Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-09-15
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

The famous Emma Mine in Utah has been
sold to T. W. Park for Sl44, 1914, and if
not redeemed will be worked by him.
Two Cohoes New York; factory girls, 16
and 20 years old, have been asleep for ten
days, and nobody can tell what ails them.
Food is forced into their stomachs by artif-
cial means.
Governor Chamberlain of South Carolina
has issued a proclamation relative to the
recent emeute in Charleston, calling upon
the people to maintain good order aud for
bidding the procession Of armed men.
Nearly four thousand children have been
sent West every year for some time past by
the Children's Aid Society of New York,
and thousand more little girls could have
been disposed Of in the same manner had they
offered.
The emigration from England to the
United States last year was almost precisely
equalled by the numbers returning from
thence. More than 81 900 persons left for
the United states, and more than $4,000 re-
turned to the British Isles.
Geo. VIM. Curtis does the Editors Easy
Chair" Of Harpers, and for that and much
other work is paid $4,000 a year. VIM.
A. Seaver does the EDITORS Drawer" aud
the personals" in the two weeklies, for
$4,000 year.
Last year there were published, in Japan,
two new daily, four weekly, and one monthly
periodical; one novel, one dictionary, one
geography, grammar, and history combined,
and number Of official statements, the lat.
tor actually bound in blue.
The condition of the United States troops
sent out on the wild goose chase after tho
Indians is represented to be pitiable in the
extreme. The soldiers are suffering from a
lack Of food, clothing and medical supplies,
and great suffering has been experienced
The campaign is considered virtually at an
end.
Two North Adams Tramps, q man and
wife have been arrested at Nashua, N. H.,
for obtaining goods under false pretenses.
Enough second hand clothing was found with
them to stock Chathams troot Jew shop,
and Bible was found on the woman, who
swore like pirate when relieved of it by an
officer.
A French writer deplores the slow increase
Of that nation and makes this remarkable
statement at has been calculated on the
basis Of tho population Of births and deaths,
in what time the various European countries
double their population, and the following
is the result Norway, 81 years; Austria,
62 England, 63; Denmark, 10; Sweden,
80; Germany, 9S; and France, 1874 years -
The movement of the California grangers
TO load wheat on farmers account seems
likely to prove a failure; only one ship has
been secured aud that IS not yet loaded.
Freight has advanced from e2 Us Cd to e.
The grain ring recently offered | .55, per cen.
tai, securing from 10000 to $4,000 tons,
and the grangers weakened.
Reading, Penn, boasts bacchanalian
bull.trog ID inches long, capable of leaping
six ieet 1t has for two years frequentod a
restaurant where it was brought to be broiled
1t has developed taste for beer, drinking
the waste that drops from the spigot into a
pot on the floor. lt,oten stands up against
the pot aud leans over with its mouth Ia the
beer. When the pot is not very full il jumps
into the beer and remains there awhile.
A lady, Mrs. Havelock, has Just received
the usual reward from the Indian Government
for destroying tigress on the grounds near
her house on the Koondabs. Mrs. Haveloek
had noted tho proximity of the boast and set
out some poisoned food for IL. Tho beast
ate Of this and was killed. The greater
credit is due to Mrs. Havelock for her
pluck, as her husband was away from the
estate ut the time.