Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-31
Summary OF News.

II now building by the Erie railway. It's length
height Is 30i feet from tho bed Of the stream TO
the surface Of the ties o.. Captain Paul BOyton,
who has been in Richmond Virginia, several
days, has performed the perilous feat Of shooting
the James river rapids. The New Jersey state
medical society unanimously condemns the recog-
milton Of homeopathic physicians by the New
York state medical society. George Robertson,
prominent paper manufacturer at lIinsdale, N.
H., was killed last week Wednesday by the fall
ing Of derrick. Boston has 3, 62l mechanical
establishments, with capital OF $40, 100, 1A.,...
me peasants OF ROumania have sent petition TO
the Austrian parliament asking the distribution
Of the state domains among the peasantry. The
land owners will oppose IT,. Both houses OF the
Massachusetts, legislature have voted TO remove
Judge Day, on account Of his drunkenness, from
his office of judge Of probate Of Barnstabe county
....A Catholic priest In Massachusetts, refuses to
permit the Grand Army to enter the Catholic
cemetery on Decoration Day.. A terrible confa-
grafton ragged all last week at Keiif, Russia.....
Doyle the Chicago counterfeiter, will not be
baed.. The net earnings OF the Pacific Mail
steamship company are about seventy per cent
on the stock. 1.-THE attempted pooling ar
rangement by the leading trunk lines TO
the west has failed because Of the refusal Of
the Grand Trunk railway TO enter into H..
Atlantic steamers are greatly delayed on their
passage by contact with icebergs and floating ice
fields. The steamer Peruvian twenty-six
days running from Liverpool to Quebec. "A
skull Of gigantic size has been dug up in a mound
in the valley Of the Red River Of the North.
Ten notorious prisoners have escaped from the
Pennsylvania state prison. The Mexican gov
eminent has offered reward Of $500 for the
scalp of each hostile Indian. An explosion Of
gas, caused by the carelesness Of the miners,
lately occurred at the Kohinoor colliery at Shen-
andoah, Penn. Six men were killed and 400
men thrown out OF employment. There has
been another disastrous overflow OF the Mssis-
| sippi In Arkansas. Three-fourths of Phillips
county and portions Of two other counties are un
der water. There is great restitution and suf-
| ferng in Patrick county, Virginia. on account Of
damage to crops by drouth. There have been
many deaths by starvation, The government
| will break up the practice Of advertising by
means OF plaques" which have limitations Of
| gold and silver coin upon them Many immi-
| grants are swindled by them. The rebellion in
| Egypt still continues, The city Of Cork, Ire
| land, offers a reward Of one thousand pounds
| for the discovery Of the murderers OF Cavendish
and Burke. "A band Of vigilants is chasing
| and lynching horse thieves in Missouri The
proprietor Of the Revere House, Boston, has been
| sued under the civil rights act, for refusing ac-
| commodaton to Robert Small, colored ex-con-
| gresham from South Carolina. ....A Grand
Trunk emigrant train crashed into freight train
near the Victoria bridge. There were 600 per-
| sons on the train and the passengers were badly
bruised, Damage $4,000 Dover, n H., has
| had notice that Marcus p Norton will press his
| suit to recover $4,000 for alleged infringe
| ment on patent valve used on steam fire en-
| gines. The city will fight and urge others to do
| so.... The Pittsburgh iron manufacturers have
| refused to accede to the demands Of iron workers
| for an increase of pay. They will close rather
| than do it.. .....Large tracts OF timber are
| being burned over IN British Columbia. Two
more men have lately been taken from
| Galveston, Texas, jail and hanged. The
| United States attorney general has received
| petition from Massachusetts, for the pardon of
| Guiteau.. The German government has arrested
| and imprisoned Barney Horst, a fully naturazed
| citizen of the United States, while about to de-
| part for the America. -. Twenty thousand votes
| were cast for the new constitution of Utah. The
Gentiles paid no attention to it,. The prosecu-
| ton in the Malley case has closed. A steamer was
lately burned on Lake Huron and twenty-five
lives lost. "A Chinaman has been arrested in
| New York for intoxication-a very unusual thing.
| .,.lt is stated that lgnatieff, one Of the best
| Russian generals, has joined the nhsts. Fifty
thousand Sunday-school children paraded in
| Brooklyn last week Wednesday. The trial of
| the Charles Francis Adams banco case opened last
week Wednesday in Boston, and is attracting much
| attention. The governor of Tennessee has
signed bill to fund the state debt at sixty cents
on the dollar. "A Jewess in New York has shot
| herself through heart because her parents forbade
| her marrying GENTLE. Eli Foye Of STAFFORD,
New Hampshire, from jealousy has shot his
wife, lodging forty buckshot in her body. A
| Georgia man last week beat his wife until she be-
| came insensibe, hung her from the joists of his
| house, and fled. Henry Golf has committed
suicide by jumping into the whirlpool at Niagara
Falls. Forest fires are raging in Michigan and
great damage is feared. At last the sherifs Of
Judge Lynch's court are getting their just de-
| serts. Two men have been arrested in Kansas
| City for melting mob. Albert Young has
been sentenced to ten years penal servtude for
sending threatening letters TO Queen Victoria. =.
