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

A trunk containing from $4,000 to 500.
600 worth Of jewelry was stolen from the
cars between Worcester and New York
Saturday night, The thieves entered the
baggage car and transferred the check from
the trunk to 40 old black bag, aud left the
jewelry man in the lurch.
1t is alleged that the poor widow Of one
Of Clusters lieutenants was appointed post
mistress at Highland Falls Village, N. Y,
but that her commission was withheld by the
Postmaster General, aud finally given to n
wealthy resident Of the village.
A young married man in Manchester, N.
H., and young woman he was speaking to
on the street last Saturday evening, were
severely stabbed by an unknown female, who
disappeared 10 tho darkness.
The town Of Olarksburg, Mrss, is agtated
over the alleged discovery Of financial ir-
regularity on the part of town officials,
amounting to several thousands Of dollars.
The reply Of the United States state de-
partment TO the formal notification by Tur-
key Of tho existence of war between the
Porte and Russia is brief, aud to the effect
that the United States will continue to &C.
cupy a strictly neutral position toward the
belligerents A similar reply will be fur
Dished Russia, which has communicated like
information. Mr.. Boxer, minister to Russia,
will return to ST. Petersburgh toward the end
Of this month.
A tidal wave five feet high camo rushing
ashore from Lake Erie at Port Stanley, Ont,
at five yesterday morning, accompanied by
Vko II
few minutes, and as quickly receded; it was
followed at intervals for an hour by waves a
foot or more high. There was very little
wind at the time, the lake in general being
almost calm.
About the hardest luck with lawyers we
ever heard of was that which recently befell
q Louisiana darky. He was found to have a
500 bill, and was not unnaturally arrested
on suspicion Of having stolen it. He got a
lawyer to defend him, aud proved that il was
his own money, but his counsel wanted all
but $40 of the sum for his services, which
made the negro SO mad that he left the whole
with him.
Prof. Riley Of the chronological commits.
sion reports that where is no danger thi:
: year in Texas and Kansas from grasshoppers
as their eggs have hatched and their pro
duets have been killed by the cold, rainy
weather. There are belts of country where
the eggs have not all Matched as yet, but the
hoppers will not be so dangerous even wher
they do hatch as heretofore, as they will con
Q themselves to small areas, and farmers car
5 destroy them by watchfulness and perso
Q verance.
l There we're three deaths under one UNI
brela at Newburg, N. g., on the last SUNDAY
evening in April. At the close of the ser
l. vice at the colored Bethel church thunder
: storm passed over the town, and two younl
Q girls took refuge under a colored brother
umbrella, which had steel handle. Their
I was vivid flash, and in an instant Their
: were three lifeless bodies PROSTATE on tn
sidewalk The cover of the umbrella wa
partly burned
A curious phenomenon occurred at Aspin
wal on the Isthmas lately. The beach a
u that point was found one morning covered
+ for mile or more, with deposit of q deep
vivid-indigo. blue-something resembling
| broad ribbon stretched along the limits o
h high tide A close examination revealed thu
fact that this blue deposit consisted Of mil
lions Of peculiar, fiat, shapeIess sort OF jel
ly.6sh, smaller than the hand, rounded il
;, contour, with slightly raised ridge runnin,
- what would seem to be fore aud aft over tt,
back. The next day all the bright colo
$ had faded out, and the gelatinous deposit
u although giving out strong, unpleasant odor
l. dried up and soon disappeared.