Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-13
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


at Copenhagen, last Thursday, and there is
universal mourning in Denmark.
A mine Of sal.ammonic has been discov-
cred at Highland, New.
A mountain Of sulphur has been discovered
in Humboldt county, New, company has
been formed, and they get from % to SO per
cent pure sulphur A town has been laid
out at the works and christened by the poetic
name of "Inferno."
Thomas Carlisle, of Tahlequah, Indian
territory, a white man but citizen Of the
Cherokee nation by marriage and well-to.
do farmer, while sleeping on porch Of his
house, Friday night, was taken from bis bed
by three men, murdered in the presence Of
his family and robbed of quite a sum of
money.
Gold, on Tuesday, closed at III.
A Trenton IN. J.) butcher, in cutting up
some meat, Monday, accidentally stabbed him.
self so that be nearly bed to death, and an-
other butcher was 80 affected BY seeing the
blood thpt he fell, fainting and cut his face
aud head badly.
A Michigan mSnomaniac has fallen in
love with the queen Of England.
The Montreal city council met on Monday
night to consider new health law which
includes compulsonary vaccination, but were
actually driven to postpone action by mob
Of French people opposed to vaccination
The windows Of the building we're smashed,
two Of the aldermen we're struck, aud the
meeting adjourned amid volley of stones.
The butchers of Montreal are going to
start paper with $40, 900 capital.
MAINE.
The Portland city council voted the last
$50 900 Of the city loan Of 81 $50 900 to
the Portland and Ogdensburg railroad on
Tuesday OF last week.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Baxter Harding, Of Conway, died very
suddenly few days since 10 consequence Of
drinking ice water while tired aud over.
heated.
After the fire which burned the Ports
mouth bakery had been extnguished, up
wards of four hundred loaves Of brown bread
and one hundred pots of beans were taker
from the oven in good condition, the breaC
being much better baked than usual.
The recent burglaries and attempted muir
der at Lacona have stirred the people up 81
that three large invoices of pistols and am
muniton were sold entirely out on Saturday
A project is on foot to build woode
/ church in front Of the Twin Mountain house
: which shall be sort of branch Of the Ply
: mouth church, and accommodate 1000 per
{ sons.
9 MASSACHUSETTS,.
The city hall tower at Holyoke is like
to fall as its enormous weight of 1890 ton
r has so pressed upon the piers that the Who'll
lower part of the tower is surely thong
almost imperceptibly, settling together.
The annual session of the grand lodge Q
Odd Fellows Of Massachusetts was held
Boston last week. There are now l25 sui
A ordinate lodges in the state, with member
|. ship OF 10000, 1000 of whom have bee
initiated during the past six months Owe
\ 100000 have been received, about $50, 00I
v of which has been paid out for relief durin
q the past six months eight new lodges hav
. been established.
n RHODE ISLAND.
o The re was a run on Providence Saving
$ bank and 500 900 were paid out in one du
y last week, but thoy had half million Q
hand to start with 40 the run did not amour
to much.
CONNECTICUT.
IN The Whitneyville horse railroad ia Ne
D. Haven is making the experiment OF runnrr
m the cars by compressed air.
n NEW YORK.
= Americans travelling in Europe with Dul
can, Sherman 4 Cos letters of credit arr
4 many of them, utterly destitute and are con
= PEELED to apply to the local authorities or
o. the American consuls for relief. TN
=. many rich people know what it is to
10 poor.
ID The army worm is doing great damage
r. Suffolk and Queens counties, Long Islam
ms especially to corn and oats, the entire CIR
e, Of the latter being sometimes destroyed.
to Six Niagara people visited the cave of I
at Winds, Monday, without a guide, as tn
to had frequently done before, and after pas
,r- ing through it, two of them, Ethelbort Pa
u sous, 80 years old, and Miss Lottie G. Phi
or pott, %, descended to an eddy which
Il. never visited by the guides. While bath
he the lady lost her foothold and was caught
ne the gentleman, but the current carried DO
no into the river below, where they we
Id drowned They were soon to be married.
oil An unknown gentleman, supposed to
&c from Montreal, fell of the bridge at Rous
WI Point, on Saturday, while fishing, and W
drowned.