News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-29
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NOTES.
DR.. J. P. Newman, of the Madison
Avenue Congregational church, New
York, has presented his resignation.
A man named Barton, living at
Lime Lake, in Canada, while drunk
on Wednesday night of last week
struck his daughter with chair, Kill
ing her. The girls mother fled from
the house and took refuge with
neighbor, but died at the latter's
house from exposure during her jour-
ney there, the weather being intensely
cold.
An exchange remarks that "cus-
tom compels an Icelander in his ma
tive island to kiss every woman he
meets" Probably nothing else would.
Mr.. Gosse must appreciate the
compliment Of being told by Mrs.
Grundy that his lectures at private
houses are the correct craze among
literary ladies of New York.
A portable engine used in saving
lumber at Groton, n. Y, exploded
recently, and the engineer and ten
year old boy were instantly killed,
and another man and boy fatally in
jured.
At the municipal election Thursday
, at Wheeling, w. Va, Jacob W.
, Grub, Republicans, was elected may
, or over Pollock, Democrat, by ma
jority of 700. He is the first Repub-
, lican mayor for 20 years.
: Nathaniel H. Cole, probably the
oldest person in Rhode Island, died at
! East Greenwich recently. He was
IOI years Of age in August last.
He could remember events happening
/ when Washington was President.
| All the Democratic members Of the
general assembly of Illinois unite in
signing q memorial to President-electI
Cleveland asking the appointment of
HON. William L. Springer as secreta-
ry of the interior.
The will of the late Schuyler Colfax
was admitted to probate at South
Bend, Ind, the 22d. The family resi-
dence with its contents goes to Mrs.
Colfax, together with half the residue
of the estate, and the rest goes to
Schuyler Colfax, Jr. The estate is
valued at $550,O00 and is without in
cumbrance.
A resolution was offered in the New
York Assembly by Mr.. Barnum di-
recting a special committee to investl-
gate the scandalous rumors connected |
with the last part of Mayor Edson's |
administration in New York City.
The Western Nail association have
advanced the card rate of nails to ST.
10 per key, with the usual discounts.
This is ar advance of about 5 per
cent.
The Piute Indians are said to be
starving on their barren reservation
in Nevada. Not one cent of the
Congressional appropriation of $1,000,
secured by Senator Dawes, of Massa-
has reached them.
A good step to take at the opening
of the year is to mark all bags, blan-
kets, robes, ETC., that are now I'M
marked, with plain stencil plate.
Tools, implements, whiffie-trees, neck
yokes, etc., should also be designat-
cd by the owners name and this NAV
be put on with metal brand. To
hesitate about assuming the slight
cost of plate and brand is penny
wise, dollar-foolish piece of business,
as the loss of few things would soon
demonstrate.
The richest silver mine at Leadville
was sold by the discoverer for S4O,-
0O0,. and during the following year
the two purchasers made a million
each. from it. In the meantime the
disc6verer squandered his $40, 900 in
prospecting, and the other day a
homeless tramp sought nights lodg-
ing in a Leadville station house.
A tramp called upon an inn-keeper
at Bath, Me-, and offered to saw wood
in return for q dinner. The saw
could not be found, and the kind
hearted landlord, touched by the
strangers grief thereat, gave him as
good a dinner as the house afforded.
Soon after he found the saw where his
guest had previously hidden it.
A German on q steamer returning
to the land of his birth informed anoth-
er passenger: America is der best
country in der world. l hafe lived
dere more as ten years, und failed vive
dimes und seven dimes burnt out.
Now l goes home to lif nit a fortune
und my family"
The Lord Mayor of London gave
a chiIdren's party recently at which he
entertained 800 guests with Punch
and Judy, dissolving views, dancing
and fortune telling; but the best part
of the party was the time of opening.
1t began at half-past six o'clock, an
hour worthy of imitation for children's
parties.