News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-21
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NOTES.
l Charleston, S. c., had $4,000
fire Friday.
: The business failures reported in
the United States the past week mum
Der 1876.
Five stores and a dwelling were
burned in Summit, N. j., Friday, loss
$25, 700.
The abdication of King Milan is
regarded as triumph of Russian di-
plomacy.
The Minnesota Legislature refuses
to submit the question of constitu-
tlonal prohibition to the people.
The Illinois Senate has passed a
bill regulating telephone rates ia that
State and the bill has been reported
favorably to the House.
A Missouri forger named Thomp-
son killed F. Turley, Sheriff of Car
ter county, on Thursday and fatally
wounded his deputy.
1t is said that Edison's ineandes-
cent patent taken out in Canada has
been declared null and void on the
ground of failure to comply with pa
tent regulations.
AT the auction sale of California
trotting horses in New York CITY last
week, a two-year-old was sold for
S26, 900, the highest price on record
for two-year-old.
General Legitime has sent a tele-
gram to the European governments
announcing that the rebellion in Hay
tt has been crushed, and demanding a
recognition of his government.
The brilliant success of the inaugu
ration ball was very largely due to
the tireless energy, well directed ac-
tivity and executive capacity of Col.
Swords, whose peculiar abilities in
this line cannot be overestimated.
Isaiah Williamson, the philanthro-
pist, who died in Philadelphia the
other day, leaving fortune of
S25, 100000 never spent more than
$1,000 year on himself. His career
illustrates the fact that it is he who
saves money, rather than he who
makes it, gets rich.
Yielding to the inevitable, the Pres
ident has at last given formal notice
that hereafter he will set apart three
hours daily for the reception of call
ers. During the two hours from 10
to IL, Senators, Representatives and
other privileged persons will be adj
mitted, while from II to the general
public will be seen.
A country dance at Essex, New
Hampshire, was interrupted the other
night by the explosion of celluloid
hustle. Nobody was hurt, but there
was a momentary tableau which was
generally supposed to represent the
Greek slave struck by Dakota biz
zard. The celluloid hustle is hence
forth to be tabooed by New Hamp-
shire society.
The jury in the Kerr 'sboodle" tri-
al at New York Friday found a YER
dict of not guilty. When the fore
man made the announcement there
was wild scene, hats flew up and
cheers were given. Judge Daniels
was much angered and directed the
court officers to arrest any one par
in the riotous proceedings.
Kerr's brother Chauncey and his
friend Hugh j. Cornell were seized.
The judge lectured them and told
them to come around at 10 the next
day to receive punishment. Kerr's
counsel pleaded for them in vain.
Chief Bell, of the secret service re-
ceived information Friday night of the
arrest of gang of counterfeiters in
New York City who for several weeks I
past have been successful in putting
spurious silver dollars in circulation.
The officers of the secret service Fri !
day evening raided a house where
money was being made |
and arrested Richard Fisher and wife
and an Italian named Robert Juegler,
whom they found there. They found {
line sets of plaster Of paris moulds,
/ complete outfit of counterfeiters'
ools and considerable spurious coin.
Tie geographers are all at sea re- :
,arding the geographical center of the q
United States. Taking Quoddy i
lead, Me-, as the most eastern point, \
Allen Islands the most western, Point
Barrow, Alaska, the most northern, I
nd Key West, Florida, the most |
outhern, and forming a parallelo- :
ram, It appears that the geographic '
al centre of the country is 270 miles t
rest of San Francisco in the Pacific Q
cean. Who says we have no rights :
0 protect in the Paciic7-.Sprinqfeld 7
Jnion. @
That young man of Dover, N. H.,
rho is contesting his fathers will does a..
lot deserve to get cent. Under the
rovisions of the will he is to have
5000 a year until his death. If he
emains sober for ten years he can
raw S250,000, and if he remains
ober another ten years he can draw
100000 more. But if he gets intox-
,ated once, he loses all. He is now
rying to prove that his father was
razy when he made such will but
lost people will be rather inclined to
hink the young man himself crazy for
it.-N. Y. Tribune.
Department of State.
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