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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08
WASHINGTON NEWS.
SALES OF GOLD FOR OCTOBER.

WASHINGTON, Oct 3-Assistant-treasL
at New York. been directed by the seer
tary of the treasury to sell $4,000 600 ui
gold during the present month-Sl 900 on"
on each Thursday.
THE CUBAN RESURRECTION ISTEREsrINs
FACTS CONCERNING IT.
Information received here from HAsaaa
shows there is a great deal OF dlssatiaii-
ton and uneasiness in Cuba among wealth,
Spaniards at the prolongation OF the ia-ur
rection BY which immense damage ha- IT,
suited to all the material interests ~ The
island-the injury being incalculab.s. I-ej
have therefore united, in remOnstrance 3,
the Spanish government, against eJntia
uance OF hostile movements, 10 suppress iu
surrection, believing that by wise pOiicg
peace may 30 reached between the conten-
ing parties without further blOOdshel. y
succeeding in their efforts for cOnellia.ill
and relief in that direction the story Com
from sources which are said to be Te.iah
that these wealthy Spaniards have eitaes
directly or Indirectly proposed to the CIa;a
with it in such measures AS La,
effect an accommodation between tao
contending parties: but that the JausA il
cline their overatures, declaring the detrr
mination to continue the war until che.
object in commencing namely. the ind
pendence Of Cuba-shall have been seeurcl
There is no means of ascertaiuing the ent.r.
expense OF this war on the part OF span.
further than that $40 900 900 We're eS pcui-
ed for military purposes in one year
namely lS70-Tl-in Cuba, - say nJth4a-
Of the fleet of gunboats in Cu5an w4--i-
The same Official source says that the aysl-
gate force under arms exceeded one huudIe.
thousand men, more than half OF whom
were regular troops and that the losses OF
the army of Cuba exceeded Is. 900 men. I.s
insurgent forces, at that time, did Not nulu
Der more than 6 900 of all arms L, is ia
view of such yast expenses, without cor.
spending results. that prominent Spannr..
both in Cuba and SPAN. are anxious ilr
cessation OF hostIlities but it i the opin.
of gentleman at Madrid, a. expressed u
correspondence from Spain, that the MAJ
Of stability in government, anu the prevairi.--
of civil war in Spain excludes 4 c1risii.i-
ton OF the pacihcation of Cuba.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

NERGESNE;. VI, Oct. D, 1879.
Az the Edit. Of tne Fsea Press aud Times
The baby hose cart which won both
prizes for the Vergennes companies. at the
Brandon muster. has bsen purchased by
Water Commissioner Hayes and Chief Eagi-
neer Msljoou. Of Vergeunes, for a Young
bose company in that city
The above is subject to 81 many construc-
tons, that tho true one ought to be given.
The gentlemen named, and perhaps Others.
purchased the cart for Relief hose No. 5. Ii
was used a. Brandon by Stevens No. |. ard
Volunteers No 2. On the return OF the
companies from Brandon. meeting of the
fremen was held, and Mr.. Maldo0n having
stated what had been done, and that the Re
lief had from $50 to $40, which they had
raised by subscription, tho s.svons and
the Volunteers each voted t. share equally
10 contributing the deficiency 50 the Re-
liefs, Stevens and Volunteers pay Tor the
'baby hose cart" and Messrs. Hayes and
Mildoou purchased it.
VOLUNTEER.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

BosroS. Oct LII is reported tina,
Messrs. Shepard. Hall x Co, the extensive
lumber dealers of this city. have suspended.
with liabilities amounting to about 81 ,500,-
600. The failure has caused considerable
comment in financial circles. as numerous
Boston banks hold nearly 81 200. 900 of
their paper. A Montreal bank also has about
5000 900 OF the paper and another bank in
that city has 800 600 1t is stated that
only 20 per cent Of the indebtedness is in
business paper. The failure is attributed to
ths long depression In the lumber trade
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

1T REsUNES-A FLATTERISG OPENING
SAN Francisco. October 3.-The bank DO.
California remained open Yesterday un;-
one p. m an hour later than usual on SAT
urcay. Daring the three hours OF bdsine--
the amount of deposits received excesie!
checks paid out by about $3.50, 900. Conf
dence seems TO be completely re-establishe!
Congratulations are heard on all sides al the
successful result of the syndicate efforts t.
raise up and rehabilitate the broken bank
with conservation IN its management /. l.
believed the bank will have more lEiendS
ihsn eyer
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e,ial respatch to tho Free Press aud Times
nh U. Rank Hobner

