Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-12
Weekly News summary.

ihofhssOH WOOD, the celebrated botanist, Ia
dead.
Ex-SEcRETARy boutwell, has entered a law
firm in Boston.
A NEW York pier has been destroyed by
floating field Of ice
JOSEPH COOK has been lecturing to immense
audiences at Edinburg.
THE census Of Alaska shows a population OF
0,l49, including 33o whites
THE premier Of Greece believes war between
Greece and Turkey inevitable.
The total number OF Indians in the United
states is calculated to be 2750Oo
The statue Of Jacob Collamer will soon be up-
yelled In the national statuary hall at Washington
GOVERNOR PORTER Of Indiana was married to
Miss Stone, sister to General r. Stone in New
York on the 9th instant
EUGENE HALE has been unanimously nominated
for United States senator by the republican mem
bers Of the Maine legislature
The uprising OF the Beers In South Africa il
approved Of by the press in Holland, and subscrp-
tons are making for their aid
NATHAN GoFF, IT,, Of West Virginia has been
nominated and confirmed as secretary OF the
navy In place Of Secretary Thompson.
MIR. ErEs SARGENT Of Boston, the editor and
author, has just died from cancer on bis tongue,
which had been growing for two or three years.
THE Northern Pacfc's immense land grant, af-
ter all the sales up to this time is still estimated at
4o,OOOOOO acres, or tract larger than all New
England
ALMOST an entire change has been made in the
uniform OF the regular army, chief Of which is
the substitution Of helmets and plumes for the
regulation caps.
MICHIGAN has nnety-three firms or individuals
engaged in salt-makng, their combined product
for the year ending November Both amounting to
2,67s, 1856 barrels
AN Oregon farmer made considerable syrup
from watermelons last year. The melons were
run through cider mill and the Juice strained
and boiled down.
THE total cotton crop Of the United States for
$780, handled at ports and overland points of cross
ing, was 1856 5l7 bales-an increase over last year
Of 255, 9l7 bales
THE damage to property in the harbor Of Gin
cinnati by the breaking up OF the ice in the Ohio
river on Saturday is variously estimated at from
100000 to $4,000
A PARTY of English bicyclists will start for
New York on the 9th of March, for the purpose
OF visiting the principal cities of the United
States on their machines.
The boots and sboes for tho ,rnr nm ,n,do n.
the Ieavenwortb Kansas ,ri,i,arr ,ri.o. LII,
turned ont Oh o95 nairs ~ No.. and q, 900 y,
shoes in the last fiscal year
The strike Of the miners in the vicinity Of
wheeling, West Virginia, has caused the iron
4 ooo ,yortr,on on, -, aa,,,,e.. supeA'' '"''""s
'"' VI ''"p ''on'
is ,onS Nop"AN oi new iork ceieorated
Wv S'aeas u'S ~ i've years oy niing ms pockets
,ho. ." aa WIN ear nuns ana distributing
''''''"s '''''""s stage uri'ers'
FRINGE HANNIBAL, an old negro, who was the
son oil an African king, and who had been slave
49,. u,a-. ,, uleu iiUn 'ne eA'feme cola
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lHE leading match manufacturers have united
under the name oil the Diamond match company,
with capital oil two and half millions and will
De able to control the price OF matches throughout
'"e ''""''s
NIAGARA is now in its glory. The Horseshoe
fali Is frozen solid two hundred feet from either
shore, and the ice mountains in front Of the falls
have reached height of upward of one hundred
aNal
'''
HE temperance testimonial TO Mrs Hayes is to
u'ke the form oil a portrait painted by Huntington
Eoe .ne Whi'e House. engravinss oil which VIII be
SOFA ior 90 ana iund Tor the cause, which 1t is
"'p'' WIN ''a'n 7io'''0'
OWING to the extreme cold weather in the
sou'h' oysters nave become extremely nigh. In
s. more ana norfolk they nave tisen one nun
80 pc. .e".' Dreose oysters, "hich commonly
oen 'o' .wen'S-n'e oeh'S per oushe'' now pr'ng
~, uo,'"'
'NiioNs ior quarters ior 'o,ooo persons,
inotor boya hoon ,aoo,,,oa 49,, 49, 49,,
liz scboo, ,rrs,aas has - |,,. ~ p'o
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Iodae s,rar,ors '''' W
LoNpoN uispa'ch says Notlling less than
PANE seems 10 prevail among the military au-
unornOes IN all parts OIL England In view oil posi-
VIC reh'"n a''einpts' hAtraptecautions are 10 De
49,. - P"'''"N'"' ''o"'
ihE "orhs oi the Ahsonia watch and CLOCK
company III brooklyn, the most extensive IN the
country were ourhed IN oc'ooer last causing a
loss oi S'oo'ooo. Inc company opened another
factory winch was burned sunday loss S4o,Vo'