Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-05-19
Weekly News SUMMARY.

N''''J'"s hNer anu u Nhst amount OF properly
SEVEN ofthe thirty-seven graduates Of the Union
Theological Seminary at New York are going 10
foreign mission fields.
TOWNSEND has withdrawn from the Whitaker
case and reported to the secretary Of war that he
believes Whitaker innocent
The late postmaster Of Fitchburgh, Massachu-
sets, George L. Goodrich, turns out to be de.
faulter to the amount Of $500
Mrs. BELvA LOCKWOOD has been refused adj
mission to practice by the general term Of the New
York supreme court at Poughkeepsie.
FIFTEEN captains Of European steamers have
been indicted in New York for violating the law
prohibiting the crowding Of passengers.
The village Of San Luis in Cuba has been en-
tirely destroyed by fire Seven persons persisted
and three thousand are without shelter
PRIZE fight was to occur on Canadian soil,
opposite Erie, Pennsylvania, last Wednesday, but
the vigilance Of the authorities prevented it,
The British admiralty have given up all hope
OF the missing training ship Atalanta. An investi-
CATION is to be held as to the seaworthiness Of
the vessel.
WILLIAM DAIzEL, who shot Van Houten at
Paterson, New Jersey, causing the recent riot has
been indicted merely for manslaughter Much
Indignation is felt.
THE fires at Rixford, Pennsylvania, are extn-
guished. Seventy thousand barrels of oil, with
tanks and machinery we're consumed entailng a
loss Of nearly $4,000.
THE dock aborers at Montreal have struck, and
the loading and unloading Of vessels is at stand
still The river police are out under arms. but
there is no disturbance yet
A SEVERE earthquake shock was felt in the vi
cinity of Haverhill, Massachusetts,, last wednes-
day The air vibrated, the earth trembled, and
people were swayed to and fro
A DESTRUCTIVE fire ragged at Stuyvesant, New
York. on the Hudson river railroad last Thursday.
The loss was 100000. Over thirty buildings and
ten acres OF woodland were burned.
THE value OF exports Of breadstuffs in April
was s2l, $4,000; in April last year, s1i l69, 600
for the ten months ended April Both, s2O7, 800 600;
for the same period last year, sl49,0S5,0 900.
THE great Corliss engine. the center OF attrac-
ton among the machinery exhibited at the GEN.
tennia has been bought by the Pullman palace
car company for their works now going up at
Chicago.
SOME junk dealers Of Baltimore were foolish
enough to purchase a lot of condemned shrapnel
shells and employed eight men to break them up.
The result was that six were killed and two badly
wounded.
MARTIN BATTLES who twenty years ago muir
dered man through jealousy in Chautauqua
county, New York, has lately become insane
through remorse, imagining that the ghost of his
victim continually follows him.
L
ulation OF about three thousand has been nearly
destroyed by fire The loss was about 81, SOC, Co.,
and fifteen hundred people are homeless. The
governor of the state has called on the mayors of
the principal cities for aid.
The Prospect Mountain House at Lake George
was destroyed by fire Monday afternoon. The
fire is extending to Caldwell where the Fort Will
liam Henry Hotel is situated, and fears are enter
tained for the safety Of the village The inhabit-
| ants are now fighting the fire.
IT is now said that it is not George Elicit, but
Mrs. G. II. Lewes, the legal widow Of the de-
ceased philosopher, who was lately married to
Mr.. Cross. From this we infer that the mar
rage of George Eliot TO Mr.. Lewes was a sort Of
free love affair, and that he was her "affinerty"
IT would seem that there is no danger Of war
between the United States and Mexico through
ggressive acts OF the generals each side of the
boundary The Mexican general Trevino has ten
dered a grand military ball to our General Ord,
and the latter has recprocated by presenting the
former with sword made from an aerolite.
NEARLY all over the ocean the temperature at
five hundred fathoms is low as forty degrees,
and this is the even Immediately under the
equator in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Below
two thousand fathoms the temperature is never
more than few degrees above freezing point, ex-
cepting in the peculiar cases of land-locked seas.
THE fire in the oil region mentioned last week
was got under control. Since then another fire
started in section thickly studded with derricks
and tanks. A gale was blowing and the fire con-
-umed everything like reeds. Two villages were
destroyed A depository OF nitro lycerine came
in the course of the flames, and exploded with
terrible force
THE Methodist general conference, in session at
Cincinnati, has elected the following bishops:
Cyrus d. Foss, ID, IL D., president OF Wesleyan
University, Middletown, Connecticut; John F.
Hurst, president of the Drew Theological Sem
mary Madison, New Jersey; Henry W. Warren
Of Philadelphia, and Dr. L. o. Haven, chancellor
OF Syracuse University New York
A NEW engine built for the Bound Brook rail-
road in New Jersey, made to run mile minute,
was tested last Friday by running the New
Jersey Central between Jersey City and Phadel-
pha. The time has never been equaled in this
country. With five cars attached it ran the dis
tance eighty-nine and one-half miles, in ninety
minutes and thirty-fve seconds.
IT is estimated that the losses by forest fires on
at will
One hundred and twenty -fve thousand acres of
woodlands and two hundred buildings were
burned by the recent fires in southern New Jer-
sey, entailing loss Of SS,O00,000. In every
church in the villages and towns in that section
prayers for rain are regularly said
THE excitement in New Mexico over the Indian
troubles is very great. Numbers of Apaches have
joined Victoria from the New Mexico reservation
1t is thought he is also reinforced from San Carlos
reservation in Arizona. The Indians are depre-
dating extensively through the eastern portion of
Grant county. number OF citizens and settlers
have been killed and in many instances horribly
mutilated. The citizens have taken up arms, and
are securing the country vigorously in search OF
the marauders.
ANOTHER disaster occurred at Minevie, New
York. last Wednesday. Several tons OF ore fell
over the opening of shaft, enclosing eighteen
men. The alarm was at once given and hundreds
set about excavating them At length small
opening was made through the debris and the
men were liberated after an Imprisonment OF three
hours, by means OF a rope lowered through
small opening dug through the mass. fortu-
nately no one was in ured
RowELL writes, in answer to the offer To match
Hart and Dobler against any two Englishmen,
that he is willing to race ybody in the world for
81, 800 or IS 900 side but the race must be open
10 all, the winner TO take the stakes and half the
gate money, lie says Browns hackers cannot go
to America, and consequently he would propose
that Hart, Dobler, Pegram or any others, shall go
over to agricultural hall, London, there to race
under the terms as above. Rowell says anyone
covering the $500 deposit he left in New York
after his last victory can rely on having match.
ORANGE-The schools in town have nearly all
begun. Miss Clara Waterman OF Barre Is teach
ing at Cutler corner" She has Taught a num-
Der OF terms in the same district Miss Minnie
Beard OF Washington is teaching at Baldwin
ve," and Miss Estella Waterman in the Davis
Houghton district--her frst term as teacher
f. d. MeCrillis recently moved to Plainfeld,
where he formerly lived. Mr.. John Bacon has
moved back into town from Waits River whittier