Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-02-25
Items of Interest.


"A boy Of five and a girl Of seven, died
at Alum Ridge, Va, Friday, from drink
ing about quart Of brandy.
The North Carolina farmers are buy.
ing fertilizers, preparing land, aud will
plant more cotton than last year.
John Morrissey has leased the Sara.
toga trottng track for five years. The first
meeting is fixed for the 25th of July.
The funeral expenses of men killed in
the Hoosac Tunnel, and paid by the con.
tractors, have amounted to $4,000 in five
years.
Public appeal is made for contribu.
tions for the erection of monument to
Father Matthew in the Central park, New
York.
The San Francisco Chinese have Just
dedicated a $40 1000 joss house, more gor.
geOus than anything of the kind hitherto
seen there.
Justice EIaines, Of Chicago, has de-
cided that editors are professional men, and
that their scissors, paste pot, etc, cannot be
seized for debt.
Tho Om.bo U.ro1J rooohos ,h0 oo,
cl,sior ,h,, Tho croat rocess;,r oF ,ha, a.
munitv ia abont Jo,en 5;s,ilIcries IN 20
n,aIo I, 800, go 49,,
R,l,;moro and Wosb;,n,on anil o,hor
rl.oos ~ .hn,o M Ia,;,naa, - to"n a' ,,"., E'.
ria,;nc IN wbat ,bov ali a,sIo;oS;,. na.
nivoIS n verv un1sual nossibilisv
>, f'SV
10 no eoS,horn nou,oo,a, 81 ,So 1oa
s,reo, ,rno ard CO.. sona ,;ra n.s, -
Iima,o ;a,,,s MIN ,ha Wit uoppsa pa' '' -"
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io""essee s1u's are uusy ID "g'ua'
for ,ha manSfs sc,rr;nr on,ornr;soa snr;na;na
nm in ,bo o.s,orn nars of ,ha;r sta,n
a newspaper nus Jus' sprung up a.
neI a'e,'uo, e"S''.eu ooulual u 'no
an Italian edition Of the New Yprk TeyoH
=, -.
-, co'ia g,ri' VINO mas oeen paying
,ne Par' ., spiritual lneulum 10, TWO years,
uaS y. Veen ue'so'eu III s,ea,'ng anu mas o"neu
,c-.N - - -, OS'','''
nh,.er ,,,. running .nrougna hocA OF sneep
auu Ailhng 'nir'y VI mem an r'ng'lsn ran
roau .rain . continued i's Journey uuin'er-
,up'eu'y ~ '"e i1'' Vi n''y'n'e "''es an
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-11 Inc S.S'o urInsg 2, W 'scoOsln : mas
rcoon'ienueu Tue Legislature 10 Increase
tne TAX on gross receipts OF railways from
.nree 10 nVe per cent anu 10 regulate 'he
VAIN"
-Maryiana haI ,ea-party OF tne DOS
Ton Sinu IN Tue uarDor oi AunaPohs in
octooer' -, ana now sne proposes 10
nave a centennial celepra'ion oil IT, likewise
ia p'.'O"'
1t is stated tna' Tue hornons are ABOUT
10 re'estaplish themselves az Nauvoo' the
place from which tney were iorcioly eJected
oy the citizens Oh limos about twenty-five
years usO'
Inc gophefs oil Los Angeles oal'' are
as expensive 10 tne county treasury as army
moths so 10 that oil the United states. over
Slo'Voo is due 10 pouh'y ior ki'iing the
ilttle ahiihais'
Inc ia,es. ireas Oh 'ne uo'nam women
OF ION Is iauies riuing eiuo' "nicn meets
IN an amphitheater' riees around the ring
TO the music oil brass pand, aud looks un-
commonly IKE an amateur circus
The Princess Beatrice was recently
confirmed oy Tue Arcnpisaop OF Oanter-
oury az hiVerpooi' Inc Archoisnop ex-
hor'eu tne royal fanny not 10 make pleas
ure seeking tue ooJec' oi 'heir lives
The hatred Of the Chinese in San
Francisco is thus placarded in cigar store
no On'namen emp'oyeu or Oninese goods
SOFA mere hs,aol'sneu sixteen years on 'he
prlnc'Pie oi "n''e laoor on'y'
-Gossip says the most elegant dinner
party ever given in the city OF New York
awaits Chief Justice Waite this week at
tne mansion OF a we,-known ana very
s'yiisn w'uoW 70 "noui he ID iegai uuViser'
The Florida Assembly has abolished
the ornamental office OF Adjutant General,
and an amendment to the Constitution has
been adopted prohibiting the State from
loaning It's credit to individuals or corpora
TONS
One OF the most elegantly dressed
ladies at President MacMahon's last State
ball, was the Countess Monthly, who was
Miss Kate Parks, noted Brooklyn belle.
She appeared in her bridal robe OF white
satin and lace.
The proprietor of a hotel at Mentone,
Italy, advertises in late number Of the
Swiss Times that he has learnt of the
art to make buckwheat cakes and fish-balls
at the hotel de la Fax, Geneva, in true
American style"
Daniel Powers, boy of eleven. shot
at rat in Springfield, Mass, barn, and hit
a playfellow. Scared by what he had done
Daniel ran off while the other boys wound
was being dressed, and has not since been
found, although search has been made.
Mayor Colyin of Chicago has signed a
petition for the Communication of the death
sentence of Chris. Rafferty,, the murderer
because he was drunk when he killed Officer
OMeara. In future, Chicago policemen
will probably have sufficient sense to lei
drunken men alone.
Nevada, a State of mines and desola.
ton. whose only hope after its mineral
wealth shall have been worked out is the
agriculture OF one or two valleys IS having
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