Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-02-05
Weekly News Summary.

The Wisconsin legislature vo,es dow, ,,ono-
sition for biennial sessions.
The New Orleans mint started satu,dav n
has been idle nineteen years.
THE recent severe weather n, tho wes, ca,sed
the death Of thousands Of quail
THE hair Of the buffalo il now largely emnloved
in making ~ all wool " overcoats.
THE Arlington estate suit has been decided in
favor Of the heirs Of General Iee
TnR orange crop of Florida tbis seasop ia sf,v
thousand barrels more than last wear
THEM, -, 90.
nese business houses in San rra,cisco
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Pam 10. o,,s,,r.,i,,.. IT. 80 ~ i''"'
sMAtt-pox NJ tho uor., ,,,o l.. ,,ro,..,,,n t.,
1,ngnen,l and I o,,ro,s,a go. -,
alta Mich IN disco,ra,,o 400 .o,,,,o.u
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= - . N'D'N' iesu,np.'on' the S'ock OF
No -.
SEAT. n,,a, 49,, ,,, D'reeo', VI 'ne oni'eu
''' ''' :" washington" i"S' "eeH
-. .. 1''"" peii'es "na'oes ana cucun-
'e.' '''' wi ''e !" ''S'"" NJ '"ou'o"s prices
80 '@|'se'
'""'' '''o"' u'''o'''e Vi neary 0''VVV'oV.
louNG man. cut TINS ont and paste 1t In your
nat baSard taylor was poet and died poor"
lHE Governor oil Kansas estimates the Increase
oil population at one hundred thousand per annum.
By the burning of the Louisville Ky almshouse
on the 3lst Tour oithe inmates were roasted alive
rARrY of insurgent Arabs attacked a caravan
near Iiedjax recently, and brutally murdered six
hundred persons.
NEVER allow a kerosene lamp TO stand near
hot stove or CRATE. This greatly increases Its
hao''''y 10 explode
The third installment ofthe Mexican indemnity
| oil $4,000, was paid to the State Department on
rriu"y oil last week
GOVERNOR VAN ZASDT, Of Rhode Island, says
the license law in that state is failure, and rec
o"i'ienus pron'o''ioh
The annual meeting OF the American Tract So
ciety was held in Washington last Friday. The
year receipts were s4o3,Ai.
RECENT fire in Hong Kong burned three hum
dred and sxty-eight buildings, the loss being es-
| timated at million OF dollars
| In round figures four and quarter million dol
lars, the commissioners say, will be required to
/
| THE Canadian government has passed an order
| in the council prohibiting the importation Of
| American cattle for three months.
| NORWAY is the smallest nation Of Furone in
| most respects. but its commerce ia such thu, ia
| fleet is the third largest in the world
| THE theatre royal. which cost s15O 600 and had
the largest stage of anv theatre in the Kingdom
| was bnrned in Iondon on tho "a irstar.
| The Agricultural denartment has inforn,at;o,
| that pleuropneumonia is racing geperallv and
| fatally among cattle, especially in the East
| x-,. o..
three sheep. and twentv-eipbt Thousand Of the
latter were DESTROYED last wear by the CANNES.
| ruv d,.oo,,r. nd ,,n.,o.. -, ,Ao c,.a,c
nal. - Wv y.
embezzlcment and sentenced 10 mnrisormo,,,
| r r.,
| 60. nNl.,- VI uepu''.' o'.'''u W.
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a,,. aa.'a, ''s 10 ~" .Iunu' A"u
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| A.. -, W. 100 800
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nirotr,o,, 800 '''' "s''
|
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| ~ , 49,. '--.- +, r., -
| 80 a,.a,,,a, Al. ~. Wv 1854
| nno, nj, .,o o
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| Iron, tho ,r,o,, aa,,o,,,,,. a,.r. 800 -,
| L;,;r,, ono h,,droa ,'a., '"1
|
| 90 ooo ono T., oo,,r.os,a,. -. s,,IH'o -
nou aaoo, IN ,I,ia aa,,,,.s' .so..s 49,
,o,at l. oon.,a,,,,, i,,a.o.1,, "'N' WIZ
|
ihh "''i'a county Vonlo] treasury had a mar
,.a,. -. ,.,, SO 80
,,a,. haoar,o ,ri,,h,aos a, ,a,. ""'"
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AN exchange says Alcohol VIII clean out
tue INSIDE oil an inKs'anu II VIII also clean out
., ',ia,.,,. Al.
|
"eSh"Ai' ohhhnAN "rri'eu at A'an''' VA on
'"o -''n ut" "'S' WISH s'nee Tue CLOSE Vi tue
wal inous"nus sa'neieu 10 see hi'n out 'hefe
ihh louisiana iesisi''ulc ias' week passed
oAh repeating Tue quarter Vi the louisiana Lottery
COMPANY Tue ae' W e'Ae e"ec' iro'h 'he ois' OF
MARCH next Inc company Appeals 10 the courts
OF the many laborers who went from the United
States 10 WORK on the Maihore railroad IN brazii'
ou' lie" now remain owing 10 the neat, the mos
qn''oes'the uhheaithiness ana the laoorous WORK
In fortabaza, Brazil, between the LIST and 10th
| Of December, twenty-one thousand four hundred
| and thirty-seven persons died OF smallpox and
there are horrible reports from the famne-stricken
provinces
Rio JASERo letter OF the 9Th inst. says:
" Accounts from the northeast provinces continue
| to be of increasing famine and OF defamation OF
the population by smallpox, one thousand day
dying at Ceara."
TERRIBLE tornado struck the town OF Lock-
port, Texas, on Sunday evening, week, demolish-
ing forty houses, including churches the court
| house and Masonic hall. One child was killed
and several persons badly hurt
| A GlpRALrAR dspateh says II il feared that he
| lore next wear half Of the Inhabitants NJ thu
southern provinces of Morocco will have persisted
by starvation and disease on account OF the
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