Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-27
Items of Interest.

BY the side of the Vale Theatre, in Rome,
Italy, church, built by the American Baptists
at a cost of $4,000. has just been opened.
GENERAL GRANT was cordially received at Glib
raltar In company with Lord Napier he reviewed
all the troops in the British garrison Saturday,
and afterwards witnessed sham battle.
CRIME has increased rapidly in Germany dur
ing the last eight years. The convictions in
Prussia alone have risen from 6,403 in 1871 to
2,SO7 in 1878. This melancholy state of things
is attributed to the war with France.
PROFESSOR HAYDEN and Major Powell report
that the general results of their typographical and
geologic survey during the past season are very
satisfactory. Twelve thousand square miles of
country were surveyed and much valuable infor-
| nation obtained.
AN English farmer, touched with compassion
at the sight of feeble woman trudgng along the
road, carrying a child, gave them a lift. lie was
promptly summoned and fined five pounds for
using his cart as a carriage when he had not
taken out carriage license.
The new twelve million dollar state house at
Albany is to be occupied by the next assembly of
New York state; and the opening on the 7th of
January is to be celebrated by Il magnificent
ception extended by the citizens of Albany to the
legislature and state officials
A TELEGRAM from Berlin reports that the belief
is current there that plot exists for the assassin
alton of all the sovereigns 1t is stated that the
Prussian judges, when examining Modelling, were
led to suspect the existence Of central organiza
ton for this purpose and investigations are still
going on.
Soon after the Ashtabula disaster Charles Col
lins, chief engineer OF the Lake Shore and Mich-
gan Southern railway, died, and 1t was said and
believed that he had committed suicide There Is
now belief that he was murdered by persons in
terested In having him out OF the way, and an in
vestigation is in progress.
A REMARKABLE death-bed confession has been
made to Bishop Pinkney by c. Bradford wealthy
young man of Union Square, Md who tried to
die in peace by acknowledging himself the author
of numerous letters sent in the last four years,
which have smrched the characters OF an nno-
cent man and woman and caused many quarrels
in that neghborhood
YOUNG man in La Crosse Wis., was an in
4 fatuated but unskillful poker player losing heav
lily nearly every time he played. After getting
rid of all his own money and all that he 'ould
a borrow, he stole twenty dollars from friend and
a went once more TO try his luck, which was AZ
+ bad as usual. Just as he went away from tn,
table he informed that his mother, ON learn
y ing Of his theft, had fallen into fit and died.
l. J, J, sHEARER, of Greenvle, Mich, has beel
}, sentenced to six months In the pententery TO
Il whipping Congressman Ellsworth. The assaul
r, was made in the street and was very brutal Tn,
k proyocaton came Of Ellsworth's connection a
10 counsel in divorce suit brought by shearer'
s. wife, Shearer claiming that Ellsworth conducte,
10 the plaintiff after being retained for the de
fendant petition for Shearer's pardon hi.
been signed by twenty-four hundred Of his towns
men.
r FoR the fourth time Rev, DR. Budington Beech
~ ers prominent antagonist in Brooklyn, has had
No cancer cut from his lower lip. leaving his mout
IA as perfect AS ever. 1t was a delicate operation
o v-shaped mass being cut from the lip and chin
NJ that replaced by a similar piece cut from the lei
r. cheek and the cheek stitched together 80 tina
!, the beard will hide the scar Though under tn
:, influence Of laughing gas and suffering pain
W DR. Budington was conscious during the Who'll
operation.