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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
MONTPELIEx uAafzCT.
For the lceer ending 4prH 81, Isl
RETAIL PRICES.

Apples per Dbl. $500 to $3.50: apples dried. Per
10 II Gl5 cts Butter. 80 to 30 cts; Beef I0 60 %
ets-i Beans per bushel. - 90 TO 1928; Corn 80
rs; Crackers, per Dbl. $500; Coal, per ton, 5f'
sheese lo020c + 10 /; Dried beef, 20 cts: Egg
= to y .aCodfsh, per 10. toto salt fish Sc:
salmon, Is cts; Flour, per Dbl, s. 90 To SO o.
Jams, 10 cts. Hay, per ton. SIS $50; Kerosene
OIL, per gall so cts: Lard p , cts: oysters. per
qt % cts; Potatoes, 50 cts; Salt % cts; sugar
Tea Sl.00 to SLIGO.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
Letter from Washington.

in attending to the public business Now
the situation appears to be reversed. The
Senate has applied itself during the past
week with all submission and patience to q
solution Of the tariff question, an examination
of land grant bills, private claims, etc, while
the House has taken holiday from business
of national Importance, and has INDUCED
itself with little fight, in which the parties
mainly interested are the great railroad cor
porations, the Pennsylvania Central and the
Baltimore and Ohio.
The contest arose in this way. The Penn
sylvania Central asked for site in the middle
Of Washington, on land which has been
intended for public park, for the purpose
Of erecting a grand depot for their Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad. Against this demand
many Of the people OF Washington and the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad protest But the
House Committee on the District Of Columbia
report IN favor of Tom scott and the Penn
sylvania Central, and Mr.. Stark Gather, the
chairman, undertakes to push through the
measure, under the operation of tie previous
| question, without debate and without allow
I ing amendments to be voted on The gentle
men Of the opposition wax indignant and
eloquent. They demand lalr chance to
discuss the bill and move amendments. Mr..
Starkweather is stubborn and makes no con
cession. Then the minority res3rtei, as a
matter Of course, to fllibustcring The yeas
and nays have been called for a whole week
on motions T. ADJOURN, % motions 70 amend
! by liking a certain hour Tor the mex meeting,
on motions to 20 into c'mmi,t,eoi the "h Die.
nd on every other kird OF motion winch %
has entered INTO the heart "l man g conceive
Between these roll calls e'eA 'i "hle1 oa'H-
pes nail an hour ana more q I.zen on i'.l zen
members would oe shouting at me speaker
or nc e'ch Other or az Mr- St"Fk"e1l"eF.
One OIL these episodes ended 10 tins manner
On the Democratic side they had been de
handing the right to bring IN amendments
and vote on them. Mr.. Snrz"eather re-
piled that the amend uents had been printed
and were before the House. twas an7"ere
that printing amendments ga ~ god 4
they could not De voted on ana thAt ~ e'n-
ce7sion whatever ha1 yet aeen mid'. eFt
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was nude n - inI' committee Y. ,-a "+'.e.
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03
II. s. Circuit Court,
LIABILITIES OF LIFE Insurance. COMPANIES

