Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-03-27
Weekly News Summary.

I'VE colorado beetle has created great havoc
among the potatoes in New Zealand
GOOD heavy farm horse in Scotland is worth
1--WE hundred and fifty dollars in gold
/ ROCHESTER physician advertises that base
ball accidents will receive his prompt attention
News comes from Paris that last springs bon
nets are to be made over for the present season
THE encouragement decides that coupons Of
bonds when detached and destroy ed cannot be maid
BARSuM has received a cable dispatch from
Egypt promising larger hippopotamus than the
one that was lost Immediately.
A GANG Of ten-cent counterfeiters with their
dies, etc, have been captured in Chicago. One
was "A former Chicago policeman.
THr church that was blown down at Atlanta,
Ga, 1t is said, can he restored for 500 It's loss
was not a severe blow to the society.
THE recent fire at Panama destroyed 100000
worth Of property, which there was $3.50, 600
insurance, all in European companies.
SEVERAL persons have died suddenly Of disease
contracted while unloading a cargo Of rags from
Egypt, mt paper mill Mt New Haven.
CHANGE in the eagle on the new dollar, which
has met with such severe criticism, is seriously
contemplated by the Director OF the Mint
JoHN PHrLAN, Lachine canal contractor, has
absconded, leaving large number of creditors
and two hundred and fifty workmen in arrears
The editor of the Paris journal La Commune
has been sentenced tn one years imprisonment
and fine Of five thousand francs The trial
was by jury.
Ar Glasgow Scotland. where there Is much
distress among the working classes. enstments
for the English army going on at the rate Of
one thousand u week.
In costs just six cents to paste printed slip on
postal card and send it through the mails The
sender contributes one cent and the receiver the
other five. So says an exchange
A WEALTHY Newburyport man, fearful that his
relatives may try to put him into unatic asy-
lum, has provided himself with several physi.
clans certificates that he is sane.
JAMES WATSON, a notorious bank robber, and
"pal " of Miles, the Barre (vermont), bank rob-
Der, has been arrested in Maine, charged with
breaking into the Dexter tMane), bank
THE cars Of the elevated railroad in New
York are building at the Pullman Palace Car works
in Detroit, There sixty of them in all, and they
are to cost four thousand dollars apiece
Two months ago a well ON Smith street. Provi-
dence, was disused because of the bad taste and
putrid smell of the water. The GOTH the dead
body OF an unknown man was found in it,
MOODY is particularly strenuous in his advice
to young converts not to marry unbeeyers lie
thinks the time will soon come when ministers will
refuse to perform the ceremonies in such cases
CLEorArRAs Needle has been weighed by cal
culation, and the result shows that the obesk
weighs little over nne hundred and eighty.two
l..
THE Minnesota legislature is taking steps to
alleviate distress caused by the grasshopper pest,
which embrace plan for furnishing seed to those
who lost their all An aggregate Of 1925
bushels is needed.
BoYNToS, inventor of the life-saving dress, has
made trip across the straits from Gibraltar to
Tangier and back lie was seventeen hours cross
ing and was nearly swept out to sea by the high
waves and spring tides.
THE General Conference ofthe Methodist church
South will be held in Atlanta the first Wednes-
day in May. The relations to each other of the
two great branches of American Methodsm will
form the chief subject of discussion
The permanent exhibition at Philadelphia prom
ises to pull through its troubles. Settlements
have been made with lot of the creditors, ar
angements are making with the rest, and the
show is announced to open in May with new life
On January oath the Mikado opened the Agri.
cultural College at Komaba, near Toxic It is a
very complete Institution, standing on farm of
one hundred and fifty acres There is chemical
laboratory and veterinary hospital is to be added
A QUEBEC judge has just decided case begun
three years ago between two farmers who quar-
relied about barrel of apples, valued at three
dollars and fifty cents, and have thus far spent
eighteen hundred dollars in lawyers fees and costs
The Germans making large additions to
their navy. Nine small vessels are to be
commenced ON April LIST, aud will be used princi-
plly training ships, etc, and three large iron
clads and the splendid new Imperial yacht, the
Hohenzollern, in May.
The convict choir at Auburn prison is remark
able musical organization The organist is SEN
fenced for grand larceny, the first violin, the first
tenor and double bass are murderers the second
tenor, basso, and sopranos are all burglars, and
the professor is forger
Ar its last session the legislature of Georgia
passed an act requiring all outside insurance COM
panes doing business in the state to deposit with
the state treasurer $4,000 in United States or
state bonds, for which certificates will be issued
This is done to protect local policy-holders.
Mr.. MURPHY, of Kern, Cal talked on wager
necessarily for twenty-four hours, except one stop
Of five seconds in each hour for drink of whiskey
His topics were the Chinese question mining
stocks and state politics, with minor matters
mixed in. At the conclusion OF the task he fell
from his chair Int whether from exhaustion or
from intoxication was undecided
RIGHT on the heels of the report of increased
suffering in North China comes the announcement
that Southern India is again threatened with fam
inc. 1t is hoped the restitution will not prove ~
severe as it was two years ago but the prospect is
discouraging The drought of last fall was bad
enough, but in addition to that and the general
disorganzation of labor, an army of locusts has
appeared and devoured the vegetation that had
sprung up.
THERE have been ffty-sx Atlantic steamers
lost during the past thrty-seven years, in which
four thousand four hundred and thirty persons
persisted Nine vessels were never heard from
after leaving port, four we're burned, thirty
wrecked, five lost through collision with other
vessels and two by collision with cebergs, two
foundered, and two were lost in Jog OF nation
aties, forty-two were British five American,
four French four German and one Belgian
AN official report in Russian military paper
states that the Cars trophies during the late
campaign consist of ~ pashas and las, coo men
of whom 10 Pashas and ii7OOO men were taken
in Europe-over 1900 horses 126s guns, 10000
tents, 10000 rifles Of various makes 100000
yataghans, small arms and pistolets belonging to
the irregular cavalry, 1900 silver-mounted dag
gers and s,bres used by the Circassans and large
stores of gunpowder and over 500 900 cartridges
Coon TEMPLAR lrEMs.-A lodge Of Good Temp
lars was organized at Moretown last week by
State Deputy l., l.. DuIant, assisted by j S, Batch
elder, District Deputy, with twenty eight charter
members, and every prospect of rapid increase.
The following officers duly installed j. Bates
Worthy Chief femplar, Mrs. prentiss Worthy
Vice 'Templar; Or. T. }. Howe, Worthy Secretary
Denison Freeman Worthy Financial Secretary;
j, b. Fasset, Worthy Chaplain T.. A. Heath;
Worthy Marshal and John 'rowle, Lodge Deputy
This lodge is part of the fruit of effort inaug-
nrated for mission work for the order through the
state, nj the last session Of the Grand lodge and
has been worked up mainly by Brother Durant