Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-08-16
Weekly News summary.

IN
r,u hot weather has been killing the fish in the
Teams about Gettysburg by thousands, In some
,.,aces making the air unbearabc O.. The fourth
,,d coach furore has reached Paris and the
uaronesa Rothschild drives her own mail-coach,
and il called a capital whip. . The health Of the
,,,ince Of Wales is not what loyal Britons could
,isb II 10 be. aud little shadow has been cast
,hereby upon the spirits Of London society.
uey u Eplinton Barr, Of the Elleardsyile MO-
r,isconal church. Is suspended from the ministry
far three years, because Of m over-fondness for
l,onor and ladies Highway robbers in some
rar,s Of Persia are punished by being placed IN
,,,ick cylinders which are filled with liouid plas.
TOR that hardens long before the wretches can
die The Frankfort CKyJ yeoman repeats H.
,eoent statement that Governor rilden Is soon to
marry a Kentucky lady, now residing In Alabama
and this time gives her name Mrs Todd. OF
Ituutsyille Ala. Professor IIalford's system Of
injecting ammonia into the veins ~ cure for
snake bite il coming into general use in Australia.
where he has saved many lives . The total loss
by fire in the United States and Canada for the
mast six months Of 1876 was thirty-six million
seven hundred and twenty-ono thousand dollars
thonand dollars for the same timo last wear
Of this. twenty million three hundred and ffty-
seven thousand dollars falls ON insurance com
pane- against twenty two million five hundred
and nncty-two thousand dollars last year,.
, healthy young girl at Reading. Pa had her
photograph taken, short time since in which a
rose at her throat was 20 shaded a. 10 represent
skull In q few days two other skulls appeared
On the picture, which ~ frightened the girl that
4he sickened and died ... A Whitehall q. w.
dispatch reports that on Sunday afternoon Of last
week ten persons were swamped and drowned
while crossing Putnams pond, Essex county
twelve miles from Crown Point, near lrouville
1t is stated that the Turkish army now
equipped and Ia the field numbers three hundred
thousand men. Entries Tor the international
dog show ut Philadelphia are to remain open I'M
Oh September LIST 4 COW was found last week
standing stark and still in a pasture in Maine
She had been struck by lightning, Killed, but not
thrown 10 the ground The catholics In Boston
have wisely decided to discontinue the hiring Of
carriages for funeral professions except for the
chief mourners, and to give the money which a
costly funeral requires to the widow aud children
An Fast Canaan woman has got the better 81
cellar . The Beecher party have reached the
White mountains Dr.. Tie supreme court at Con-
cord sustained the exceptions " the counsel for
lapage. who was convicted In Jannary. of the
murder Of Io,io Iansmaid. al Pembroke. and
ordered new trial Some Of the leading life
Insurance companies Of Hartford are said to be
writing only from i've 10 ten new policies daily.
the dull times having terribly bad effect ON life
business The average age Of the sixiy-two
Congregational ministers who died In 1879 vas
,xty-two years aud three months. average minis
teral service. thirty -one year. and five month.
Rev. Jackson blackburn. colored preacher.
delivered tho Fourth Of July Grafton at Rock
Island Ill None of his hearers listened 10 him
more intentlv than M. former master. Mir T. J..
Mitchell Hartford i. getting ready for the
four DAYS meeting Of the American Board. which
begins October "A. add Rev. Dr. " NJ Tayior.
Of New York +, engaged for die animal sermon
The openinr Of fine coffin ~ a ,onn, man Al
Derry. who died u,irty.three year. ago. disclose.
the .npplar fact that DAD. hair ma. ro,yn ont t,,o
feet or more aud 1. heavy. bright and fresh
The usual number OF matrimonial engagement.
between cadets and very yonpr ladie. are re-.
ported from West Print These eupaeemcnt.
usually last six weeks. and end ia what children
call 81" big CRYING spell 4 man named VII.
lIams was Shot and killed at Tamworth. H. by
Mr. Conn. owner OF a pond in which the former
was about 10 battle. Of. The expectation Of grain
q. now very large, the Liverpool steamer. last
week carry over two hundred aud dity thou
sand bushels Report. received at the Wai
Department from General sheridan state that
many Of the Indians now coming into the reserya-
tons carry arms captured from the seventh
cavalry In the late Custer massacre Potter
Palmer. Of the Palmer House. Chicago. whore "a,
widows Of General Custer. Captains Yates. Smith
and Calhoun, whose husbands we're killed viii
Custer have been guests, has started snb-crip
ton for them which will reach three Thousand
dollars Mrs Custer il very much Frustrated. b..
Iowa iuries hold that Ia ease = marriage engage
uent is broken the parties most return all pres
ents or their worth in money. Lady Smith
widow Of Sir james Smith, President Of th'
linn5an Society Of London, ha- entered her one
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