Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-05-24
Summary OF News.

til ne promised 10 hire no more Chinamen.....
Quiet has been restored in Egypt. The ministers
implored pardon Of the Khedlve and expressed
their loyalty. The sultan OF Tuakey protests
against the sending Of foreign fleets to Alexan-
dra.. During the first quarter Of the year there
were six murders in Ireland without single con-
viction, and 1,i17 outrages were committed, for
which only fifty-one persons were apprehended
and twenty-one convicted Stewartsville, Mis-
souri,, is in ashes Thirty-seyen houses, including
every business house, have been burned..,,,.
Counterfeit half and quarter dollars representing
about $500 have been found In the ground In the
vicinity OF the Massachusetts, state prison. The
number killed and wounded by the recent cyclone
at McAllister, l. T., Ia 100 OF these fifteen are al
ready dead. Many are MANNED for We and 9th
ers cannot recover. Heavy fallt6f snow In
North Carolina last week. II Is feared the cot
ton crop was damaged ...A destructive hurri-
cane has swept over western Australia. Two
towns were utterly destroyed. The new cable
across the Atlantic has passed to the control Of
the Western Union telegraph company e. The
fire at Danville, p O., rendered 200 people home
less. Samuel p Carter Of Tennessee has been
confirmed to be rear admiral. j. W. Dorsey,
the star route thief, has given $40, 600 bail As
an isolated instance we mention the fact that at
Charlton, Iowa, a Catholic priest defended from
the pulpit the assassins Of Cavendish and Burke,
and In the same connection we note that Parnell
does not attribute the assassnatons to Fenians but
thinks the assassins were members Of some much
more extreme associations. There is a great
Swedish and Norwegian emigration to America,
and the services Of the immigrants are much
sought for by manufacturers. Fred Chamber
lin, an influential farmer at West Orange, Mass,
and his wife have died from poisoning While
using guano on his land he became poisoned, and
his wife received the poison while dressing it.
The effect was swift and sure. Both bodies
presented bloated and disfigured appearance. ...
During April 10000 immigrants arrived in the
United States, Nine thousand were from England,
II, 900 from Ireland, 5000 from Germany, 5000
from Italy, 900 from Sweden, II 600 from Can
ada and 2, 800 from China, All the weavers In
the New England mill at Rockville, Connecticut,
have struck for higher wages and the mill has
closed. Operatives in other mills will soon strike
.... A heavy frost in Mississippi last week dam
aged crops. =. The unprecedented number OF 40
vessels arrived in New York last Wednesday,.
The " Betty and the Baby" fund, amounting to
S3,642, has been paid TO Sergeant Mason The
army worm has appeared in Illinois..... The
wheat crop looks promising all through the west.
Great excitement prevails at Lawrence, Massa-
chusetts, because at funeral the Catholic priest
forbade the Father Matthew Society to enter a
church unless the members took off their regalia
-. Peru has rejected the terms of truce offered
by Chilli. -. The nomination Of Roland Worthing-
ton AZ collector Of the port OF Boston has been
confirmed The general conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal church south will elect FIVE
new bishops. ... Two Jersey cows have been sold
in New York-one for 1920 and the other for
$1,000. Not more than one hundred copies Of
Guiteaus book have sold. IT is said that Guiteau
is very much affected by the reported decision of
the court in his case. He still expects pardon
from President Arthur. The remains of Chief Jus
tice Chase have been removed from Washington to
Cincinnati. An iron mandatory in Elkton, Md,
has been shut down In consequence OF r strike.
Evictions OF tenants have been resumed in Ireland
More destructive cyclones in Arkansas and North
Carolina. According to the report OF the national
board OF underwriters, the fire losses for 1881 ex-
coed those of 1880 by nearly ten per cent. =. In
consequence of Parnells suspected detection
American subscribers to the land league fund are
calling for publication Of the accounts. . The Pc
mary damage to Russia in consequence OF the
q AUS MT to- mot . han
S1lO,OOO,OOO. Two policemen constantly attend
the new chief secretary for Ireland. . According
to the Insurance Chronicle the fire losses for the
past six years amount to $3.50, 800 300-amost the
amount invested In national banks, which Is
$500, 600, 600. There is intense excitement in
San Francisco over the small pox among the Chi
nese on the steamship Allenower. Eighty-six
cases of continent small box have been discovered
since her arrival All on board were vaccinated
without effect. William Mcbride, contractor
OF Long Island, lately has disappeared leaving an
Indebtedness of $4,000. The village OF Mar
cilly, France has been destroyed by fire and $50
persons are homeless. Fifty Toronto letter-car-
riers quit work because colored man was APP
pointed carrier. The woman suffrage bill has
been rejected by the New York assembly,.
Three hundred operatives are thrown out of en-
ployment by the burning Of the Seneca falls knit
ting mil. =. Judgment in the case Of the persons
in Vienna in connection with the Ring theater fire
has been delivered. Three directors were found
guilty OF contributory negligence and were sem
fenced, one to four months simple arrest one
| to four months and the other to eight months
imprisonment; also to pay 60S7 forms.