Not single lie mas Deen lost IN the hudson river
tunnel since the great accident of 1880 -. By a
| decision OF the secretary of the interior, over
| 5000, 900 acres of rich lands in Dakota have been
thrown open for settlement and there is great
| rush for them. The indications that the
| wheat crop of Michigan will exceed that OF 1880
| by million bushels Lieutenant Danenhower
and other survivors of the Jeanette have arrived
| in New York. The Rochdale wooden mills at
| Poughkeepsie, New York, have been struck by
| lightning and burned. Loss $50 900. Several
persons were lately killed by boiler explosion in
Tallahassee, Florida. There are no signs of an
| operatives are equally firm. The loss OF wages
exceeds 100000. A large part OF the city of
| Tombstone, Arizona, has been destroyed by fire.
| ... The crops in Spain look favorable "A So
cialist named Richter has been imprisoned at
| Vienna for high treason The total amount of
rewards offered on both sides Of the Atlantic for
the murderers Of Cavendish and Burke falls little
| short of $4,000. Archbishop McCabe has been
| enthroned at Dublin cardinal OF the Roman
Catholic church.. "A serious riot occurred in the
Latin quarter Of Parislas Saturday and many we're
hurt The census office reports that the popula-
ton Of the United States in 1880 20, 1855 1888;
| area in square miles, 2,9OO,17Oi number of FAM
lilies, 9,9l5, 9l6; Of dwellings, 1855 SO; of per-
sons to the square mile, 1929 families to the
square mile, 343; dwellings to the square
| mile, 3O2; acres to person, 81 OIL; to
to family o.. The area in land is surface
| only and exclusive OF the Indian territory and
tracts OF unorganized territory aggregating 3d.
! $50 square miles. Nearly seventy suspects have
| night o.. Dillon and McDavitt have succeeded
Parnell in the leadership of the Irish parity.
Three men are under arrest for n conspiracy to
| exhume and exhibit the body of Jesse James,.
terrible storm and tornado passed over Green
| field, Mass, last Sunday evening and destroyed
upwards of $4,000 worth of property and caus-
ing several accidents 1t was accompanied by
heavy thunder, vivid lightning, rain and hail.
Several barns and houses were unroofed and
other barns were demolished. There is de-
crease of twenty-five per cent in the acreage OF
xlaat In Il ttNsnaV aA tho
will be heavier than at any time in the history of
| the state Kate Chase Sprague has been granted
| a divorce from Ex-Governor Sprague of Rhode
Island and given the custody of her three daugh-
| tiers, permitting her To resume her maiden name
| and apply for alimony. The latest news from
Egypt is that the khedive has succumbed and re-
instated Arab Bey the leader of the rebels to the
head of the ministry from which he was lately
deposed. Reports from all parts OF the country
show that the crops will be abundant. S15,-
100000 OF United States bonds of March 3, 1863,
have been called. Payne and his men, while
attempting to invade Indian Territory, were cap
tured by United States troops and taken back to
Kansas. The greatest strike ever organized in
one city will begin tomorrow at Pittsburgh,
Penn, among the iron workers About 70,O00
men are engaged in it,. The president has APP
proved the pension deficiency BILL appropriatiug
$1,000 600 for the payment Of pensions Be
| tween 5000 and 1000 coal miners in Pennsyl-
vana have struck. One out of every eight persons
in the United States is unable to WRITE.
John F. Cossitt prominent and wealthy farmer
hanging. "A number of applications have been
made by showmen for Guiteau's body, Fayal,
in the Azores Islands, has been visited by severe
| shocks of earthquake. Many houses and churches
were destroyed. 81. General Curtis has been
victed of receiving money from otfice-holders for
| political purposes. The excess of imports of
merchandise in April was SS,6S6,000 In April,
| 1881 the excess of exports was 81, 10000 For
the twelve months ending April 30Jh, the excess
of exports was SOS, so 600; during the previous
| year sos 954 600 During April the excess of
exports of gold and silver was Sl,154,OO0. In
April, 1881 the Of imports Sl4, 0Si 600
| For the twelve months ending April S0th, the
cess of imports sll, 627 600 during the pre-
vious year, Sg2 302, 600 During public meet
| ing at ST. Octave, p, @, the floor gave way and
two hundred people were precipitated to the floor
| below. One man was killed, The examinations
| In the Minnesota University shooting case re-
| suited In the discharge of President Fowell and
the binding over Of Professor Pike to answer the
charge of assault with deadly weapon. Pro
lessor Moore pleaded guilty of assault and battery
| and was fined Colonel Chester, the wel-known
| genealogist, is dead, 80. Three hundred Mormon
emigrants have arrived In New York. =. Prices OF
| beef have fallen sixty cents per hundred weight
| in consequence of an Increased supply.
WEST ToPsHAM,-Rev. J. A. Sherburn from
Barre supplied the pulpit here last Sunday. The
| Methodists are making an effort TO hire him to
preach here one-half the time for the year ensu-
| Ing School commenced last Monday, with be-
| tween thirty and forty pupils. It is but a few