Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1877-05-18
GENERAL NEWS.

Governor Rice Of Massachusetts, has vetoed
the Local Option bill and the Senate sus.
tanned the veto.
The town Of Iquique, Peru, was destroyed
by an earthquake on Thursday, the 10th
inst
The long looked for steamer City Of Brus-
sells is safe. She broke her shaft April 23d,
and proceeded under sail. She is expected
to reach her destination this week.
1t is alleged that New York spectators
have already swludled the Government out
Of $4,000 on newspaper advertising con.
tracts.
To aid him in breaking of the habit Of to-
bacco chewing, an Onondaga county IN. r.
man had all his teeth extracted.
West Epping N. H., has case Of mystic.
rious disappearance. A young lady sudden.
y disappeared a week ago, and has not been
heard from SINCE
After a careful perusal OF his obituaries,
Aleck Stephens is said to have declared that
from them he has learned of incidents of his
| life and traits of character Of which hitherto
he has been ignorant.
A Swedish Lutheran college at St. Peter,
Mimi, has Just closed its first year with
a satisfactory examination it has been at
tended during part or the whole of the
year by AZ young men and young women,
from IA counties.
The l09th annual banquet Of the New
York Chamber of Commerce occurred at
Delmouco's Monday night. Among the Dis
tinguished guests were President Hayes,
William Cullen Bryant, William M. Evarts,
Rev. Richard Storrs, ID. d., ex-Gov. Hoff-
man, Carl Schurz, Gen. Shuman, Mayor Ely,
Gen. Hancock, John Jay, and Commodore
Nicholson, U. S. N. Addresses were made
by President Hayes, William NJ. Evarts,
Carl Schurz and others.
There was disastcrous FIRE at ST. Ste
phens, N. b., Monday afternoon, involving
loss of 100000.
The Rochester Paper Oompauy's factories
at Rochester, N. Y, were burned Monday
night; loss about 100000.
A 100000 fire occurred Monday morn
ing at Stevens Point, Wis.
The Globe Insurance Company of Boston
after an existence Of eighteen months, has
decided to wind up its affairs on account of
the hard times. 1t is believed the stock
holders will receive about 80 per cent Of their
investments.
A party Of tramps captured an Erie rail-
road train, at Riverton, N, j., last week,
and it was only after lively battle that the
train-hands recovered possession.
Women journalists are said to be more
numerous in Philadelphia than any other
city in the country. About every daily in
the city has one or more on its staff.
A collision occurred Monday afternoon on
the Boston and Maine Railway at South
| Lawrence Junction between two locomotives,
one attached to freight train. One tender
and box car loaded with -four were wrecked.
No one was injured.
Secretary Sherman thinks the prospects
for resumption of specie payments in 1879
are good.
The contractors for laying stone payments
in the streets ofQuebec having employed coun-
try instead Of city laborers, the latter at
tackled the countrymen and drove them from
their work. The police did not interfere.
General Hawley, Director G0sh0rn and
Assistant Secretary Asch Of tho Centennial
Commission have been knighted by the
King of Holland for oourteses extended to
representatives Of Holland during the Elk.
hibition.
A Minneapolis man asks $4,000 dana.
ges Of wealthy widow for not marrying him.
He says that she promised to do so, aud he
gave up his business Of liquor.selling to
please her, thus causing his bankruptcy.
A singular accident happened 10 mill at
Oswego N. T., the other day. A workman
who wears very long beard was at work
over shaft, when it caught his beard
aud wound it round and round in au
instant. Another workman thrust heavy
stick into the cogs, stopping the shaft, else
the mans neck would inevitable have been
broken.
10 the fall of 1874, Mrs. w. S. Pool of
Bedford, Nd, swallowed pin, which after
ward moved all over her body, making known
its whereabouts by occasoning her intense
pain aud some times commissions. Last week
ii perforated the skin Of her throat, and she
pulled it out.