Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-10-02
GENERAL NEWS.

A compromise has been effected between
the rival factions at New Orleans, and in
the forthcoming election both parties will
unite in sustaining law and order.
At 8 O'Clock last Friday night the men on
the Grand Trunk commenced the work of
changing the gauge and before daylight the
change was made from Montreal to Portland
and the road in running order.
There was a collision between striking
miners and Italians who had taken their
place, at Pittsburgh, Saturday, in which
firearms we're used but no lives lost. This
took place at | o'clock in the morning, and
portion of the Italians went to work 10 the
morning.
1t is becoming more ard more apparent
that Bristows broom don't sweep out the
rottenness Of the secret-service bureau aud
other branches Of the treasury department
any too soon, or too thoroughly. An exam
ination of the business of the secret. service
force in connection with the safe.burgary
case has brought to light the fact that sew.
oral members Of this force, besides the pay
they draw as detectives, were also entered
on the roll Of the New York custom .house
at 81 per day. In addition, the sums they
drew for subsistence, travelling expenses
aud contingencies were most exorbitant.
Nettlcship, Whiteleys assistant, recently in-
dicted in the courts of the District for con-
spiracy, seems to have been the most expe.
rieuced detective in this line. His regular
salary has been SO day, Sundays included,
and he has drawn in addition SO day for
subsistence, making an annual compensation
Of 1926, with his average bills for "inci-
dentas" during ten mouths Of 1873 and
1874 amounting to S7l4.90 a month, or the
enormous sum Of SS57S.S0 a year and he
was also paid for "traveing expenses" at an
average rate Of S75.25 a month, or 1908 a
year; or in all a compensation Of more than
Sl2,700 year, for less than one third OF
which he has furnished any vouchers or ex.
plantations. During the month that the safe.
burglary was worked up, he drew his regu.
lar salary OF So a day, or $3.50, aud for sub
sstence $50. His travelling expenses were
Sl5S, and his "incidentals" amounted to the
astonishing sum of sl02050 In other
words this model detective, while engaged in
II most wicked conspiracy with the District
rings and professional burglars, was paid for
one month the sum of Sl44S.50, aud nc
questions were asked by Secretary Richard.
son, Assistant Secretary Sawyer, or Solicitor
Ban6eld, who had personal supervision oil
the secret service force. A. d. New
comb is another who has also drawn SO a
day for salary as detective, SO a day for
subsistence, aud large sums for "incidentaIs'
and "traveling expenses" besides 81 a day
compensation as Inspector Of customs in the
New York custom.house. His bills for Gin.
cidentals" have ranged all the way up tC
| S4lS a month, and his travelling cnpenses
have, in addition, been as much as $50 q
month.
MAINE.
The weaving room in the Pepperel and
all the rooms in the Tacoma mills at Bidde.
| ford stop work ut 4 in the afternoon, Osten-
sibly on account OF the lowness Of the water
in the Saco.
Mary A. and Georgiaua Perkins, tw,
| girls abduced from Saco, week before last
have been found at Lewiston, where they
were taken for purposes Of prostitution
Freeman Cox and his wife, the abductors
nave Decu arrested.
The coroner's jury in the case of Engineer
Smith, killed by the explosion Of locomo
tive boiler on the Portland and Ogdensburl
railroad at Stroudwater, the other day
brought in verdict that the explosion wa,
caused by latent defect in the boiler, ant
was due to no fault in the engineer aud that
it could not have been foreseen.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Potatoes are 40 cents bushel at tn,
starch factory in Lyman.
The Union church at North Monroe i
brushing up little in the way of plaste
and paper.
Hogs are dying of in Monroe. The,
seem to eat well, but die suddenly. VIVA
ails them?
james MofTett, West Littleton has seed
ling potato, the third year from the bail
that yielded 800 bushels per acre.
There is a house at Hanover covered will
pine shingles that were put on the day o
the battle of Bunker Hill, nearly 100 year
ago.
Jennie NJ Hemphill recently got verdic
Of $1,000 against Justus D. Cole for breacl
of promise in Sullivan county court, bu
he appealed he doesn't make much by tn,
appeal, however, for, this time, the award i
$500.
Willie Wallace, six years old, stabbed I
little girl named Stearns at Milford few
days ago. He seems to have mania simi
lar to that of Pomeroy, the young Bostol
6end Ho has inflicted many cruelties Of
other children and on animals. The girl j
still 10 a critical condition.
CONNECTICUT.
The SOvereigns of Ind ustry are going :
make the question Of having city marke
on issue in the coming municipal election a
New Haven.
They have new prohibitory law in Con
necticut, and arrests and seizures are prett
numerous, the officials evincing praise
worthy determination to fully carry out tn
law.
John McClbe, New Haven fireman, wa
caught, Tuesday evening, setting fire to
barn in that city for the sole purpose Q
showing some visiting fremen from Spring
field. Mass. the efficiency Of the New lila
ven department. 1t is declared too, tina
this is by no means the FIRST time the sam
thing has happened. Firemen have frC
quently visited New Haven, Of late, and tn
Palladium says that they have usual
been treated to fire by McCabe.
NEW YORK.
The republicans have renominated job
A. Dix for governor, and deserve to win, a
they would probably have deserved aud me
? defeat If they had given the honest, fearles
general the cold shoulder in their state con
Vention.
Farmers aud others in Vermont an
Northern New England interested in tn
production and sale Of butter will be inter
ested in knowing that members Of the Ne
York butter and cheese exchange, in imitI