Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-02
Weekly News SUMMARY.

Edison is worth 100000, and his yearly in
come from patents H. 10000.
THE Louisiana orange crop bids fair tqbe the
largest and finest ever known
NEWSPAPERS are used in many schools in the
West instead Of reading books
REV Dir. MINER accepts the Prohibitory nom
ination for Governor Of Massachusetts.
Two negro girls in Early, Ga, held playmate
under water for fun until life was extinct
THE Boston lSiapdard, the organ Of the green
back party Of Massachusetts has suspended
A ROCHESTER, physician is urgent against the
tomato. lie thinks that it is source Of cancer
THE English sparrows have attacked the crap
crop in New York and are causing much damage
THF Italian newspapers publish a letter from
Garibaldi to the young men Of Genoa, calling on
them to prepare for war with Austria.
EMrFRoRs are nervous nowadays. man was
arrested in Vienna for attempting to throw a
harmless bundle into the imperial carriage
NINE hundred barrels Of alcohol were shipped
from New York to Marseilles last week It will
come back in the shape of French brandy"
TwENrY-FouR sacks Of newspaper mail have
have been burned by the health officer ut Mos.
quito, Texas. The department will investigate
the matter
A YOUNG daughter Of H. Mailman Of Rome.
Mich was horribly manged by pet bear last
week, which tore one thigh nearly to pieces The
child will die,
ST. ions, y. B., has so far recovered from its
helpessnesS after its great fire that it has con-
tributed three thousand dollars to the yellow
fever sufferers.
A LONDON dispatch states that three cases Of
gunpowder exploded in St Gothard Tunnel on
| the 25th killing ten workmen and terribly injur-
ing several others
BILL LANGLEY the Texan desperado has been
sentenced to be hanged. lie thanked the Judge
and jury for their courtesy and invited them to be
present at the execution.
A RAILROAD train ran into a funeral procession
in Brooklyn the other day, killing four persons
and wounding two. The engineer and conductor
were placed under arrest
TT is stated that two thousand three hundred
and eighty children were turned away from the
doors Of the New York city public schools because
there room inside for them.
THEODORE TnToN, who has just returned from
Europe, left his daughters Alice and Florence to
finish their studies in Germany, the one being de-
voted to painting and the other to music.
CAPTAIN BRlrrEN, of the Clarence Bicycle Club
rode from London TO Bath and back, two hun
dred and twelve miles, in twenty-three hours and
ffty-fve minutes, including halts for refreshment
THE Cinnamon of san Francisco are again en-
deavoring to stop the cutting off of queues in the
prisons Of that city 4 test case is being made Of
La
$4,000 damages
SHEEP-KIIl.ING dogs invariably attack the necks
Of their victims to sever the arteries aud drink the
blood, 50 an inventor has designed collar with
sharp protecting points, which effectually protects
the sheep from his foe.
An Augusta, Ga, dentist has invented very
ingenious and useful little turbine water wheel to
be used in dental work 1t is hardly larger than
a silver dollar, but will give drill forty-six hun
bred revolutions a minute
DURING the past year diphtheria has prevailed
all over Nova Scotia, and large numbers of CHI
dren have died At River Philep, Cumberland
county, within two or three weeks, eight children
Of family of eleven have died
RUSSELL county, KY, breads the coming OF
squirrels more than the yellow fever The corn
crop was destroyed last year; only half a crop is
raised this year, and the farmers are now afraid
that the pests are coming again.
Ar the end Of more than week upward of one
hundred of the victims of the Princess Alice dis
=, ''7 - If',''o VIC
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ION rriuay morning was fourteen degrees ABOVE
zero Inc ice an" ifosl formations were very
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VINO cal upon farmer oS'ehsloiy 10 OBTAIN su'-
ts'les lor the agreul'utal oureau' lheS remain
10 dinner or overnight ana insist upon paying