Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-02-19
General News.

Mr. Sprague, OF Rhode Island, IN speech
opposing compulsory education 10 the District
Of Columbia said "to-day, in proportion to
the population, there were more unlettered
people in New England than there we're in
the time Of the Revolution"
Feb. IL, grand jury at Chicago found
indictments against the business managers Of
the morning and evening daily papers pub.
lished in that city for publishing lottery adj
vertisemeDts. We could name several pa
pers nearer home that would be good sub.
jecis for grand juries.
The house Committee on Appropriations
have agreed to recommend an appropriation
Of S500,000 TO defrsy the expenses attend.
ing the displays Of the several departments
Of the Government at the Centennial Expo.
stion. Better invest it in interest bearing
bonds and burn the bonds.
A bill was accepted by caucus Of re-
publican members Thursday evening, which
among other things gave the president pow.
er under certain circumstances TO suspend
the habeas corpus act, and was 10 other
ways palatable to the EXTREMIST radicals,
but it is probable republicans enough will
join with the democrats in opposing it to dc.
feat il.
There is no change in the Arkansas mat
ter. Judge Poland stands firm, and if any
action is taken by the House he is sure Of
being sustained. But it is considered most
probable that nothing will be done. Lead.
ing republicans in both branc hes Of Congress
say that the president will not attempt to
reinstate Brooks unless he should be declar-
ed the legal governor by Congress.
Boston at this moment has cheaper rates
on westward.bound freight than any other
city on the seaboard, IS cents hundred
the present rate Of the Boston aud Albany
being the lowest figure offered by any of the
through lines. The Boston and Maine is
carrying westward freight to Portland ia
the Grand Trunk for cents ton, putting
the Vermont Central line to its trumps, and
the Erie is bidding for the heavy machinery
freights of the Rhode Island cities, via the
Connecticut Western. Altogether, there
promises to be lively competition.
A member of the House Committee on
Accounts says that the cost Of Investigations
ordered by this Congress will aggregate
about half million of dollars. Under the
rules Of the House, besides the great expense
Of witnesses, Of the Sergeant.at-Arms and
stenographors, each member is allowed eight
dollars in addition to his regular salary, aud
ten cents per mile mileage This aggregate
Of half million does not include the cost Of
printing the very extensive reports Of these
investigating committees. Half 4 million i.
nothing; just wait till the democrats try
their hand.
The reportof the Wisconsin railroad com.
missioncrs, which will probably be delivered
to the Legislature Of that state, to-day, rec.
ommends the repeal Of the Potter law aud
the substitution Of such legislation as will
authorize the commissioners 10 fix the maxi.
mum rates Of freights and passage for roads
Of the first class, namely, the St. Paul and
Northwestern, and the placing Of no re-
striction on roads Of the second class. The
plan of the commissioners also contemplates
that each road be appraised, and that, when
the net earnings Of any road of the first
class exceed 10 per cent Of its value, its
rates shall be reduced. The commissioners
have prepared bill embodying these rec.
concentrations and the indications are that
It will pass.-Repubiican.
The grand jury at Little Rock, Ark,
have been investigating the alleged election
frauds there, and their report must put a
damper on the outrage business in that Sec
tion. They state that about forty parties
have been examined, and the jury we're una
bic after diligent questioning to find a sim
gle instance in which any man had been de-
prlved Of the right to vote, or any other
right, but, on the contrary, unusual quiet
prevailed at the election. The evidence as
to the existence Of secret organization
known as the White League, or any SINH
lar organization, was absolutely nothing.
We could find but one man who knew of a
man Who was said to belong to such organ.
iXation. and upon summoniug the party &C.
cused we found the organization to which he
belonged, and upon which was based the
rumor OF his being White Lacquer, was
the Knights of pythias.
On Tuesday evening, Feb. 0, the U. s.
revenue steamer GallatiD, Capt. |. NJ. Sell.
den commanding, put into Plymouth harbor
for the night to avoid a northwest gallo
blowing outside. On the morning of the
10th at daylight, when getting under way,
Capt. Selden discovered signal of distress
flying on Duxbury Pier Light. The light
house was so surrounded by ice that it was
utterly unable to reach the pier with boat I;
the captain therefore steamed the vessel
through the ice near enough to converse with
the keeper, and found that the keeper had
mad no communication with any one outside
Of the light since Dec. %, 1874 that his
fuel and water we're out, and that they had
been on an allowance Of pint of water a
day since Feb 6, 1875. The captain steam.
I'd the vessel through the ice to within some
iity or seventy-fVe yards OF the pier, when
LieuteDants Weston and Clayton, with the
boats, after two hours hard work
N cutting through the ice, succeeded in
reaching tho pier, and furnished the keeper
md his wife with plenty Of wood aud water.
NEW HAMPSHIRE.
The Souhogan national bank at Milford,
recently robbed, has just put in a $4,000
'uFgular proof safe.
The Dover board of trade are going to or
yanlze building association, with a capital
IT $4,000 in $50 shares, for poor people.
The wife Of Michael McCarty, Of Ports
mouth, was found, yesterday morning, carried
up on the floor Of her house, having frozen
% death during the night. Her husband
vas in the lookup at the time for drunken.
less.
MASSACHU SETS.
The FIRST train passed through the Hoosac
unnel last week Tuesday.
The St. James hospital and temporary
rome for females at Boston has provided
for 5000 women and girls.
The mills at Fall River are being filled
With new help, and the strikers are likely to
DO left out in the cold. They are endeavor.
ng to get up general strike in New Eng.
and, but will hardly succeed.
The NewburypOrt mining company has
lold IN pnFtland nartiaa FIR CIk 00O lad