Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-03-18
Notes and Comments.

thousand outlaws 10 the mountains Of Cali.
fornia, who live by robbery and violence.
They are quite secure from arrest in their
mountain Businesses.
The indationist Democratic organ of
Ohio, the Cincinnati Enquirer, scolds Sen.
ator Thurman for failing to vote and speak
10 favor Of all the paper money the gov
ernmeut can conveniently print. Yet we
are told that the Democratic party is still
for hard money.
MIR. Sartoris is now received by the
President and his family as the future hus
band Of Nellie Grant. He looks TO be
about twenty-five years old, is a blonde,
parts his hair in the middle, and wears q
delicate moustache. His uncle is an adj
miral in the British Navy and X. G. b.
The Illinois Legislature has passed bill
abolishing solitary confinement in pcnitcn-
tiaries, and is now discussing the propriety
Of abolishing capital punishment. Some Of
the papers out that way are urging that an
early day be fixed for adjournment lest pun
ishment for crime be abolished altogether
The Senate of Ohio has solemnly de-
clared that hereafter no dissatisfied voter
shall profane Irregular" ballot with the
erasive pencil. If he scratches " at all
he must do it with ink, though whether 10
black, red, violet or other colored ink,
writing fluid, or copying ink, is not defined.
Charges have been formally presented
in the national House by the Speaker af.
fecting the official and personal character
Of Gen, Baker, Commissioner Of Pensions,
preferred by Mrs Helen NJ. Barnard, who
wants them examined with view of impeach-
ment. They were referred to the Committee
on Invalid Pensions.
The steamship Laconia, while on a
voyage from Alexandra, Egypt, for Algiers,
having two hundred and seventy.eight pill.
grims returning from Mecca, encountered a
terrific gale. One huge wave which struck
the vessel washed overheard from her deck
one hundred and seventeen of the pilgrims,
and all were drowned.
The House Committee has agreed upon
reduction of the army to the extent of five
thousand men. 1t does not muster out any
part Of the force, but accomplshes the re-
suit by stopping enlistments Mr. Wheeler
forestalled this policy in his army appropri-
alton bill, which was calculated upon the
basis Of such reduced force.
New Workers are very indignant about
the way in which their streets are cleaned !;
or, rather, about the way they are not
cleaned. The snow has not been promptly
removed but once, and that was on the oc-
casion Of the funeral Of the late Police Com.
missioner Smith. Aud whenever il SHOWS
the people want police commissioner to die.
--Garibaldi is an honorary citizen Of
ninety cities, boroughs and villages hon
orary president of one hundred and twenty
societies the possessor Of tweniy-one swords
Of honor, eleven Of which have come from
foreign lands Since 1871 there have been
presented to him FIVE addresses Of homage
and devotion. lie has refused gifts esti.
mated at one million francs.
Few people, we imagine, realize how
many bogus nickels there are in circu-
lation. The fact that the New Orleans
city railroad people lately sunk in the
river bag containing forty-seyen thousand
of them, the returns Of one years business,
will probably help us to appreciate the
quantity. A standing reward of $1,000
is offered for the discovery and punishment
of the counterfeiters.
The indications now are that the CEN
tennial project will be Invested Of its inter.
national character, whatever may become
Of the applications for direct pecuniary aid
from the United States. 1t is unfortunate
that the matter has been complicated to
some extent by official or semi-oficial COM
municatiOns with foreign governments, but
outside parties can be properly advised Of a
change of programme.
The editor of the Baltimore american,
in bis Texas letter, tells Of a visit he re-
Gently made to Texas cattle raiser, who
claims that he will have seventy thousand
calves to brand this season, who has no en-
closed pasture, but turns his cattle loose.
He claims to have branded sixty-three
thousand last year, and seventy thousand
the preceding year. Aud yet the editor
didn't find drop of milk to drink
The people Of Pennsylvania are wax
ing up to the importance of restocking
their waters with fish. There, as every
where else, the heavy draughts which have
been made upon the natural supply have
almost exhausted the rivers and streams
which used to be filled with fish, A move.
ment is now in progress to engage exten.
siyely in artificial propagation. Thus far,
in Pennsylvania as here, fish breeding is
limited almost entirely to the State agents.
This is not necessary. The process is so
simple that it may be taken up by any intel
ligent person at all informed on the subject.