Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-26
Weekly News summary.


IIENRv WARD BErcnERs youngest brother,
James Beccher has retired from the ministry.
J. D. Nouns member Of Congress from Ohio in
1851, died at Connersvillo, Indiana, on Sunday.
IHE death is announced, at Guayaquii, Of Hon
Thomas Biddle United States Minister 10 Ecuador
An antidote TO the mania Of being married by
the Cardinal Is found in the fee he charges-ivc
hundred dollars, cash
rnE Baltimore Sun states that Mrs. Senator
Sumner Is 10 marry Mr.. Henry JONES' a clerk In
the New York custom house.
TIM last Of the Shasta Indians died recently in
Healdsburg, California. lie had become civilized
and was deyont Methodist
MRs. GAsKINs, Of Cartcret county, n. C., weighs
six hundred and forty pounds and one Of her
stockings can hold bushel Of sholled corn.
THE President has been formally invited to at
tend the Bunker Hill centennial celebration on the
nth Of June, but has declined, owing 10 prior en-
gagements
rARry Of New York capitalists and bankers
have travelled one thousand miles through Mis-
souri,, Kansas, and Indian Territory, without see
ing single locust.
MIR McpHERsos, Of Columbia, Mich went
away on visit, leaving his four children ut home
The house was burned, shortly after, and three Of
the children persisted.
SCHUYLER CoLFAV reports that he cleared ten
thousand dollars by his recent lecturing tour, and
that he has more invitations to lecture, next win
ter than he can accept
TIM Philadelphia Press prints dispatches from
the wheat-growing counties Ct New York, showing
that owing to the cold spring the crop will only be
about half an average
Mus. fouisroSE, an English lady recently de
ceased, has left to her country an annual income
Of eleven thousand five hundred dollars towards
reducing the national debt
Tnr Papal Nunco, at Madrid, has made a for
nal demand for the restoration Of Catholic unity
in Spain, and received the reply that theiiber,y Of
worship will be maintained.
l.. j. MORGAN, Of Selma, Ala, tax-collector, has
good lot Of charges To answer-six for illegally
dealing In state and county money, three for en-
bozzlemont, and one for perjury
rHEmaniage of MIR John Davis, son OF the Hon
J. C. Bancroft Davis United States Minister to
Germany, 10 Miss Irelnghuysen, daughter Of
Senator frclinglfuyscu. Of New jersey, will take
place in September
A RrrFSrANr Baltimorcan has sent to the
treasury department three thousand four hundred
dollars, accompanied by note, az follows. " Due
the United States treasury, for internal revenue
on manufactured goods
A SUBCOMMITTEE Of the executive committee Of
the National Grange Of the Patrons Of lIusbandry
visited Chicago, on the 22d instant, to consider
the ACCESSIBILITY of looating the headquarters Of
the National Grange in that city.
CAPTAIN Lawson, an English sailor, has dis
covered the highest mountain in the world upon
the Island OF New Guinea, at the junction Of the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. II is thirty-two thou
sand seven hundred and elghty-three feet high
A DECREE has been promulgated at Madrid de-
elaring the electoral period opened. During the
time prescribed the press is free to discuss all
constitutional questions except that Of monarchy,
and public meetings Of a political character may
be held.
FUNNY use Of steam Is found on Duck river.
in Tennessee, on which steamboat, drawing only
foot Of water, and having grist-mill on board,
wandor- up and down, stopping where she is
wanted 20 grind bushel or two Of corn for the
farmers
TINS terms Of Dr. Hans Won Bulow's visit to the
United States are at last arranged, and the dis
tinguished pianist will begin, in October, series
Of one hundred American concerts His tour will
be under the joint management Of Mossrs Palmer
and Ullman
ACCORDING to a Denver Colorado paper, a
medium in that place was hanged by the spir-
it, in cabinet during a recent seance The au-
dicnce hearing his gaspings, rushed 70 his rescue
and cut him down The moose was regular
hangman's knot
KENTucKiANs point to Judge Joseph r Under
wood, Of Warren county, eighty years DID, as the
only man in the state that ever ran the gauntlet
among the Indians. lie performed the feat once
at Fort Wayne, Ind. and still carries in his back
bullet he received on that occasion.
Tm wedding Of General Sheridan and Mis-
Rucker is fixed for next june probably in Chi
cago, from the brides residence, on Mchiganayc-
nue. Miss Rucker f. q Catholic and General
Sheridan will soon enter that church. The we'd
ding will be quiet, with no display.
A VAST army OF gnsshoppers have enyeloped
Kansas City and Independence, Mo, and instead
Of going to church, sunday, the inhabitants de-
voted themselves to the work Of slaughter, mill
lions being killed by turning hydant streams ON
them and driving them into froshly-dug trenches
TIE pedestrian Weston failed by one hundred
and forty miles in his attempt last week To walk
five hundred aud fifteen miles in six consecutive
days but he performed the wonderful feat Of
walking one hundred and seventeen miles in
twenty-four hours, and also Of walking one hun
dred miles without resting.
THE Roman Catholic Bishops OF Prussia have
made rejoindet to the government, ia which
they say that the regulation Of the decision Of the
Vatican Council would involve an abandonment Of
Catholicism, and express the belief that the
Holy See will never be unwilling to act in con-
formty with all proper decisions Of the state gov
eminent.
NUGGET Of copper, ninety-eisht per cent. pure
ore weighing six thousand pounds, is on exhib-
ton at St Louis 1t came from the Lake Superior
region, where it was taken from an ancient dig
ging. The mass when found, had evidently been
detached from its bed by ancient miners, whose
stone hammers, in great Numbers, were found in
the mine
THE first ounce of blood injected into General
Frank Blair caused an effect upon the General
similar TO intoxication Upon investigation, tho
physicians discovered that the subject who had
furnished the blood had been on bit Of a spree,
the day before and with the blood had been
transferred some alcohol. 1t was a clear case Of
drunk by proxy
me London inns contrasts the English and
American efforts to reduce the national debt as
follows We cannot but feel with regret that
the United States in this respect show more the
high spirit Of a nation conscious OF great des-
tiny, and anxious above all things that no short
comings Of the present generation shall interfere
with the teachings their children have received"
A DAUGHTER OF Admiral" semmes was re-
Gently married at Mobile, standing under large,
rich and magnificent confederate flag, Of the cost
lest material and most exquisitely embroidered,
which was made and presented to Admiral Semmes
by the ladies of London while commanding the
Alabama. Admiral" Semmes, last winter,
asked Congress to remove his political disabilities
THE grape vines on the borders Of Seneca Lake
are turning out mostly winter killed, No cover
ing OF the vines is practiced by the large grape
growers in the western counties, and severe
winter like the last Is likely to be attended with
loss The loss OF a single crop, however, is emily
involved, as by cutting away the dead wood anew
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