Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-07
GENERAL NEWS LIENS.

A steamship was recently wrecked in the
Arabian sea. Fifty Persian pilgrims woro
drowned.
1t is estimated that bedquilts enough have
been sent to the centennial exhibition to
cover the whole state Of Pennsylvania.
A French piano maker will send to the
centennial az light piano, which can be
converted into bookcase, desk, cabinet, or
sofa.
The Massachusetts, building at the centen-
NAL will be carpeted free of charge by a
Boston firm. -Er. Not a bad advertise.
ment.
Isaac Il. Page of Chelsea, Me-, murdered
his wife last Saturday morning, and then
attempted suicide. Jealousy is the alleged
cause.
One Of the features Of the centennial will
be a soda fountain ten feet wide and twenty
feet high, built of tho finest marble and pro.
fusely ornamented with silver.
Mr. New has withheld for the present his
resignation Of the Office of United States
treasurer, at the request of the president
aud Secretary Bristow.
John Morrissey is reported to be uegotiat.
ing for the purchase OF large restaurant
recently finished near the centennial grounds,
for a gambling establishment.
The common verdict on Gen. Schenck 5
explanation is that so innocent and gulelcss
a man should never again be subjected to
the temptations surrounding public office.
Rhode Island has little vestige of the
gallows left on her statute books, "cvery per.
sou who shall commit murder while under
sentence Of imprisonment for life" being ha-
bic to be hanged.
The Kentucky legislature has passed q
bill taxing all dogs over three years of age
two dollars each, Dogs refusing to give
their ages to the census enumerators will be
dealt with summarily.
The children of Charles Dickens brother
at Amboy, ILL.,, are so far from being 10
want that the SON. Bertram, is studying for
the Methodist ministry.-Er. More PROOF
needed to establish his wealth.
A decree Of Marshal MacMahon promu-
gated March 2Sth announces incidentally
that universal international exhibition will
shortly be held in Paris The international
exhibition will be held in 1873 or 1879 at
the latest.
No standing bar will be allowed within
the centennial show grounds. He who wants
to drink anything stronger than soda water
will have to take seat aud have his drink
brought by waiter. Intemperance 10 drink
will not be feature Of the exhibition.
Krupp, the great gun-makcr, Is the richest
man in Germany, not excepting the Roths-
childs. He pays an income representing an
annual business profit Of 81, 100000. 1t i,
said, however, that this great income is
shared by some silent partner whose identity
is variously coDjectured.
Weston, the walkist, has won his mos
satisfactory triumphs in England. His great
feat of walking 275 miles 10 - hours was
done finely, with three minutes to spare, his
competitor, Rowell, having made only l75
miles. In sustained endurance he wakes em
feariuly.
A local wit Of Lafayette, Ark, recently
under took to fool Dr. Westbrook, on a
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twist tobacco that he pointed at the doctors
head was a pistol. lie succeeded admirably
and vas shot dead before he could explain
that it was all a joke.
The bank Of France had in circulation Oh
the 9th of last month 2l63 800 400 francs
and in its vaults specie to the amount of J.,
776,74l ,OSl francs, or 72l francs in gold
against every 1000 francs Of paper in circu.
lation. The gold accumulation of the bank
is said to be the largest ever got together
anywhere.
A London letter says that Don Carlos has
arrived there. He states that he failed in
his attempt to place himself upon the Span.
ish throne for want Of money, ammunition
and men. He says, however, that another
revolution will occur before long, in which
rcpublicauism will sweep the feeble Alfonso
away.
Prince Bsmark celebrated his 621 birth.
day, Saturday, and was personally congratu.
lated by the emperor, crown prince, the dip.
lomatic corps, the federal council and the
legislative deputies, was serenadcd by the
band Of the imperial guard, and received
congratulations by telegraph from the king
OF Bavaria.
\ correspondent inquiries in regard to the
price of admission to tho centennial grounds
at Philadelphia. The price will be fifty
cents for each admission. For that price a
person can see all there is to be seen on the
grounds, providing he can do it in one day
If not he will have to pay fifty cents each
day for as long as he may decide to visit
The grounds.
A correspondent of the Richmond En-.
quirer estimates that S5,G50,000 have been
appropriated to educational purposes in Vir.
ginia during the past ten years. In the
same period endowment schemes for the ben
eft of the colleges and theological institu-
tons in the state have been wholly or in
part carried out, amounting in the aggregate
to SO 100000.
Treasurer New has been issuing fractional
currency at the rate of 100000 per day.
There remains in the treasury one million of
dollars in fractional currency, three.quarters
of which government will retain for its own
requirements, while the remaining S250,000
in half dollars has been promised to the CEN
tcnnial exhibition to be used in making
change.
Minnesota and Indiana, with nine South.
ern states are mentioned unfavorably in the
report just published in London by the
Council OF Foreign Bondholders. 1t is not
crcdltable to the national fame to find Amer.
lean states placed in the same financial cate
CORY as Turkey, Mexico and Spain, but there
is unfortunately in this instance good reason
for the classification.
The time during which N, T. Sprague, Jr.,
Of Brandon may erect the Vermont building
at the centennial has been extended 30 days,
and he has gone to work on the plans for it.
The building is to be entirely of material
from Vermont. Some Of Mr.. Sprague's pc.
lihca critics have doubted his sincerity in
making this offer, but there isn't much doubt
now that he means business.