News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23

the fiery uplift of public opinion IN
England, the venerable engineer was
concentrating Ill his energies upon
the means for a sick child's recovery, |
and was bowling his white hairs with
loving earnestness over a trundle-
bed" Let us hope not. The great
engineer must be reduced to very
Strengthened circumstances before he
would put a sick child on "a trundle-
bed"
The weight of silver coin in the ma
tional treasury is 1904 tons. Yet
the coming of the light weight stan
dard dollar continues, and notWlth-
standing the market made for silver
in this way, which it was predicted
would bring the value of the Bland
dollar up somewhere near, if not
quite, to par, the discredited, dishon-
est coin has a bullion value Of only
about 81 cents.
The Republican papers in Iowa
quote the following extract from a
recent speech by L. c.. Kline, the
Democratic candidate for Governor of
that State: Il am in favor of saloon
on every hilltop, if necessary, and on
every roadside, and on every street
and thoroughfare, and in all public
places the more public the better"
A sporting journal says that the
autograph OF ex-Francis +. Spinner
makes most excellent bait for black
bass, and that fish will bite at it when
all other wrigglers fail.
The Republican State Committee
met Wednesday in the Fifth Avenue
Hotel, New York city, and resolved to
hold the Republican State Convention
on September 10, at Richfeld Springs.
Tbs deliberations of the committee
were marked by good feeling, and the
members and their friends were earnest
in expressions favoring a ticket and
canvass in which there will be no
signs Of discord or factional spirit.
The succession of heavy failures
this year has undoubtedly showed the
need of a bankrupt law, and it is to
be hoped that Congress will not be
enact a good law. All the large fail
ures have been of firms with business
in several States, and the operation
of local insolvency laws is not likely
to conduce to the outstanding of the
resources of the bankrupt and the
just satisfaction of the creditors.
Our experience under the last bank
rupt law was long enough to furnish
the basis for its improvement and per-
fiction, and this work should no
longer be neglected.
Probably not many people are aware
that letter mailed in hotel envelope
which fails to reach the person adj
dressed, is sent at once to the dead
letter office, notwithstanding the ten
days return notice on the corner. If
you stop at hotel and use one of its
envelopes, always mark out the name
and insert your own if you want your
letter again, should it fail of reaching
its proper destination.
The American Bible Society has
three hundred and forty-eight colport-
eurs engaged in prosecuting the gen
eralsupplying of the United States with
the Bible. This is the fourth time
this society has carried out this great
work of giving the Bible to every
family in the United States that will
receive it.
The petroleum field of California is
reported by visitor from the Penn
sylvania oil district to be a promising
source of future wealth. The sur
face oil is thick and only fit for lubri-
cation, but at 1000 feet illumination
oil is reached. Boring is through hard
rock and it costs only about 500 to
sink a we'll that distance, but 80 bar
rel well will yield 100000 worth of
petroleum. Tho district extends
from Ncwhal. 10 Santa Barbara, 200 |
miles. Newhall is the present rein
ing center, where the oil is gathered |
by pipe lines and tank cars. Great |
attention is being paid to the product
as a fuel, as it is far cheaper than
coke, and experiments are being
made to test its use in reducing the |
low grade iron ores of the same re-
giOn.