Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-04-14
Weekly News Summary.

THE New York Herald fund II now providing
daily full meal for 10, 3i5 children.
The recent advance in prices Of iron being
largely speculative, 1t has fallen $40 per ton
or more.
Edison is going TO California to try his new gold
extracting process, in which millions " are sup
posed to Turk
RUSSIA is about to dispatch five large ships Of
war to Chinese waters for the protection Of Rus
sian interests
MEXICO is agitated by the ntrigues Of the com
ing presidential election in that country Of poIti-
cal revolution.
PRINCE BISMARCK recently resigned his office
OF chancellor OF the German empire, but Emperor
William refuses to receive it,
BY an explosion Of gas in colliery near Potts
vile, Pennsylvania, last Thursday, two men we're
fatally and three seriously injured.
THr British steamer Darita has been sunk by a
collision on the river Danube. Eleven passengers
and five of the crew drowned.
WILMINGTON, Delaware, dispatch says 1t is
stated that frosts Thursday and Friday nights
ruined the peach crop in the lower peninsula
VESSEL is loading at San Francisco with 1OO,-
OODgallons OF wine for the German market Iii the
first large shipment Of the kind ever made thther
Two attempts we're made Thursday morning to
burn the freight depot at Meredith, New IIamp.
shire but the fires were discovered before much
damage was done.
Ar Merriam, Province Of Ontario young
woman recently died from burn inflicted by her
crazy mother, who threw coal oil upon her while
asleep and then set fire to IT,
THE mayor of Baltimore has vetoed the resolu-
ton adopted by the city council for the erection
Of confederate memorial monument in one Of
the public squares of that city.
COLONEL CARROLL ID. WRIGHT, census super
visor Of Massachusetts, and a noted statistcian es-
Inmates the population OF that state at 10000,
and Of the city of Boston at 3S1 ,0i5.
TWENTY-FIVE thousand immigrants landed in
New York in March against g. 600 In March last
year; and $4,000 during the year ending March
3lst, against "a, 600 the previous year.
THE ex-Empress Eugenie has presented her i'm
| perial crown to the church of Notre Dame Des
Victoris. tits of great value account of its ar
tistic composition and precious stones.
| The SEVENTEEN birthday OF Rev James Freeman
Clarke was celebrated in Boston last week Tues
| day by brilliant gathering. Poems read
| by Holmes, Julia Ward Howe and others.
THERE is excitement at Paterson, New Jersey,
in consequence Of the discovery OF the body Of an
infant in the vault OF the premises lately occupied
| by Bishop Starkey of the Episcopal church.
Two Boston men put 81 90 apiece into patent
medicine business, and found, after the flight of
the third partner with the money, that the stock
| consisted of neatly papered and labeled blocks
Of wood.
THE salvation army have found in Philade-
| phia heartier welcome than they received in
| New York city. The ranks have there been re-
| cruited to the number of fifty and are evenly
divided as to
A MAN calling himself George n Jones Of Bos-
| ton, was picked up the street in New York re-
Gently His leg was broken and he claimed to
have been robbed. lie was taken to the hospital
where he shot himself through the heart
The governor and council of New Hampshire
| have contracted TO pay, in accordance with an
| act of the legislature bounty of one cent a
pound on beet sugar made in that state the coming
year, the premium being limited to 700 900 pounds
THE hundredth anniversary of the birth of Will
| liam Eery Claiming was celebrated at St Johns
| hall in London last Wednesday night where 9, 900
| persons were present. A letter from Minister j.
| by DIR. Collier.
| THE New York court of appeals has rendered
decisions in the cases of Chastine Cox, convicted
for the murder of Mrs Hull, and Pietro Balbo,
| convicted of the murder OF his wife. In both
cases Judgment was affirmed, and both will prob
| ably be hanged on the same day.
IT is generally believed that Beaconsfeld will
only announce his resignation in the first sitting
| II the new parliament On the formation Of
new cabinet, parliament will adjourn for fort
night, to permit the reelection OF ministers hold
| ing seats in the house of commons.
GENERAL IMBoDEN, who represents large
| company of northern capitalists, has purchased
900 acres of land in Scott county, Virginia, at
hfty-tive cents per acre This land is believed to
be rich in iron ores, and furnaces will be built at
once as well as narrow gauge railroad to connect
with some other line of transportation.
LAST week two engines attached to freight
train on the Denver South Park railroad, on
| very steep grade became detached from the cars,
| which became unmanageable and ran into the en-
| gnes, throwing them down steep embankment
| with five cars piled on top. One engineer was
| killed the other engineers leg was broken.
The capital of the French national debt now
terest charge at S2l2 100000 On 81 $50, 100000
the rate of interest is five per cent; ON sl65 Oo0-
900 it is four and one-half on 81 200 600 it is four
and on 81, 400, 600 900 it is three. The remainder
bears various rates, being made up OF annuites
and miscellaneous obligations.
A HERD of 90, 800 cattle are being driven from
| Oregon to Montana; 100 mounted men do the
driving, and the outfit includes provision wagons,
arms and ammunition, 800 horses and forty dogs
The journey is made slowly, days travel not
exceeding nine miles, and the speed will be less
ened when hot weather comes on, in order not to
get the beasts into bad condition.
THE reports on the condition OF the winter wheat
crop in Canada not very encouraging In sew
eral sections the crop, according to the Canadian
journals has been winter-killed owing to the
want of snow. As a whole the crop is uneven
and exceedingly unequal in appearance. On this
side the border line the crop in nearly all the
states and territories is in superb condition.
IT is reported that a Wall street syndicate con-
trolling "a capital of $50 600, 900 has bought 1000
cases opium, all there is in England aud America,
or half the stock in the world. The annual con-
sumption of opium in the world is from 5000 to
5000 cases; the coming crop from Turkey is esti-
mated al 5000 cases, 1t is expected that opium
will be sold this year at from $40 to Sl2 per
pound. The price recently was about 81 so.
LAST month there incorporated the Pales-
tine railroad company, 1t numbers fifteen incor.
porators, eight OF whom live in Massachusetts,. A
Boston capitalist subscribed for S27,00 of the
stock. The real work will be done with the finan-
cial support, chiefly, of two large English banking
houses It is proposed to construct the road from
Cairo in Egypt to Mosul on the Tigris river with
branches to Jerusalem, Jaifa and Erzeroum
GENERAL HATCH, with part of his command
attacked three hundred Indians in camp in the
san Andres Mountains in New Mexico one day
last week The fight lasted six hours when the
Indians retreated, leaving their dead behind. Cap
tain II. y. Carroll of the Ninth cavalry and seven
soldiers severely wounded. A large amount
of stock captured from the Indians, who are
supposed to be Mescalero Apaches. as they re-
treated toward the Mescalero Apache agency.
General Hatch, with his command, is in pursuit
MoRRIsviLLE A large number of the village
people went 10 C. K Pages TO "sugaring off ;"
last Monday afternoon. A Sabbath-school con-
cert was held at the Methodist chapel on Sunday
evening. -. There were no services at the Uni