Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-10-20
GENERAL NEWS.

at Wilmington, Del, Wednesday, and fur.
nished the United States commissioner with
$4,000 bail for bis appearance at the
present term Of the supreme court Of the
District Of Columbia. Harrington refuses
TO state where he has been, but il is generally
thought that he has not been outside the
state since his disappearance.
The people Of Boston are invited to SUBJ
scribe $4,000 to defray the expenses Of
having Moody aud Sankey there, and about
$4,000 has been obtained. When the money
is raised the building will be erected, as the
committee wants 10 see the way clear to pay
the debts before mourning them. Wouldn't
$4,000, and the work Of the helpers Moody
will demand, expended in the regular chan
nels Of Christian effort, accomplish quite as
much as Moody and Sankey are likely to
A great many Christian people are beginning
to think, though few care TO say 30 out loud,
as yet, that the results Of the efforts OF Moody
and Sankey are not commensurate with the
money and work expended to got them started
and keep them running.
o. Saturday morning Detective Gault
observed two boys, one of them IA and the
other IL years Of age, going to the Norfolk
boat with guns upon their shoulders aud al.
together ready for battle. The detective
approached them, aud, in answer TO questions
the older boy stated that his name was
jackson aud that Of the other boy Smith, and
that they were just returning home to Viz.
gnia from their vacation in the North, wherC
they spent the time in hunting and other
sports. The boys were taken to police head
quarters and letters were found upon their
persons which showed that their names we're
9. II. Colt and ii. j. Hubbard, aud in their
pockets aud blankets we're found bullet
molds, percussion caps, powder, matches
sticking plaster and dime novels. On being
closely questioned the boys admitted who
they were, the elder saying that he belonged
to Brattleboro, VT, and that the other was
resident OF East Pittsburg. Penn. They
met at the Centennial Exposition, and de.
cided to Ego West" aud fight the Indians
They will be sent home.-Baltimore inner.
lean.
The entire business portion Of Sandy Hill
N. Y, was burned lately. Losses over $780,.
900.
The steamboat Southern Belle, was burned
on the Mississippi, near Plsqueminc, La.
lately, and several lives were lost.
John d. Lee, convicted for participation
in the Mountain Meadow massacre in Utah
has been sentenced TO DO shot Jan. %, III
"Smuggler" defeated Judge Fullerton
at Dover, N. H., lately, 10 three straight
heats. Time-2.27, 2.2l, 2.234.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has an enor.
nous collection Of autographs in the 562,
S4S signatures appended to an anti-slavery
appeal, including the names of nearly all the
women Of emlnence in Great Britain.
The Gar Alexander receives, in round
numbers, S25 900 day income; tho Turk.
ish Sultan, $4,000; the Emperor of Aus
tria, $4,000; the Emperor Of Germany
$500; the King of Italy, S6,440; the
Queen of England, S6,270; the King Of the
Belgisns, 81 SAB; and the President Of the
French republic, $500.
1t has long been accepted as fac thai
Capt. Mason was the founder of New Hamp
shire, but document has Just turned UP
which proves that David Thompson came
over to New England and made permanent
settlement at the mouth of the Piscataquu
river at least six years before Mason arrived
Since the passage OF the ordinance making
opium. smoking, in Virginia City, New. a
misdemeanor the smokers emgrate to Gold
Hill nightly, and return to the city at al
hours of the day.
The Sunhower is no longer in bloom. L
was the spirit of au Indian maiden and up
peared nightly at the bidding of Mrs Ben
nett and husband, partners in the material
ization business, Boston. The discovery oil
II pail Of parafine and 4 trap.door inter
rupted the course Of trade, and the partner:
were forced to make q desperate effort Ia
demonstrate their power Ga Tuesday night
the trap-door was nailed up, the curtain re
arranged, aud the gas extinguishod. The
dusky face of the SunAower appeared for {
moment at the curtain and then vanished
An inquisitive gentleman quietly announced
his purpose to pull up the boards in the vi
cinity OF the register, where-upon Mrs. Ben
nett asked for glass Of water aud sank oil
tho floor 10 state Of miscellaneous collapse
The boards came up, and large recess be
tween the floor aud the furnace was revealed
A shrewd-looking woman Of perhaps 80 year
was clinging to the furnace. 1t was tn
Sunhower.
When Prince Albert died, al editorial il
the London Telegraph so gratifed the Quee
that she ordered copy Of the paper to b.
sent daily TO each of the royal palaces. Eve
since then, royal edition Of twenty five cop
les has been daily printed 10 the bighes
style Of the art, and duly forwarded. N
payment has ever been asked or offered.
The Chinese soldiers are poor set o
trash. The officers Of guard station in tn
northern suburb Of Canton, after receivin
for many months subsidy from gamblin
den, recently endeavored to wiring more hush
money out of the gang They made raj
upon the den, captured one Of the player
and demanded a heavy ransom for him
The gambersproceeded to the station, Al
tackled the soldiers, released the captive anC
retired in triumph after wounding ssvera
men. An average thief can whip three Chi
nese soldiers.
Mr. james McDermot, aged 80 years, an,
who was employed as a compositor in tn
washington raj hePoIteI onoo % year
age, visited that establishment the other day
, aud "set up" column of type for Evening
Reporter.
There is considerable commerce in toaC
: between France and Engand. A toad Q
! good size and fair condition will fetch abou
, 25 cents in the London market, and dOzc
of the extra quality are worth S.. Mark'
gardeners employ them to keep down insect
AT Blocker and Charles streets, 10 Ne
York, there are drug store, gin mill, an
: undertaker's shop next door to each othe
o with church on the same block, and p,
lice station around the corner.
A lad named Lewis Hirsh6eld, Of Easto
Pa, after witnessing a rope.walker's feat
undertook to get up an exhibition on his ow
hook, He tied one end of the rope 70 Il