Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-01-30
Weekly News Summary.
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Tnr Londoners are enjoying panorama Of our
late civil war.
THREE Presidents lie buried in Tennessee
jackson, Polk and johnson.
THE fifteen state legislatures now in session cost
thrt, three thousand dollars a day.
VnroR EMANUEL and Napoleon H. died on the
9TH OF January, precisely five years apart
WuTELAw REID has been reelected to the edi.
torship Of the Tribune for another five years
PRovlDENcE is now in the seventh week ofitsre
yiyal meetings, with no abatement Of interest
STANLEY longs for new worlds to conquer II il
said he will head an exhibition To the North pole
ONE hundred thousand pounds worth Of gold
was withdrawn from the Bank of England for
New York last week
QUEEN VICTORIA distributed 300 pounds Of
beef and 90 tons Of coal among the poor Of Wind
sor or New Years Day
WHITTIER writes a friend in New York that he
does not see why he should be congratulated on
old age and rheumatism
HORACE GREELEY's kindness Of heart is recalled
by the discovery Of 100000 in worthless promis-
sorry notes among his assets
SECRETARY scHuRz j. said to be in favor Of
"'' '' ',"''o" TX 'eS' ana paying the pen
-,
y" '''u'u"S '"e popular SUBSCRIPTIONS To the
fonr per cent loan, of which the department was
advised amounted Ia 81 025 600
Ir is officially stated that the Russian losses in
the war To January 10 were eighty-two thousand
one hundred and ninety five men
THE Virginia state auditor estimates the rev.
e''"e ,''n '"e MORE" l'q"or register TINS year at
''' ""''''''' "''''""u ""'''S'
lhE gas works at Portland Me, are crowded
u'i'\ WIN chidreh ana babes taken there tninhale
W '''''uS wv ""ool'"R cough
SMALL noat containing nine boys was swept
over y '"''' aa'n near huntington West Virginia
recently ana iour Of them were drowned
Nh"HohS are hocKlhg 10 charleston, ; G., ex.
pec''"s " o".'n transportation To LIBERIA but
"nu none anu "u'h 'uhe'ihg Is the result
AT Tracy City, Tenn, last week, John Mangus,
o"Net' c"Seu nu"Seli up III MS own "ven' ana
was "'"'u W "e'''' -c'e'i"'eu 10 ''huer'
Mrs CArhARiNE COLEMAN died suddenly while
milking COW AT Green Hill, Ky, the other day,
JUST H. sue dreamed she womb two years ago
iHE works now in progress at Chatham, Eng
lRnd Will make the dockvard there the finest in the
world The work il chiefly done by convicts.
IiIE Ashtabnla accident cost the Lake Shore and
Mlrhigan southern Railway Company si98,9iO,
ana All the Chains ON account oil the accident have
beer settled
EIGHTY thousand dollars have been contributed
by private individuals in the city of Mexico to-
wards the payment Of this years installment of
American
cLoriI made from the down Of birds Is com
ing greatly into favor IN Paris. 1t is waterproof
ana estimated t. be five times lighter and three
times warmer than wool
InE horseshoe at Niagara is now right angle
rather than a curve The rocks in the center have
been eaten away from yeai tn year and now the
side walls are crumhling.
THERE is AN old German proverb To the effect
that great war leaves the country with three
. arinie>- army Of cupples AN army Of MOURN
ers and an army Of thieves.
/ THE entire rity Of Madrid was snlendidlv film
minated and there was a magnificent display Of
fireworks, ON Wednesday evening Of last week,
in honor of the Kings marriage.
SING SING prisoner has educated "a rat Il,
| waltz and dance and nerforn, ovmnastics Notb
ing like sentence Of fifteen wears to help man
10 stnd, int, ,ha ,.,.s -, ,n,,,.a
CO ', .i'I''S ''"' D'e" S''''eu At o'N'anu'
the production of What /. nronouuced an excead-
ingly strong and durable article Of betting
'NN''' mus "'s """e""'u '"''Se one long
80, " ''' XIV. NV" III "'""i "e
inc ""S anu NV s'""s eNp'oier must otein 10
'"fNh Is a." '''n S"i' III Oin'lnl''i Mnich Ia!
~. S'N He'rS on Tue bottom oi Lake ERE with
:" ~ "'' So' ~ "'i"R oei' process
''' '"' t'''' III 81" Va SS'ii''e'
me brlt'Sh government has entered into con-
tract for the supply of large number Of tele-
p"'".7' ""u '"' '''u"' ''oh Vi '"e nc" hNeht''h
'n'o ''e postal ser''oe promises 10 become general
10 remove foreign bodies from the throat an
English naval surgeon recommends blowing forci-
| hly INTO the ear Powerful reflex action is pro-
duced, during which the foreign substance is
expelled
The property Of Trinity Church, New York l.
worth twenty-five millions of dollars. Some OF it
is leased to parties who sell liquors, but all the
recent leases forbid liquor-selling on the prem
lses ceased
OvERa million Of trade dollars have. during he
present month, been sent from San Francisco by