Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-02
Weekly News Summary.

GENERAL GRANT has gained forty-eight pounds
in weight since he went abroad
THE south end Of Lake Champlain /. now trozer
over ~ far north ~ Crown Point
tbs eldest son Of the late Senator Morton dnes
not yet know Of his fathers death.
HARVARD College expends nearly s2o,m0 an.
nually In new books for the librar,
Strawberries grown in the open air are AUX
ury Of the season vt West Haven Conn
Tnr unclaimed dividends now lying vt the
Bank Of England amount to e3,5O6.g5G.
THE rush for Minnesota wheat farms continues,
most Of the buyers taking $40 acre tracts
SIMON CAMERON has settled with the widow
Oliver in that breach Of promise suit for 5000
Tnrr have been selling confederate bonds in
London lately at the rate Of S3 40 per 100000
The hillsdes in the vicinity of Oakland, Md,
are covered with violets and other wild flowers
\ NEw telegraph company, with capital of
SlO,OOO,WO has been formed in New York city
foRrY-flyE millions is the estimate Of the St
Louis RepUb'icon for the population of the model
republic in 1880
SOME colored men in Augusta Ga, are moving
to start cotton factory there, with a capital
stock Of SlO0OOO.
NEWMAN. III. reports the unprecedented phe-
uomenon Of hive OF bees swarnng IN the latter
part Of December.
THr late Carne Johnson Of Milldale, Conn,
who proclaimed himself town lauper, left an
estate worth over 100000.
Tmr New England Society Of Charleston, S G.,
had its ffty-eighth anniversary dinner at a hotel
in that city on saturday last
Tue State Grange Of Maine has cooperative
store ut Portland, aud at their late meeting voted
to add S25,0O0 to its capital.
NEW YORK journal says Patterson sold his
soul for nothing Well, he sold it for all it was
! WORTH 80 whats the difference?
THE drunkenness degradation prevailing in
the low quarters OF Liverpool attracting the
attention Of the whole of England
FIVE horse theyes-M Mexican and native Cali
fornians-were hanged by the citizens Of the town
OF Bakersfield, Cal, a few days ago.
TURKISH soldiers have recovered from their
wounds ~ marvellous manner in many instances,
owing to their strictly temperate lives.
SEVERE frosts in November solidiied the juice
in the standing sugar cane in portions Of Louis
lana, and have caused immense damage
CHICAGO has temperance movement for the
suppression Of the sale Of liquor to minors, which
is rapidly gaining strength and Importance
Ar Whitehaven, Penn, twenty-three persons
were dangerously poisoned by eating liver pud-
ding that had been boiled in a copper kettle.
FIVE tons of rocks containing impressions Of
bird and insect tracks have been taken from Weth-
ersfleld, Conn, Ia Mount Holy ke Seminary.
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occurred in the United States this year tah in any
previous year eiuce the Introduction Of steam.
BY the burning Of Thomas rerrill's house in
Central City, Cal. last week four persons lost
their lives The fire the work Of AN incendiary.
THE spruce trees in the forests Of Essex and
Hamilton counties n. T.. are dying in large num-
bers. They shriyel and decay from the roots up.
A COLONY ofabout two hundred families, mostly
Germans, is being organized in Syracuse, Buffalo,
Auburn and Utica, to settle in southern Kansas.
a MONTREAL total abstaner having won a case
of champagne at a dinner in leading restaurant,
carried the bottles to the street and there poured
ont their contents.
THE French authorities going to spend nearly
50 800 900 in the improvement of Bouogne har-
Dor, which is to be rendered capable of adniitting
vessels at any state of the tide
THE recent hnoding Of |. bby Prison, in Rich
mond, Va, swept away the plas'ering On which
were cut many inscriptions bv Federal officers
while they were prisoners of
\ YouNG man sent sixty cents to firm in Mich
igan thar advertised recipe to prevent bad
dreams. lie received slip of paper ON which
was written, 90 Don't 90 to sleep"
l'utS .NEN have haep dastroVing th. 6sh In