Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-02-11


will be greatly increased as the spring opens. and
preparations are making therefor
LYONS France, which burned Jacquard's first
loom, il to raise marble statue to the great in
ventor, representing him, with folded arms, look
ing at the destruction of his machine.
Mn PULLMAN and his wife have comfortable
fashion of travelling about their native land They
have luxurious car of their own which Is at
tached to whatever train they wish to take
The colored leaders of Kansas have called
convention to meet at Topeka, April 18th, to con-
slider the exodus in all its phases and various
matters pertaining to the rights of the negro
The French government has now paid $1,000
900 to Americans whose Partisan property was
destroyed either by the bombardment or the ne
cessites OF defending the city during the Franco
Prussian war
WABASH, Indiana, has ordered one OF the $500
Brush electric lights made at Cleveland, Ohio,
and intends placing it on the dome Of the county
court house, with the expectation that will light
the whole town.
Mrs. CoSKLiNG is said to be really heart-br
because her husband will not be reconciled to
their only daughter, who had the audacity to
marry an excellent but poor man because she
loved him. Washington Letter.
AN Indian maiden has been driven ont by her
tribe in Oregon because she married Chinaman.
A San Francisco Chinaman has lost the respect OF
his countrymen by marrying negro woman. A
Virginia mob whipped negro for marrying a
white woman.
WIDOW, who lives in secluded part of Mchi-
gan, talks very imperfectly by reason of having
lost her palate, and her two daughters, aged
eight and twelve, can only speak the strange
language they have learned of her, though their
vocal organs are perfect.
THREE million four hundred and eighty five
thousand acres OF public lands were disposed Of
during the last fiscal year, more than fourth OF
which was AIKEN up in Kansas and more than
three-fourths Of the whole in the four states Of
Minnesota, Dakota, Kansas and Nebraska.
THE novel engineering feat of building bridge
on shore and then showing it across the river has
been accomplished at Dnard, France. The struc.
ture is three hundred and fourteen feet long,
weighs over two hundred tons and was projected
into its place with twelve strong windlasses.
LAST year six hundred and forty-six people were
divorced at San Francisco, one hundred and four
Of the DEGREES being granted on the ground OF
cruelty and deserion. In the same city two hun
dred and seven persons came to their death by vio-
lence, lightweight of whom committed suicide.
SATURDAY night balls at Fall River are stopped
at twelve clock by the police, at the request OF
the clergy, whose principal complaint is, that late
dancing is a dissertation of the Sabbath and that
the dancers are too sleepy in church on the fol-
lowing morning to pay attention to the sermon.
A BosToN druggists blunder has nearly cost a
lady her life Having prescription for com
pounding three herbs, he got two of them wrong.
One was for humu or hops, for which he sub
stituted what he supposed to be hamamels root,
but which upon investigation, proved to be &C.
onte root.
THE jury in the case OF Charles Demond, who
has been trial in Boston for embezzling the
funds OF the Massachusetts Home Missionary So
ciety while its treasurer, failed to agree The de-
Tense was that the investments he made OF the
funds were made in good faith and with no in
tention to defraud.
THE Albany New York; City Hall building
was consumed by fire Tuesday morning. When
the dome fell in seven fremen were crushed. Nc
estimate Of the loss at this time Is possible
though it will reach over 100000. The judg
ment records, chattel mortgages and records Of
proceedings Of the supervisors are destroyed.
The Rev. William NJ. Barry, who died recently
at Worcester Massachusetts, left directions to hi,
executors to barn all his papers unread, to bury
him in his paiuest clothes and a cheap box, to
permit no clergyman nor his wife to be present
at the funeral services, and to devote his property
to the maintenance of worship in the Congrega
tional church of which he had been pastor.
THE New England Agricultural Society held it,
annual meeting at Boston, Tuesday, and re-
elected George b. Loring Of Salem president
Daniel Needham of Boston secretary, and George
w. Riddle OF Manchester treasurer. The receipts
from the fair, last fall. were Sl7,23l and the
present cash balance in the treasury is SO, 1853
The annual fair this year will be held at Worcester
The recent sale OF 200, 600 acres of the St Pau
and Sioux Citys railroad lands in Iowa and Min
nesota was one OF the biggest land sales eve
made in the northwest, and the London Lane
Colonization and Banking Company which hav
bought them will try To dispose OF them to Irisl
and British settlers who will be offered the land
on installments, and furnished with cheap trans
portation from Europe.
PENNSYLVANIA mills are asking SOS per ton 10
iron and $50 for frst-clsss steel rails, and presen
indi ations are, according to the Indianapol
Journal, that iron rails by June LIST will be selin
ut s75, and steel rails at 800 per ton. The win
ter is open that track-laying is going on tn
same as in the summer months and many Of tn
mills are crowded to fill present orders, to IA
nothing about future contracts made in the las
fev rnnnths pondtionallv