News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-03
Notes,

That is an apt phrase which one OF
the delegates at the Cleveland assem-
bly, of Knights of Labor used when
he described a professional agitator,
"a fellow who lives by the sweat of
his tongue"
The unanimity with which the
House passed the bill which authoriz-
es the President to put upon Canadi-
an vessels in our ports and waters the
same restrictions which the Canadians
impose upon our vessels will be hailed
by the fishermen as cheering evidence
that Congress is not unmindful of
their claims.
Charles Bailey, a17-year-old school
boy, died at Woodbridge, Conn, May
%, from injuries inflicted by Harry
Elliott, school teacher! Elliott had
severely whipped Bailey in a rough
and tumble fight about a year ago.
The latter, bent on revenge, after one
or two failures, met and attacked Ell
lott as he was leaving school and at
tempted TO throw him. Elliott broke
loose, siezed club and struck Bailey
twice, infiicting fatal injuries. A COM
panion Of Bailey's escaped by cover
ing Elliott with revolver. % At last
reports no arrests had been made.
An enterprising man who investi-
gated the sudden disappearance of
roller skates found great mum Der of
the once proud possessions in pawn
shops. The rest are probably slowed
away in dark closets and dusty attics.
The s'craze" has left but gloomy trac-
es behind in disused Kinks.
The people of Newfoundland have
permitted the unchecked slaughter of
half grown and old seals, and now
the result is seen in great decrease
in the number of seals that can be
found, and this year the annual seal
hunt has been a comparative failure.
In consequence there will be destitu-
ton and suffering among the fisher
men.
High winds are sometimes a sur
prise to birds as we'll as to men and
beasts. A longlegged sand-hill crane
was taking a nap by the side of a
pond IN the Geological Garden in
Philadelphia, when mighty gust of
wind from the west struck him square
ly and knocked him into the water.
Strawberries from Tennessee, cher
ries from California, and potatoes
from Bermuda are among the luxuries
| in the Boston market.
A young man who plead guilty to
nine indictments for robbing cottages
at Long Branch and vicinity, has been
sentenced to ten years hard labor in
the State Prison on each indictment,
or ninety years in all.
Stock raisers in Montana have
leased extensive cattle ranges from
the Dominion government for a term
of twenty-one years, and are driving
great herds of cattle across the bor-
der in of Northwest Territory.
The late William H. Vanderbilt is
reported to have said not long before
he died that when man makes $780,
600 he ought to be contented and set
tie down to enjoy himself. To own
more than that will make any man
slave.
There are now published in the
United States IA, 160 newspapers, an
increase of 666 over last year. In
Massachusetts the weekly press is
gaining, but the magazines and other
monthly periodicals are losing. The
magazines appear to be tending tow
ard New York, as % monthly period
icals have been established there dur
ing the year. The daily newspapers
of the country number 1915.
Mrs. Carrie Burnham Kilgore, after
long struggle, has been admitted to
practice at the bar of the Pennsylva-
MIA Supreme court as an attorney-at-
law. Her husband is also practic-
ing lawyer.
The colored man, Henry Todd, who
has just died at Darien, Ca, made a
fortune at the timber business, and so
conducted himself that at his funeral
the richest white residents acted as
pall-bearers. His will provides for
the ultimate distribution of the bulk
of his property to the two white Pres
byterian and Episcopal churches, to
colored Baptist and Methodist church
es, and equal shares to white and COL
ored schools in Darien.
The Emperor of Austria performed
the usual interesting ceremony of
washing the feet of twelve old men,
and afterwards serving them at din
ner in the imperial palace on the
morning of Maunday- Thursday. The
youngest of the old men was 80 years
and their united ages were nearly
HOO years. Owing to the absence of
the empress, the same ceremony with