News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-10-25
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NOTES.
Gen. Meyer says the prohibition
lists had tally sheets kept at every
polling place in the Ohio election, and
II the official returns say the amend
ment IS defeated and the figures don't
agree with the tally sheets, they will
ask for a recount. 1--WE have" he
declares 'undOubtedly been the vic
Tins of some fraud"
Postage reduction is catching, and
Canada will probably come down to
two cents at the next session of Par
lament. The post-oflice has large
surplus.
Thomas L. James is President of a
new American cable company, in
which other heavy business men of
New York are interested, including
David ii. Bingham, f. A. Quintard,
W. II. Guion, j. G.. Hueston and also
A. II. Rice, of Massachusetts. 1t
will come ashore near New York and |
make the usual pledges against con-
solldation with others, and the usual !
promises of doing business at half
rates.
The MormOns use Salt Lake solely
as bathing resort, and for that pur-
pose it is dangerous, since if a per-
son gets the intensely salt water into
his mouth he will quickly strangle.
Eight or ten people drown in this way
every year. The lake is a most desc
late and isolated body of water. No
creature lives in it and no person lives
near it.
a lot of confScated whiskey and
beer was turned into the gutter at In
gersoll, Canada. Several hundred
English sparrows alighted and pro-
ceeded to imbibe freely of the run
ming liquor. Some of the birds flew
away while they were yet able, but
other less prudent and more thirsty
! bipeds partOOk Of such a quantity
that they were unable to do so, and
the spectacle they presented in their
vain endeavOrs to soar alOft was ''too
comcal tor anything" They would
ascend few feet only to tumble to
the earth again. They chirped slang
at each other and fought all up and
down the gutter. Their legs got tan
gled, they looked silly and made fools
of themselves generally. The spec
taters of the funny scene had no trou-
bic in capturing the little fellows.
1t is expected that the Postmaster
General will, in his forthcoming re-
port, recommend that the unit Of
weight in letter postage be changed
from half ounce to an ounce. Cases
often occur where double postage is
charged on a letter which turns the
half ounce on the scales of one Office
and does not quite balance in anOth-
er. Sometimes letter which weighs
half an ounce when mailed will absorb
so much moisture en- route, as to re-
quire the exaction of double rate at
its destination,
a hotanlst says that by soaking
the stems of cut flowers in weak
dye solution their colors can be al
tered at will without the perfume and
freshness being destroyed.
! When cyclone struck Arcadia,
Wis.,, recently, the air was so charged
with electricity that lights could not
be made to burn. The people rushed
to the cellars in darkness, in order to
avoid danger. The outward atmos-
phere was Of reddish green color,
with a strong sulphuric Odor. The
deafening roar of the tornado was in
describable. Barns and outbuildings
were lifted from their foundations and
torn to fragments. Trees, brick and
stone filled the air, and in some in
stances were driven through the sides
of buildings. Some orchards were
destroyed and many horses and cattle
killed.
The government of Hayti is in bad
straits. Prsi,IenL s|cIostrnon is now
under suspicion of having instigated
his troops TO the pillage Of Port au
Prince September p, on which day,
while engaged in driving out an insur-
gent body, the troops suddenly broke
out of discipline and began to rob and
fire the city. The commanders of
foreign ships in the harbor notified
Solomon that, unless the outrages
were forthwith stopped, they would
land their men and take possession
whereupOn the disturbances were at
once quelled. The blockade of Jere-
mic, Jacmel and other ports, which
Solomon decreed, has been protested
against as imperative without a naval
force. The insurgents are constantly
gaming, and at some points the gov
eminent troops have surrendered be-
cause they were starving. The firing
upon the steamer Alps, of the Atlas
line, while it was taking on board ref
ugees from the revolt, appears to
have been an act of the insurgents
if so, it is odd that there can be any
talk of the British government ask
ing reparation. From whom could
I they ask it? The Alps was fired upon
September 20, while anchored off Jer-
emie for the purpose of receiving a
dozen women and children to carry to
Jamaica. The captain had been as
sured that the insurgents would offer
no resistance, but while the refugees
were boarding the vessel it was fired
upon from a battery over the hill
within the city, and one shell crashed
into the cabin, where it exploded,
doing some damage, but injuring no
one. Several shells were sent after
the vessel as it steamed out without
weighing anchor, but this was the
only one that hit.