Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-02
Weekly News Summary.

f,prteen dollars . Wires will be stretched across
rast river, New York next week, ~ the beginning
of East river bridge The schools can visit the
centennial exhibition hereafter at hali-prce when
coming in n body by giving two days notice.
Lord Derby and United States Minister rcrcpoini
are said to have begun negotiating new eStiadi-
ton treaty. 3D.. Since April r., two hundred aud
6ty-six barrels Of oil have been destroyed by
lightning in the Pennsylvania coal region. . The
Chinese In the Sandwich Islands number four
thousand, aud they have introduced leprosy, which
threatens to exteuniuate the Kauabas The
gold in the vaults Of the Bank Of France At the
present time is estimated 10 exceed five hundred
tons in weight An explosion In the Black
Diamond Coal Mine, California caused the death
II -ix men aud the serious injury 81 five others.
....A narrow ridge Of gold quartz, thirty miles
long, has been discovered Ia New South Wales.
It contains an enormous percentage Of gold II
il said that the Turks are carrying about cart
loads OF womens' and girls heads in the district
of lmzardiilS, in order 10 terriy the inhabitants.
In France, out of population u thirty-six
millions only two millions live ON the revenue of
accumulated wealth, the balance depending on the
product Of labor .. The amount Of damage done
hy the recent inundation along the Arkansas river
i. said to be ncalculable Corn aud cotton were
swept away by hundreds Of acres. . Along the
ST. Johns river, in Florida the estimates OF the
ornsge crop have been reduced one-half and the
Young trees are said 10 De dying by scores on ac-
count Of Che dry scason.....A New Bedford man
is going % paddle Die own canoe 90 the Ccnten-
NAL exposition. The canoe b. fourteen feet six
inches long, twonty-seyen inches wide, nine
iuche. deep in the center, and weighs fity pounds
u is decked over, with the exception Of "a hole 10
.it in.... Oatmeal in water to the proportion Of
quarter Of pound Of oatmeal 10 three quarts Of
water, is recommended a. refreshing drink
The meal should De well boiled, the mixture
cooled. and water added to keep mp the proper
ton With Dit Of ice. this is said not only 10
qaench the thirst, but To keep up strength With.
out ce when Ice cannot be had 1t is still Ialata-
Die, Il entirely cool # is said that il Is used in
many iron foundrios aud factories in England
The meal should be we'll shaken through the
water before drinking The efforts to stock the
rivers of Victoria Australia, with salmon have
completely failed They are making flour in
England by crushing the grain with O machine
formed Of inuumemble little trip hammer
pounding mill Of this Kind costing one thousand
dollars will make as much flour a. an ordinary
min costing five thousand dollars. .. Il has been
estimated that since the ir.t Of April from -e,-
enty-iive 10 eighty thousand bushels Of oystcr-
have been taken from st. Mchaels river Mary
land, aud sent 20 Jersey waters 10 be planted,
while from other points large shipments have also
been made The Sacramento spirtuali-, society
has been broken mp boy the return of a man who
lad been regarded dead and from whom the
chief mediums Of the organization had protested
To- receive weekly message. To be read ia the meet
ings .. An iceberg one thousand I've hundred
feet high has grounded just outside Of the harbor
81 st. Johns. Newfoundland, and the Inhabitants
are cool and happy Mr. Moody b. az biz home
Ia Mortified, Conn. preparing for the fall csn-
paign In Chicago. he breaches on sunday even
ings to immense congregations. D.. Wellesie, COL
iege student. are an girls aud among them
fire company has been organized They are to be-
trained in the Use Of the hand engines with which
the establishment i. furnished ... Captain webb
announces bis intention Of attempting, Ia the lat
Ter part OF August, o. swim FROM the north Of
Scotland To Ireland under the same condition. ~
when he crossed the English Channel .. Al the
iouy-second annual conference Of the British
Temperance league held at Leeds ON the ith Of
July il was stated that the association had one hum
tired and seventeen last year, and was ia a more
prosperous condition than ever before Eleven
thousand soldiers and five thousand sailors had
become total ab-tainer4 through the ageacy OF
two Ladies'. be-. Thirteen law students were exam
med for admission b. the san Francisco har. and
not one WAS accepted David Small, Of Ludlow,
Maine, has lillei seven bears since May lst The
skins bring him seventy dollars, and the bounty
thirty-hye dollars ..A treatment for lung aud
blood diseases. prioiised Ia Milan, Italy consists
of putting the patient into an apartment contain
ing compressed medclted air mob threw
stones At a house IN London until every window
was broken, because OF belief that ghost was
ia h. and the police had to arrest eleven persons
% quell the disturbance o.. Lieutenant Criycroft
the only surviving member 81 one Of the COM
paues exteminated with Custer, happened 10 be
IN Kentucky at the time Of the massacre, purchas-
ing hor.es for the regiment ON Tuesday, July
18th, when the Thermometer was uinety-fouI de
grees in the shade at the foot Of Pixies Peak Cob
omd0, there occurred on top of that high noun
tain a furious SHOW storm, completely covering
the peak and sides with coat Of white. o.. Benin
Wagner 10 their annual review Of the popula-
ton ot the globe, state that Europe has an area OF
two million seven hundred thousand square miles
and population of three hundred aud three mil
lions Asia, thirteen million square miles popu-
llton SEVEN hundred and ninety mine millions
Africa, eight million seven hundred thousand
population, two hundred and six millions
America twelve million square miIe. population
eghty-four millions Australia and Polynesia
tgo million five hundred Thousand square miles
population, four million fiye hundred thousand
Conn., and the metal is said to be in paying guam
Titles Galveston. Texas, is now shipping wheat
direct to Liverpool at twenty-eght cents per
bushel tor forty years past no epidemic has
caused such los, OF life A. is nov attending the
small poX in Chill IA petition signed by five
hundred residents Of Buffalo, will ask the Legis-
hture 10 prohibit rope walking across Niagara
It is claimed in Utah that that Territory will
turn out mineral products this year Of the value
Of twelve million dollars. This is an I'M
fortunate season for circuses, and several of the
largest travelling concerns have become bankrupt
Monday, the 18th of July was the twenty
ninth anniversary Of the entrance Of the Nor
mons into the salt Lake district 1t is esti-
mated that there is about twenty millions Of dol
lars in gold coin ia circulation In California now,
against half that amount nc the time OF the panic
....P. J. Smyth, the Irish member Of the British
Parliament whose home-rue speech has attracted
attention, was once a workman in a brooklyn
dsiihery.. The pastor Of the church Of the
Fourteen Holy Martyrs, Baltimore, Roman Catho-
lie, refused TO allow the body Of q member who
had neglected communion to be buried in the
cemetery, and lawsuit will ensue TElmps
are said To be becoming so numerous along the
Central Pacific road in Nevada that conductors
and braliemen are scarcely match for them. 1t
Is feared that il they continue to 60 in gangs
armed guards will have to be sent with the trains
10 protect passengers.
ilAHpwIoK The sale Of j. II Drews bankrupt
property, by the assignee, occurred ON the 2ith Of
July, j. II. Mclond, Esq, NJ Calais, salesman.
The prices obtained were generally low and nom
nal, The real estate was sold to A T.. Iudeyne,
subject To all incumbmnces. The latter includ-
~ homestead exemption on the village property
covered the entire selling value, rs 1t was sold foI
barely enough above membranes to pay cost OF
sale and transfer The results Of the sal, clearly
indicate that no debts will be paid....B u. T.
Thomas met with serious accident on the 18th
Of last month, which will probably cripple him