Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-02-20
GENERAL NEWS.

Evans, the Northwood IN. H. murderer,
was hung at the Concord Jail Tuesday lie
has sold his body to the physicians for $50.
A shocking tragedy mas been enacted at
Halifax, Mass, about six miles from Bridge
water. Two bachelor brothers named Star
toyant aud maiden lady named Buckley
were murdered Sunday night. The murder
er is unknown.
Charles Summers silent, confident appeal
from Massachusetts, drunk with partisan in
tolerance to Massachusetts, sober is justified
by tho event. The House at Boston, fol-
lowing the lead of the Senate, rescinded the
resolutions of censure by the decisive vote Of
| lis to 40.
The reports from Nebraska and Wyoming
territory are anything but encouraging. 1t
is estimated that there are about 5000 Sioux,
Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, who could be
in the field on call, if the whole of them are
on the war path, which the nature of their
attack along the limo from Fort Fetterman
to Republican river would indicate. To OPP
pose them there are but three companies of
cavalry aud nine of infantry.
The telegraph brings us the good news that
the National Grange has settled the question
Of the Boston grange, by adopting the report
Of the committee having the matter in charge,
which is to the following effect; That the
secretary of the national grange be instruct
ed to notify all the state oranges within the
jurisdiction that the Boston grange is no lon
ger connected with the Patrons of Husband
ry, and henceforth no recognition can be
extended to it by any grange, state or sub
ordinate, and the master OF the Massachu-
sets state grange is hereby required to make
formal demand for the surrender OF the dis
pensation and ritual Of the Boston grange,
and when received to return to said grange
the money paid for said dispensaton and
ritual, and to return them without delay to
the Office of the secretary of the national
grange at Washington.
These figures about fines, iortcitures and
penalties collected at New York and Boston,
the past four years, which the secretary Of
the treasury has at last concluded to furnish,
and the House, despite Gen. Buffers pro-
test, has ordered printed, are interesting and
important. There were about $500 cases Of
violations of the revenue laws settled at New
York during the period from March |, 1869,
to November B, 1873, the gross proceeds
from which were S4,2l0,39l. OF this sum,
81 ,S38,766, or over 43 per cent, went into
the pockets Of the iniormers and custom
house officers, the collector receiving in this
way, during four years and half, S407 ,245,
the surveyor 1891 ,2l3 aud the naval officer
1921, 05S, while informers were paid $780,
24S. Little wonder that there is such
strife when a vacancy occurs in the New
York collectorship, when the lucky man
knows he has the chance to put nearly
100000 year into his pocket as "per-
quisites. The gross proceeds at Boston,
during the same period, were S642, 092,
nearly half of which stuck to the palms of
the officers who handled il, inlormers taking
Sl52,79S, Collector RUSSELL Naval Officer
Hartman and Surveyor Underwood receiv-
ing little over $4,000 apiece. Could
there be any stronger argument than these
figures afford for tho reform of a system that
cultvates such abuses?
Quite change IN Kansas. A Topeka
letter, speaking Of the recent election of Gov.
Harvey, the Granger, to the United States
Senate, says;
Outside Of money paid directly for votes,
an election to the Senate from Kansas has
generally cost moderate fortune, A gen.
teman Of this state informed me that his
bill for cigars for two weeks canvass some
years since, amounted to more than $500.
Mr. Pomeroy's hotel bill, last winter, reached
the extravagant figure Of $4,000. So far
| Al
gone so far even as to feed henchman at
the hotel, or furnish him free railroad ride.
| am able to give you the exact and entire
cost OF Gov. Harvey's canvass as follows -
| Cash TO eleotioneOFing" expenses DIR.
| To 20 days board, at 50 per day, 5000
To washing, six pieces 90
To morning newspapers, lN
To cigars, whisky, etc, etc, 600
| Total SOL. sc