News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-12-06
HOTES.

NJ. de Lesseps has contracted with
English ship owners to either enlarge
the present canal or build new one.
There was a desperate fight with
burglars at Shelby, Ohio, Thursday
night, and in the melee four men were
shot, including two burglars, and two
of the robbers were captured.
Lee CrandalI says that Butler will
be the candidate of the National party
for the Presidency.
1t is reported that the Winchester
Arms Company, of New Haven, the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company of
Bridgeport, and cartridge company
in Lowell have formed a combination
which will control the manufacture of
cartridges in this country.
Rev. Warren II. Cudworth, pastor
of the Church Of Our Savior (Unitati-
any at East Boston, Mass, while
offering prayer at a union service On
Thanksgiving day, fell dead, probably
from a combination of heart disease
and apopIe1y.
Thomas Samon, who murdered
James Ruddy, Ruddy's young child,
! anti Mrs. Ford, at Laconia. Y. H
I,7o NCCh, has confessed.
Prof Brooks, of the Rcdhouse, \.
Y, observatory, discovered 4 won
derfuI shower Of telescope meteors
on a recent evening, some Of which
were moving nOrthward and others
southwark. lie believes that this dis
play has some connection with the re-
markaDle red light seen near the sun
at sunrise and sunset for several days,
and that the earth is passing through
q mass Of meteOric dust, or is enveI-
oped in the tail of a gigantic comet.
Iowa Republicans pray for the dis
/ covery OF some new way IN which a
Legislature can dodge the rum ques-
j ton. In the first place they have a
majority Of but four in the House, and
it is very doubtful whether they can
pass a prohIbitory law or submit an
other amendment if they try. To do
either, or to attempt it., is certain to
drive a great many voters to the De-
mOcracy, and to refuse will irritate
the prohibitionists, and they are pow
erful enough to defeat the Republi-
cans altogether by separate organiza-
ton, and possibly even to give the
electoral vote Of the State to the Dem
Ocrats.
One of the best stories of the sea-
son comes from WrightsviIle, S. c.,
and is thus told by the Recorder: "a
lady while engaged in the pursuit of
her domestic duties, encountered a
mouse in the -four barrel. Now most
ladies, under similar circumstances,
would have uttered a few genuine
shrieks and then sought safety in the
garnet; but this one possessed more
than the ordinary degree of genuine
courage. She summoned the man
servant and told him to get the gun,
call the dog, and station himself at
a convenient distance. Then she
cIambered up stairs and commenced
/ to punch the flour barrel with a pole
/ Presently the mouse made its appear
I dllCC anu SIGll LtNt dClOSo LliC uOOl. L llG
dog started at once in pursuit. The
man fired and the dog dropped dead.
The lady tainted, fell down the stairs,
and the man, thinking she was killed
and fearing that he would be arrested
| for murder, disappeared and has not
been seen since. The mouse escaped"
A very verdant looking person was
observed standing around the steps
of the Parker House for a long time
the other day, and finally one of the
! cOachman, who there most do con-
! grcgate, approached and asked him if
| he wanted anything. No" said the
person interrogated, Il was jest
sorter Iookin' over them ere kerridges. |
| read a lot in the paper down ter
| hum abaout the 'pOltikle hacks you
| had up here ter Boston, an | was
kinder lookin' AROUND to see if |
couldn't see some on 'em. What sort
Of vehicle be they, anyheouw?" He
was advised to step inside and inquire /
Of the clerk, who would probably |
point out half dozen for him in /
no time.-B0stOn JOurRul
According TO the English census,
the arts generally give employment to
a larger proportion of women than
any other avOcatiOns. There are
more actresses than actors, nearly as
many girls studying art for a profess
sion as there are boys, and about as
many female painters as there are
males of the same art. No women /.
describe themselves as architects, al
though sixteen are sculptors by pro-
fession. One-lifth of the photograph +
ers are women.
A new planet of the twelfth magni-
tude has been discovered.