Another comet has been seen by astronomers in
Egypt. James Gordon Bennett has given De-
Longs widow $50 900 in four per cents. :. Lieu
tenant Danenhower and three other survivors of
| the Jeanette have sailed from Liverpool to New
York. Two men have been lynched in Louis
| lana. The governor offers a reward of 81 600 for
the lynchers By disastrous fire at Leadville
| Colorado, block OF buildings, the Academy OF
Music and other buildings were burned. Two
iuQa md mo lunar Loaf IN mil
| among the Russian Jews IL Understandable. Ten
thousand are without shelter. The coronation
| Of the car which was to take place at Moscow,
| September 9Th has been postponed, possibly in
definitely, account Of nihilist movements.
80. Seven hundred miners have struck at Sa-
lineville, Ohio. The coal miners Of Pittsburgh
district havo resolved to continue the strike
against reduction OF pay. President Folvell
and Professors Pike and Moore of the state uni
versty, Minneapolis, MINI, were arrested We'd
nesday morning, and Pike was held in $500 bail
on the charge of assaulting Student Paine with a
deadly weapon. Professors Folvell and Moore
were released on their own recognizance to
answer the charge OF assault and battery.
letter from the murdered man Jackson's sister
has been received at Sutton P. q The descrip-
ton given by her of her brother answers TO that
OF the murdered man.. Rev Newman Smyth has
declined the invitation of the trustees of Andover
Seminary TO deliver course of lectures. A bank
messenger in New York has been robbed Of securi-
ties valued at S4S, 600 by Woods, a noted English
pickpocket. All but 500 have been recovered.
About %, 600 immigrants arrived in New York last
week the largest number on record. Two female
burglars, aged IA and 10, have been arrested at
Newark N. J. They forced the door of a house
with jimmy.....A prize fight took place last week
Tuesday at Coney Island between Charles New
| ton and James Frawley The latter was badly
punished. IA man lately cut his throat on an
Ohio railway train and leaped through the car
window. He was not instantly killed, but has
since died. Fred Tyler attempted suicide at
Ayers Flat, P. . Disappointment in love was
the cause. The Yale spring regalia on Lake
Saltonstal has taken place. The juniors won in
HOG, the sophomores second and the freshmen
third. IA physician has been shot near SYRIA
cuse, New York, while robbng grave. The
Turkish government has demanded the with
drawal OF the foreign fleets at Alexandria.
Linus NJ. Rice, who was the receiver of the First
National bank of BrattlebOro, has been appointed
receiver OF the broken Pacific bank Of Boston. e..
Woods, the English pckpocket, who recently
robbed a bank messenger in New York, has been
caught, and over $4,000 recovered go. The
comptroller of the currency has decided that when
a married woman purchases United States bonds
her husband cannot control them without her
consent. "A terrible tornado lately passed over
Pike county, Arkansas Sixteen dwellings were
dren were killed. The loss in the county is many
| thousand dollars. -. Walt Whitman's book,
" Leaves OF Grass" is under the ban, having
been pronounced obscene by the Massachusetts
encouragement. The publishers, Messrs. Os-
good Co., Boston, have discontinued Its publ
cation. The New York police report the fe-
mans very active. Extraordinary precautions
were recently taken on the departure OF Queen
Victoria for Bamoral castle. Ii Is stated that
the police deem II necessary TO constantly watch
Mr.. Burkes grave. A riot occurred in LINER
| lex between the police and people, Saturday. The
police charged with fixed bayonts, and several
were injured. Jesse Rafter, who has been
called the Jesse James OF Clinton county, New
| York, was arrested last week after desperate
struggle and is now lodged in Plattsburgh jail
IL Is said he is guilty of almost every conceivable
| crime. There is a large strike impending
among the iron and steel workers at Pittsburgh,
| Pennsylvania. The indications that 8, 5000
men will strike June LIST. 1t is said that Russia
will interfere rectly in the Egyptian question,
and a renewal of war between Russia and Turkey
| may result. The strike among the Michigan
| lumbermen has ended. .. The life of the sultan
| of Turkey has been threatened. He is in utter
CONSERVATION and keeps himself in total seclusion,
| PEACHAM Charles Varnum is suffering with
| feon. After the first of June the picture 81
loon at the Hollow will be closed for the
&c.. Mr. Gay and daughter have returned To town
after an absence Of several years. Mr.. and
Mrs Stevens from Lisbon, n. H., were In town
| last week e. Hal Weeks IL in precarions state
OF health. MI Bailey expects quite a rush Of
city boarders this summer. Charles Hatch has
| removed to Shattuck's Hollow, Danyille. Mrs.
| Kate (Graham) Boynton and her little boy re-
| turned To Boston last week. Ed Weeks has
| rented and moved into the Spencer house at
| Ewells Hollow. Both new ministers and their
| families have arrived-Rev. s. s Martyr, Con-
| gtegationalist, and Rev. C. W. Stowell, Methodist
a., Charles Hutchinson recently lost good COW