Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-02-14
News Summary.

| THE Brooklyn post-office was robbed Of 81, 300
| the other day.
WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, the last OF the poets
sons, has just died AT London.
THERE Is deficit OF SO 900 in the accounts Of
| the treasurer OF NOrridgerOck, Maine.
| DURING sixteen years OF congressional service
the late Senator Morrill, OF Maine never rode on
| railway pass
AN express train on the New York Central Rail-
| road ran from Syracuse to Buffalo, 100 miles In
| las minutes, recently.
| OVER twenty-five thousand visitors were pres
| eDt in New Orleans At the recent celebration OF
the festival Of Mard Gras.
| The senate of the West Virginia legislature has
| refused ~ submit 10 the people a prohibition
amendment to the constitution.
SEVEN OF the Annapolis cadets who had been in
jail for week for writing an insubordinate letter
to the superintendent have been released
The teller OF the Third national bank Of St.
Loui. has pleaded guilty to embezzling $500, 900
and has been sentenced to the penitentary
| CHARLES W. ORDwAy has been committed to
Jail to await trial for shooting his stepmother at
Loudon, N. H., lately. Mrs. 0rdway is dead.
| DEFICIENCY OF $1,000 has been discovered
in the accoun's Of Thaideus Butler the mil sing
chief clerk OF the water department OF Camden
Nj.
CAPTAIN PAYNE and his party have been cap
tured south Of the Cimarron river in Ktnsas with
one hundred wagons. The party will be taken to
| Fort Reno.
| CONSUL TAYLOR Of Marseiles il Of opinion,
| from tie best information attainable that not
$1,000 worth Of French brandy has been exp jrted
| for five years.
| THE prohibitionist convention OF Iowa has
voted to demand of the governor to call special
session OF the legislature to re-enact the prohibit
| ton amendment
| YORK has been arrested for drunkenness and
rowdyism. Ten years ago he was worth $500 900,
| but is now penness.
| THERE ia talk about asking the Iowa supreme
court to reopen the prohibitory amendment case
on the ground that some matters of parliamentary
| law we're not considered in its decision.
IT is said that $50 bodies stolen every winter
| from the graveyards near Montreal, aud that
| hilf OF them are sent TO the states Numerous
arrests OF b)dy-snatchers have lately been made.
On a coroners jury ia New York recently the
| following w-re drawn ES-MtyOrs Hall, Ely,
| Grace and Wickham, General Grant, ex-senator
| Conklng, William II. Vanderbilt and Jay G Iuld
The car of Russia has announced that his cor
| onation will take place May 9th The Russian
| police claim that nihilism has been suppressed.
At all events the emperor walks the streets with
| out an armed guard.
| GRANDDAUGHTER OF Charles Dickens, daugh-
| ter OF the younger Charles Dick ns, is about to
| make her debut in a LONDON suburb AZ an actress
Doubts are expressed u her inheritance of the
| great nCvelists histrionic talent.
| The estate OF the late Rev. DR.. Mercer Of New
| port, X /, which soon after his death was esti-
| mated AT S2OO,OOO is now found to amount to
over Sl.OOO,OOO. He was taxed for $4,000.
There is great surprise at the revelation.
| THE fact has be- ,n discovered that the new five
| cent piece, the design OF which was claimed rs
original, IL a plagiarism. The reverse " that Of
| the five refs Portuguese bronze coin OF 1868 and
| the diverse that of the Spanish pesos Of 1861.
THERE il the widest excitement among the me-
| groes at Raleigh, N. C., in consequence Of ru-
NOR that the students OF the colored medical col
| lege are robbDg graves Of the bodies of negroes
negro died suddenly, it is believed from fright
Two Of the desperadoes who attempted to rob
| the Central Pacific train and who were captured
| In the Antelope mountains have confessed Thew
admit numerous robberieS. TIE robbers had
| strong stone stockade in the mountains Two of
| them were badly wounded in desperate battle
with eighteen pursuers.
| THE state OF Tennessee has sued the Mer-
chants bank Of Nashville for s57 900 which it is
| alleged the defendant charged itself with and
| placed to the credit OF Treasurer NJ. T. Polk to
| enable him tn sustain a statement of the condi-
ton Of the all ,irS Of his ofcs made tn n special
committee OF the legisttnI ia May, 1882. The
state claims that this action Of the bank caused
loss to the state of nearly 100000.
HERMAN F. STAUs, the brave Milwaukee fire.
man who rescued several lives at the burning OF
the Newhall House was presented with gold
| watch by the Chamber Of Commerce Of that city,
| and on Wednesday last was married to Miss
Amelia Schneider, of Milwaukee He has de-
zens OF Dubuque, maguanimously writing: III
| you do anything do it for the poor unfortunates
-especi My the servant girs-who lost their all
| In that fire.
The official returns OF the consumption OF to-
| bacco In France during the last show that 1t
| amounted In money value to 1863, 500, 900 francs
The great bulk of this sum was repres snted by
ordinary smoking tobacco, for which the govern
ment, who have "A monopoly of the whole tobac-
co trade, received l0O,00O,OO0 francs. After this
comes snuff, which l. represented by 63 0O0, 00O
francs then cigars, which show total of sc, 5OO,-
900 francs while 5000, 900 francs were expended
| in cigarettes, and 100000 francs in tobacco for
chewing.
SUIT for $4,000 damages Is about to be begun
by J +. RldtY OF New York against one of the
leading dry goods houses there. Mr. Rday al
leges that he was poisoned by wearing pair OF
stockings which he bought of the fam In ques-
ton Tor 81. Tne stockings were of black wooden
material, delicately striped with blue, yellow and
brown. Mr. Rldty says he wore those stockings
but six hours when both feet began to swell d.
rectly over the striped parts. He was attended
by DR., Harrington Of the Ast)r house, who pro-
nounced the symptoms those OF blood poisoning
This was last July The feet swelled, and he was
laid up for five weeks He says he has not vet
entirely recovered.
IT is related Of Gustave Dore that many years
ago. while on a tour in Switzerland he happened
To lose his PASSPORT. Arriving at Lucerne he
asked u be allowed to speak to the mayor, to
whom he gave his name. You say that you are
NJ. Glsttye Dore," replied the mayor land
believe you; but" he added, producing pencil
and piece OF paper, you can easily prove It,"
Dpre looked round him and perceived some
women selling potatoes in the street, With few
touches he cleyery reproduced the homey scene,
and appending his name to his sketch, prese nted
1t To the Mayor. "Your passport Is perfectly in
nIder," remarked the official I" but you must al
low me to keep It as a souvenir, and to offer you
IN return one in the ordinary form"