Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-05-25
Weekly News summary.
The wheat harvest has begun in Texas.

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~, A. ,' oa. o'opVi hanSas promises TINS year 10
'e''' '''' Anown'
MRS GARFIELD Is now believed by her friends
o0 ""o''y ou' o' uanger'
hioHrY-fivE million dollars In five per cents
nave been received for continuance.
o., .. BENNETT is said to have lost $4,000 at
c''us IN NICE one night recently.
THE revenue to the government in England from
patent medicines is over 100000 year.
In is officially denied that the MARQUIS of Iorpe
intends to resign the governor eeneralsbip of
Canada.
MOST Of the cergymen in New York and Brook
| Ign Sunday spoke favorably Of the revised New
Testament
| Tup national han c;rc,,a,,o,, l.. -. 0,eo ooo
| Co., which il a higher figure than II has ever
reached before.
| The new Sunday law in Aia,ard,,. v,,o,.,. I.
80 severe AZ to prohibit the sale of newsnanars
upon the streets
Two strong shocks NJ ea,,bouake occ,,red ON
the island of Chios. Friday eveping savoroI
more houses fell
THE shad nut into Lake Ontario last war bv
| Seth Green the Americap ssh c,,,,r,., aro A..
| ing in enormous quantities
Tn ia amid ,ho, ,,,,,.
| In . to,r a.. ,--,.,, " a'o' W" y. ""'e
actors in the star.route swipdle.
| THE emneror NJ R,ss,a f.. ,nol,ro ,,.,,, oo.-
runt and incomne,en, of,c,aIs and ta.,~,aa,n.
undertaking 1, IA Tho, no has ,,,,o,, III. h..aa
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| misaion have baen discnn,,,,o. ,.dae.,,,,.- r.,
fo,,s N .ocrro ada;,,ouoi s,,.a.,a.,.'hs
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hhNnn WARD Dkhohkh, commenting on the
neviseu ies'ainen. tst sunday night, SAID he was
| ali ,ha ahanoo, ''
nm irN 10 ue'ora''ng MS GROUNDS az urey-
one' s ,no WINTER ne purcnased many
",o p'''uios "uu oooAs ior MS Guy residence lie
L. ie'""on. "'s oeeh ISSUED 10
s"o .uensn p.ono ieauins i"nuon journal
says ''ie i,"sn'n ie''sei' ~ouiu nave zone wen 10
pay nore a"en''on 70 american renderings'
IT Is said that ioo'ooo ouhalo hides will be
sn'ppeu OUT oi 'he ieiowstone country this
spring Az tue present wholesale rate OF slaughter
none vi animals Will DC ieit AFTER new years
The peach trees in Southampton county, Vr-
ginia are 80 tuii OF blossoms that 1t is feared the
crop Will become RIDICULOUS II 1t Is Kept up much
longer
POLICE Justice Morgan Of New York city says
'n'' 'neie has oeeh great iaihng OH In the pusi-
ness oeiore ponce courts In that city Sunday
morning Since employers began 70 use MONDAY as
pay u"y'
"GATH says that in four counties in Mary
anu ne HAS recently iounu tnat what Is called the
i"ine Id" p'eVahs absolutely ana In nearly nail
'"o .er'i'ory vi maryland there Is no license 10
sell hquor'
In consequence OF the floods OF New Brunswick
oooh containing zo,oo,ooO ieet oil lumber gave
away near newcastle on saturday causing much
excitement fifteen million feet were swept
GOWN the stream
ELIZABETH DAvENE, wire rope dancer, formerly
connected with Barnums circus, who fell from a
rope while performing some three weeks ago, and
injured her spine, died last week at the New York
hospital from her injuries.
ONE tragic phase Of the recent execution in
Russia lay in the fact that the judge who pro-
nounced the death sentence upon Sophie Pierof-
SKY was companion OF her childhood, and once
suitor Tor her hand
| THE Swedish government is becoming alarmed
'"u oo"'ohPi"soo ioSis"ton III WIG" vi enilBrauon
which Is assuming the proportions OF an exodus
several counties are practically dennded OF all
| able-bodied Inhabitants.
THE suggestion that corps OF Canadian militia
should attend in October the centennial celebra-
ton OF the surrender OF the British troops at
Yorktown, Virginia, meets with considerable favor
among Dominion officials
RACINE wisconsin, girl jumped the rope one
hundred ana two times, injuring her brain and
other ihterna organs so that she died on thurs
dsy' MARY rabef, another Racine girl, Is very
SICK iro'i 'ne sa'he CAUSE
THE Pennsylvania senate has adopted a resolu-
ton for the transfer OF the remains OF William
,ena ifoil nuckinghanshire' England TO Phiia-
uelpna Inc coopera'ion Oh the president OF the
on''eu 'N''eS ~ requested
LETTER from Rome states that the police dis
covered plot to assassinate the king OF Italy. 1t
is suspected Tue plotter Is an Italian who was re-
, n'''''eu ~ ,'oe' ".oo"p"u'eu ny hen-
W. ~ '''' '''"""' 'oN''''
COMMISSIONER LeDuc has had several kinds OF
tea produced upon tea farm in South Carolina
tried by dealers, who pronounce them excellent
IL Is considered very encouraging for the future OF
Won ''''D'' :" '"' '"''eN '''''''
iHE new iorK legislature mas passed through
both branches an act which requires keepers OF
boarding houses and restaurants to put up pla-
card bearing " Imitation butter used here II
oieomargarihe puttter Is placed on the table,
The people OF Somerset county, Maryland, are
greatly excited over the reported confession Of a
woman now on her death-bed that she and her
son murdered man eighteen years ago. Two
negroes were executed for the crime in 1866.
ACCORDING to statistics gathered by Colonel T.
W. Higginson there are seventy six females prac-
ticng medicine in this country with an average
practice of 5000 year. Three earn from $1,000
to $4,000 year, and four each from SIS 900 to
$4,000.
THE net annual saving to the government nv
the discontinuance of the useless star route and
steamboat mail service since General James a.
sumed office Is S412 900. Further savings will be
made June 3Oth when other useless routes will be
dropped.
Ju,IA f SMITH the survivor of the Claston-
bnrv 0Connecticutl Smith sisters has maid ber tsx
this wear I'm, NOT without n "so,emn pro,s.t
against the nouitv Of taxation without renresen.
tat;on " and a declaration that .he has NOT
changed ner principles.