The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-18

NEWS AND NOTES
English capital it appears is becoming
an important factor IN this county as il |
suthori' a'ively stated that English cfpi
talists have invested 5000, 900, 900 il
} American industries within one year
J And from the same source comes the in
formation that more English gold viii
be invested in the same way as soon a
arrangements are satisfactorily complet
ed. Nor do these foreign capitalist
confne themselves to manufacturing in
dustries, for as q recent issue OF tn,
American Citizen states 81 PAL 900 acre
of American landau area greater thar
that of New England States-are undel
the direct control OF thirty foreign in
dividuals or companies. The vast area
it further asserts, is twice as large as thu
amount of Irish land controlled by Eng
lish landlords. Added to all this the re
port comes that English capitalists arr
to buy up large coal fields and form 1
gigantic coal trust.-RutLdnd Telegram
Complaint is made that there Is toe
much system at Pullman, where it IL
necessary To trace a shingle nail through
twenty eight accounts, necessitaiiDg the
expenditure OF salaries for bookkeep
ers, which the workingmen think should
he added to their wages.-Herdld, II
you care to see system" take ride 10
Pullman car TO Manhattan Beach.
The conductor is compelled, on pain OF
dismissal, to punch each ticket sold in
seven different places. II there are SC
passengers he has to work his punch
$50 times. The Pullman idea is that
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same idea evidently prevails in the town
where the cars are made, and where, &C.
cording to the Herald, 1t is necessary TO
trace a shingle nail through twenty
eight different accounts. So this prince
is after all car prince. and not one to
the purple horn ~ Y. Press
you Gin have this property for $4,000.
cash down. You couldn't build the
house itself for less than $4,000, said
the owner to the man who had come to
look at it. Il think could " was the
reply. Il built it two years ago for the
man who sold il to you. l made fair
profit on it at $2750. But" he added, re-
flectively, that is about as cheap as you
can put up house of this description.
at is, is it !" exclaimed the owner, for
getting himself. You just come with
me TO the next block and I'll show you
a row of houses laundering sight bet
ter than this that IN getting built for
$2500 apiece Chicago Tribune.
The total number of Confederate pen
sioners in South Carolina, as showed by
the II cord in the office of the Secretary
of State, lie 1882. or these. only $50. or
little more than one fourth, are men
ha In, ka tho holm q
soldiers widowe, who have become de-
pendent in their old age. The number
of troops from this state is estimated at
over $4,000. Nearly twenty-five years
after the war ended, only one in 1l5 OF
the veterans is in position that requires
him to ask and accept aid from the state,
and all of these pensioners suffered most
serious injury in battle.
Pope Leo XII. has sent an autograph
letter to the authorities of Laval Unl-
versity, Montreal, thanking them and
the citizens of Quebec for the resolutions
adOI ID y them at the de r. on nia'ion
on April 70 last, 10 favor of the restora
non of the temporal power Of the Pope
His Holiness congratulates them not
only upon their prudence, hut upon the
sagaciIy Of their action, and sIys that II
is evident that they well understand how
the IMMUNITY enjoyed by the enemies OF
the CHURCH is the source of improprIct'es
in human society and Of trouble TO the
State.
There has been a virtual reduction D!
the rates of postage in Canada. in the
form of an increase of the weight allow
ed upon one stamp. Hitherto the
has been three cents per half ounce.
Henc, fIrward, it will he three cents
per ounce. At the same time. however.
the rate on drop letters posted at al
ufi q from which letters are delivered
by letter carriers have h,el increased
fion one cent per half ounce to two
,nts per ounce,
The father of MIRA Ward. the author
of "R IbeIt Esmere," isThomas Arnold,
son of the great master at Rugby and
brother of Matthew Arnold. Thomas
Arnold is part suthor of the &C ttholic
Dictionary work de, igned to ex-
pound the doctr NJ and rites Of the RD-
man Catholic Church. This may ex-
plain bis daughters motive in writing
that remarkable and much reviewed
book.
An enormous grape crop is the JOYFUL
outlook for Californians. w tn KATE
Field eloquently expounding the gospe!
OF the grape throughout the country,
the sales Of California WINE are likely to
be very larEe. Kate is n capital lker,
and yet to the conservative. mind there
seems to be som thing revoItingly in
orgruous in woman advocating the
greater consumption Of wine.
S ,mebOdy ought 70 Viii per in the ear Of
the persons who are resp Inslbe for the
turbu ent slate Of municipal p jlitics in
Oklahoma City that such condition OF
affairs is not exactly calculated to at
tract Eastern capital and a desirable
cluss of Eastern immigrants. No more
potent suggestion than this could posi-
blythe advanced in the interest OF Law
AID oder.
Ignatius Donnelly, the man who made
himself famous by his failure Tn prove
that William Shakespeare was myth
contemplates making his home ia New
York city. 1t is surprising that he doe
not chose Chicago, as that is more Of I
Baconian ci'y.-TrOy Press,
In England magazine writer hold
that no woman under the age Of 40 year
can be called an old maid. II this rul
ing be sustained on appeal, the couclus-
ion will be forced upon the world tina
there are no old maids and hence an
other myth will be exploded.
How are the mighty fallen! Martil
Irons, who at the time of the strike Oh
the Gould lines five years ago, was to-
arrogant to grant General Manage
} HoxIe an interview, now earns scanty
living from a little fruit Itand in 81
Louis.
A tanner" is unpopulsted with tn
rebel wing of the democracy and the
acquired their sentiments on the subjec
from experience. They do not nk
Grant and they do not like the Commits
sioner Of Pensions. Chicago Journal.
The law firm in New York whicl
Grover Cleveland entered after leavin
the Presidency has not, it is reported
secured an unusual increase of bushes
on account OF the distinguished acces
sion.
There is TO be no Concord school G
philosophy this year. 1t is natural tba
schools Of philosophy should declin
contemporaneOusly with the rise OF pug
lism.
England will adopt the German metf
cd of having the price of the journe
i printed on every railway ticket. 1t is
convenient facility for travelling.
This is the time when the small fru
! grower hastens to get ahead Of the Eng
i lish sparrow in the gathering Of
crops.
7 he next distinguished Vi .itor to Ep[
I lind will be Emperor William Of Gel
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