Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-08-06

bearing interest in coin. prlncipai' ~i'' ~
79s. $50 90 ; interest. $50 1919 ,469.6S. DEBT
bearing interest in lawful money, prlncipn'
sl4, 67s 900; interest, $4,000. Deo' Oh
which interest has ceased since maturity
800, 69l, 1926; debt bearing no interest,"
S476, 1854 ,234 l6; unclaimed interest," S'
534.s4. Total debt, principal, s2,259'ozi'
944,42; interest, S3l, 457 1850; 'o'ai'
s2,27O,479, O7O.Os.
The post Office department has under con-
sideration the proprie:y of adopting some
means to enable travellers on railroads TO
mail postal cards or other letters. 1t Is sug-
oested that this can be done by placing
plain lettered mail boxes in each passenger
car, and that postal clerks or messengers on
the train or at the principal stations along
the road, make the collections. thereby piac
| ing the whole thing in responsible hands ana
und er the control of the department.
No BACK PAY For HIN.-The strange
statement has been going the rounds, that
Senator Sherman, of Ohio, after announcing
that he would not receive his back pay, had
changed his mind and concluded to draw It,
1t turns out however, that he drew 1t only
to put into the United States Treasury, be-
yond possible recall. Senator Sherman's
course has been consistent and honorable, In
this matter.
The OREGON SENATORIAL SCANDAL.-Sena-
tor Mitchell, of Oregon, as he is still called,
has filed petition in the courts OF that
State asking to have his nom de plume recog-
nized as his true name. He admits IN his
petition that his name is Nipple.
There is still some difference of opinion here
as to the effect of all this scandal on Mitch
ellis tenure on the Senate.
1t is said that developments have taken
place with regard to the career OF another
Senator who came in at the same time as the
Oregon gentleman, which may result IL
bringing his Senatorial career to an untImely
end.
JUDGES AND PREsIDENrs-The Providence
Journal thinks there should be an amend
ment to the constitution excluding United
States Supreme Oourt judges from the Presi
dency, whereupon the Ceurier-JOurnaL re-
marks-s'This would, perhaps, be well
enough, but it is safe to say that the presen
crop of such Judges will be e1clul led from
the Presidency without an amendment to the
CONSTITUTE on.
The EPl zooTY.-The Albany Express say;
, the epizooty has reappearcd in that city an
. several horses are Frustrated with the disease
y, One of the team Of steamer / was taken sick
u Wednesday last and Saturday the diseas
: was as marked as when it prevailed her
d last fall and winter 1t is to he hoped tina
it will not gain become general.
/ SALE OF CHINESE WOMEN. TWENTY-FIVE
t Chinese women brought By the steamer tC
Il San Francisco on it's last trip from Hon
h Kong were sold at public auction the da
If alter arrival in the Chinese quarters of tn
:. former city. Young girls brought as hig
II as $3.50 each, and mddIe-ased and old WON
. en- from $500 to 800 each Why are thes
things thus
n The Union Pacific Railroad Compan
Is has obtained a temporary injunction re
o straining the collection of taxes levied by th
. | Nebraska authorities upon lands granted Il
: aid of the construction of It's road. Ihi
> will bring up the question of the legality o
| h
J., with State rights.
y One of the latest inventions is a portable
travelling bed, which can be rolled up like
' shawl in a cylindrical package, some two fec
long. 1t consists of light hair mattress
including single or double air pillows, fin
/ wooden coverlet, a camp stool, attachment
and cords for adapting the mattress as han
mock, and apparatus for filling the pillow
with air.
The proprietors of the New York Graph
invited Gen. Butler to form Que IF Pro
Wise's party in the projected balloon voyag
across the Atlantic, but the would-be Cove
: nor declined the honor, preferring to stay
II Massachusetts and take his chances of SO g
) ing up another way.
O Ventilation should be promo ed in dog day
d overcoming avoided, and scrupulOus clear
illness about houses, streets and alleys snoul
-e be observed. The exhibitions from deeayin
" animal and vegetable matter prepare eve
% those children and women, for instance, WI
]. keep out of the suns rays, for death fro
1t heat. The obvious symptoms of sunstros
may not be observed, but the high heat {
n summer approaching to and even exceedir
|. the natural heat OF the b)iy, is gener
70 cause of summer ailment. The healthy bod
> ressts these adverse conditions the veal
ene1, overworked or otherwise e1ervate
system sinks under them
id The earthquake in Nebraska, has ch sng
N somewhat the face of nature in the Elkhol
Valley, making Bear Creek, which foruerl
a emptlei into the Niobrara, flow into tn
r Elkhorn, and greatly increasing the dept
I of the latter stream.
It During the removal of some goods from
u drug store at the Baltimore fire a large j
: of cologne was thrown from an upper wi
a dow. When it broke on the sidewalk,
he sweet perfume pervaded the whole stree
ne making the very smoke fragrant
e The perambulating cot' is the mar
" given to a sort of velocipede invented by
disabled Iowa soldier, in the shape of a
L. upon which the invalid or Icripple can eth
I'll lie at full length or sit and wheel himself
as the use of his hands aud arms anywhe
ns over smooth pavement.