Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-04-05
Weekly News Summary.

Wtthil NtWh
Tns consolidated Virginia mine yielded the un-
precedcnted sum Of two million eight hundred thou
sand dollars In February. There II at present
A large exodus Of negroes from Tennessee, Kansas
being tho happy land IA single vessel left Mo.
bile few days ago en- route TO Liverpool with six
thousand two hundred and thirty-seyen bales Of cot
ton worth four hundred and eleven thousand four
hundred and FIVE dollars a yagmnt who had
been fined regularly every week for begging, re-
qucsted the magistrate 10 fine him by the year at
reduced rates Tho Smithsonian Institution is
making a collection Of specimens Of all the ami
mails Of the United States that are hunted or
trapped for economical purposes. aud also Of the
different apparatus used In their capture by hun
tiers aud sl,ortsmen. Columbus, Ca. Is now
running tldrty-f,e thousand spindlcs and one
thousand looms, besides many iron and ether in.
dustria enterprises. co.. A Georgian who wanted
to present n Liverpool friend with some fresh
specimens Of Savannah shad had couple enclosed
in the center Of a block Of ice one hundred and
.isty-fve pounds in weight, in which novel pack
ng-case they were shipped to England AIrs.
Charles DUDE, Of Maiden, Ont, got fifteen dollars
from the Queen Tor her industry in producing trip
lets in February, 1915 Thus encouraged, She
fifteen children, including triplets once and twins
four times ...A q" lady correspondent at Wash
ington was recently caught in the act Of ATTEMPT
ing to steal photograph Of Mrs. Bekuap from
the album Of Mrs Bhstow The correspondent
had been offered one hundred and twenty-five
dollars Tor the photograph by the managers Of
one Of the New iofl, illustrated papers,. And
now they are finding ont that Mrs Bellnap hasn't
been so very extrtvagant after an somebody
who processes to know says she hasn't had but
one new dress the past season, all her other
toilets belonging TO the troussoau she brought
from Paris, two years ago. Weston the walk
ist has won his most satisfactory triumphs in
England His great feat Of walking two hundred
and seyenty-five miles 10 soyenty-hye hours was
done finely, with three minutes 10 spare, bis COM
petitor Rowell, having made only one hundred
and seyenty-fye miles In sustained endurance
he wakes en- iearfully. A recent gale from the
northeast, which prevailed for week, drove bach
the water in Niagam river To such remarkable
extent that rocks below the falls which are
usually twenty feet under the water stuck out
like mountains the river between Goat island
and Prospect park could easily be forded and the
great Horseshoe fall lost fully two-thirds Of it,
immense body Of water. a Washington CORES
londent knows Of a woman ia Washington-or
she says she does-who occupies the distinguished
position Of wife To an NJ G., and who has not
-ilk dress in her entire wardrobe The CORES
pendent pretends TO say that the NJ C. aforesaid
really rose 10 the occasion Of suggesting that
siiken gown should he had, this season but this
exceptionally prudent dame replied that she had
lived in Washington several years without one
and did not think the present season Of bard times
appropriate for such Indulgence. .. A lecturer
lasts five years. according 10 Miss Lillian Edgar
ton, and then goes hence. ..A mau 10 Concord
y. G., received postal card the other day, the
first one he ever saw and yainly essayed to open
H. letter from Pere llyacinthe dated Geneva,
switzerland says De shall have 10 decline numer-
Gus invitations which have been sent h him to
visit America The Sultan has just made tile
physician who cured him Of his e.,rbunele gem
enl Of division, and the recipient OF four thousand
dollars In gold. EN-secretary Of state Warner
II Massachusetts, is engaged ina the preparation of
history Of the college. Of Massachusetts, for the
Centennial Exhibition Me- William T. Stone
has been appointed by the United State. Cen
tennial Commission Centennial Historian for
New York state '... Invitations arc coming to
Messrs Moody and sauircy from many Of the
principal cities OF the West and Southwest Even
san Francisco has put in a bid but the uniform
answer which the Eyangeiist- send 30 Que and all
is, that they will do what they can 70 respond to
their wishes in due time but for the present they
are not free ~ commit themselye-. Two rail-
way carriages have beon built ia Brussels nj
cost Of forty thousand dollars Tor the of Queen
Victoria during her travels on the continent ...
The members Of the Irish Rife Association have
unanimously voted TO accept the invitation Of the
National Rifle Association Of America 10 compete
for the championship u the world Mr. Harriet
Beecher Stowe made one thousand three hundred
dollars from her orange grove in Florida last
summer 4 Boston Journal SAYS that New
York spends two million dollars year for flowers
alone, and for plants and fruits three million dol
lars more. A boiling lake, two miles in circum-
ference has been found in the island Of Dominica
It is on the top Of a wooded mountain. aud Is two
thousand five hundred feet above the level of the
sea-. A hun.er shot a wild turkey near Nash
VILE Tenn, recently, and whenhe went o. pick it
up found lying near il O half-dccay ed pair Of sad
dle-bags in which were thIriy-sx thousand dol
lars In gold and bonds The monster eighty -one
ton gun which Is being enlarged from fourteen
and one-hali inch diameter 10 sixteen inches half
an inch at q time has been tested with favorable
results at the ffteen-inch diameter The problem
the committee has 20 answer was submitted by
the British Admiralty in is13 namely, to make a
gun which can penetrate twenty inches " solid
iron, strongly backed at distance of one thou
sand yarls Major noble the great arsenal au-
thoriy, has calculated that this gun, when Wild
ened 10 sxteen-inch bore, will throw a shot Of
one thousand eight hundred pounds with such
velocity As To penetrate, at one thousand yards
range an iron-clad ship protected with twenty