Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-07-19
Weekly News Summary.

a critical condition at Fair Haven, Conn, and
there Is little hope of his recovery. Cd. Andrew
Jackson Davis has failed 10 derive a competency
from Spritualism and money Is solicited In his
behalf for a testimonial The Russians are ox-
perimenting with gun that throws ball weigh
ing one thousand six hundred and fifty pounds.
aud consumes three hundred pounds of powder at
each discharge o.. Gasshomers in Minnesota are
said to be numerously assailed by parasites that
anix eggs 10 their bodies aud from the eggs come
prubs that bore into them with fatal effect .
There has been great deal Of money lost and
won on the English race this year Lord Dudley
lost eighteen thousand dolan on Petrearch at the
Ascot. professional book maker cleared six
teen thousand dollars and another made forty
thousand dollars In one day ..A missionary In
India has sent an order 10 New Haven for
vehicle which can be travelled in by day. slept In
ut night aud preached from ut any time II will
be furnished with cooking utensils, bedding aud
books, and six oxen will draw IT, . Three boys.
the eldest nine years old, were strlWberryng near
Pattsburg the other day. Not returnngat night.
a search was begun and their dead bodies were
found buried In a sand-bank a haEfllcd dish
Of berries gave the clue 10 their whereabouts 1t
h supposed they were hunting swallows nests
when the bank gave way. France exported
last year, false hair beautifully got mp In differ
ont shapes 10 the amount " one hundred and
thirty tons, worth nearly two million francs
Nearly the whole of this went to England and
America. Twenty years ago q Liverpool steam
packet company wished TO buy land Of a woman
She sold it cheap but got a clause to the agree
ment that during her whole life she and a com
"a
Iany's vessels Tho day after the bargain she
sold her furniture, let her house, and went on
board the firs, outwarl-bound vessel Since then
she has always lived ON some ship Of the com
pany's, accompanied by woman companion, for
whom she adyertises, aud whose passage money
she pockets. She has made over ten thousand
dollars In this way. Several Baltimore phys-
clans say that many diseases are caused by soap
the grease for which Il obtained from unhealthy
animals The present number Of churches in
London is eight hundred and two an increase Of
sixteen the past year The clergy have in
creased from one thousand three hundred and
seyenty-hye to one thousand four hundred aud
forty-hve.. young man In Iowa who had
been deaf and dumb for twenty years while driv-
ing was Suddenly thrown from the wagon 10 the
ground striking his head, and on arising found
that he had recovered his speech and hearing CO..
A Chcagoan has obtained verdict against n
railroad company whose baggageman smashed
his trunk lie proved that the trunk was not
only dropped from n wagon to the ground but
that the bagpageman lifted il ~ high as he could,
80 that 1t would fall heavier. e.. Daring the great
storm in Ohio train Of cars ran into tunnel
near North Bend. ia which The water was - deep
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a hundred passengers were imprisoned Another
train would be due Ia an hour, and il WI. neces-
sary that somebody should get ont Of The tunnel
and reach neighboring signal to prevent "a ter
rible disaster a young man whose name is not
given ia the Cincinnati T,Dss account 81 the oc-
currence, volunteered Tor the exploit The total
darkness increased the danger aud the distance
was an eighu. OF a nio The young man re-
moved bis boots and coat aud plunged in The
current carried him along and he easily kept hi-
head above water. although collisions against the
rocky sides of the tunnel nearly disabled hin but
he made the passage and stopped The threatening
train la the meantime the passengers ia tie
tunnel we're trembling with hope and fear, and
the suspense was not relieved until several hours
later. the water subsidized the fire ia the locomo-
tive was rekindled, aud their journey was CON
tinued. There are in Turkey over forty thou
sand persons la prison Tor debt dGe the Govern
ment.. In England, iron j. rolled into sheets rs
thin and flexible ~ paper, aud not easily torn ...
In 1873 the deaths Of infants under one year Of
age were equal 10 one hundred and siNiy-two
per one thousand in London Mrs. Mover Of
Strausstown, Pa, who is eighty year Of age
walked seycu miles to Lead Gance Ia an adj
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hoasted that he had never cast ballot The
kangaroo has been introduced into several large
estates In Trance. aud IL now being hunted AZ
the funeral in Boston Of William seayer, disbe-
lever in any religion. Byrants Thanatopeis a"
read A town in Kansas is called "Wo-
mans Waste, because an Indian legend says
that an Indian once killed his wife there for vast
ing buffalo meat. In France, ont u a popula-
ton of thirty-sS Million only two million live ON
the revenue Of accumulated wealth, the balance
depending on the produce Of labor. The pro
fcssor Of medicine ut Kings College London,
recommends a total change Of diet without the
aid OF medicine, an eilicncious method NJ treat
ing nervous diseases Mr.. Benham, Of Madi-
son, Ind noticed large snake coiled around the
bough 81 an apple tree In which pet dove was
rearing her Young lie killed the snake and n
1t the dove and her brood We're found still alive
... boy found box on the beach In Brittany
It was too heavy 10 carry and so he called hi'
parents, who broke II open and found that it con
tanned one million five hundred thousand francs
The OH region Of Pennsylvania has dropped
out Of general notice, but that business there Il
steadily prosecuted Is shown 10y the fact that on'
hundred and ninety wells were bored in June
NaT.
about fourteen barrels apiece aud twenty-sevel
were completely dry. The walk Of signorin
Spelterini on a rope over Niagara river on Satur
day last was not attended by any accident. Sh'
made no money by riskng her life, for the amour
paid by spectators aud hotel landlords did no
equal the cost Of putting the rope in position
She was cool, seemingly fearlesss and accom-
plished the exploit in more dashins style thai
did Blondin but for several hours aiteward IN
was Frustrated by nervous exhaustion. tn
colossal statue Of Independence for the harhor O
New York will be finished, it is hoped, in time +
be shown in Paris during the exhibition in 1875
The wrist Of this gigantic statue has been moulde
lately It took two hundred sacks Of plaster 70
is composition, and weighed five thousand an
seventy-hve kilogmmmes. There are one thou
sand two hundred and forty public houses
Liverpool where drink only is sold, and live hun
dred and nine where food Is sold in addition t
drink The money expended in them weekly
hfty-fonr thousand four hundred aud fifty pounds
....A Western editors account Of transfusio
Of blood into q rival; AN enormous iaekass W.
procured from the country and taken mp into I'll
editorial rooms The surgeon opened its lemon
artery near the neck, and carefully inserted q
old piece OF gas pipe This was connected VII
Mr. Browns jugular vein, and about four buckle
Of blood were tnnsfused into him =" Than
heaven" said the san Francisco Noes Letter q
the morning Of the Fourth, :, there is no one
our city 50 poor or humble bnt that he can he
hold down a Chinaman while cannon cracker
,,et OF in his mouth. ... P,ach has a cnrtoC
representing Jonathan aud John Bun tearing
pieces the Extradtiou treaty, and Justice iute
posing with the words, Z" Stop, gentlemen! lon''
both Of YOU too many rogues loose To do wtho
that" A motion in the British House OF Cor
mons 20 abolish hogging in tho navy has bee
negatyed by one hundred aud twenty Not
against sixty-two. In 1874, only eight ont
thirty thousand seamen were punished with u
cat, which is now only used in cases OF extren
misconduct The first railway in China, fro
Shanghai to Woosing was opened formally
July lst The Chinese Travelled free the first da
Six trains are run daily, and are crowded '''f
explosion Of fire-crackers in Boston, on the fonrt
canual a. L. f,,n,,sa Ill nf tyxqntv thonsnud dc