/
The decision in the case of Mrs. Rhoda
Green against the Hahenmaun Life Insur-
ance Company, in the U. S. District Court at
Burlington on Wednesday of las. week, is
of peculiar interest, as tending to show how
| far the usual clause in the policy co protect
a company against liability in ease OF suicide,
| or . 5ie by is own hand, : as it Is phrased,
can be made available. Jacob Green, to
whom the policy in question was issued, was
a worthy mechanic aud undertaken in Bur
ingtan. A few months after taking policy
/ for so, 600. which was regarded as a large
amount for a man of his means, after a
period Of depression, and apprehension lest
he should 20 crazy as his father had, he
we GIFTED his pockets and drowned himself
| IN the lake From the Free Press we learn
among other circumstances t at just before
his death Mr. Green was DESTROYS u give 2
his policy and to yet back the quarterly pay
ment Of ninety odd dollars which lie had
made The counsel for the Company en-
dcavorcd u show that this desire was due T.
a purpose t1 xiii hI.u self ami ID q conviction
On his part that in thai case the policy
would be- be void; bu5 the rets)n given by
Green was that the annual payments were
TOO heavy for his means; aud tins was not
an unreasOnapie reason inns Arrah LIc"1
was a77tuiel t5o by tAe \ gent .. '"0 '''ii
pany after Mr. Green death. Mrs. Green
received back the ninety five dollars Pald,
gave up the policy and signed a release OF
claims upon tie Company.
Now tins would seem at hrst glance 20
present case hich ouered no chances LOT
litigation. WITH policy which by Is very
f Eo.aa af iRI. tn
with written release OF her ciaim tior
consideration paid) hv the sue de's widow,
one would suppose that there was no reason
why the Insurance company should paw any
thing, aud no possibility OF compelling it q
pay. But thus and other smlidr cases, show
the mistake % such "a suppOs'uon- Inc
courts Jt late h3li, &c seems substantially,
that when suicide is thc result of insanity,
which ayerppwers the Will, the company ls
-ciiI liable. il spite d! IT'S except NJ clause
And there seems % be reason In TINS. " by
-1aald mentt. disease, causing death through
a icllssJn winch makes tie mau responsible
flr ms ac5, MAKE y1Id T. policy, any more
taau any other disease thss causes death
Judge ~milI-y in charging the Jurv said +
The Important question Tor YOU q decld i
the meu:al, and therefore responsible, cludI-
tIon Of Mr.. tir,en on the morning ot his
lcath and tins brings me % TIE definition
OF insanity. q most difficult dehnirion 10 give
The best one that know OF Is that 1t Is
disease OF Jhe BRAIN by which the freedom OF
tlc will Is impaired.
The Circuit judge st TINS United - ties
Circuit, however, las land dawn the rule IN
such cs-e~ a- TIE present which | shall give
you Us lhe rule II rhi- court. IL is rhI=
+. on ta- stt.er a.ul H. y.- % { thus con-
Sci Us ana aal ul such capacity. but ucre1
under aa %" ne l..l-.oa or,rp9wsr.a- BIS
aad r-ttra'a- atI wl.l. " "a~ lmFeIei 5y
au une, u-r.I-ls.e Impulse. v--i-s neither un-
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

Forty thousand pounds Of butter were
shipped from San Francisco to New York
and Boston last week.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-03

new law Of Pennsylvania prohibits the
sale or giving away ofliquor on election days.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
RAKING IN.


Some months since a man with his
wife stopped at the Worsham house for
a day. They had arrived here by river,
and evinced an inclination to remain If
q suitable house could be purchased or
rented in which to carry on a grocery.
The man and his wife employed q
spring wagon to drive around the city
in search of the desired shanty, but
failed TO find it. In the course of their
travels they visited Brearton's grocery
store in Chelsea and had a drink. Some
time after leaving, a pocketbook was
found upon the counter containing eight
bills of the denomination of n hun
'dred dollars each. A few DAYS after
ward the poeketbook and its contents
passed into the hands of CaptaintAthy,
ChiefofPoliee, who made every effort to
have the owner of the lost money found
out, but without avail, for the man had
started away that evening without in
curing for his treasure. 1t was some
of those notes that we're stolen from the
Chiefs safe by the burglars, and were
subsequently, found upon the person of
Doc Wright, atlas Ransorue. Captain
Athy even advertised in st. Louis and
New Orleans papers to find the owner
for he was at that time under the i'm.
preston the money was good. After
ward he had occasion to show them to
a banker in the city, who pronounced
them bogus. Since the day the Captain
found out the nature Of the money he
has been ferreting out the owner He
succeeded, and yesterday arrived in the
city with his man, whom he captured
in Cairo Sunday morning. He is a low
sized, redish haired, ordinary looking
with butternut pants and a COM
monty honest look. He arrived in the
by the h~alf-past two o'clock train
yesterday over the Ohio road, and was
locked up in the Adams street station
house.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

