News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-05-11
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Five hundred miners struck at the
Pratt Ala. mines, Thursday, because
of threatened reduction of wages.
The postage on newspapers publish
ed in Canada will be removed after the
first of July.
At Philadelphia, Thursday night,
John Davidson, aged 81, killed his
mother, aged 60 years.
William Ii. Vanderbilt is booked to
sail for Europe in the Britannica.
Since the attempt to send him an in
fernal machine, a number of the pas
sengers registered to sail on the same
steamer have cancelled their engage
mentS.
Charles Lord, OF Hot Springs, Ark. j,
hearing what he supposed to be a bear
or panther in his yard, fired at it.
1t proved to be his wife, who was kill
ed by the shot.
Seventy thousand immigrants landed
in this country during the month of
April. The immigration for the year
IL 10 CSLIiildlelt VIII llOb OS iuiCu less
than 100000 people.
1t i; stated thai there are at least
1872, 900 mich cows, valued at over
5000 900, in NewsJ ersey, producing
annually about 100000 gallons of
milk.
Cadet Whitaker has gone to Chi
cage in search of employment.
Henry Ward Beecher denies that he
intends to retire from the ministry
when he is 20 years old, which will be
on June oath, 1888. He says that his
father, Lyman Beecher, continued to
preach until after he was 80, and he
would like to do the same. His health
was never better than it is now. He
had said that he didn't care to live be-
yond 80, but he might change his mind
as he neared that point.
The Wisconsin Legislature recently
adjourned in body to see Booth as
Hamlet.
A colored woman at Selma, Ala,
was arrested on the ard, on the charge |
of numbering her ten-years-old son.
She had commenced beating him a
week before, with plank and scythe
blade, until Thursday, the 4th, when
the boy died.
A man named AmiliItar, at Jalins-
co, Mexico, in whose field stolen mules
were found grazing, was, by order of
the officials, shot without trial. Two
hours after the mans death, his inno-
cence was established.
A petition was presented to Con-
gress, last Wednesday, praying for
the passage Of the bill providing for
the compulsory retirement of army
officers at the age of 60. 1t was sign
ed by Surgeon-General Barnes, Adju-
tant- General Drum, Inspector-G ener-
al Sackett, Assistant Surgeon-General
Crane, Chief Medical Purveyor Bax-
ter, FIVE observation-disclosures, seven ma
jors, fourteen captains and six lieuten-
ants, showing that army officers are
in favor Of the proposed law.
The death is reported of Mrs. Ham
mQnd- Ballou, the welI-known revival
ist. For some months past size had
been laboring in the northern part of
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her death was at Westport. While in
active service she received stroke of
apopleXy, from which she never raj
lied.
Petitions are in circulation in Maine
urging Mr.. Blaine to be candidate
for Congress on the general ticket
next fall.
The debate on the Tariff Commits
sion bill in the House has closed.
The committee appointed by the
American Bar Association to consider
the subject of a reorganization of the
United States Supreme Court. has
finished its work, and will, it is I'M
derstood, make public shortly, three
separate reports. Four members Of
the committee, namely, Messrs. E. J.
Phslps, Courtlandt Parker, VIM. NJ.
Evarts and Richard T. Merrick, have
agreed upon a report which recon-
mends the division of the court into
two chambers or sections, each to be
composed Of such justices and to
have jurisdiction of such cases as the
court. No increase in the number of
justices is thought necessary.
VIM. Richards has been arrested at
Waterbury. Conn, OH the charge of
numbering Joseph Jackson, whose
body was found ut Sutton, p. O.,
few weeks ago.
The entire telegraphic system of
Canada has been ama!gamated, the
control of which has been secured BY
the Western Union.
Col. ID. B. Henderson of Dubuque,
Ia, is the new Secretary of the Con-
gressional Campaign Committee.