Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-22

Don't say that you cant buy any Christ
mas presents, because they cost 50 much.
Go to McDonald's, where You will find
nice articles for presents that don't cost
much. 2w
of Husbandry will meet by delegation at
Tvler's Hall. Essex junction. January 81,
at ten o'clock A. NJ. TO organize perma-
be served at the hotel. f. p Cotton, Mas
ter of the State Grange, will be present to
organize.
The emperor of Brazil will embark on
board the Henelius on the 10Th of March
for New York. to begin his tour of North
America and Europe.
The strike at Sydney mine is over. and
| the men have resumed work ut reduced
wages
The trial of La Page, accused of murder
ing Miss Langmaid, commences in Con-
cord. January IA.
Rev John Henry Hobart Brown. S. T.
ID, Ct Cohoes. y. Y, was conSecrated
bishop of Fond Du-Lrc. Wis, in st. John $
church at Cohoes. Wednesday.
George +. Seward. for many years our
chief consular representative in China. has
now been advanced to the place of minis
ter His fitness all concede.
Gen Babcock, Wednesday. requested the
dissolution of the military court appointed
to investigate his alleged connection with
the whiskey ring, rs he is to be tried at St
Loni>. The request was granted and the
proper order ut once issued from the White
House.
The president has appointed George L
r Seward, consul general at Shanghai, to be
minister pcnipotentiary to China. vice
Avery deceased. The president also ap
pointed James Birney. OF Michigan, minis
ter to the Netherlands; Mr.. Stockbridse
s who was appointed during the recess in
place of Mr.. Graham. resigned, having
declined.
Despite the vague terms which Captain
General Ealmaseda gives his rs reasons fo
= resigning. it is understood that he kavc
;, Cuba because the Spanish Government
was dissatisfied with his course in rcgurt
to Senior Rubi, who was empowered tt
supervise the Cuban finances NalmaSed;
:. refused to credit the charges of frau,
:, which that official made against one of hi
staff, and when the matter was referred tt
It the Government ut Madrid it was intina
d ted to him that he ought to resi- on.
S THE PAssUMPsIC RA1RoAD.-The an
IS nual report of this road is just publishc,
a from which it appears that the total in
debtedness is $l,76S, 085 The assets N
$SlO.244. OF the $l,5OO,0OO mortgag
If bonds authorized by vote of stakeholder,
t. Feb. 18th, 1873, only S67O.JOO have bee
NJ issued, leaving on hand to be issued $500
500; these together with the Sl47 800 j
5 the sinking fund will take up the cntr
A. funded Indebtedness outside of this issu,
and leave a surplus of $50, 800. The con
panv will thee have but one class of il
IS debtedness, which will consist of 81 300
T. 600 first mortgage bonds, payable in 1888;
IL Paris was Mortified on Monday mornin,
Nov. q. by the report of an accident
b. the Winter circus on Sunday night.
NJ gymnast named Mayol had inauyu;ate
t. an innovation in the trapcze exercise II
ID stead of merely swinging himself frol
m one trapeZe to another. he had himsc
20 shot out of a mortar hy Il small charge
powder on the trapeze bar On Saturd
j. lie had performed the feat successfully. bl
is on Sunday night lie did not manage
he clutch the bar properly, or the charge
j. powder was too strOng,and he was proec
N ed head foremost on the balustra'le in frol
of the boxes. and was picked up sensele
III He recovered in about twenty minute
~ and is said to be none the worse, but a
i. the papers very properly make an outc1
against such exhibitions being permitted