Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-11-03
GENERAL NEWS.

A water famine prevails in New York.
A sharp shock of earthquake was felt at
TivOli Italy, the 10Th.
There was only one interment from yellow
fever at Savannah Friday.
More Mountain Meadow murderers are
are to be dealt with, and made, we hope, to
look after Lee.
Deaths in Boston, last week, l50,--or
just one less than the preceding week. In
New York, 467.
The registration of voters for four days in
New York aggregates l82,9S7 as against
l44 1888 last year, and 10000 in 1875.
The fishing season in Iceland was a fail
ure this year, and the people are suffering
from want Eighteen hundred lcelanders
emigrated recently to Canada.
Pools sold in New York, Friday, with
odds in favor of Tilden, 500 to $50 on
the general result and 500 to $40 on New
Y ork State.
The president finds that he will be unable
to 90 home to Galena, ILL.,, to vote. He says
he would like very much to 60 down among
the sovereigus aud deposit a ballot for his
successor.
\ negro witness in trial the other day
was asked what he was doing in certain
saloon at a certain time. lie explained that
he had gone there to "changc his breff." The
explanation was accepted.
The territories of Russia in Turkistaa COW
ers AGO, 900 English square miles, or space
as large as the Austrian Empire, Germany,
aud Belgium combined. But the population
is only 100000 or less than that of Swift
zerland.
Tho attorney for the McCune, Hogan and
Hoglon heirs to Tioga county (Pa.) coal
lands, said to be worth S5000,000, finds
the claim utterly barred by the statute Of
limitations, and advises the claimants TO
spend no more money on it.
A quantity of nitro-gycerine on q crib
on Lake Ontario, below East pier, at Port
Colborue, exploded, lately, and man
named King, in charge, was blown to atoms.
The crib was shattered, and n number Of
houses in the neighborhood were damaged.
Beecher, in his newspaper, asks people to
write him for advice on morality. He says;
"If you are perplexed and want light or
counscl-write US. If you are puzzled re.
specting Bible Interpretation or practical
duty, write US"
An unmarried but not young woman in
Chicago has father who will not allow her
to change "l845" to 1883" in the record
of her birth in the Bible and she turns pale
with fright every time her lover goes near
the sacred volume as it lies on the parlor ia
bic.
The executive committee Of the Young
Mems Christian Association OF the nited
States and British provinces have issued a
circular calling for the observance Of the
week beginning November 18th as one of
prayer, as it is to be observed all through
the rest of the world.
The Canadian customs department directs
that hereafter a duty shall be charged on
samples of goods brought into the Dominion
| by commercial travellers from the United
States when the samples are Of commercial
value, the duties not to be refunded when
the samples are taken out of the country
Work is stopped at all the mines Of Del
aware Il Hudson Coal Company in the Lack;
awanna and Wyoming coal fields. The nu-
merous breakers are now silent, and between
$1,000 and Is, 900 working men are thrown
out OF employment. Several other prominent
operating companies followed the same prln'
ciple.
There are about rs religious newspapers
in this country, having united circulation
of some 100000. The Catholic papeIs have
moro than one-third of this, the Irish World
and Boston Pilot printing as many as any
four other religious newspapers. 1t is q
ques ton, however, whether the Irish World
can properly be called a religious" news
paper.
The British Attic exploring expedition Il
back, having failed to reach the North Pole
That point Of the earth's surface Capt Mares
commanding the expedition, says cannot be
reached by man. We must, therefore, fol
the present, at least, be content with tht
North Pole as our imagination pictures it
and give up the dream Of mailing the Star
and stripes there.
The destructiveness Of fireworks on thu
last Fourth of July has been definitely as
oertained by a committee OF the nationa
6re.underwriters. Fires occurred in l0l
cities and towns in the country on the las
Fourth of July, and the amount of damag
from fires occasioned by fireworks, drs-crack
ers and gun.wads was Sl54,574. On 81
premises out Of $50, the FIRE broke out Whel
the tenants were absent
A Belgian, accused of robbery and muir
der, while under arrest and mRnacled, riding
in an English railway carriage, recently, be
tween Dover aud Ostend, murdered the Bel
gian officer who was riding with him, beating
him to death with his manaclOs, aud throwing
him out of the window. The fellow the
got his irons off and escaped. Another evi
dence of the bad railway system in vogue il
England.
Dom Pedro is going to publish an accoun
of his travels in the Old and New world
The first volume is complete, and contains a
account Of his travels 10 the United States
The book will be printed in Paris, aud tn
, proofs are to be sent to OonstAntinople. TIL
emperor has written his story 10 Portuguese
but il has already been translated into Eu
gish, French aud German, aud is to be pub
lished in the four languages about the clos,
Of the year,