Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-07-17
Weekly News Summary.

THE Presidents private secretary, Mr. Rogers,
is dangerously IN with consumption, and 1t is
feared that he will not long survive.
TURKEY has expressed willingness to conclude
treaty with England for the abolition OF the
slave trade in the Ottoman dominions.
SAILOR was whipped at the whipping post
at Hampton, Va, on Saturday by negro con-
stable under the new law for stealing.
AMONG the mechanical toys at the Paris Ex-
position are dolls that swim, dive, and tread
water, after the most approved human style.
THE indications at the Treasury Department
continue to show that the government is making
every possible effort to prepare for resumption.
THE suns rays generated gas in a whiskey bar
rel in n liquor store at Steubenvlle, Ohio and the
barrel exploded, killing the son Of the proprietor.
THERE is great moral lesson contained in this
fact: One reason why more people did not get
into the ark is that Noah neglected to advertise in
the weekly papers
SECRETARY EvARrs has had neat monument
made with the money Congress voted, to be placed
over the grave Of Thomas jefferson, and it will
shortly be erected.
THE extensive works of the oleomargarne COM
pany at Cambrdgeport, Mass, managed by John
Reardon h Son, were burned ON the morning of
the 10th. Loss S30OO
FIVE to six hundred discharges in the Patent
Office have just been made Most Of those dis
charged were females. A reduction in the APP
preparations caused the discharges.
THERE were in this country in 1871 1GG0OO
liquor dealers licensed by the United States gov
If "a.
pended for liquor by consumers is 5000, 100000.
MILAN, ITALY has had another cremation, the
body of Nine Adelaide Olivier of Paris having
been reduced tn fine ashes In three and three
quarter hours, and returned to Paris in an urn.
TEA raised in South Carolina and prepared in
Baltimore was lately exhibited in Washington to
dealers, who were unable to distinguish it from
similar varieties of Chinese and Japanese growth.
HoEDEL, charged with attempting the life Of
the Emperor william, was sentenced to death the
10th. He pleaded not guilty, and asserted that
his intention was suicide. There were thirty wit
nesses against him.
DISPATCH from Norwich, Conn, states that
Asiatic cholera has broken out there, and its pres
ence is causing great excitement a Mrs. Clara
Draper died of it last week, and two other deaths
have since occurred
SEVERAL cases of yellow fever are reported at
the quarantine hospital in the New York lower
harbor from vessels arriving from Havana, Vel
low fever is reported very yrulent at Havana this
summer, as well as small pox.
EMIGRATION to Texas is on the decline, the
dupes of railroad agents and land companies find
ing that it is not quite the paradise which has been
had nd hat ie IN n
living there as well rs elsewhere.
IT is found that fifteen hundred and fifty pounds
of potatoes are required in cattle feeding to form
the same quantity Of flesh that one hundred
pounds of beans would do. But from the fact
that few people know beans, this information is
comparatively valueless,
ST. LOUIS dispatch says "The intense heat
of the past week still continues in fact, increases
one or two degrees daily and has become really
frghtful. The number of prostrations Monday
reached fully one hundred and fifty, between forty
and fifty of which fatal.
THE Mennonites have introduced the custom of
using twisted hay for fuel into Minnesota, and it
is found highly advantageous in the prairie re-
gions. steam saw and grist mill at Worth
ington is run with this sort of fuel, which is much
cheaper than wood or coal, and quite as good for
heating purposes
THE barrel factory cooper shop and machine
works of L. & B. Holmes, in Buffalo, n. Y, were
destroyed by fire last week. The fire burned over
tract quarter Of Il mile in length and nearly
one-eghth OF a mile in width, large number of
tenement houses and stores being consumed.
The total loss will reach Sl5O,OO0
JESSE PoMERoY, the boy murderer, is in bad
odor at the Concord prison. lie was lately al
lowed to work. but wiltully spoiled seventy-iivt
dollars worth of stock, and now none of the Of
fcers are allowed to speak to him, his reading
permit is taken from him. and he has to endure
solitary confinement with nothing to do.
A LONDON special SAYS the Orange demonstra
tons throughout the kingdom passed off very
quietly, except at Wishawa, where rioting pre-
vailed in the evening. Swords and reyoyers wer'
freely used, and at least fifty persons were Sc
riously injured. Before the rioting was quelleC
it was found necessary to call out the military Al
sight of whom the mob dispersed.
BALD mountain in North Carolina has resumed
its rumblngs, to the terror of the people lvini
near it, and the crack recently made in it ha
widened ten and heightened one hundred an
fifty feet. smaller fissure has opened neare
the base of the peak, and a strong current of yer
cold air coming from it has revealed the existenc
Of a large cavern, which has been explored 70
one hundred and fifty yards.
DAVENPORT, Iowa, is grand rendezvous 70
tramps and harvest hands, who arrive by hun
dreds daily. 1t is estimated that not less tina
four thousand arrived during one week recently
They frequently take possession of railroad train
and compel the train men to carry them FREE
but when they reach Davenport are generally :
peaceabe that the police force of twelve men
sufficient TO keep them in order
The annual excursion Of the New York al
Brooklyn Orangemen took place Friday mornir
OF last week Members of the various lodg
with their wives and children embarked on
steamer and two barges. The police force WI
early on hand All approaches to the dock we
carefully guarded, and even the smallest crowd
lockers on ordered to dispense. The boat al
barges were gaily decorated with flags and buntin
The good people Of Boston, who used TO Sc
the city's poor children down the harbor for
days pleasure, now have regular organizati
to place them in farm-houses for weeks at a tin
Many young girls in we-to-do families spend
most Of the summer months in seeking out thu
peope-sewlng girls and poor sick women as W
as children-and in raising money and fndi
country places for them. Hundreds are to
thus benefited this year, some of the country 70
taking them for nothing, while many accept
least they can afford.
The Boston AdDeuiser gives the following int
esting facts concerning the coming solar eclil
of July 18th, partial in this locality, and total
the vicinity of Denver, Colorado and for the
servance of which the United States governm
have made extensive preparations. Beginning
All. BIN. 1888 +. NJ, at point ON the right :
of the sun 1880 from the vertex or highest pc
The greatest observation Oh, 5lm. 30 IS p. NJ,
parent conjunction sun and moon in longitude
65m. 296s Eclipse ends dh 4Om. i27s. Dl
ton of the eclipse In. 43m. As Three-ffthi
the sun will be eclipsed on the southern side.
The use of poisons for the protection Of grow
crops against their common enemy, the fly
beetle has become so frequent that farmers
apt to forget the properties of the article they
handling, and serious results often follow its G
less use. From many places we hear OF j
numbers OF ieathered beauties dying from
eating Of the potato vine upon which Paris &
has been dusted-robins and orioles sun erin
yerey in this way-and dead fish are found