Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-11-24
Editorial Notes.

The Arkansas house Of representatives
has passed a bill appropriating $4,000 for
the Centennial
TnE King Of Italy has granted a subsidy
Of one hundred aud ninety thousand liyres
to the committee on the United States
Centennial.
Ir will interest railroad travellers to learn
that the Supreme Court Of Maine has recently
decided that II person buys a railroad
ticket to any point he is entitled to ride the
number Of miles represented by It in any
direction.
The commissioner Of internal revenue re-
ports that the tax upon the capital, deposits
and circulation of banks and bankers during
the last fiscal year, amounted to s7,270,75s
of which nearly one-half was paid by the
national banks on deposits.
THERE are thirty thousand miles Of tele-
graph in Australia and New Zealand, and
the lines yield q handsome profit to the
government, while serving the people at a
low rate. They expect there to make the
telegraph really superscde the postoiIice soon.
The New York TrJme, notwithstanding
the result Of its efforts at prcsident-making
four years ago, is laboring to get up another
mixture for Che coming campaign. 1t
styles Governor Tilden and Secretary Bfis-
tow the two ring breakers" aud thinks
they would make a strong team for the com
ing race
NOTWITHSTANDING the general depression
Of business and the suspension of work ia
many manufacturing establishments in Ger
many, great scarcity Of harvest laborers
prevailed, the last season, in the agricultural
districts To ensure the gathering Of the
grain, extra fuoughs of ten to twelve days
were granted to more than three thousand
men by the military authorities 10 Wurtcm-
berg.
The incurable character commonly at
trbuted to pulmonary diseases is seriously
questioned by NJ. Petra Santa, Che malady
being, in his opinion, essentially general and
constitutional alteration of the fuuc-
ton Of nutrition, and disease of the
blood-and while there is no panacea
for the affection, he thinks that many cases
may be greatly alleviated, and, indeed. en-
tirely by following rational treatment.
CnUncn property is taxed in California,
and this exception to the general rule among
the states was brought about by The heather.
1t was found that the Chinese awaited them
selves of the exemption Of church property
to evado taxation on their joss houses, which
are very numerous, and mainly mere
opium-smoking resorts and to prevent this,
it was found necessary to make general the
taxation OF all real estate used for religious
purposes.
GOVERNOR JAcoBs, of West Virginia, in
his message to the legislature, gives rather a
gloomy account OF the business prospects Of
that state The depression continues, with
no indication Of an early removal The
finances are not in hopeful condition. The
receipts are much less than they were last
year, and are about thirty thousand dollars
behind disbursements West Virginia is
about as thoroughly democratic as IT can be-
and yet its finances are not in pleas
ing condition. What is the matter? Is it
reform?
MEssRs. MoopY AND SANKEl began the
week at Philadelphia--leaying the meeting, at
Brooklyn to be carried ON by others. Com
plete preparations were made for their COM
ing. 4 class Of three hundred Christian work.
ers was organized to assist at the inquiry
rooms and elsewhere. Aehor Of six hundred
voices has been gathered and familiarzed
with the music to be used. The committee
announce that no contributions will be taken
up in the building, they relying on the yolun-
tary gifts Of the community for the $4,000 to
pay for the alterations aud running expenses.
STANLEY has achieved at last, it would
seem, goal, to attain which many valuable
lives have been sacrificed in vain, and has
solved a question which has troubled thesci-
entidc world for thirty centuries. In other
words, he has, it is believed, discovered the
source Of the Nile. This is the river Shi-
meeyn, stream three hundred and fifty miles
i'"s' ""lun enters 'Icloila Lake on the Slde
Opposite TO that III "hich the Nile heads
ms Is conur'natory oil the hypothesis OF
| 9p'Ne ana baAer put opposed TO the theory
~, u. '''''''8''one' VINO thought ths Lullapy
Nile.
SINCE the New York board Of state char
tiles have required every tramp applying for
and to give his name, age, and where he last
came from, and also requiring the superin-
tendents OF the alms-houses to take full de-
Senption OF the applicants features, hair
eyes clothing etc, and forward them to the
state board at Albany there has been
marked falling oil in the number of APP
is the entor;r,, ,yodao 10 ,l,o o.,.,,,.,.'..,..
tion Of fine vev,tions tram, oros,;o,. rh.
tramp don't mind h.orino thot Nh
art but his sersitire ,,at,,r9 sbr;.l..
inc Registered after tba r,or,or 90 ,ha 49,
civilized Indian
An po,..,.
,ositi,o a,,itndo 49,, ~ INNS p,s -" '''I',
l. ,.I'0.l'..s '''''''
hot tho L.. - ,''I ~, T,',, ~ say