The city fathers do not meet until
this evening.
The cent post cards are 70 be out
shortly. They will be found quite use
full.
We are indebted TO Messrs Conway
& Linsday, grocers Of Main street, for
some beautiful specimens of new
peaches.
The police board had a cOnfab yes
teFday IN reference to the moral status of
some patrolmen who were accused of
small sins.
Who can account for the curious fact
that four-fifths Of the babies exhibited
at the picnic yesterday were golden
haired and ~blue-eyed?
Dan. Smith will be respited. Sheriff
Wright received a dispatch from Cover
nor Brown last night saying that the
respite would be forthcoming by mail.
The tickets for the moonlight river
excursion, Thursday night are being
taken up with great &yidity. Many
people are anxious fOran invitation who
can't get it.
A negro who made himselfbusy and
useful at the picnic yesterday white
washing the targets for the shooters got
shot in the arm by one 81 the marks
men. The wound is slight.
Going out to the picnic yesterday,
while n of the city railroad vehicles
ran of the track on Beale street, a buggy
horse scared and ran away. The buggy
was overturned, and lady thrown out.
Her injuries were painful.
Major W. H. Haynes, of Phillips
county, Arkansas, sends Ralph Worm
ely & Co, a cotton bloom culled on his
plantation on the fifteenth instant. He
has six hundred acres in cotton, some of
which is twenty-eight inches high with
nineteen squares to the stalk.
The Nashville Banner, of Saturday,
says: "Hon. w. w. Vaughn, repre-
sentative in Congress from the Eighth
district, was in the city yesterday. He
takes a rosy view of the political situa-
ton, and predicts Greeley's election by
an overwhelming majority
Yesterday morning two large and
vigorous looking laborers stepped out
Of a saloon at the corner of Union and
Second, where they had been imbibing
what Dick Swiveller termed "the
IdNIAE kON 0QN1lu6 Lu6 OOOE.
one wedt for the other muscularly. He
TO "fetch one on the smeller,n
but missed his calculations, and fell for
ward, knocking down his antagonist,
and falling over him four or five feet, |
with such unreasonable gravity, thathis
nose was completely fiattened on the
Nicholson.
"A case of great interest to the trav-
cling public was recently decided in the
Boston Superior Court. In 1865, Mr.. j.
A. Coleman, of Boston, attempted 10
ride from New York to New Haven on
a coupon ticket, which was rejected by
the conductor on the ground that al
it was good from New Haven to
New York, it did not pass the holderin
the opposite direction. Mr.. Coleman in
listed that the company was compelled
- receive the ticket, as it represented
money paid for a passage between these
and he was put Off the train by
'oree, receiving such injury as to affect
his health. He sued the New York and
New Haven Railroad Company and re-
covered. The railroad obtained a new
rial, and were beaten again. On excep-
ion to the ruling of the Judge, the de-
endants obtained a third trial, which
terminated in a verdict for Mr.. Coleman
or three thousand two hundred dollars.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
CAROLINA LIFE INSURANCE COM.
PANY,

The annual meeting Of the stockhold-
ers of the Carolina Life Insurance Com
pany took place yesterday at the Com
pany's office, No. AZ Madison street.
Nearly all the stockholders were present
either in person or by proxy, and elected
the following Board of Directors to serve
for the ensuing year: Hon. Jefferson
Davis, Moses J. Wicks, J. T. Petit, w.
L. Vance, e. B. Church, Napoleon Hill,
J. c. Fizer, f. W. Smith, w. B. Green
law, n. S. Bruce, 7. w. White, Philip
Tuggle, John d. Adams, General Wade
and w. +. Boyle.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
THANKS.

The MASONIC BOARD OF RELIEF ten
der their thanks to Mr.. Andrew Davis,
who kindly furnished water for the
grounds; to Messrs. Hickey, Bartlett &
Toomer for ice; to Messrs. Ames, Beat
ty & Co. for chairs; to Messrs. Horbach,
Edmondson and Nixon, of the Memphis
Agricultural Association, for the use of
the wheels to draw the prize of a piano;
to Merriman q Wilcox, and also TO w.
J. Byrd, James Flaherty, and 0rgill
Brothers & Co., for many favors extend
ed; to Captains Smith and Weatherford,
Of the police force, and their effective
corps of assistants, and also to many
other friends for their generous assist
ance in making our picnic the grandest
success of the season.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
A FRENCH YICE-CONSUL FOR TEN
NESSEE.

