The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1875-03-02
NE US ITEMS

Central New York farmers estimate
that, with average culture, good soil and manure.
the cost Of producing wheat is - to ~ cents per
bushel.
An old book states: 1850, about
forty days from the first of January, the cold con-
tinued without any apparent intcrmi.sion. The
snow on level in the woods about 4 feet deep
A fellow contrived to travel free 10 a
hearse, which was upon freight train, all the
way from Buffalo to San Jose, Cal He was the
first dead head that ever rode in it.
1t is announced from Paris that the
Municipal Loan has been subscribed forty two
and half times over. The deposit money paid
in to the Treasury amouts to SIS, 900 900 francs.
Bonanza, Spanish term. signifies true
goodness or in the vernacuar big thing. A
rich mine IS a bonanza, and now Boucicaut says
he has u dramatic bonanza which he is going to
produce.
A meteor, apparently half the size OF
the full moon, accompanied by broad train Of
light passed over Iowa City, Iowa, on the 18th
nit There were three explosions while it was in
view.
The largest cattle raiser in Texas is
| said to DO Mr.. Samuel W. Allen, who has a ranch
eighty miles long by forty wide, between the
| Nevada and Colorado rivers, on which 226.00O
| cattle Craze.
1t is we'll known that the rebel element
| CT Arkansas has just adopted new Constitution
In the Constitution of 1868 there was a prohibi
ton of secession. In the Constitution of 1874
this prohibition is struck out. Why
One of the curiosities of English co.
clesiastical law is that while a clergyman of the
established church may preach in the streets, in
theatre or a music hall, he may not preach in q
place of worship belonging to dissenters
The Cairo Bulletin does not give a
very hattering picture Of the state Of affairs ia
southern Illinois 1t says that 10 some half a
dozen counties a reign Of perfect lawlessnesl
seems to prevail. Assassinatons lynchings, whip
pings and banishments are common occurrences
The Liverpool Mereury devotes near
ly three columns of its space to the description Of
one of the revival meetings held in that town by
Messrs. Moody and Sankey, the American reyi-
valists. There was immense attendance anc
the services were very interesting.
| A Nevada paper, under the date Of
Dec. II, chronicles the extraordinary productive
ness of Winter Nelis pear tree, which has bios
somed four distinct times during the year, aud
has on it four crops Of pears. Only the first and
second crops aresperiect, tho others being small
and immature.
The contributions OF wheat from the
United States to the bread supply of Great Britain
in 1874 constitutes So per cent of the whole i'm
ports and those of Russia - per cont. The ag-
| gregate export of wheat anl flour from the
United States to Great Britain during the year
ex ceeds an equivalent of 900 900 bushels.
The meeting Of English Liberals, at
which Lord lIaTting ton was elected leader, was
notably small, not ono-half of the now somewhat
attenuated party having been present, while the
Irish members Of the party were conspicuous for
their absence. The proceedings, too, spoken
of as having been trihe duh and HAT.
On the % ult. the infant grandchild OF
Bishop Piers Claughton, Archdeacon of London
was chrstened in st. Pauis Cathedral London
The special nteres. IN the event is that the cere
mony had not been performed within those wall,
previously during III years
An independent minister Mt Bath
England, Rev. W II. Dyer by, name, has aban
donod the ministry for the law, and the fac. il
noted as an exceptional one. The late pastor o
a prominent church in our own ChGrlestowu Dis
trot set him the example, probably, or at leas
did some time ago what Mr. Dyer has just done
There appears TO DO au epidemic oil
| jewel robberes in London. Lord Dudley, who's,
wifes jewel case was stolen at a railway station
some time ago, has not been able TO recover the
valuables by his offer of $4,000 reward and nc
questions asked, SO, notwithstanding the sever,
criticism his lrst offer evoked, has doubled the
amount This open offer to compound felony /,
commended by some Of the papers to the attention
Of Parliament.
An earthenware manufacturer at Bur.
slem, England, who had been repeatedly fined and
imprisoned for drunkenness, was finally put upon
his good behavior under bonds amounting to
$4,000, which were furnished; but the man was
soon aftorward before the court again, aud wa,
sent to prison for a month"; while steps were taken
for the forfeiture Of his bonds. Three thousand
dollars fine for drunk is paying "too dear foi
J the whistle"