Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-05-12
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

|
1t is calculated that the whole surface Of
our globe has been dug over 1873 times to
bury its dead.
There will be 756 votes in the Cincinnati
Convention, making the number necessary to
a nomination $40.
Piper has confessed to three atrocious
crimes-the murder of little Mabel Young
aud the Landergan girl, and the murderous
assault upon Mary Tyner in Oxford street.
Eggs in France are sold at different prices
by the dozen, according to the size, which is
verified by passing them through rings of
different diameters to test their size and
value.
1t is proposed to attach storm flags to the
locomotives Of passenger trains, which will
be announced by three sharp whistles every
few miles, to warn the farmers of approach
ing storms.
Tue Molly Maguircs Of Pennsylvania are
said to be a branch Of the Ancient Order of
Hibernans, and they are sworn to murder
any person obnoxious to the order. None
but Catholic Irishmen can be members.
The debut of Miss Anna Dickinson upon
the dramatic stage in her own play of ga
Grown Of Thorns" was made Monday even.
ing at the Globe Theator, Boston, before
the largest audience ever in the building
Rev. w. w. Andrews, priest of the SIX
teenth Street Catholic Church, New York,
astonished his hearers, the other evening, by
saying in his sermon that "The Pope OF
Rome has received more homage than should
be given to any ordinary man."
A three card monte swindler was elected
from Union Pacific Railway car, and sued
the company The knave did not receive
much sy mpathy, the court holding that the
railway employees we're justified in protect.
ing the passengers from thieves.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart objects to having
any life of her late husband published
Messrs. Appleton & Co., who announced a
biography of Mr.. Stewart by Gen. j. G..
Wilson, have decided to comply with this
unreasonable request. If well written, such
a book would be interesting and valuable.
Mr.. Stewart was often requested to give
facts for q complete sketch, but he declined,
and hence the amount Of ridiculous fiction
which appeared in some of the New York
papers at the time Of his death.
The following is said to be the origin Of
the disturbance at Salonica, Turkey. The
American Consul was at the railway sta
ton when his attention was attracted by
the cries of Christian girl. She was sur.
rounded by q score Of Mussulmaus who
wanted to take her forcbly to a mosque
The Consul took the girl under his protec.
ton while seeking for information as to her
nationality. The German and French Con.
sus were separately informed that woman
belonging to their respective nations had
been dragged into mosque. They conse-
quently repaired to the mosque, where they
were beaten to death.
An enthusiastic young democrat Of Indian
apolis boosted that he could stand nearer the
cannon's mouth than any other man while
the salute was being fired in honor Of the
nomination of Williams for governor fort
night ago. He stood only ten feet in adj
vance of, and but three feet on one side of,
the gun. During the following night his
head began to feel quite singular, and grad.
ually his entire body was more or less
affected, until one half OF it has become par
alyzed, and the attending physician thinks it
ysis originated from a conclusion Of the
brain.
The Khedive of Egypt, who has been con.
sidered one Of the richest men in the world,
being the personal owner of great part
OF his own dominions, is in reality, according
to MIR. Caves report poor man, possessed
OF very large but very heavily encountered
estate. lie owns 100000 acres of good
land, and 100000 acres of poor land or
about oue-tenth the cultivated soil OF Egypt,
yielding to him Gl22 900 year in round
6gures-a very noble estate if it were only
clear. But the Khedive owes $4,000, 900
on this estate at ten per cent. per annum,
besides floating debt at enormous interest
and is, therefore, loser on his whole prop
erty.
Snowman Barnum isn't SO sharp but that
Prof. Marsh Of Yale college recently got a
good bargain out Of him. lie had left LOT
of Central American idols that he had used
in one of his shows with New Haven mer.
chant to sell, and Prof. Marsh bought them
for $3.50. Barnum not knowing what had
happened, met the professor, one day, and
said he had lot of old idols for sale that
cost him $1,000, but, 1.-THE fact is" said Mr..
Barnum, "that, the FIRST day after their ar.
rival in New Haven, some fellow came in
and offered the man in whose charge they
were left $3.50 for the whole collection, and
got them" 81 am the fellow" said Prof
Marsh and he says the idols are worth faI
more than they cost the Snowman.
Alaska equals in extent seventy-four stItes
| 4
Of our country west of the Rocky Mountains
as east of the Mississippi river, A belt foul
hundred miles wide from Lake Superior tC
the Pacific equals in territory England
Scotland, ireland, France, Spain, Portugal
Prussia, Austria, Denmark, Norway and
Sweden. Our whole domain equals fouI
hundred and thirty states the size of Massa.
} chusetts, and seven hundred aud thirty tive
: Of the size Of Connecticut. The states O
! Illinois and Iowa equal the area Of Prussia
Texas exceeds France and nine states thu
size of Massachusetts it is as large a,
thirty-fve states like Massachusetts, or twu
hundred and ten like Rhode Island. Min
nosota is eighteen times the size of Con
hectcut. Almost half our domain is yet il
/ territories
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Connecticut river valley fair will b
held at Claremont, September 5, 6 and 7.
The young imposter Jimmie Blanchard
. alias Charlie Ross, is again on his travels.
| The senior class in Tilden ladies' seminar
= -l3 in numbor-have voted to appear i
: calico dresses at their graduation in June
William Cullen Bryant has declined tn
s invitation to deliver poem before the unite
!. literary societies of Dartmouth college, com
n mencement week.
q j, b. Parker known to the public in cor
! nection with the Parker riot case in whic
d students were concerned, has sold his book
store in this place and will leave town.