Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-01-20
Weekly News summary.

ONO has grown an apple measuring fourteen
incica round ,hc waist
EiGHrY-TnREE thousand copies Of Gladstone's
pamphlet on the Vatican have boon sold
TiE SCARLET fever is prevailing to such an extent
at South Thomaston, Me- that the high school has
been closed
coorcd barber who died In pittsburg Penn.
the other day left $500, 900, all gained by shaving
Of some kind
| riiH steamer Cortes, belonging to North Shields,
has been lost In the Bay Of Biscay. Twcnty-six
persons were drowned
JonN S. McCIrLlANp, a telegraph operator,
was found guilty Of manslaughtor, in jersey city,
in having by negligence Of duty caused fatal
railroad accident
| II is proposed 10 send ont expeditions from In
dia to Bentinck Island and the Andaman Islands,
to observe the eclipse Of the sun in April neat
llonAcE BmNEY, Of Philadelphia, the only grad
nate Of Harvard college during the eighteenth CEN
tury living, attained his ninety fifth birthday
last Monday.
KlSG kALAKAuA behaved very naughtily in
Boston II all accounts are true. II is said Mayor
Cobb became so Disguised he threatened To have
him arrested.
In sioL, editor Of the tHramontfae organ,
Natcrlaud, has been sentenced to ten months i'm
pdsonmcnt for calling the attempt on Bismarks
/ lie a comedy.
II recently noted that Massachusetts, town
sent on nearly twice as many letters on Monday
morning as on any other day, showing how people
employed themselves during Sunday
CALiFoRNn alone supplies the world with
nearly seventy millions Of gold annually II il
were an made into coin instead Of jewelry, the
world would be great deal happier
The Boston school committee organized Mon
day evening, and the xix lady members took their
seats, % which they now have a legal title The
| board has one eolorcd member from Ward Six
] oN account Of the near approach Of the time Tor
/ Wagners execution, the Maine legislature will be
early asked 10 take mp thequeston Of capital pun
shmcnt Strong eIoits will be made for H. alo-
/ ition
THf names u Israel Washburn, Jr, IL. D., aud
the Rev. T. G. Bollcs ID are mentioned in CON
noction with the presidency Of TUFTS College Dr
Miners resignation takes effect the middle Of
February
Is Nrw zrAANn the Office seeks the man, aud
not the man the office Witness recent ad,cr-
'''itif i " iN.t't tAl'A NsAliiA- A'i - Nih 70 Ntl
public Office, the salary Of which is 81 500 gold
per annum
7 TuE festival Of St Januarius WAS celebrated
according to custom, at Naples on December 10Th;
but this year, the Italian newspapers inform us.
the blood remained firm in lis phlai aud showed
no signs ot liqueiacton.
Mn II T. DrHANr las spent 81 ,0oo. 90 in build
| ing, near Natck, Mass n college exclusively for
the female sex. Every officer and teacher in the
buldine from the President and Profcsson down
wand, is to Zoe a woman
uu situation Of the Ian River mills is critical
Tie slashors have struc, and may compel a gem
cHd suspension of work, upon which the other
operatives are not agreed, ia Spite OF the teu per
cent reduction 100 their wages
SnminANs statement to the Secretary Of War
relative TO louisiana, says that there have been
since 1868 between three and four Thousand men
murdered there because Of their political views
+ Tor which the white leasuers are responsible
rHa through south mail was demolished by
collision and fre between Washington and lalu-
more, on Thursday evening The contents OF the
mail and express ears including s.Q0ooo In legal
tenders and fractional currency, were entirely cn-
sumed
WHILE man was reseuiug goods from o lurn-
ing building IN Dies Mones the other day, he was
badly injured by receiving on his head and neck
shower Of melted solder, which is supposed to
have fallen from tin roof that was exlo.ed to
extreme heat
Tar London Tinles says it has reason TO believe
that Prince Bsmark has intimated u Spain
that the German Government will defer rccoeui.
ton Of King Alfonso until the decree suspending
two Protestant newspapers and closing the Pro-
testant chapel at Cadz is repealed
\ hoy living at Naples, Nle aged thirteen years.
arriving home from school the other night. found
a monstrous owl engaged in fight with the fam
lily cat, in the door yard The boy seized hand
spike and killed the owl, which measured fifty
eight inches across the wings FROM tip to tip
Al nouay france, o man las just been ui,d
for violation OF q scpulchrc," because De poured
half glass Of gin On O comrades grave. having
previously swallowed the ohcrhalf It had been
long previously agreed between them that they
should take a last glnss together in that way.
rE autobiography OF the young woman per.
sonatns Katie King IT, to De- published In Phia-
delphia with her affidavit taken In the presence
Of Dr. Henry J. Childs, aud other reputable gem
uemen Yet the ilolmcses are still driving good
business at their exhibition. notwithstanding the
exposure made Of their ascaliiy.
Tnr number Of barrels Of spirits manufactured
in Cincinnati in 1872 WAS two hundred and seventy
fyothousqnd nine hundred and sixty-seven. nls73
two hundred and seyenty-six thousand two hum
dred and Twenty-Five and in 1874, two hundred
and seyenty-fiye thousand Even the hard time.
have not greatly affected the trade.
sooN after Mr. Tilden was elected governor Of
Natg Afar fnta NJ. 49, a..
pany sent him complimentary free pass for hun
seii ana family. The goremor-eect returned the
pastepoard document in polite way, but init
mated That he could pay his own fare and still DO
able to make both ends meet at Albany
In Paris there are contractors who pay the city
sl2o'DO per annum for the privilege Of sweeping
the streets perfectly clean. The work is well done
by men under the orders Of the municipal author
ites' and the contractors are reimbursed by tho
sale Of the mud and dust which, when nanufae-
tured into fertilizers is said to be worth sGoo 900
ALBEIT, the unwilling witness in the Pacific
Mail investigation, has testified under pressure
that certain newspaper correspondents aud a few
others, received over 100000 for lobbying pur-
poses, which he had disbursed under Twins di.
rection. One of the parties implicated has testi.
fled that he paid s25 600 to Colonel j. W. Forney.
GENERAL GRANTS son is a second lieutenant
In the tenth cavalry. General Sheridan il entitled
To certain number OF staff oficers with the rank
OF Northumberland, and has appointed Young
Grant to one OF these places, and while on that
service he bears nominally that rank but his
real rank in the army is that Of his place in his
regiment.
The last experiment IN the swindlinr line is
that oil fellow who claims to be q regular oculist
and aurlst with an office in Boston, and is travel
ing In the suburban towns selling 6fty-cont spec
'aeles for $50 a pair, He warrants them to cure
deafness and blindness, and says that they are
charged with galvanism in such manner as To
render cure speedy and permanent.
Don CARLOS has Used proclamation, dated AT
his headquarters at Vera, January 9Th, in which
he says that as the head Of the Spanish Bourbons
he eontemplates with profound sorrow the atti-
tude of his cousin Alfonso whose inexperienee has
led him to consent to being the instrument of the
same persons who expelled him and his mother
Notwithstanding he makes no protest; the dignity
OF himself and the army is the only protest. lie
AYERS that he will remain faithful to his holy mis-
sion and keep the flag unstained