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

| 1HE Emperor OF emma ~ gcttlng ready cOllec-
tlon Of grand gongs to be shipped to the Centennial
TIM colering matter put on green tea, in and
out Of China, Is extremely injurious 10 health ac-
cording TO the best London doctors.
MANY worhmen in Canada have been thrown
out Of employment for this winter, aud many Of
the new settlers are returning to England
Tmr supreme court Of Iowa has decided that
when the loser in game Of billiards settles the
score, he is guilty Of gambling, and liable to In.
dctment
nat flew into theatre in Troy, while per.
Torrance was in progress, and one Of the actors
shot at it, brought it down, and was uproariously
applaudcd.
JAMES LicR has notified the Regents Of the
University Of California that he has decided upon
Mount Hamilton as the site fot his proposed
observatory
FouR hundred out Of FIVE hundred and five
prisoners in the joTorsonyile tlnd. pcniteutiary
are hired out on contract for a sum aggregatlng
$3.50 per day
"llE was born in Maine, but was native Of
this country for the last thirty years, is the way
Texas paper winds up the biography Of de-
ceased subscriber
COUNTRY editor says, with apparent truthful
ness The best paper now issued is the green
back signed by Treasurer New. III difficult, how
ever, TO get it on the exchange list"
rnE Congregational clergymcn Of Connecticut
arc preparing an address to the Rev DR. storrs,
OF Brooklyn, urging him 10 reconsider his ntcn.
ton Of Withdrawing from that church
TnE habit Of Boston dog was 10 put his fore
paws on people and tables aud other things, and
sniff until he was satisfied with the investigation.
At last he tried it on loaded gun that stood in
corner and now he has no nose with which 10
sniff.
BlGEiow ma jority in New York over all will DO
less than four thousand II the temperance vote
comes up to eleven thousand rs Is expected Ills
majority over Seward will be less than fifteen
thousand-ccahy insignificant in state Ola mill
lion voters.
Lusrr Of coal measuring eight feet In length
three feet square and Weighing two tons, in
tended for tho Philadelphia Centennial, has just
been landed at Cape Breton Nova Scotia. II Was
taken from the Ontario Cor Diamond lead at the
Caledonia mines.
A CONDUCTOR on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad kissed a woman passenger, and she sued
the company for damage, getting verdict Of
| 81 900 More recently n woman was kissed hy
| brakeman on the louisiana railroad and the lew
has only given hor $40 This Is uneven justice
GES TooNus d. quoted by Georgia paper as
an example for the granger to follow. lie raises
his own wheat, oats, corn and vegetables. never
buys a pound OF bacon OF pound of fodder and
makes Dis fara yield every thing necessary Tor the
support of himself and family, his hands and hi.
stock
FREScn expedition is fitting out T. make a
tour Of he world ia ten months, under tho
auspices Of the Geographical Society. The excur-
sienisls will Wei, India japan the interior ssa Of
japan. Chinese ports, Australia the United States
etc special library aud cabinet Of instruments
will be taken.
Noon preached 100 @ Unitarian church la
Mortified Mass several yean ago, and hts
theme was the aton.ns blood of Christ After The
service the pastor said % him Chrst'- blood
has no more 90 do with d. than the blood of a
chicken, and the shocked evangelist has NOT
since preached iu a Unitarian church
InE Washington Copfgi says that Mr. Randall
has pledged himself II elected speaker. So % or
ganize the committee Of the House Of Representa-.
tiycs ne % prevent any expression OF faith or
hc" That would seem 70 make Mr. Randall
model democratic candidate ion those times.
WESTERNS girls are already Arranging plan %
operations for 1916. Leap Year and IN some place.
propose to open The campaign with hop on he
LIST Of January TO be managed entirely by them
solves. A. an Offset, the young men are consider
ing the pmmcty Of staying at home on New
Years day, and letting the adie. make the calls
NOTWITHSTANDING the law passed by Congress
some years ago the wunton destruction n game on
the Western plains continues Governor Thayer,
Of Nebraska, says that not long ago party Of elk
murlorcrs killed one hundred elk and simply took
away the hides This, he truly adds, il indeed
cruelty TO animals, as well as grieyous wrong 10
the people
IHEHE arc noc either la run blast or in cone
temptation, in the states Of North Carolina. South
Carolina Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama fifty
four furnaces for the manufacture VI iron Georgia
aud Alabama are the chief scat. Of the production
Of hot blast charcoal iron, which shipped directly
to England Ia addition 10 native whites and
blacks there are large numbers o. Ensish. Scotch
and swedish Workmen employ ed at this business
lhE poisoning Of womens legs hy colorcd stock.
ings has been reported by Professor Mariner, n
Chicago chemist. lie says that the seal brown
and reddish brown hues contain picric acid which
will poison the ilesh with which It comes in close
contact He adds AZ these dyes are used not
only in colorng all kinds OF fabrcs, but also Tor
confectionery, liquor, cosmetics aud q great variety
Of objects, the danger attending their use can DO
readily appreciated
InIl'r are enrolled in the pablo schools Of the
United States eight million children In the last
fiscal year the average daily attendance was four
million Eve hundred thousand Thirty-seyen
states and eleven territories report an Increase in
public school income Of 81 232, 600, and in attend
ance Of children OF one hundred aud sxty-four
thousand The total sum raised during the ear
by taxation was $50 900 600, and the cost Of pub-
lie education was about 81 10000
TnE Southern press stands by It's determination
u oppose the placing Of any Southern man on the
next national democratic ticket The Raleigh
Ners says " Long ago we expressed the
opinion that there should be no southern man on
the ticket Such presence would destroy all chances
OF success Of the democratic party The masses
Of the North do not trust u.s. The results OF the
late elections give some indication Of that The
presence even Of ex-confederate soldiers on tho
floors Of Congress causes uneasiness
The articles so far adopted by the Texas con-
'titntional convention provide that the legal rate
Of interest shall not exceed eight per cent year,
and that the legislature shall pass laws to punish
nsury that current wages shall not be subject to
punishment for debt; that a married man shall
not sell nor mortgage his homestead without the
consent Of his wife that homestead shall be pro-
tected from seizure for debt, except for The pur-
chase money thereof and that it shall not be par
ttioned among the heirs during the lifetime Of a
surviving husband or wife. Education is literally
provided for, and the public lands protected from
plumber
The splendors Of the irousscau Of the yonng
daughter Of the Duke Of Alba, brother-n-aw to
Empress Eugene, who has Just married the Duke
de Medina-Coe the wealthiest man in Spain,
may beinferred from the outlay in pocket-handker-
chiefs There are sixty ofthese objects, one dozen
OF which cost 2iOO, the rest being somewhat less
costly, but still enormously expensive. The mere
embroiderng Of the Ducal arms on the dozen
handkerehiefs cost 81 100. The arms Of Berwick
are joined with those Of Medina-Coe in these
wonderful wipes, the double escutcheon be-
ing embroidered In gold by new system OF
metallic thread, perfectly flexible, of pure gold,
and that does not change in washing