Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1876-01-28

One thousand houses were lately burned
at Foo Chow, China.
John II. Halves, United States consul at
Hakodadi, Japan, died at Yokohama on the
10Th of December. lie was native of
New York
Two Japanese steamers belonging to the
line between Yokohama aud Hong Kong
recently collided; one was sunk and twenty.
four lives lost.
A recent explosion Of 6re.damp in coal
mine at Takashima, Japan, caused the death
Of 80 miners.
The Central Pacific railroad trains arc
blocked in the snow near Wells Station,
Utah. Trains on the Northern road are also
blockaded by snow.
No Chinese bank has failed for 500 years
When the last failure took place the officers
heads were cut off and flung into corner
with the other assets. A good thing to
bear in mind.
Twenty.four wild geese got frozen in while
taking rest in a cove 10 Seneca river, On-
ondaga county, N. Y daring recent cold
snap aud farmer secured the entire lot.
The London Times thinks the defeat of
Holmans motion against specie payments
ioreshadows the enforcement of the iDHa-
ZIONIST section of the democrats at the next
election.
A strange scene was enacted at Barbours-
vile, West Virginia, Sunday. A man had
been murdered by his wife aud her para.
mour: they were arrested and aiterward
taken from the Jail by a mob. Both con.
tessed their crime, and the man was hanged
There was not a man in the crowd who was
willing to put the moose over the woman's
neck, SO she was taken back to Jail.
A singular conhagration occurred lately
in West Chester, N. Y. A Mr. Daniel
Smith, farmer, was cartng a load Of hay
to White Plains. 10 passing down steep
hill he discovered that the hay was all
ablaze, and soon found that the fire caught
from the friction Of the fire Of the tire Of tn e
wheel upon the fender under the shelving
He lost his hay and his whiskers and the
horses lost their tails.
One of the most startling cases Of forgeres
or rather long series Of iorgeries has just
come to light IN Boston. Rec Il. d. Wins
low, proprietor Of the Boston Daily News
| aud treasurer of the Boston Post company,
has obtained many thousand dollars in money
from banks aud private individuals, upon
forged endorsements, and left the country
probably for Brazil. Forged notes, any
amount of them, almost are coming to light
3 showing the great extent Of his swindlInl
operations.
A frightful accident occurred at Helliken,
Switzerland on Christmas day, IN which ~
persons we're killed and 40 seriously wounded
About 800 of the villagers aud their friends
had assembled to see the distribution Of gifts
! aud share the supper provided at the school
, house. This was a large two-storied build
, ing, aud all the preparations had been made
= on the second floor, which was the chic
. school room, and was approached by stall
at one end Of the building, with landing
, from it at each story. Stairs and landings
), from top to bottom, were crowded, and tn,
schooi-master with difficulty, made his way
i up to open the door. AS he turned the key
q crash aud cry were heard The beam
supporting the upper landing gave way aud
4 fell, carrying both 1t and the stairs down with
!, all their occupants, and crushing those on the
:, first floor, where the rest Of the woodwork
, gave way under the shock, and precipitated
the whole company, mixed with pieces Of
E timber, into one mass jammed together a
the bottom, and choking the door. Attempt
: we're first made in vain to haul out the sup
n eriucumbent beams by ropes from above, and
N at last, ladders being thought Of, the few
n who were able climbed up and escaped BY
E the windows after which the slow process o
a breaking in and clearing out the corpses ant
wounded occupied their friends several weary
a hours some Of the bodies being so crushed a,
q to be hardly recognizable.
h NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Col Daniel Hall of Dover has been re
u elected chairman Of the republican stat
committee for the third time.
/, Samuel Muzzey of Laconia was kicked t.
!. death by horse, last Saturday, aud wa
found in the stable horribly mutiIated
o The graduating class at the Maucheste
o high school will wear calico in recognition
!. of the centennial year, when they leav
!. school, next summer.
t Enfield, furnishes the latest horror. Las
h September young son Of Francis S. Gowd
i. mysteriously disappeared, and with him tn
hired man and 81 900 in money The bod
It of the murdered boy has been discovered.
Il: The tax collector Of Peterboro has begu
% the sale OF the First national banks propert
t which refuses to pay its tax for three year
n and interest, but the concern bids ia tn
t. property and will appeal to the Unite
l. States supreme court.
=, ~ A sad and perhaps fatal accident occurre,
II at the gold mines in Lyman, on the 18th
} Two brothers were engaged in blasting, whe
= stone was disodged from overhead, break
-, , ing both bones of ones ankle and so iuurin
u u the other fellow that he lay insensible Il
y twenty -four hours.
The Sturtevant Manufacturing Co ha,
m been unable to close up large job whic
m they have on their hands and got their pa
Al according to contract, aud their pay roll
a. greatly behind. The officers Of the compau
"A state that the whole transaction will prot
- ably be turned over to another COMPANY
a enabling them to pay off next week. Shoul
"a this plan fail, they will be obliged to shl
down.
A large amount of dry goods, grocerie
tobacco, ETC., belonging to the Vernon
Central railroad, was found concealed in I'll
in cellar of man named Somers living at We
ly Lebanon, aud his vile aud daughter wei
arrested. Somers, is one of gang
b. thieves who steal property at White Rv
"a Junction on the Vermont side and take
J.. over into New Hampshire, and four of the
have been arrested