Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-08-20
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.


D j ames A. Ross, Toronto (Ont.) broker,
blew out his brains, Sunday, in &c Of de.
lirium tremenc
II. T. fItlmbold, the famous "buchu" man,
has been scpt to an insane asylum at Phila-
delphia.
Prince Charles Theodore, great uncle Of
the king OF Bavaria, fell from his horse at
Naples, Italy, Monday, aud was instantly
killed.
The United States frigate Tennessee has
Just passed through the Suez canal, aud found
the depth and width Of the canal more than
sufficient.
A heavy delalcation has Just come to light
in one of the St Louis national banks, the
criminal being teller and connected with
one of the oldest and most respected families
which promptly restored the $50 900 he had
st olen.
The steamer Rothsay Castle, successful
blockade runner during the war, on entering
Toronto harbor, Monday afternoon, with 900
excursionists Oh board, struck sunken snag
and rapidly sank to her upper decks. The
passengers were all safely taken off by tugs
and landed.
A French naval station is to be established
at Tonking, Cochin China. The Chinese
government has paid 10000 taels as indem.
nifty for the murder Of the French priest at
Haukow.
Money loaned at two per cent on call in
Wall street Monday, with the supply large.
ly in excess Of the demand. On government
bond dealers got as low as one aud one.half
per cent from foreign bankers.
A frightful accident occurred Tuesday
morning on the ST Louis, Kansas City and
Northern railway. A train broke though a
bridge, falling 20 feet. One man was killed
aud 10 persons were injured.
Webb, the swimmer, started to cross the
channel from England to France without
the aid Of his apparatus, Thursday afternoon,
but was picked up at midnight, having ac.
complished little more than half the distance,
OIL account Of the roughncss Of the water.
He was in good condition, and feels conf
dent that in good water he could have per-
formed the feat.
The redemption agency figures up its first
years work at $3.50, 49,, 945, about two
fifths Of the bank circulation, the whole
number Of notes redeemed being IL ,S42, $40,
with an average denomination Of $3.50
the expenses were about two-ninths of one
per cent on the amount assorted, and will
be less in future. Several packages of money
amounting to over SIS 900 in all, were lost
or stolen during the first half Of the year be-
fore proper rooms were provided, but pre-
cautions have been taken which will prevent
anything Of the sort in future.
Messrs Moody and Sankey, the revivalists,
arrived from England on Saturday. At their
request there was no formal reception, but a
few cergymen aud laymen met them aud
offered prayer upon their safe return. MI
Moody is to spend two months vacation
on the old homestead with his mother at
Mortified, Mass, aud Sankey takes Il rest
at Newcastle, Pa, after which their pro.
gramme is undecided.
The steamer Hugh Martin exploded her
boiler at Washington landing, on Tennessee
river, Saturday afternoon, causing complete
wreck of the boat. Capt Jake Fritts, one
passenger, one engineer, and boy and man
standing on the bank were killed.
The body of +. s. Greenwood, who as
cended With Donaldson in his Inflated bal
loon has been found on the beach Of Lake
Michigan, near Stony Creek. The bod v
was fully dressed with the exception of his
boots or shoes. Letters and notes of his
balloon trip were found on the body fully
establishing his identity.
Three murderers were hung on Friday
Thomas Withers the negro boy murderer,
was executed at Lynchburg, Va, for the MUIR
der of a girl His neck was not broken, but
death was caused by strangulatiOn. He sue
ceeded three times in raising his feet to the
edge of the trap and drew himself up, but as
often did the sheriff push them off. II,
made full confession. Wright w. Wheat
ley, one of the murderers Of Francis Ward
was hung at Helena, Mont. he neither con-
fessed nor denied his guilt. John Webb,
murderer, was hung at Knoxville, Tenn, il
the presence of nearly $4,000 people. He
maintained wonderful nerve to the last, and
under the gallows, continued to affirm hi,
innocence.
There was a powerful hurricane aud hal
storm at Pontoise, 20 miles northwest o
Paris, last Thursday. Many houses wer,
uuroofed, windows aud chimneys were every
where demolished, and in the surrounding
country, to the distance of several miles il
every direction, cattle were killed and frui
trees and vines destroyed, while humble
OF people were badly injured by hail stones
which were Of enormous size, and it i
feared that some will die Of their injuries
The tempest lasted only half an hour, bu
the damage is estimated at 100000.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
r The Winnipiseogee paper company 0
Franklin has bought 1000 acres of popla
wood land at the base Of Mt Washington fc
100000, the wood to be used for maxim
paper.
, The Lisbon gold mines are pauning on
WE'LL and thus far have paid expenses; q
men are now at work, and the number
a soon to be doubled, while a new engine an
i other machinery will soon be put in.
3 There is to be rife tournament at VIII
, chester, Sept. q, I, and s. All kinds Of AT
cient and modern fire arms will be on exhit
tion. There will be seven matches vii
q thirty prizes, amounting to nearly $500.
e There was narrow escape from serior
accident on Mt Washington railway, tn
A other day. The engine was descending vii
n a car filled with people, and when within
Q feet Of Jacobs Ladder, trestlO.work 80 ie
high, the engine gave two or three fOrwar
A jerks, passing over several cogs at n tim
a but was at once stopped by the brakes, thong
the jar was 30 great as to throw off ii
!. smoke-stack and greatly brighten the eng
q neer aud passengers. What oecasioned tn
performance does bot seem to be known, br
1t is thought it will greatly diminish trav'
over the road.
A Portsmouth editor who started for Il,
: eter, the other day, and, when the conduct'
: asked him where he was going, told him
D mind his own business, made resolve