News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-17
New York bankers are endeavor-

satisfy the civil and religious demands
of the world.
The cholera continues to rage in
Venice with undated yirulence, an
average of 20 new cases and 10 deaths
occurring daily.
Governor Rusk, of Wisconsin, is de-
nounced by all rioters as a "know-
nothing" He is the sort of Know
nothing every State ought to have
know nothing but his duty in time of
turbulence Washington Post.
DISPATCHES from various points in
Minnesota and Dakota report that
frosts have blackened a good many
wheat fields and done considerable
damage to the crop. A Minneapolis
dispatch says that in many places in
the Red River valley growing wheat
has been killed to the roots, and in
others the crop is badly blighted.
After all the talk about the female
baker in New York who was boycotted
a while ago and the contributions of
sympathy and money she received, it
appears the boycott succeeded. Her
former customers were poor people but
not so poor they could not refuse to
patronize her, and she finds her oc-
cupation gone. Spasmodic sympathy
and gifts will not keep her business
alive.
Wheat, corn and pork have steadily
dropped in price for a month past be-
fore the prospect of the largest crops
on record. If the next month fulfills
the promise of the last, the largest
Weld of food ever harvested on this
continent will be garnered in August
and September.
George w. Childs and Anthony
Drexel of Philadelphia gave $4,000
each to the international Topographic
cal union. That body has now
started a movement to raise fund
for monuments to those generous gen.
tlemen by the contribution from union
printers of the pay for setting thou
sand ems on their respective birthdays
for five years.
Sic transit gloria mouadi. The fur
niture, paintings and other household
belongings of the late William M.
Tweed were sold at auction in New
York last week. Tweed's son and a
small party of bidders were present,
but apparently the name of the great
ring master has lost its attraction and
power, for the bidding was not spir
tied. New York has so many big ras,
Gals nowadays that Tweed's name and
fame are quite eclipsed.
One result of the last horse-cal
tie-up in Brooklyn is that the com.
panies no longer feel bound by the
agreements made with their drivers
and conductors. AS the latter stand
ready to break these agreements
whenever two fingers are held up as
the signal for strike, the railway
managers decline being held by their
part of them.
Senator Dawes, put some pointed
questions to Senator Edmunds last
Thursday relative to the fishery dis
putes. Dawes wanted to know
whether war vessels were being got
ready to protect American rights
Edmunds said the matter was not
within the province of the committee
on foreign affairs, but of the executive
He intimated that this government
need not consider itself bound by q
grossly unjust decision in a Canadian
court, and that no legislation was
needed to enable the President to use
the land and sea forces for the protec-
ton of the rights of American citizens
A dispatch from New York the 1 9th
inst. says the condition of ex-Presi-
dent Arthur was not encouraging.
He slept poorly on Wednesday night
and the warm air had an unusually
facilitating effect upon him. Most OF
the day was spent in his room. He
managed to sleep in the afternoon and
felt little stronger towards evening,
but when the usual time came for him
to go out he was unequal to the task.
Not all of his friends who called were
permitted to see him, as Mr.. Arthur
always insists on making every one
feel at home and trying to entertain
them as in days gone by.
Not in years have the orchards and
gardens Of the Hudson river valley
promised such an abundant yield as
they do at this time. This is true of
almost every species of fruit that is
grown there, with the exception OF
peaches. OF these, total failure
was predicted earlier in the season,
but small percentage of the blossom
buds came out safely after all. Peach
growing on the Hudson, however, is
doomed, and a large acreage has
again been devoted to more profitable
culture this season.
A graduate of this years class al
Lincoln University, Pa, is an Indian
from Indian Territory. In his thesis
he said he was glad that the senti-
ment of the country had changed suf-
ficiently for it to be felt, that there are
some good Indians besides dead one,
but that it should be remembered that
the Indians must thoroughly under
stand the English language to under
stand and obey the laws Of govern
ment.
The newspaper fraternity congratu-
late themselves over the new postal
law recently put in force by the
post-office department. 1t makes the
taking Of newspaper and refusal to
pay for the same theft, and any
body guilty of such an act is liable to
criminal proceeding the same as if
he had stolen goods to the amount
of the subscription. Hereafter it will
not be considered very shrewd
scheme to take a newspaper for a
year and then inform the publisher
you never ordered it. This is point
that some of our subscribers will do
well to ponder over.
A huge conspiracy, the magnitude
of which the sheriff and his officers
as yet decline to make public, has
been unearthed in st. Louis. For two
weeks Sheriff Robiquet, with some
special men, has been watching the
movements of gang in East St.
Louis. The plan was to ascertain
when there was large amounts of
money on hand in the East St. Louis
treasury and the Workingmen's bank
and leading business houses of the
CITY, and whenever favorable oppor-
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