The Newtown bee., 1877-10-11
COUNTY, STATE AND GENERAL
 NEWS ~s7

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 There are nineteen women's Christian temperance unions in Vermont,
 Prof. William Everett of Harvard Col lege is writing biography of his'father, Edward Everett u.E 0.
 The Rev. Hubbard Minter eloped from Nelson Ky, with fourteen year old girl, deserting his aged wife.
 A child thus defines gossip: "It's when nobody don't do nothing, and somebody goes and tells of it." i,.
 Moody seems to be uncertain in his movements. It is now his intention to labor month in Vermont, in company with Major Whittle.
 The Russian Government is providing corrugated iron tents for 150, 900 troops in Bulgaria English contractors will make them. .,r.a
 At Houston, Tex as. a white man was fined .$1 and costs for saying toa. pass ing mulatto girl that he would like to kiss her &&btE 2
 Archbishop Bayley, of the Roman Catholic church, dis6 Oct. Sd, in Newark N, J. In earlylife he was clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal church.
 The railroads in Minnesota are unable to carry her crops to market fast enough. All the elevators and warehouses are glutted. ae.., .- -
 A building has been erected near Brig ham Young's grave for the shelter of a party of men who keep continued guard over it day and'nlght, s.rs. en
 The State of Connecticut paid, Oc- tober 1st the half yearly coupons on $2 209 eco of it's debt The whole amount of interest and dividends thus paid out will amount to $266 288. & 'sss
 :zinfendel grapes bring $te a ton, and the common varieties $l0, at the Napa vineyards. The California Fruit Compa- ny expect to ship to the East this season 240 tons of grapes in refrigerator cars
 Hearing was suddenly acquired by John Burt of Crown Point, N. T.. by an explosion in mine. ITe had been deaf and,dumb since his birth, lie is now slowly learning to talk.
 A miner at Balarat was so elated on striking rich deposit of gold that be kissed the first woman he met; but his excuse was not deemed good by the wo- man noripy the magistrate, who fined him. .,..... ......
 The strongest hold that the Chinese have upon California, is in respect to cookery and domestic work, but proprie- tors of intelligence offices in san Fran cisco say that many housenolders, par ticularly ranchers. are discharging Chi nese and employing white cooks. .a.4
 Among the novelties of the coming Paris exhibition wilIlbe youth,of four teen with feet shaped precisely like his hands. He can use them for the same purpose'and plays upon the piano with both hands and feet, having peculiar chair which enables him to curl his body into the necessary position. He is a very good performer, and speaks both English and German. His French is yet imperfect
 At last accounts, Alfred H. Want, the Washington Constable, shot through the e!lungs by tramp, Tuesday, wap still living, and the physicians had some hopes of his recovery, It was at the house of Mr. Malett, in. Roxbury, that the tramp obtained his breakfas and displayed his revolver. When he left, MT. Mallett called on Constable Abbott I for assistance. and the two men started in pursuit Near the Washington depot they called upon Constable Want, who was at work in field, and he came ouj and headed off the tramp, while the others approached from the other side, Wyant's dog first stopped the progress of the Tramp, who thereupon fired upon \ inc dog, but missed him. When Wyanl was within about 10 feet the tramp fired at him, the ball entering the Constable'i right lung. Notwithstanding his wound Wyani seized the fellow, and the lattel had the pistol against his breast ready t fire again when Abbott and Mallett pre- vented him. The tramp gives his nams as Craig. l In Fritztown, Pa, livesa man who is insensible to pain which usually attends I the s.iug of bees, wasps, and hornsts He can take the honey from the bee hives without either stupefying or de struying the bees He destroys all the hornets and yellow jackets nests that h' caa find. and although frequently cover ed by the insects which have alightet upon him in swarms, he has never beer known to finch On getting hold of hornets nest, he empiies it by sshakinl the hornets out of the aperture.