium height. Chang
and Eng were the first. born son. of their
parents, and there were foprother pairs
of tours, and twin children at q birth.
They were born at the close Of 1911. or
early in 1872. 1t never entered into the
mothers mind that there was ANYTHING
in common between the twins. They
always played together as two, not as
one, but when they prattled, it was Of
tener to each other than to those about
them. They seldom disagreed, but
when they did, Chang, who was the
largest, strongest and most intelligent,
took the initiative. At first the liga-
ment was so short that they were com
PEELED to face each other; but, as they
grew up, it heightened. The cottage
wherein they lived was a floating house.
or ene-story building moored on the
river bank. 1t wal in 1924 that Mr..
Robert Hunter, a Scotch merchant,
first saw the twins, and conceived the
idea of taking them to Europe. In
1929, in company with Capt. Coffin and
Mr.. Hunter, they sailed for the future
field of their great success.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
FINANCIAL AND INTESTINAL.

The leading Lutter-makers and dealers of
the West recently he'd a large and interesting
convention at Beloit, Wis. They will meet
again at indianapolis on the first Wednesday
i'll June.
million. five hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars is the aggregate amount of internal rev.
enue gathered in by Uucle Sam between Sep
1869 when the internal revenue laws
went into efrect). and March !, 1874.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
GENERAL,

The cause Of woman is making headway
in every direction. The decision of the hIassa-
chusetts Supreme Court in favor of woman's
right to sit ON the School Board has given it a
legal sanction, and the Lower Houses of the
Legislatures of Iowa and Michigan have both
recommended that the State Constitutions be
amended to give women the right of suffrage.
Temperance leagues are being formed in
Chicago. and a vigorous war against rum on
the Ohio plan is among the probabilities.
The bill passed by the United States
Senate providing for a Commission to investi-
gate the liquor traffic, provides that the Presi-
dent shall appoint a Commission composed of
five persons, whose duties it shall be to inquire
into the whole subject of manufacture, sale,
and drinking Of spirituous liquors. and report
to Congress the result of their investiga-
tions. They are to receive a compensation of
$40. 600.
Dispatches from Columbus, Ohio. show
that the greatest danger exists there of a
collision between the temperance element and
those opposed to it. Thu female crusaders
are supported by a strong party of men who
cannot see them insulted without resenting it.
On the other hand, the mob. composed Of
abandoned women and the toughest neil,
swarm about them, and the excitement is such
that the pelice are constantly expecting a
riot. Such q state of affairs is much to be
deplored.
The expedition sent to the relief Of the
Red Cloud Agency have safely arrived there.
The troops met with no opposition on the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
POLITICAL.

The California Assembly has recognized
the right OF woman to hold school offices.
Gen. Butler has again stirred up the pol
iticians of Boston. Not content with his sue
cess in removing Collector Russell. and
securing the appointment Of His friend Sim
mons he now proposes to have Gen. Burt
ousted fror the Postofiice. and the place
secured to Senator Bailey OF the Bunker Hill
district, a politician of 10 mean mirit
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-03-20
~RHETHATIC corr

An Englishman with rheumatic govt
found this singular remedy a cure for
his ailment He insulated his bed
stead from the floor by placing under
meath each post IL broken-off bottom of
a glass bottle. He says the effect was
magical, that he had not been free from
rheumatic govt for fifteen years. and
that he began to improve Immediately
after the application of the in~sulators.
We are reminded by this statement, says
the Scientific .AnlericaR, of Il patent
obtained through this Office for Il physi-
clan, some twelve or more years ago,
which created considerable interest at
the time. The patent consisted in plac-
ing glass cups under the bedposts in q
similar manner to the above, and the
patentee claimed to have effected some
remarkable cures by the use of his glass
insulators.