Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-30


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The Postmaster-Geueral'> Recommendation
Postmaster General Cre-weI strongly
advocates the postofic- savings banks lie
would condue them t. the a.oG- money
order Office. aud. fer the first year. % the
ao- Office, uf the first class. A. the moneys
WI. De transmitted 20 the central Office and
tfea.r5unt- kept there. The clerical force
wi. I,e increased mostly az that point and
s- aa- reck1ued iI-, how many more clerks
.t wil rr4aire for each successive hundred
.. depository oHcr- The total expense Of
t.- -ayme--hank business, be think, would
Poe from nine g. twelve sizteeuta- Of ] per
rr..t ol tnc probable deposits. The remain
iug seven O. lour-slzIeenth~ would % Into
che postal revenue. Mr. Cre~we- think
be could ruu tue telegraph 1l-lne~- with
some thousands less than tAel 900 persons
now employed in & He would. Of course.
sl1~r all but one o. the Offices % places
where rival comuauic- now maintain CONF
netting establishments lie would DISCHARGE
the . 500 me.~-enger~. and deliver 4a--e
part of tic messages ay the .e-ter-carr-at-.
Al over 600 po-t-oiHce- where the aunla-
receipt~ are les than Il. 900. DE THINKS
trerrapher cluli be tle postmaster. In
fact. be could support the telegraph offices
with exactly 6J1 men. 81 au average
>alars Of $500, 50 per cent higher than the
telegraph c0muauIc- pay w H. an az-fe-
lrat, telegraph force u 800 men. Die could
handle 81. OOO. eco messages year.or double
The present number. az an annual cost Oi
; 4 500 600 lIe is thoroughly impressed
with the belief that the repeal OF the frank
me- privilege was wise mea Sure- ana WILL
Do. productive 90. tue best results lie
earnestly recommends that il De not restored
unit. at least far trial can De made. lie
also recommends that c1nEreSSIona- d5cl-
meni- be- paid for by appropriation. the
same as departmental matter. In the event
ui returning o. general distribution oi
seeds. etc, Co the people, ie recommends
that he bee authorized o. send them as
freight
Inere l~ one restriction. however. winch
De never advised. ana V inch. ln las oplul %,
might he safely removed. ana that i- the
provision which torhid- the free tran~poria-
Iluu OF weekly newspapers within c9uuue-
ui their publication. The grounds upon
which tins recommendation is made, are
FIRST. that such papers are 50 evenly dis
tributed over the entire extent Of the country
and confined to lines Of transit So short thar
they have never been known a. impede the
di~trib button and transportation 1i the mails
secondly. that the postage levied upon them
as Al present collected. whilst atlrlin- 1lt
h lriding revenue o. the department. l~ yet
heavy enough 10 bee severely felt hy their
proprietors and patrons. and 10 obS-ruct TIE
discrimination of local intelligence lie
thinks good reasons may also bee given ID
favor Of free exchange between newspaper
1t was crazy man. 10 seems, "A1 lnllct-
ed the injuries upon Major Pangoorn Of
The Jersey City JgarHa. wretch whose
monomania took tine horrible form of visit
ing the newspaper rooms and boring the
editors with his twaddle. and who, not
satisfied with that, sent them reams of COM
nunications and thcn went about bowling
because they were not printed. lie was
communist. too. this DAILY, who shriekei in
season ami ont Of season. and continually
exhibited metaphorical red dag. Yet the
scoundrcl Wa permitted TO @ at large.
but;on-holing and boring. until finally be
very nearly committed TWO or three muir
ders
MAJOR Pansblru left lis residence in Mcr-
Ger street. at hali-pas, O'Clock lie had
lust crossed Barrow street. when ne heard
some one hal. MAJOR Major He
turned around and saw DAILY approaching.
The Major siackened his walkt1 allow D4.y
to come up. The latter exhibited No pa--
sion OF excitement. and the two walked
alons toward Grove street, c0nver>l NJ
pleasantly together. DalN talked ln his
usual rambling style about the hard time,
The wrongs Of the wOrkingmen. AMI what
the latter were going t. do about Il. lie
asked Major Pangborn why be dldnut pub
lish The articles he Da.y. left at the ONCE
The major turned him of with pleasant
word. Just then a hoboken ear came along,
and MAJOR Pangb0ru started 20 board H.
DAILY followed hIm out 10 the centre OF the
street. Day said. " Major these things are
all wrong The major SAID, 90 Wei,
never mind. DAILY. ali viii come right hy
aud ny, and placed his right i11t ln the
platform OF the cay. rra>pinE the rail with
his left hand I'm an instant Daily drew
club from under bis coat. and with all his
strength brought Il down upon the MAJOR
head. The major = hat, though strong, Wa
cut through aud the club cut an ugly scalp
eouul AN inch and half long in hl- head,
oa the top lett side Just above the temple.
ih- blood spurued IN torrents and blinded
the major lie staggered. but dad noJ fall.
then turned and grdSped DAILY by the throat.
The major hal g hight walking stick, but
could nut u.s. H. 4 struggle ensued- dur
my which DAILY dealt MAJOR Panghorn an
.inrr severe blow on the forehead. causing
% confused wound Besides these wounds,
lhr major wa, severely injured about tine
throat. Mr. George Z. Duncan, an old
i.,-utle.nau. who Wa passing, ran % DAILY
ami took Alld ol him BY this time the
1uumauIac was raging Ike "a Wild beast.
H. ~praua about AS quickly as eat. and
dealt blows like lightning lie dropped
hi- club ami drew rule IRON his pocket
1870 i... use, - III -, - -.
Alderman Bum-teai ran I'D. and hv hi,
power a. an officer commanded DAILY 10 sur
render TIE Wild man sprans al the alder
M, LII ''' -', al ;atJ,.i :,
the alderman cheek near the eve. inhict-
insa severe Woun1- John II. Morrow and
III; n Ii'ra,e bowen lIIl'ta az ~ Snl. 14Lle
Hsw,St.k,., d, ib. mrs nr,cinri .rori5n
and locked up. Msi0r Pausborn. M. Dan
can aud Alderman humsicAd nade charges