News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1894-09-20
NOTES.

The annual fall excursion of the
Central Vermont railroad from differ
ent points in this vicinity TO New
York is announced to start Wednes-
day, Sept. 26. The route is by rail
TO New London, and thence to New
York by steamer. The fare is So for
the round trip and tickets will be
good to return until Oct. 3.
The World has found out that there
are 147 men and women in New York
city alone who will have to pay in
come taxes ranging from 81 900 to
SITS, 900. That was why several
New York papers rent their garments
in the effort TO defeat the income tax.
Well, there are whole towns in the
rest of the country where the united
income of the inhabitants would not
make enough for the tax to touch,
and that ought to counterbalance
the thing.
How prices have shrunken within
the past year is shown in an impress
sive manner by the latest report of
the Bureau of Statistics. In the fis-
cal year 1894 we exported two hun
dred thousand more barrels of flour
than in the preceding year, but we
obtained for them just six million less
dollars. The quantity of exported
corn meal increased by 81 900 bar
rels, but the value declined by just
$21 900. The exports of crude oil
were ten million gallons greater in
the latter than in the former year,
but the value was nearly 100000
smaller. The exports of illuminat-
ing oil were 81 million gallons greater
but the value was Az million dollars
less. We exported 5 million pounds
more of hams, but we got for them
500, 900 less in money.
The affection felt by Southerners
for the colored man was shown at
Sparta, Ga, on last week Monday
night. A negro preacher named B.
F. CASTOR, who has lived many years
in Liberia, was holding meeting
and addressing an audience of color
ed people, urging them to emigrate
to Liberia, and submitting a plan of
action. A mob of white men with
shot-guns surrounded the building
and fired into the audience. CASTOR
was shot in the forehead but was not
killed, and seven others wounded, of
whom one was woman, who was
shot through the shoulder. The
whites do not approve of the emigTa-
ton of negroes. They wish to keep
them as laborers, and to be counted
in the basis of representation.
According to DR.. Frederick Cook,
the Attic explorer, the iron steamer
Miranda, 220 feet long, completely
provisioned and equipped, the table
laid for breakfast, and with several
thousand dollars worth of guns,
ammunition and scientific instru-
ments, may be wandering somewhere
on the ocean without a living soul
on board. When abandoned by the
Cook expedition about $50 miles off
the coast of Labrador, August %,
she had all steam with her pumps
working regularly. No one saw her
go down. Twelve days before
sunken rock had punched hole in
her bottom but she had many water
tight compartments. What a tale
to feed the imagination of a boy who
has been fed on Clark Russel's sea
stories or marine fiction of a differ
ent type.
One of the bills which became a law
at the recent session of Congress was
of interest to pensioners generally,
inasmuch as it will tend to greatly
facilitate the transaction of business
by them. 1t provides that hereafter,
in addition to the officers now au-
thorizpd to administer oaths in such
cases, fourth-class postmastels of the
United States are hereby required
empowered and authorized to admin
lister any and all Oaths required to be
made by pensioners and their wit
nesses i'll the execution of their vOuch-
ers, with like effect and force as Off
GERS having a seal, and such post
master shall affiX the stamp of his
office to his signature to such vouch-
ers, and he is authorized to charge
and receive for each voucher not eX-
ceeding % cents, to be paid by the
pensiOner.