Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-04-21
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Dom Pedro left New York Monday for
Chicago.
Mr.. Moody, the rorivalist, goes to Florida
this week.
The old Greedy mansion at Chappaqua,
N. Y, was burned last week.
Six suicides were committed 10 and about
New York City last Saturday.
The navigation Of the Delaware and Hud.
son canal was opened, Monday.
Eight hundred and eighty.two Cinnamon
arrived at San Francisco Monday.
Keeseville, N. Y, was visited last week
by destructive fire. Loss 100000.
1t is rumored that England has positively
declined to give up Winsow the fOrger.
General Sherman says it costs Secretary
Fish $40, 900 year to live in Washington.
The expenses Of the British government
during the last fiscal year were G7S, 200, 900.
The striking GOLFERS in South Yorkshire
and Derbyshire, England, now number 3d.
900.
The number of arrests by police in New
York City and Brooklyn last week was
2,l95.
1t is stated SG,5OO,OO treasury bonds
will be sold in New York this week, to pay
judgments under the Alabama claims.
A foot of snow fell last week Thursday in
Southern England and Ireland and Northern
| France.
Two ex.ministers and three arch.bishops
have been convicted Of corruption and simony
in Greece.
On the llth inst, Judge Pratt sentenced
Fuchs, the murderer Of Simmons, to be
hanged June I'd.
A fire at st. Johns, p O.. last week W ed.
nesday destroyed between $50 200, and $40.
900 worth of property.
Dacosta, former waiter at Delmoncoes
restaurant, N. Y, makes an affidavit to hav.
ing seen Tweed recently in Italy,
A bloody faction riot occurred in LINER
lex, Ireland on Tuesday. One hundred
were wounded, 40 seriously and mortally.
The Grand Jury has indicted Babcock,
Harrington, Whitley, Benton, Miles, Nettle-
ship and SOmerville for completely in the
safe robbery.
Breaks in the Mississippi levees are re.
ported at various points, and the damage by
the overflow, it is now thought, will reach
100000.
The Troy conference commenced its forty
fourth annual session at tho Hudson avenue
Methodist Church, Albany, on Wednesday,
April II, Bishop Scott presiding
A shell recovered from the wreck of the
Merrimac exploded at the Portsmouth Va,
navy yard, Saturday, killing two negroes
aud severely wounding several others.
Ten thousand dollars worth Of goods for
the centennial from Albany merchants, were
ruined by the sinking of barge near that
city by collision with bridge Monday.
At Fountain, MINI. water spout occur.
red last week, carrying of bridges, overflow
ing houses and flooding the main street tC
the depth Of five feet. Damage $4,000.
1t is reported that the Panama railroad
oompanys officials have directed their agent
at San Francisco TO attach all the incoming
China steamships Of the Pacific Mail com
pauy.
The session of the New England confer
ence Of the Methodist church at Lowell. last
week, was remarkable for the strength and
vigor Of the progressive and democratic Gle
ments in the church.
Minnesota has a singular murder law
under which the most deliberate murderer
if he pleads guilty, escapes the gallOws
though he may be hanged il he stands
trial and is convicted.
There have been according to the quar-
tery circular of Dun, Barlow Il Co., 2,S0t
failures in tho United States for the frs
three months OF 1876 with an average in
debtedness of S23,037.
Commodore Vanderbilt in spite of th,
contradictions made Of recent reports is sale
10 be seriously i'll with internal hemOrrhoids
the malady which had fatal Termination
in the case Of his mother.
Santa Anna, now iOur.sCore years old,
: living in very humble quarters IN the city o
Mexico. lie is very decrepit, yet 10 full
possession Of his faculties, aud ais feature
resemble Humbolt in his old age,
The BOwdOin college boat club has deci