Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-06-09
Weekly News Summary.


THE Mexican congress has appropriated s30,OOo
for centennial expenses.
SoME jolly thieves stole thirty collins from a
New Orleans warehouse, the otior night
A. T. STEWART is said to have bought for leAs
than 5000 900 the Glenham wooden mills at Mat
teawan ~ Y, which cost a million dollars more
than that price.
THE Canadians expect to spend 81, $50 600 dur.
ing the fiscal year ending in June 1876, In the
construction Of their Pacific railway, and 81. 25o.
900 on their canals.
THE city Of New York has civil service Of
about thirteen thousand persons, or one man draw
ing pay TO every three paying taxes. It takes
si3, 900, 600 10 run the city annually
BEN BUFFERS new granite mansion, in Wash
ington, at the southeast corner Of the Capitol
grounds, will be ready for him in November next.
It il said to he the best residence in the city.
WATERFORD, IRnANp, has reached very I'M
ique solution Of the tramp question The author
tiles have made examples Of few Of them by
combining them as idiots and insane persons.
Tue Duko Of Edinburgh is the only one Of Queen
Victorias sons who is not member Of the Ma
sonic order, and his father-in-law, the Emperor OF
Russia is one Of the few sovereigns Of Europe
who oppose Masonry.
AMONG the curosities to be exhibited at the ap-
preaching centennial tea party at New Haven,
will be "a colored woman, one hundred and six
years old, who distinctly remembers General
Washington and his wife -
A WOMAN died in Morclia, Mexico, the other
day at the age Of one hundred and thiHy-two, and
over two hundred Of her nearest relatives among
whom were her two Of ninety and one hun
dred years, we're at her funeral.
MAN tried to open lquoi-saloon at Obeflin,
Ohio, the other day but it was no GO the women
crusaders gave him no peace the business men
voted that they did not want him around, and he
got so little patronage that he soon concluded to
close up shop.
TIM Spritualisis Of Massachusetts, have just
been holding state convention They propose 10
build a great Spiritual temple In Boston and Il
was said in the convention that Mr. Dow, Of the
! War0ly Magazine, had promised to give twenty
| five thousand dollars toward t.
ArTER a minister about sixty years old bad
married couple near Outstanding Va, the
other day, lie was challenged by the bride to
| foot-mcc The ground was duly measured on.
and the race was hot one. The young Ellie got
! tho lead at first, but the dominic finally came in
ahead
| THE excitement regarding the coal discoveries
In the Rifle River region forty miles north Of
/ Saginaw Mich, continues A new coal vein, ten
/ feet thick, has been found four miles east Of the
| place OF the first discovery. The deposi, extends
over large tract Of country and is practically in
[ exhaustbe. The quality oi The coal Is said to be
superior 10 English camel
/ Mrs. BLooMfR, the wowam who Is chiefly
I known 10 the world by the name she has given h
| the peculiar style Of dress for women that she
champoned still lives At Council Bluffs Ia and
| is on the shady side Of fifty She IL well known,
abandoned the Bioomer style thirty ycars ago
and spent much Of her time since as a temperance
/ lecturer Both she and her husband hive for
year. been regarded as "vheel-horses " Of the
/ Republican party in Western Iowa.
TOURISTS who have been 70 the Yosemite valley
this season complain bitterly about the poor ac-
/ commodations and petty annoyanees None Of
the hotels In tho valley arc said 10 be halfway de-
cent Beds are hard panks tables poor, aud
couple Of walters Tor every one hundred and fifty
guests Al the roads are ton roads all the trails
toll trails and about an tho grazing ground 10 the
valley has been leased by the commissioners and
fenced in.
| FATHER McGLEw is the pastor OF Roman
Catholic church in Boston Of which John flaming
( is member Recently Tanning vas married to
Protestant girl by Protestant clergyman. con-
| trary to the teaching Of his own denomination
| Father McGlew spoke OF the occurrence in the pull
/ pit, declaring that his offending parshioner was
guilty Of crime in living with a gin, who in the
view Of the church, not his wife FanniHg
sued the pastor for libel, and the case is now on
trial
THK pollution Of rivers in England by the man
uiactories along their hanks has become a serious
matter. Chemical works and dye houses are the
worst poisonera Of the water. man who Tell
into the river at Bradford died from swallowing
some Of the liquid. The Clyde Is described as
emitting malarious efuvia, the Mersey as almost
unbeanbe in is stencil, and the Bourne A. thick
and yellow The few fish that live in these
streams are unfit for food English sanitarians
are trying to devise some pau for rendering sew
age and refuse innocuous
THr 18th Of May, 1850. was distinguished by
the phenomenon Of remarkable darkness all
over the Northern Ststcs, and is often referred to
as the dark day Al that time the Legislature
Of Connecticut was in session at Hartford
very general opinion prevailed that tho day Of
| judgment was at hand The House Of Represen.
iaiives adjourned 4 proposal 10 adionrn the
/ Council was under consultation When the opn-
ion OF Colonel Davenport was asked, he answer
\ ed: " l am against adjournment The day Of
| judgment is either approaching or it Is not II it
il not, there is no cause for adjournment II it
is, choose to he found doing my duty WISH
therefore, that candles may be brought"