Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-06-28
Summary OF News.

Five thousand colored people celebrated Eman-
cpation day In Austin, Texas .Guteau 4 only
hope was a pardon from President Arthur, which
has been refused, and he will undoubtedly swing
next Friday. II Is probable that the Chinese gov
ernmcnt will take retaliatory action upon our anti
Chinese law go. The book-keeper Of the National
Bank Of North America, Providence r. l., has
mysteriously disappeared. LA British steamer
capsized few hours ont Of San Francisco and
all hands were lost. =. Thirty-seven Apache In
dian prisoners have been shot by the Mexican
authorities. The Johnson Harvester works at
Brockport N Y, have been burned, entailing
loss Of S5O0,0 and throwing four hundred and
fifty men out OF employment. Next years
crops in Egypt are ruined and there are prospects
OF n famine, The European congress on Egyp-
tian affairs met last week and Turkey was left
out In the cold Hutchinson, the broker re-
Gently expelled from the New York stock ex-
change, has brought suit to test the validity OF
the action. Thousands Of Christians are flee
ing from Egypt and relief funds are raising for
them. Michael Davitt has arrived In this coun-
try. lie addressed an audience Of twelve thou
sand in Boston last week Wednesday night. lie
will make tour Of the principal cities Of the
country The strike Of iron and steel workers
at Springfield, Illinois, continues . The crew
Of the burned United States steamer Rodgers has
reached Behring's Straits in safety . Boiler ex-
plosion at Wilamsfed Ohio. Four men killed.
Twenty states were represented at the twelfth
annual meeting OF the national electric associa-
ton at New Haven, last week. An armed mob
lynched a man st Mississippi county jail last
have been burned. Loss, 100000, and the lives
Of three children employed there. The strikers
at lrondale Illinois, are In starving condition,
but are stubborn and will not yield. There Il
great need Of a civil government in Alaska. The
Indians are causing much trouble by their drunk
enness. The office Of the Montreal Herald has
been Quilted by fire. The printers had barely
time 10 escape In their slippers Over two hun
dred Italian laborers on the West Shore railroad
In New York have struck for an advance OF fifteen
cents day. They have been rioting and the
sheriff has called for the assistance of the troops.
The strike OF the freight handlers has ex-
tended 10 Jersey City. The constitutonality
OF the Virginia law taxing "drummers repre-
sentng houses from out Of the state has been
affirmed by the United States courts. The con-
federate monument at Columbia, 5. C., one of the
| handsomest pieces Of sculpture in the country,
| has been struck by lightning and demolished ..
The city marshal OF Caldwell, Kansas, was shot
dead while attempting to arrest two cowboys"
-. The name Of Guiteaus hangman will prob
\ ably never be made public, as II Is the custom at
that Jail to keep it secret lie will be in situa-
| ton so the crowd cannot see him.... A terrific
storm occurred in Camden county, n. c., last
Friday, and many houses and barns were struck
| by lightning and burned. The army worm is
| doing great damage In various parts Of the south.
80. Fifteen hundred men in the Joliet Clinos)
| rolling mills are thrown out OF employment in
| consequence Of dull times. At Franklin, n.
| H., the lookup was burned and prisoner
fined for intoxicaton persisted The New York
Times predicts large peach crop and low prices.
| 80. The striking freight handlers Friday, scat
| tered the Italians at the Erie and Delaware and
| Lackawanna docks in New York city. Some
| were beaten and few fell into the river, endeav
| oring to reach the boats. In the afternoon the
| strikers made demonstration, four thousand be-
ing in line The damage to perishabe freight de
| layed at the depot is estimated at $4,000. ....
The receiving teller Of the Third national bank Of
| st. Louis has been arrested on the charge Of en-
bezzng $4,000 OF the funds of the bank. The
period of his operations extends over several
| years. The French navy Is being put nI readi-
ness for active service in view Of the possibility
Of war growing out Of Egyptian troubles