News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-10-18

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> damage by digging and pushing bac
d the mud. Now the cattle stand aroun
!, these holes, which are filled with mu
d and almost entirely dried up, and wa
for rain; the only water they get mean
q time being from the dew-coyered gras
j which they eat at night.
, THE authorities of London have fo
l some time had under way an extensiy
system of works Mt the outfall of tn
), city's main sewer at Barking Creek, o.
s the Thames, the bject in view being t
4 prevent the river in future from becom
ing during the hot season danger +
= health. According to this plan Thirteen
q precipitating tanks on the land side O
the existing reservoir are to receive til
n sewerage, this being allowed to remain TO
some two hours in qui, scent state TO
L the deposition of the sludge. TIL
effiuent water will then be run off int
the river, and the sludge into other tanks
where it will settle for ten hours longe
to remove more of the liquid, the sub
stance being used for mixing with limo
to form a precipitating agent. The
settled solids, still containing equal t.
ninety per cent. of moisture, will b
passed through pipes end loaded into
ships, in which, unless it shall be fOuni
of sufficient commercial value to warrant
its utilization as a land fertilizer, it will
be carried long distance to sen. Ex
periments already made with this kind
of sludge have led to the conclusion that
it will prove valuable as a marketable
commodity, and without any sanitary
risk.
The movement of the Mormons to
ward Mexico is assuming definite shape
and large proportions. Recently dis
patches have been published to the eff
feet that the Mexican Government had
granted concession of 100000 acres
of land to the MOrmons and that they
had purchased 10000 square miles of
the Zuni Indian land in Mexico. There
is no foundation for such statements.
Every foot of land obtained by the
Mormons in Mexico so far has been by
purchase from private owners, and the
Government would no doubt utterly re-
fuse to make them q concession of land
The Iuni Indians live in New Mexico
and not Old Mexico and cannot dispose
of single acre of their reservation. The
facts are that the Mormons have quietly
bought from private parties large tracts
of agricultural lands in Northern Chi.
ulGlIlId, 1phll( Ill Ull6 valley OI bll5
| Casus Grande River, and that they are
negotiating for more. Several flourish
! ing villages exist in that neighborhOOd
| already, the principle one being called
! Porfiro Diaz. The colonists are the pre-
cursors of greater bodies in the future,
| and are very quiet and unobtrusive.
SENATOR HEAsT, of California, is the
best miner in America. He began in
the mountains as day laborer. To-day
he is the richest man in the United
States. Thee is not mining State or
| Territory in which he is not owning or
working mines. Jim Witchlatch sold his
mine near Uuionville, Mont, for
81, 500, 900 and lost all that money in
! Wall street. He went back to Leadville
and In six months made $4,000. He
lost every cent of this by the failure of
Grant u Ward in 1888. He now has
fortune OF $l50,000. Ten years ago Joe
Stanley was prospecting in Gilpin coun-
ty, Col. bis wife took in washing while
he dug his way through 700 feet of bar
rem rock. he had no money and couldn't
hire help. At the end OF 700 feet he
struck pay ore, and named it the Cali
tornla Mine. party of Englishmen on
a tour through the State gave him
$1,000, 900 cash for it, and have received
100000 in dividends since. Joe is
now one of the richest men in Denver,
and Vice-President of the Denver City
National Bank.
A CERTAIN NJ. Alex. Seller, native of a
Swiss canton, owner of the chief hotel
at Zermatt, few miles from his native
town in the same canton, made applica-
ton in 1875 for leave to become q citizen
of Zermatt. The cantonal government
granted his petition, but the commune
refused to confirm it, because NJ. Seller
was stranger" not born in the town.
! He has continued his effort unsuccess-
| fully ever since, and lately he has been
| boycotted by the inhabitants, with the
! cOnnivance of the local authorities. He
can get nothing in the neighborhood,
| but must fetch everything for his hotel
/ from other towns miles away. He APP
| pealed to the cantonal authorities, and
they have sent gendarmes to protect
him. The commune has to pay for the
! lodging and food of these officers, and
if this does not make the local author
tiles relent it is announced that q com
pany of soldiers will lie sent to Zermatt
to board upon the same terms.
A CURIOUS old marriage custom, which
is still widely prevalent in Brittany was
recently interpreted in novel and
amusing manner According to the
custom, the bridegroom, Immediately
after the priest had welded the couple,
strikes his wife in the face, saying:
"This is how you will fare if you make
me angry" and then, kissing her, he
says: "This is how you will fare if you
treat me we'll. q" A short time ago young
Breton married q German girl, and after
the ceremony was over began at once to
practice the first part of the time hon
ored custom. The bride, who was ig-
norant of the elmer meaning" of what
she considered an insult, turned round
on her lord and master and returned the
stroke, saying: 'LOok here, do not APP
prove of such behavior" after which the
husband is said to have performed the
second part of the ceremony with more
than usual affection.
The bishop of New York has the
largest personal revenue in this country.
1t is 80, 000a year. The Bishop of
Maine has the smallest. 1t is 81 300
year. The Bishops of California, Chi
cagO, Long Island and Massachusetts
have each Sc, Geo year Others have
| incomes running from So, 600 n year
down, while eight OF the American pre-
lates are content with -, 900 year each,
and are not perfectly sure of getting it
in time to meet their butchers books
and coal bills. In England, where the
| State takes the place of the voluntary
contribution in support of the church,
the head of the relacy has an income
of $4,000 year. Two of the bishops
have each $50, 600 year. Ott ers run
from $40, COO down, the average revenue
of the episcopate below the greatest
named being between $4,000 to $2O,- .
600 year.
THERE are two dogs, one on the Can
adian and the other on the Amer lean /
side of the Niagara River, just below the |
railway suspension bridge, out of human I;
reach. The one on the American side is /
a small black and tan, who was thrown
into the river four months ago and man
ages to live where he landed. Tbs other /.
is large Newfoundland dog which was
thrown from the bank. He landed 100 /.
feet from the top of the rock precipice
and still lives, roaming about and wng-
cling his tail at his smaller companion
across the way.
A NATURAL, soap mine has been dis
covered near Charlottesville, Ga, and
the editor of the Charlottesville Democrat
has tried it. He says: eve took the
article, and to test it we washed our face
and hands with it, and it cut the dirt