Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-05-21

on, drove of the engineer aud fireman aud
ran away with the locomotive. Three Of the
fellows we're subsequently captured.
The young grasshoppers are reported
swarming in the southern counties Of Ne.
braska, and sweeping everything green. So
thick are they that freight traiDs on the
Kansas City and Northern railroad are badly
delayed, finding il almost impossible to make
up grades.
Indian Agent Bingham aud nine Sioux
chiefs arrived at Washington Saturday even
ing, and Red Cloud aud Spotted Tail with
their party, Sunday, to see the great father
about the insufiiciency aud poor quality Of
the provisions furnished them tho past win
ter, and to negotiate for the sale Of the Black
hills to the government.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Douglass
has been removed, and his place given to
Ex-senator Pratt Of Indiana. The cause Of
the removal is that the distillers have prov
ed too sharp for Mr.. Douglass. In st. Lou
is and Milwaukee and other western cities,
the government since Jan. l, has been de.
frauded Of more than one million dollars by
fraudulent re6lling of stamped casks and
similar devices of the whisky ring. The
government officials have in many cases been
bribed. Secretary Bristow is on the war
path aud there is great commoton.
The new post Office building in Chicago
has been so badly constructed that it will
have to be taken down and rebuilt from the
foundations. Bad cement and rotten stone
have caused the trouble, which is being
officially investigated by experts. Incident
ally some queer tricks have been exposed.
One of them is thus related As some work.
men we're turning large platform stone,
for which the government had already paid
good price, they dropped the weighty
article, and it was broken into three pieces
The contractor had the broken bits dressed
into uniform blocks, charged the government
again for the stone in its triplicate form, aud
also for the recutting, and utilized the frag.
ments in another part of the building.
The prospect for continued peace in Flu
rope is not encouraging. France aud Ger
many appear to be drifting toward another
war, which will involve the other great ma
lions of Europe. Americans now on the
continent, who have more than ordinary
facilities for obtaining information say that
French statesmen fully realize the danger
which they will soon have to encounter, and
are preparing for it by rapidly strengthen
ing their military power. One writer says
it has become known that 4" Germany is in-
creasing its armies AMI looking threatening
ly toward French territory, a1d that the
knowledge that this information was correct
created alarm in Paris, aud caused the au-
thorities to redoublo their efforts to place the
French army on an army footing"
MAINE.
Samuel Felker, who recently died at
Scion, left his entire property about $4,000
to Keystone lodge Of Masons in that town
Abraham Andrews, prominent and high
ly respected citizen of Fryeburg, hung him
self on Monday. Sudden insanity, ind NC
ed by feeble health, was the cause.
Chief Justice Appleton has granted hear
ing on the writ of error in the case Of Loui
Wagner, the Isle OF Shoals murderer, now
under sentence of death. The hearing is set
down for Tuesday, June /. at Augusta.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
o. Il. Fisher, OF Henniker, was cheese
grand master of the New Hampshire granc
lodge Of Freemasons, Monday, and DAME
| r. Marshal, of Nashua, grand treasurer.
| Bristol has voted to exempt from taxation
for ten years any new manufacturing bust
uess started in that town, without regard h
the amount Of capital invested.
Moses Il. Gould, of Warner, passenge
conductor on the Concord and Claremou
railroad since its opening, 26 years ago, ha
run his train over / 100000 miles aud neve
met with an accident resulting in the dealt
Of a single person-which he refers to b
4 habit OF fatal abstinence, when of as well n
on duty.
Nathaniel Eaton celebrated his one hur
dredth birthday Mt Sutton, N. H., on III
18th instant. The incident receives an add
tional and painful interest from the fact tina
this centenarian has now passed away by a
attack Of pneumonia, induced by the excite
ment aud exertion caused by the birthda
celebration.
The starch factories of Northern Ne
} Hampshire have made so good market e
potatoes that in many places they have b,
come the staple crop. Que farmer la!
year is reported TO have raised 20,00
bushels, aud instances where farmers ha'
from ten to twenty acres of land in potato'
!. are not rare.
Commencement at Dartmouth College is {
the oath ofJune. The afternoon Of the 2S
will be devoted to the annual meeting
the Alumni 1t will be held in the chape
at u o'clock z. NJ, aud thus ample oppo
tunity will be afforded not only for ii
, association, but for various addresses apprt
pirate to the occasion, including notices
, deceased graduates.
. The judges, council and jury in the Pie
: mont murder case visited the scene Of Il
5 murder on Tuesday and returned to Plyr
g outh where the trial was commenced d
same day. Moses b. Sawyer, the suppos,
murderer, accompanied the party. He a
peared very cool aud collected, and point,
out to his counsel the different objects 81
rounding the premises, giving descripti
of the brook where the cattle were water
D in the field near by, and other things co
nected with the place. He seemed to watt
the movements Of the council and jury vel
closely, noting everything that was said
done, but unless he was scrutinized We
closely you would fail to notice any Of tho
things. His general appearance would q
5 lead any one to conclude that he would col
nit the horrible crime Of which he is accuse
y being very inofensive looking, but he has
{ very peculiar look about the eyes, viii
may be observed by a close observer.
is about go years Of age, not over FIVE {,
n in height, quite fleshy, full gray beard a
,e partially bald.
Ellen A. George, of Loudon, who v
), brutally outraged last winter by Stevens
4, which he was sent to the state prison, "
q the victim Of a second outrage, Friday, viii
will doubtless result in the total loss Of !
mind if not in her DEATH A drunken brr
= named Smith Sargent forced his way il
= a