Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-01-16
Ne WIS Items.

America has 90 600 miles % telegr a2h Ines !;
Europe, 80 600.
One distilery in New York is charged with
defraudng the revenue OF ten thousand dollars
per day.
The import. of foreign dry goods at New
York in 1850 reached Sl26 222 SO, which is
upwards of thirty four millions in exc, s. of he
total for the preceding year. and thirteen mi
lions more than in any year for the pas;
eighteen.
For some time past there has BEEN dssen
ton of theory that lie is greatly prolonged by
sleeping with the head 10 me North. This
theory finds confirmation in the strange fact
that most of those American poitici ms, who
for years past, have had their heads TO the
South, are now quite dead.
The Prussian war cost S42 600 600, to pay
which the corqueror has levied upon his enc
mics $50 200 900, giving clear gain of Sl4, :
200,0UU. earned by The needle in few weeks,
and this, independent of the territory aud other
property scqur, d.
PORK IN THE WEsT.-A despatch from the
Northeast says that pork transactions have
been exceedingly slow this winter. compared
with former seasons. Farmers holding
back the r hogs, feeding up their ain, end
hoping for his her figures From present ind-
cations they are to be disappointed. The prices
paid are ) and IL cents, net.
The St. Louis Democrat publishes some sta
ts,ics of the tobacco crop of this season. In
Missouri 1t is reported TO be from 10000 to
| Is 900 hogsheads. This is ar below an aver
age crop, but It is said that the quai'y of the
| tobacco is usually good. In Virginia the crop
has fallen OH one-ihlrd-lt is reported at TO-
600 900 pounds-but is the best ever made
as respects quality" In some counties OF
. North Carolina, lands which had been ire
viously devoted 10 tobacco were this year plant
ed with cotton. TIE Weld for that state i.
35 100000 pounds. The yield in Mary land
| is placed at 81 800 900 4; Tennessee at So
500 600 kentacky at 6 900 600 Texas al
| 10000; Alabama st. 27O 1000; Arkansas at
100000 Florida and Georgia each Co.,
600 Louisiona at 10000; Sou,h Catolina a,
IS 900, and the Northern States at 50 $50, :
500 pounds.
NEW CoUNTERFEIT.-A new and dangerous
imitation OF The five dollar National Bank
note has recently been put afoat. Tie en-
CRAVING is said to be finely executed. And the
bill, in the main. we'll calculated to de-
celve. Still, it may be readily detected. la
the genuine, the group OF Columbus and his
companions Is composed of five persons in
the counterfeit there but four-the one
| in the background at the extreme figure In
the group is missing. 10 the counterfeit,
also, the extended arm of Columbus is with.
out Q hand
NRw HAxPsHIRE PoLIrIcs Hon. Jacob
Benton, OF Lancaster who has been nominated
by a, clamauon for Congress by the R-pub
lice ms of the third District of New Ham,
shire, ls a native of Waterford. Vt. lie was
formerly a teacher, studied law with Judge
Bellows in L,ttleton, n. H., and IS enc OF the
leading lawyers in the northern part OF the
State. He Is an uncle of Col. r. &. Benton
of Hyde Park.
The committee to investigate tho burning
of the New Ironsides at League Island, have
| ascertained that the grOssest careiessuees pre-.
vailed on the vessel ; thai an officer was sell
dom seen on her, and that the Waterman in
charge was usually engaged in mendlng shoes
and clothes for the ofhcers.
1t appears that in New York city there are
4O7 500. native born inhabitants, OF whom
81 500, or one in eight, Exactly l in 1911
are voters and there are 3l8 $50 foreign DO, n
inha btants, OF whom 1915 CT one In four
lex ,ctly in ALI are voters.
At the annual renting uf pews in Ueorv
Ward Beecher's church on Tuesday. the mr., :
miums amounted to $31 900, which, with the
rentals. gives total income of S49,436. So,
| 900, more than last year
The Legislature of New York has ratified
| the Constitutional Amendment.