Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-07-06
Weekly News Summary,


HENRY WARD BEEcHER has his life insured for
100000
MINNESOTA expects to furnish homes for 10000
immigrants this year.
Ex-Governor BISHOP Of Ohio sued the Cincin-
natl Gazette for 100000 damages for SANDER and
recovered $500.
The Chicago board of education by a vote OF
eight to four has restored corporal punishment to
the city schools.
Nor single national bank in the United States
has failed during the fiscal year which ended
Thursday, Juue Goth
The Pennsylvania railroad company recently
purchased fifty thousand plants to use in flower
beds at every station along the line
THE British house of commons has rejected the
bill to abolish capital punishment by vote Of
one hundred and seventy-ive to eighty-nine,
THERE about two hundred and thirteen tons
of silver bullion in the mint at Philadelphia. The
gold and silver on hand is valued at S31 100000.
THE new street cleaning commissioner of New
York announces his intention to dismiss every
employe who received money improperly from
contractors or others.
PARSELL is coming to this country to raise
more money. Perhaps it would be just as well
for him to account for the funds which he and
his associates have already received
A VILLAGE Of three hundred houses in Vaois,
Switzerland has been entirely destroyed by fire.
house was struck by lightning The flames, I'M
der wind, spread rapidly to the whole village.
IT is claimed that the excursion steamers in
Massachusetts harbors and the little strip Of
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II, 600 900 passengers without accident to any
OF them.
SECRETARY BLAINE says that his new residence
in Washington is to be simply "a square old
fashioned house" The whole lower floor is to be
so arranged that the rooms can all be thrown
into one.
ALL the personal effects of the late Senator
Wilson will soon be advertised for sale at auction.
They include his library his writing table, house
hold goods OF all kinds pictures and engravings,
and many autograph letters from distinguished
men.
THE entrance examinations at West Point are
very severe, and out of one hundred and seven
teen applicants for admission to the next class,
fifty-three failed One Of those ffty-three had
beaten over hundred competitors in preliminary
examination at Boston.
ADVANCE sheets of the report OF the United
States commissioner OF education show that Mas
sachusetts has $3.50 public schools, 1880 female
and / ,1lS male teachers. Maine ranks next of the
New England states as to number of schools and
teachers, and Vermont stands third.
Two hundred and forty-one thousand immi-
grants have landed at New York in the past six
months, the greatest number for the period on
record. During the past six months employment
has been procured by the Castle Garden author
tiles for "a, 657 immigrants.
DoRE is described as finishing, in deep medita-
ton and with sad face great picture called the
Vale OF Tears. 1t represents sorrow-laden crowds
of men and women OF all races and all creeds and
conditions, vending their way to the Light of the
World figure Of sunshine.
KATIE MULHERNs a fifteen-y ears-old girl is the
Grace Darling OF Louisville Kentucky. On dif-
ferent occasions within the last three years she has
saved the lives of eight little boys and girls, who
had fallen into the river, and medal for her is,
very properly under consideration.
UNDER recent decision OF the supreme court
of Pennsylvania the capital of the building
Citations in that state will be compelled to pay
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The scales used for weighing gold In the assay
office at New York are so delicate that when
brought to balance with two pieces OF paper OF
equal size in the pans, the mere writing oil name
| with lead pencil ON one OF the pieces oil paper
| will add enough weight to the paper to turn the
scales in its favor
| ELEVEN weeks ago the boy evangelist, Thomas