Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-11-10
Weekly News Summary.


COLONEL JEROME BoNArARTE and wife will
spend the coming winter in Washington.
AT meeting of the land league at Lowell, Sat-
urday, large number of persons joined It.
A powDER-MuL near Paterson, New Jersey,
blew up Thursday, and two men were killed.
A coAsriNG steamer and all hands, fifteen, has
been lost off the mouth of the Tyne in England.
THE second chamber Of statesgeneral, by vote
of Al to 90 has refused to re-establish capital pun
ishment
EXPORTING OF apples has begun and important
shipments have already been made by steam TO
British ports
Two trains on the Eastern railroad colded at
Lynn, Thursday. Both were badly smashed, and
one person killed
THE Brazilian member Of the court OF arbitra-
ton, to sit at Washington and decide Franco
American claims, has arrived
PRESIDENT HAYES has returned from his west
ern journey in excellent health and spirits and
weighing more than ever before.
The announcement that the British channel
fleet had been ordered to Irish waters caused in
descrbable excitement in Ireland
SEVERAL thousand dollars have been spent in
repairing and altering the White House during
the presidents trip to the Pacific coast
The Catholic bishop of Ottawa, Ontario, has
cut off from church sacraments all the faithful
who send their children to the public schools.
The assistant postmaster and stamp clerk at
| Leadville have been arrested, on charge Of steal
ing government funds to the amount Of So, 800.
SIX conductors OF the Metropolitan horse rail-
road Of Boston have been arrested for using bogus
punches, and the manufacturer has also been ar
rested.
THE Touring mills OF Minnesota and st. Louis
are running to their utmost capacity to fill export
orders and are some weeks behind the demand
at that.
MANITOBA is prouder than ever OF its isother-
NAL line, since the recent blizzard, which left
banks of snow far south as Iowa, and gave it
the go-by altogether
THE supreme court at New York city has just
decided that a man who sells diseased cattle for
feits his pay and is liable in damages for the
spread of the disease.
ABRAHAM LiNCoLN's widow, who has been in
Europe for health for some time, will sail for
home next month and probably live with her
son Robert hereafter
RABBITS are causing serious devastation in
Australia, and it is said that one estate which
used to support 3d. 600 sheep has had to be aban-
doned on their account.
DIR. EDWARD SEGuIS, an eminent physician Of
New York, died Wednesday, at the age OF sixty
eight. lie native of France, and educated
in the University of Paris
The Ansonia clock company's buildings in
Brooklyn have been burned Loss $3.50, 600 nsur-
ance s25O,OO0 About nine hundred hands are
thrown out of employment.
AT large meeting in Paris on Sunday reso-
luton was adopted demanding the suppression Of
the budget OF the ministry of worship and sep
aration of church and state.
THE California supreme court has denied writs
Of mandate certiord'i and hdbeas corpus in the
case OF |. NJ. Kalloch, charged with murder The
case now goes back to the lower court for decision
on its merits
BESIDES large number of personal congratua-
tons, General Arthur has received large num-
Der of congratulatory kilograms, including one
from the Hon. Bardwell Slote (Mr. W j. Flor
ence) who is in London
BERLIN correspondent reports that the So
cialists elected from Hamburg will probably go to
the United States Herr Fritzschle, socialist
deputy, is about to 90 to America to inquire into
the condition of the lsborng classes.
A CAVE lately occurred at Sebastapoo Penn
sI,,ania Nncb nronor,v ,vas des,rorod
nnmher ot d,vellings were abandoned nv the ter.
ror.s,rcken inbabi,apts Tho earth settled sx
foo, Mining in thu vicinity has been spsnended
oN 'lo f"'' ~. ''''i"u y,
top and one side and shivering the cab into a
thousand pieces. The engineer was killed and
his body blown into the pond The fireman was
badly scalded.