Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-31
Weekly News Summary.

Mis- SrRAcuEs counsel denies that she is su.
ing for divorce.
MAYOR KALLocH has Just had De Young's bull
ct extracted from his chest
ANOTHER million is to be expended at Coney
island, already the most magnificent seaside re-
.ort in the world.
The National Temperance Union has issued an
appeal to the ladies not to offer intoxicating
thinks on New Years day
AT charity fair in Springfield, Massachusetts,,
all the lottery schemes have been withdrawn in
Difference to public opinion"
MR.. STURGEON, who is wintering at Mentone
France, is said to be not only physically i'll, but
,lso greatly depressed in spirits.
MAJOR WADE HAMPTON, Jr, son OF Senator
Hampton, died at his plantation near Greenville,
Mississippi, last week, of malsria fever.
1t is said that most all OF the elegant residences
on the banks Of the Hudson above Yonkers are in
market, and can be bought at great sacrifice.
EDisoS's light did not shine on Christmas. He
says now that the great illumination will take
Ilace on New Years il there be no hitch in the
arrangement.
THE contest over the estate OF the late James
Lick the eccentric California millionaire, has been
iecided, and the great observatory he endowed
will now be built
BILL to prevent and punish the intermarriage
Of whites and negroes has passed both houses Of
the South Carolina legislature, and has been ap-
proved by the governor.
PROFESSOR X. 7. GREENER colored, who has
recently visited number Of places in the West
where colored refugees have settled, gives a most
favorable account Of their condition
IT Is said that Mr.. u. S. Grant, Jr., the son Of
General Grant, will be married to the daughter Of
Mr. James c. Flood, the San Francisco million
Are, at San Francisco next February.
DAN RICE, the fam rus circus man, announced
at St. Louis last Friday night that he had been
converted in the Moody meetings, and will at
enter the field evangelist.
The Union Pacific railroad company is to erect
monument to the memory OF the late Cakes
Ames. lii to be placed on the highest point Of
the line OF the road and the spot has already been
surveyed.
The snow fall in Paris two weeks ago was the
heaviest known there for many years. The cold
was intense and the quantities Of snow aecumu-
ated in the thoroughfares were so great that
there was little or no circulation for vehicles
BILL has been agreed upon providing that the
proceeds Of sales Of public lands be forever set
apart for the education of the people, these to be
yearly apportioned among the states on the basis
Of school population, and invested in United
States bonds.
Ar a Methodist Sunday school festival at Polas-
Sala, Ohio, the oath, the cotton batting repre-
sentng snow in the costume OF Santa Claus took
IRE, and in few moments the whole snowy robe
was In flames. The fire was speedily extin-
yuished, but not before the mpersonator Of Santa
Claus was fatally burned.
A VERY severe storm has ragged throughout the
whole northwest territory the past two weeks.
The mercury at Fargo has been 400 below zero
and at Bismarck 1t was 2ie below. At ST. Vim
cent Minnesota, the British line, on Wednes-
day, a spirit thermometer marked $50 below zero.
At Crookston 1t was $50 below. The cold along
the Red river was most intense, and with 1t Is an
unusual amount OF snow Trains on the Northern
Pacific have been almost constantly delayed by
the drifts.
An unknown man about sixty years Of age
committed suicide on Wednesday last by jumping
from the suspension bridge at Niagara Falls He
plunged head first down the awful distance of
l92 feet into the waters OF the Niagara For fifty
feet his body dropped Ikea plummet then turned
over twice and then struck the water with sharp
slap that sent the foam high into the air. 1t dis
appeared only for a moment and on coming TO
the surface hoated with the head pointed toward
the falls and the white face appearing above the
water. There were no signs OF life, and death
must have resulted from the terrible collision with
the water