Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-06-14
Weekly News Summary.

rnr grasshoppcrs have gone to Spain They
are doyouring the fields on the banks Of the
Guad,ana The Western fruit crop promises to
be the largest ever produced, and wheat never be.
fore made SO good show. D.. The state prison at
Concord, a. H. has more than paid expenses for
the last year The earnings were tlity.six thou
.and three hundred and nincty.ninc dollars. and
tho expenses fifteen thousand eight hundred and
twonty-one dollars. There arc xix murder.
ors lying under sentence of death az New Orleans
Whiting the action Of the Governor. one has
been condemned 10 death for two years New
York received and disposed Of fourteen thou.and
crates II stmwbcnics Saturday. o poodly Tor
tIon going into New England. The price per box
averaged about nine cents In New York The
Quebec fire consumed four hundred and eleven
houses, no account Of double dwellings and out
buildings being made The total loss wa.. a,
nearly a. can he ascortained, one million dol
lars; Insurance, two hundred aud fifty thousand
dollars. one Of the attractions Of the Paris
Exhibition Of 1878 Is 10 be- the largest balloon
ever made. Il will contain eighteen thousand
metres Of gas and is 20 De- twenty three 10 Thirty
four metres in diameter The car will hold Gfty
persons The unhappic.t woman In Washing.
ton, just now, Is one who appeared 10 company In
calico dress, expecting 90 hear every body praise
her economy All she did hear was. Good
gracious whats yoly hufband been doing2' ....
At last the Senate has decided TO open the i'm
parchment trial on the Gh ofjnly Carl Schurz
has returned to st. Louis, aud will make that city
his permanent hone. Commodore Vanderbilt
is reported asrecoyering and shimsclf, very hope
iul Of recovery. George Williams, the founder
NJ the Young Mems Christian Association In Lon
don, is on visit to Boston. The lawyers Of the
United States cost six times as much ~ the minis
ters and the dogs twelve times as much as the
ministers In view Of the pending measures 10
make New Mexico q state, It 8. interesting 20 read
that the last Territorial legislature contained but
six members who could speak English The
Police raids IN New York on yolators Of the
Excise laws were continued last week. aud fifty
arrests were made The accused were an held IN
one hundred dollars bail, which was promptly
furnished. CA saturday, lightning struck a
utnk belonging u o. b Harrington one mile
south Of OH city, "a, containing twenty-one
thousand barrels Of crude OIL Immediately ox-
plodod and set fire % a tanl, owned by McGmw
Brothers, containing twcnty-threo thousand bar.
rels Of OIL The loss is estimated at one hundred
thousand dollars. o.. An unusual event took place
r TO-.
the occasion being the ordination Of seventeen
priests, ten Of whom being student. who lcii
Germany because they would not submit 10 Bis
marcks policy towards the Catholic chureh.....
Mrs Grant, since the death Of her grandson, has
written to Mrs sartors, urging her 10 pass the
summer in this country. o.. Gen G.. D Mcclellan
was robbed about q week ago of considerable
property which the detectives are iu fair way to
recover "A Miss stewart, of Hamilton. on.
tario has recovered seven hundred dollars dam
ages from lover, who forsook her after an en-.
gagemcnt' Of taouty-seyen years.. senator
Twitchell Of louisiana, who has been shot half
dozen times by a disguised assassin Of the Ku-
Klux, may reco,c or, with tlie los. OF both arms
The engagement Of Ulysses S Grant DR.. toa
Boston young ady now travelling ia Europe Is thc
topic under discdssion in Cambridge and Boston
social circles. The report that Dr. j e. Aver has
been taken to an insane asylum n inooncgt tie
has been suffering from hDN Of blood Go the |
head brought on Boy sloellcsfucss aud application |
io business but the physician hopes that Ia a
short time De- win Dee able 10 SAIL ioI Europe
lt is asserted 40 Berlin that England has con- /
Guided an alliance with Turkey aud guaranteed !
Che latter's integrity out OF one hundred and |
seventeen ladie. ia Michigan University, only |
four have taken h law. During the recent I
drought no Jamaica, water was So scarce That it /
brought eighteen shilling. % puncheon Al |
fleetwood Park. Sew York, Thursday. Parker /
he mustang rider made o second attempt IN ride |
thirty ponie. three hundred aud five miles in di- |
teen hours. The FIRST attempt resulted in fail |
ure at the end Of two hundred aud tvcuty-sS /
miles the second at iho end Of two hundred and /
sixteen miles In both cases the failure was due /
60 blindness coming upon the rider