The French citizens of Memphis are
authorized by the French Consul resid-
ing at Charleston, to elect a Vice-Con-
sui for the State of Tennessee, and as
Memphis boasts many worthy citizens
who are of that nationality, it is some
what difficult to decide upon whom TO
bestow the honor. If the matter were
referred to us to decide, il would be
equally as difficult to select one, but we
have in our minds eye one who would
wear the honors, as well as discharge
the duties, with as much national dig
nifty and as faithfully as any one in the
State or country, and that one is our
old-time friend and fellow-citizen, Felix
LeClerc, ST. Such a selection, we doubt
not, would meet the appreciation of the
French people in midst, and his
American friends would join heartily
with them in congratulating his appoint
ment.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
IMPROVEMENT.
A Birhs-Eye View of What IL Going on
in MemPhisLUnmtstakeabIe Evil
denees OF Prosperity.

This spring and summer have been
marked in Memphis by a very fair
progress in building. At the corner of
Shelby and Gayoso streets there are
four magnificent stores going up-that
of Fargason & Clay being two hundred
and thirty feet deep by thirty-one feet
front running back to the other street,
on which it will be five stories high.
This will be the largest grocery house in
the South. Adjoining this Messrs.
Brooks q Nicely are erecting a store of
the same dimensions. Messrs. Stewart
Bros. & Gwynn will have one on the
opposite block, which will not be quite
so large. Messrs. ClOste q Ketehum
are also erecting a gigantic building at
the corner of GayOsO, which will meas
ure one hundred and sixty-eight by
sixty feet. This is on the east side of
Shelby street. Messrs. Guy & McClel-
Ian are putting upa fine store near the
corner of Court on Front street, with a
front of fifty feet and a depth of one
hundred and fifty. John Nj. Lea occu-
pies the corner itself, and is erecting a
building on it. This will be o~verlapped
by the former building, which is to have
a partial front on Court street at
the end ofLea's Structure. Messrs. Ford,
Porter & Co. are about to put up a fine
store on South Court street, near Second.
G. A. Stouall viii shortly erect two
stores on Second street adjoining the
Kit Williams Block. In addition to
these business houses, there have been a
great number of elegant private resi-
dences in course of erection during the
past months of good weather. John
johnson, Mayor, is about to put up a
residence on Beale, to cost ten thousand
dollars. r. A. Parker will erect one on
Vance to cost twelve thousand dollars.
A large parsonage for 81. Peters Church,
to cost twenty thousand dollars, is
spoken of. The plans are already COM
pleted. A ten thousand-dollar house is to
be put up by Niles Merriwether, on Pom
totoc street. A nice residence on Adams
street, for James II. MeDavitt, is now
receiving the finishing touches. A
house of the same sort is going up for H.
H. Mette, on the same street. The
number of residences of lesser preten-
sion that are now finishing, commence
ing, or about to commence, is exceed
great. In the matter Of residences
vast progress is evident.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
First Circuit COurt-HeiskeII. Judge.

First Circuit COurt-HefskeIl. Judge.
The attorneys representing the plaint-
ifs and the defendants in the cases set
on the July calendar are urgently re-
quested by the court to consult each
other and set them for some day during
this week, so that they may be disposed
of by the first of next month. The Clerk
will put them on the calendar for any
day that suits the parties, or continue
them, if desired. The following cases
are set for trial to-day: 1865, Flynn VS.
vs. Jones; 1913, Jamison VS. Howell;
1874, Jamison VS. Howell; 1865, Lanier,
administrator, VS. Walker ct al; 1866,
Scruggs VS. Memphis and Charleston
railroad; 2035, Tanning VS. league &
Greenlaw; 2036, Slater VS. league &
Greenlaw; 2OS7, DonneIly VS. league &
GreenlaW.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25

MEMPHIS June "A,
EDITORS APPEAL--An article in your
paper of this morning signed Demo
cratic Voter" intimates that George r.
Powell may meet opposition from the
disappointed aspirsnts for the Office for
which he received the nomination. As
one of these s'aspirants,n coming out at
the eleventh hour only five days be-
fore the meeting Of the convention, 1
will say that Mr.. Powell shall have my
hearty support, and every other eandi-
date before the convention Is honorably
bound, not only to vote but work for the
whole ticket. As to the charges that
Mr.. Powell did not act with equal
straightforwardness when beaten before
the convention two years ago, / think
unless proven beyond q doubt, they
ought to be withdrawn. Misapprehen-
sions Of this character sometimes do
irreparable injury to good men. l win
support the ticket earnestly myself, and
believe every other aspirant for the
office who submitted his claims TO go
before the convention viii do likewise.
Very respectfully, 3. ,. wHkTE, II.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25

