Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-02-11

The Eve weeks suspension Of coal mining
in Pennsylvania agreed upon several days
since has commenced, and 60 900 men and
boys are thus thrown out Of employment.
Work will probably be resumed at the end
Of that period With renewed activity, and re.
rious suffering among the miners by reason
Of this enforced idlenessi is not anticipated.
A boy named Dual, twelve years old, mot
tw1 hunters near Cooklinville. N. Y, on the
LIST inst, aud in turning out their sleigh tipped
over. lie stopped and helped them right it,
and as one Of them was brushing the snow
from his gun, it was discharged aud the boy
was shot through the head, killing him in.
stantly.
MIR John j. Owens, geologist, has discOv.
cred n superior quality Of hard coal in a
range OF mountains in franklin county, N.
Y. He states that this coal bed is eight feet
deep, aud he has succeeded 10 tracing the
lead over twenty-one miles. He has also
discovered extensive beds Of iron ore, COP.
per, etc.
The dwelling Of Geo Heindle, near La
Sale, ILL.,, was burned on Friday night aud
Mr. Heindle, wife aud two children persisted
in the flames. A daughter 10 years old
narrowly escaped by Jumping from the Sec
oud story window.
A serious fire visited Now York city Tues
day evening, destroying about thirty build.
ings on Crosby aud Grand streets, involving
a total loss of about four million dollars.
Four fremen were killed aud as many more
injured by falling walls.
Henry q. Bowen of thu New York Iode-
pendent comes out and says that it is his
deliberate opinion that Henry Ward Beecher
is guilty Of adultery and perjury, aud that
he is now ready to testify to essential facts
before any proper tribunal. The church
committee summoned him to testify before
them on Tuesday, hut Bowen is particular
as to the way that is taken 10 put him on
trial.
About one-fourth Of the churches in New
England which have been invited to the
Brooklyn advisory council and have taken
action in the matter, decline to have any.
thing to do with it. They consider that it
is q one.sided affair and that none are wanted
there except those who go to acquit Beecher
aud are bound to do it.
Last Saturday a number Of the articles
lett in Philadelphia by Moody and Saukey
were sold at auction. A cheap carpet from
MIR MOody's room sold for $50; two towels
which had been used by Mr. Moody sold for
So each, Mr. Sankey's bringing half dollar
more; Mr. Moody's platform brought 1925,
and his chair S55 a chair used by Presi.
dent Grant brought S25 and Mr. Sankey's
Sb5.
The body Of William Ward, a former
millionaire, was discovered last Sunday in 0
closet of a vacant house in Chicago. The
body was nude and partially decompossd,
but without marks Of violence. His clothes
lay on the floor beside him. Mr. Ward was
formerly a well-known operator on Wal
street, but in the panic Of "Black Friday
lost his entire fortune, which was supposed
to be over a million dollars. Since that
time he has been living in penury aud distress
in Chicago. 1t il believed he committed
suicide.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
There are two Brazilians in the nedica
department at Hanover.
John Smith of Nottingham cut his foo
last week while chopping 10 the woods anC
bled to death before a physician could b
summoned.
The temperance reform movement ha
reached Lacouia, where a reform club of 40C
members has been organized, Differed en-
tirely by reformed men.
St Johns Masonic Lodge OF Portsmsutl
has received $500 as n token Of esteem 70
the fraternity, from the late Jonathan Baker
an honored member.
Robert HOllins of Rochester attempted OIL
Friday to kill his wife, with whom he ha
not lived for some time, with a jack-knife
giving her som ugly wounds, but she will
recover.
John b. ireland of Dunbarton has take
8 1885 chestnut sleepers aud 700 posts trou
/ an acre aud a quarter Of land this winter
The large trees were left standing. Twenty
seven years ago corn grew upon the sam
q land.
Horace Hatch, a prominent citizen {
+, Lebanon, has been arrested, because OF irreg
u~larities growing out of his connection wit
the Sturtevant manufacturing company. II
D borrowed, for a few days, some bonds of w
' G. Buckley and used them to raise none
for the company, and the owner of the bond
t has been unable to get them back. Hate
had also endorsed heavily for the company
: and it now comes out that his property wa
S all put out Of his hands, three years ago, I
. avoid the payment of notes, while he ha
been receiving a percentage for the use {