Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-05-17
Weekly News Summary.

Tmr Pope was eighty-iour years old on satur-
day last e.. bribery among japanese officials will
hereafter be punished with decapitation II
has been decided 10 send class Of twelve Young
japanese to India To be instructed In the methods
II manipulating black tea. In the now rnver-
-ity opened Mt Bristol, England, instructions in all
except strictly medical subjects will be free 10
mcn and women alike. In the country about
Rome, when degenerate Italian has been forced
to do little work, his form Of complaint IL, &" II
il work TT only for a woman There are about
i've hundred Indians Ia Florida, where they in.
habit the Everglades, and are believed to hold a
few negroes in bondage They make pets Of their
pigs, and the porkers follow them like dogs.
4 Wisconsin editor illustrates the prevailing ex-
tnyagance Of the people Of the present day by
calling attention to the costly baby carriages in
use now while, when lac was n baby, they hauled
him around by the hair of the head. The heirs
10 ox-Prosdent Andrew Johnson have obtained
the remainder Of his money on deposit at the Ma
tional bank in Washington when it failed, two
years ago-beng nearly all his savings, OF about
-ixty thousand dollars .. The full bench Of the
supreme court has at last put m end to the much.
disputed case Of the Old South church at Boston.
by confirming the recent decision that the property
may be sold Thomas Doddridge editor Of the
Quebec Sior has been fined one hundred dollars
and sen. 10 Jail for two months at hard labor. for
criminal iihol..,.A photograph Of young lady
In France recently revealed spots which were not
visible on the lady's face. little later the spot.
lid appear, and she died of the smallpox The
reach crop Of Michigan will be- fun one, and the
other crops arc all promising. O.. The Halifax H.
from three hundred thousand to fonr hundred
thousand Ia very good average A large num-
bcr Of New York liquor dealers have been indicted
Tor iraud.....A vigilance committee has been
organized In brooklyn to hunt up burglars and
inurderors. one hundred and eight members
Il Parliament have already signed the memorial
asking for the release of fenian prisoner
They tell Of an old ady IN Raleigh " g. in her
niucty-eghth year, who had been blind for soy
oml years mp 10 a few months ago, when her
sight suddenly returned and She has lately cut"
SIS new teeth The Rev Mr. Sturgeon. OF
London, has again declined the invitation Of
Boston lecture bureau 20 lecture Ia this country
The Emperor of Brazil give. thirty minutes
90 bis dinner, and insists that every thing shall be
placed upon the table nc once instead Of being
served Ia COURSES. Montreal Is 20 be- the next
principal objective point Of Messrs Moody and
,aukey. Kate Field made her first appearance
on The London stag on Wednesday hst, in the
character of Nolante in the Honeymoon. and
won a very marked success Mrs Anna Cham
hers Ketchum, the Southern poet, known a. the
author Of the Bonnie Blue Flag Bonnie"
and other poems, has entered convent in Ken
lucky. It is thought that the execution Of Piper
m lIaft tirflf fs.a 4
20 feel better since the latest story was given 10
the public and is preparing TO die Miss Dick. |
insou lost one Of her mos, valuable diamonds from
ia setting during her performance at the Globe
Theatre. In Boston. last week bu, IL ,,a. found |