THE extensive factories for the build
ing of organs show conelusively the in
crease Of musical culture in our country.
Every factory is from time to time en-
larging the number of its operatives, and
No organ has a better reputation than
those built by Needham C Son. They
are justly styled "The Silver Tongue.b
MERRIMAN & WILCOX, Agents,
2735 Main street.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25

THE Mathushek Piano is warranted
for five years. Every mechanical mind
recognizes at once the intrinsic merit of
its structure. Every cultivated ear de-
tects at the first sound the sweetness of
its tone.
MERRIMAN & WILCOX, Agents,
.e = e 2T3S Main street.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
BASKETS, K
GAs FrrTINe, Us Maln street.

Buy the Mathushek Pianoif you wish
for durability of tone as well as purity
and volume, The Mathushek combines
these three essential requisites.
NERRIMAN & WILCOX, Agents,
2733 Main street.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
local ITEMS.

Go to Leddin's Business College.
-Thos. Cubbins, bricklayer, ga Main
Armstrong; Photographic Gallery,
No. 21I Main street. Three fsultless
gem pictures for fifty cents.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
ANNOUNCEMENTS

For Constable Of Fourteenth District.
DLEASE announce my name as a candidate
for the ONCE OF Constable Of the Four
tenth Civil District Of Shelby County, subject
only to the decision OF the people AT the bal
lot-box- T.. ". GREEN.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-06-25
D RoFDANcING.
EFT CETERAs

consisted principally of refreshments.
Not many people took baskets with
them, but depended with unwavering
faith on the nutritive notwithstanding
qualities Of such d~elicaeies as Joseph
Specht could supply and did supply, and
upon the exhilerating beverages which
Jacob Steinkuhl measured forth copi-
Ously. A large curtain or blind In
scribed with the one word. slrefresh-
ments,h in gigantic letters, interposed.
and shut off the view from the dancing.
floor to the salubrious department. The
shOoting-gallery was furnished with an
amphitheater for spectators. This feature
vas a favorite one, and the merry crack
of the rife was heard all the evening.
Mr.. Cans collected the assets. Several
other attractions, such as swings and
merry-go-rounds furnished amusements
for the small ones.
THE SWEET BABY.
More palpitating hearts beat In the
atfectiOnate bosoms Of anxious mothers
yesterday than ever before. The dear
est, sweetest, j~olliest, squaliest, Queerest
event of the season-the baby show.
made them anxious and pleasurably ex-
cited. Preparations were made by
washerwcmen and nurses to make the
baby Of the day look fine, and the COM
bined result was worth q walk of fifty
ty miles to witness. The smiling and
growing army OF little ones invaded the
ground about four o'clock, some went
even earlier. There We're anxious mann
mas who committed the indiscretion of
getting the baby up'' at ten O'Clock |
four long hours before the exhibition.
while Others-veterans at the business
waited till the last hour, keeping their
little dears asleep on Mrs. Winslow un-
til the near approach of the dread hour
of judgment on baby points Of excel
lence. Every ma and nurse brushed up
their requirements in baby talk, so that
the soothing sounds might produce
pleasurable feelings in the MANTLE
minds and make them laugh and crow
as the judges passed round. All the
sweet little ways of the pets were sed1-
lously cultivated, and with such effect
that the baby were going through their
respective performances at the most
moments. They were on the
ground promptly, some of them riding
IN highly decorated carriages, perambu-
Iators, and some in arms. There was
one carriage nicely festooned with white
done in a tasteful manner. The
majority were perfectly plain; so were
he dresses of the babies. The commit
would not allow Of any decoration
N the candidates for infantile honors.
An enclosed square space sway from
he dancing floor had been set apart for
he exhibition. This was surrounded by
rope, outside Of which the great crowd
we're compelled to halt and look ON in
Within this sacred enclosure
yer thirty babies were ~congregated,
coaxed, Winslowed, bottled,
andled, rolled IN little buggies, cooed
I, whistled to, sung for, scolded and
inehed with such pleasing variety that
very one was happy. 4
The marshal Of this most interesting
rena had a lively job. Lou Leubrie,
owever, wa equal to the occasion, and
ad only one fear--that the little ones,
their nurses, would pull his hair by
handful from his forehead. By dint !
{ much labor, and the exercise Of pa 2