Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-09-17
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Next year being the centennial, no fair
will be held by the New England Society.
A letter started from New York aud went
eastward around the world in SO days.
Harlow Chandler. grocer of Montreal, has
suspended with liabilities of 100000.
There are 5000 cases of cattle disease in
Devonshlre, England, an increase of 1000
during the past week.
H. T. Helmbold was recently incarcerated
for insanity. He has now sued for false
Imprisonment.
Nichol, the teller of the Canadian bank
of Commerce, has abscondcd, taking over
$4,000 of the banks funds with him.
The church of St Clements, at Hastings,
England, said to be 1000 years old, has
been reopened after restoration.
Weston succeeded at New Haven; on Fri.
day, IN walking 100 miles inside of % hours.
He had half an hour to spare and had
rested ~ minutes.
1t is reported that peculiarly destructive
disease, the symptoms of which are similar
to those of the epizootic among horses, has
broken out among cattle grazing in Buffalo,
N. Y, and adjoining sections. A number
have died and many are affected by the cpl
demic.
Competition has reduced the price of mes
sages to Europe to twenty-five cents word,
currency, which is less than it costs to CON-
municate by the Western Union between
Now York and New Orleans.
| Gg;u onoNhor aoronouf has LoI n mas. a Nm
escape He made an assertion at Augusta
KY, last week, and the balloon fell into a
river, be became eutangled in the ropes, and
was rescued by passing boat just as be was
sinking for the third time. H.
A steam barge foundered on Lake Michi-
igan in the storm Of last Thursday, aud
fourteen persons were lost. Among those
who had taken lifeboat was a sou of the
owner Of the boat, who seeing that his wife,
who was among the remaining thirteen on the
barge could not be saved, at the last moment
jumped back on the sinking vessel and was
drowned with her.
Southern France was the scene of disas
trous storms on Saturday and Sunday. Thu
rich plains of Vignoblcs were inundated
and the vines covered with water. Many
houses were destroyed A waterspout do
stToyed 80 houses at Saint Chincan, aud
nine corpses have been recovered, while go
persons are still missing. AT Gette the rail
way station was flooded, and railway traii'
interrupted,
Over 5000 people, on Sunday, visited the
vault in the Protestant cemetry at Montreal
in which are Guibord's bones, and his in
tended grave in the Catholic burying. ground
In the evening, some 200 hardened charac.
ters were seen climbing the mountain sleeps
and in consequence double picket was put
out on the avenue leading to the vault
Petitions are being circulated throughout
Montreal aud dioceses surrounding for all
Catholics to sign, praying the queen to re
wise the decision made by the privy council
concerning the burial of Guibord's remains
The petitions are eagerly signed. I'D
A bell weighing 10000 pounds is being
cast at Troy, N. Y, for the tower of old
Independence Hall, Philadelphia, TO be used
at the centennial. Several cannon which
did service in the Union and rebel armies in
the late war, are to be cast into it, 1t will
thus have both a national and centennial
signi6cance-th of a country grown in 1
century from Union of Ii states to 38, ant
population increased FROM 4,000,O 900 II
10000, 900. The object of the special can
non used will be to carry out the idea o
peace, in the blending of north aud south
quite in keeping with the spirit of one o
the Bible inscriptions which will be cas-
upon the bell. "Glory to God in the high
est, and on earth peace, good will tOwar
men," .fs...4- ...
tI.. "a MAINE. 7a'
The election on Monday resulted in larg
, democratic gains. Selden ConnOr of Augustl
republican, is elected governor by major
ity Of 500 in 264 towns. Gov Dingley la,
year had a majority of 9,433 in the sam
towns, and OF IL 1897 in the tate, The dou
oerats have elected thirteen or fourteen Q
! the thirty-one senators whilst last year the
had but three. In the house they will prob
ably have the sixty Of the l5l representa-
tiyes against fhy.One last year.
' NEW HAMPSHIRE. "
Over 100000 has been Withdrawn by ID
depositors Of the Stafford savings bank with
in the past six weeks, 10 accordance with
recent decision of the trustees NOT t0Pay an