Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-07
Weekly News SUMMARY.


Tnr national debt decreased four million sin
hundred and seventeen thousand five hundred
and fifteen dollars during the month Of May.
Peter Cooper has accepted the nomination for the
Presidency Of the greonback party . Counter.
felt five dollar notes on the Hampton National
Bank OF Westhed Mass, were circulated freely
Thursday Of last week in New York. Pre-.
liminary work on the Channel tunnel to connect
England and France has begun at Iangaue
France The shafts are sunk forty metres ...
The total issue Of silver coin 70 May 10Th was
seven million three hundred and eighty nine thou
sand two hundred and lightweight dollars, paid
on account Of currency obligations, two million
nine hundred and seventy-four thousand seven
hundred and thirty -one dollars; fractional cur
rency redeemed with silver. four million four
hundred and fourteen thousand five hundred and
ifty-seven dollars o.. The Rhode Island legsla-
ture reelected Gov. Lppitt Tuesday Of last week
by a large majority over Howard, prohibition
candidate. Henry b Anthony was renom-
mated for United States Senator, at a caucus Of
the Republican members OF the Rhode Island
legislature, last week Wednesday D.. It is learned
from good authority that Lord Cairns, the lord
| high chancellor, thinks the argument Of the
United States government upon the Wnslow
matter are sound, and their position correct.
The House banking committee has agreed to re-
| port n bill authorizing the purchase Of silver
bullion to the extent Of twenty million dollars. ....
dispatch from the Black HIS says that twenty
seven out Of forty-two men at DeerFood have
been killed by the Indians, and fiye more were
killed and scaped within three miles Of Custer
City. A package Of ten thousa ld dollars which
had been missing from the Second National Bank
Of Boston for two years, was found in a corner Of
| the safe last week SIR H. W Edmunds the
paying teller when the money was missed was
| discharged on suspicion Of theft. The Nam
moth Cave Of Kentucky is for sale. It is the
| experience Of every self-made hen that she mast
scratch for a living The Hebrew exhibitors at
Philadelphia cover up their goods Saturday
their sabbath. Not long ago a billiard player
In London In lighting his cigar accidentally let his
match fall on billiard ball which At once began
TO burn with a flame that could not be extin-
guished. 1t was apparently an ivory ball but was
made Of celluloid a mixture Of gun cotton and
camphor compressed and dried. 4 cool young
gent entered menagerie with a cigar in his
mouth, when the proprietor politely requested the
visitor not to teach the other monkeys bad habits
The young man proved himself equal to the o.
:
one Intelligent honsemaid. oh, please,
miss, there was young gentleman called when
you was out lie ddn leave no card, miss but
can show you who he is, cause there three Of his
photographs in your album There are seventy
thousand children living on boats in England, who
receive no education. Tennessee has forty cotton
mills, employ ing ffty-six thousand three hundred
and filty-eght spndes and consuming fourteen
at,tkt l.afa font
ton. According to the new directory San Fran
cisco has now population Of two hundred and
seventy two thousand three hundred and forty-fye
souls gain Of forty-two thousand during the last
year o.. In the second week Of March, there were
eighty-six thousand eight hundred and eight paup-
ers in London OF whom thirty-six thousand nine
hundred and fifteen in warehouses, and forty
nine thousand eight hundred and nnety-three re-
celyed outdoor relief bill has been intro
duced into the Texas legislature declaring drunk
enness 10 be a misconduct, and making i PUNISH
able by fine Of one hundred dollars by
previous arrangement, all the ministers at Nell
son, Ky, offered prayers for rain the other sun
day, and before morning the citizens thought the
deuge would never subside. The Governor oil
Texas has issued proclamation reyoking all I'M
migration agencies heretofore established as inc
new Constitution does not recognize any bureau
Of that kind. During the present century tue
corporation Of the city of London have EXPENDED
on the erection and maintenance Of city bridges
one million six hundred and seventeen thousand
one hundred and sixty-four pounds, and there
are outstanding debts amounting to six hundred
and fifteen thousand dollars more. The city
council Of Baltimore passed an ordinance on May
Goth authorizing tho Mayor to contract with three
charitable institutions for the care and mainteh-
ance Of unrnly boys, and also appropriated to the
reformatories named sums aggregating iifty-iout
thousand two hundred dollars. An intelhgeh'
foreigner passing through the streets OF PhiiaueF
phia took out his notebook at the end oil long
walk, and made little memorandum to the ehee'
that eighty-nine percentum OF the population
OF Philadelphia are members OF the po"efi"
family Of Roomstolet "What would DC your
notion OF Observation-Disclosures? asked huius
Choate Of witness he was cross-examihins'
Well, said the witness, with strong lahAeo
accent, 81 should say that man who thousn'
he'd left his watch 10 hum and took II out II Il
pocket to see II he'd time to go hum and get !"
was leede abscnt-minded -. Picking mas gen
orally been reckoned one Of the most popuious
centres of the globe; but DIR. Breitschneidef AZ
firms from his own intimate knowledge OF Wv
city, that Its population does not exceed nan
million at the very most. 10 Connecticut iss'
year, there were four hundred and sixty-sn VI
yorces to FIVE thousand three hundred and eish'y
five marriages, with an average OF apon' 'u,v'
hundred and sixty divorces year for the h's' W
teen years, the prevailing cause being " genera
misconduct"
ABDuL AzIz, the dethroned Sultan OF Iurkey'