Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-11-03
Weekly News summary.

lNa Troy court, at second trial Of an action to
recover $4,000 on promissory note the plaintiff
has won the case at cost " about Eve times that
amount
LONDON bridge Is to be wdened ON An aver.
age six hundred thousand foot passengers cross IL
and more than one hundred and sixteen thousand
horses in n week
TiIE Falmouth tKy) Independent tells Of man
in Grant county, by the name Of Rankin Black.
burn, ninety-nne years old, who has child BY
his second wife, three weeks old
JEFFERSON CLYSr, who lives near wyth,ile
Va is only three feet six inches high In his boots
which are number cleycna. lie is seventy years
old, weighed twelve pounds at his birth, and now
weighs forty-seven pounds
Henry STEWART whose employment was feed.
ing animals in Froncls circus, had his hands
torn to shreds by lion In Chicago, and died from
the injury. The animal caught him az he reached
into tho cage for trough Of water
Custom in Massachusetts has long permitted
the discoverer OF bee tree to cut II down and
take the honey, and Berkshire county is aston
ished because land owner has sued man to re-
cover the value Of honey taken OF his property.
TnE Chicago fater-Occ'n says that at Mrs
Woodhull's lecture there every seat was filled
and Mt least ono.third by ladies, many of whom
rank high in society, while among the men were
ex-govemors, railway managers and ominont d.
vines
Lrsrn SYEEs, Of Springfield, Mass, was &C.
counted a rich man but when he died no funds
could be found Somebody remembers hearing
him say that he had secretod bonds and the heirs
are digging over the premises in search Of the
treasure.
WOMAN cured her husband OF staying out
late at nights by going to the door when he came
home, and whispering through the key hole Is
that you, Willie p Her husbands name is John.
and he stays at home every night now, and sleeps
with one eye open and arsyolyer under his pillow
The Springfield Republican argues that many
Of the ways Of American women arc vulgar one
Of It's points being this. "No gentleman would
care TO parade the streets In such attire that one
hand was constantly occupied in reedng the slack
Of his breeches, after the manner OF holding up
skirts at the present time
OSK Of the street sensations In New Orleans.
last week, was the horsewhipring Of gay
lothano by an indignant married woman whose
acquaintance he had attempted to form on the
street She made an appointment with him and
Ousp' n'' nusu'nu ''ons 70 sec INT pay WINE
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CAR load OF sixty-four prisoners were taken
from Sing sing TO the prison at lAnnemora on
Thursday Of last week Inc cause OF their re-
moyal Is lack Of room at Sing Sing They were all
arnyed in their barber pole suits and were hand
cuied in couples Some have been pretty tough
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LIE fhgush postoihce authorities haVereturned
number oil newspapers to TINS country because
Tie sender OF them had written initials and brief
messages on the wrappers The address only
must be written on TIE wrappers Tie New York
port ONCE authorities have detained newspapers
which bear such unauthorized writing on their
wrappers
To the wife Of Iudee Tbomas I Cpnp who "a.