MONTPELIER, VI. Oct. The bail of
George Miles. the Barre blnk rOb5er has
been fixed at $50. 900, which has not yet
been produced The counsel for the re-
spondent returned to New York last night.
MONTPELIER, Vt. October 4.-Peter Al
phons0s, alias Peter Curley, the Barre bank
robber, was arraigned to- day and entered
plea of mot guilty" At the request OF the
state, on account Of cashier Kings illness.
the case was continued till March. 1876.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

highway and about thrse purths off mile
from the academy. Hse bead was entirely
severed from her body. and her person in
dictated that she had been ravished and hor-
ribly mutiiated. Her bat was found about
ten feet from the body. towards the road.
Physicians give it As their opinion that her
head was cut off with knife The head
was found mex. morning. hantrsi rods
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Mining Is still a business of ups and downs.
Thus lar, tins year, the Pacific coast mines
have paid $l0,230, 200 in dividends of
that sum one corporation, the Consolidated
Virginia, has paid s. ,209 900, or a mil
lion mouth, and the other 70 have made
up The rest GA the other hand, St. -OS.-
600 has been called for in assessments
showing that. notwithstanding the extraor-
dinarl richness Of the bonanza mine, the
dividends exceed the assessments by only
81 500 200.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

One of the good results of European
travel perhaps has been to simplify the dress
of young children, in large cities at least,
and render it less aw swardly like the elabor-
ate costumes Of their mammas. Boys, for
tunately for themselves, soon get out of
leading strings and are made TO adopt the
garments-few in number, simple and prac-
teal in style and msierial-of men.
For girls there is no such salvation They
must be made " pretty at any sacrifice, and
to prettiness in childhood and girlhood, half
the women in America have been sacrificed.
Just now, however, We have come back
to the Gsbr;lle style of dress, the simplest
and most convenient of all tor girls aud
small boys. # is IN tde up in checked fan
nels and Scotch tartans, useful and not ex-
pensive materials, and trimmed fat with
one box or side plated rutfle upon the edge,
but this Is not obligatory.
There are suits also which are very easily
made for little boys, consisting Of front
cut all in one piece, JACKET back and quilt
hand at the back only. A broad sash rather
low behind, finishes these little costumes
The stylish street garment for boy or
girl OF two to five Is a sack Of black velvet,
with border of Vailentiennes lace If it
is a girl, the little bonnet should be of
drawn velvet (black) trimmed with vallen-
ciennes lace and pale blue gros grain rib
bon. If it is boy, soft crowned cap of
black velvet with white wing Instead of
either Of these, little bits of white felt may
DO selected. trimmed with black velvet
Colored hosiery in stripes, scarlet or neu-
trail tints has superseded white, and IN
bleached are used altogether for children
and may be worn by them without impro-
priety. But it Ought to be made good and
permanent Much If that put upon the
market is utterly worthless, and the colors
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Connecticut has adopted the biennial sys-
TEN. A constitutional amendment providing
for biennial elections Of State officers. in
November, in place Of the annual spring
elections, WAS voted on at the town cleo
tions. on Tuesday, and adopted by large
majority. Many Of the small towns, under
the local option law. voted no license, but
the large ones generally voted license.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

IhE SMALLEY VOUCHER Ia his testimony
before the special masters at St Adams.
Governor Smith thus referred to the affidavit
OF Judge Smalley, recently published.
The arrangement was that If We would 90
On and build the road through the sand
bank it should be accepted as satisfactory
Thereupon this famous voucher which has
been 50 heralded through the country found
rs first existence in the payment hy Mr..
Brainard Of that amount to Judge Smailev
IN settlement o. the expenses which the
Rutland Railroad had been at in the con-
;roversy on the disputed points between the
two roads. which. it was agreed in 1857.
shonid be paid, and which was to cover the
expenses that the Rutland and Burlington
Railroad had been st during the session of
the Legislature. That is what judge
Smalley reiors to in the voucher by stating
Expense before the Legislature" which
has given rise To the hue and cry of corrup
ton before the Legislature. The amount
represented BY that voucher was used TO paw
the expenses which the Rutland Railroad
had been at during the controversy. for
counsel, witnesses. etc. which were borne
by that road, and which Judge Sna!lsy.
vert properly as thought, insisted that. as
the Vermont and Canada were to Re the
henetcIaries, it should be paid
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

The Aaglo-Anerioda Times, OF LONDON
returns to the subject Of the Emma Mine in
its issue of Sept. 18th, which lies before u.s.
After abiding to Mr.. Pafard's charge that
the mine was known to Mr.. Park to be only
pocket" when it was sold TO the English
Company, the editor of the Ang'o-Ams''ca
Times proceeds to recount the facts OF the
Investigations, disproving this charge, made
by Prof. Silliman and other experts, which
are familiar to our readers. though now ap-
nareptly for the first time made known to
the editor OF the Times, by the evidence
taken by the commission. The Times arti-
Gle alludes to 1.-The iusolent questions Mr.
Pafard considered himself authorized to put,
because be had bought three or four shares
in silver mine that collapsed and pro-
ceeds and closes as follows:
OF all mining, the most precarious, by tar,
is Silver Mining, the history OF which on
the Pacific Slope has been succession OF
surprises-of hopes excited, fortunes real
lied. and expectations exploded. Had Mr.,
Paiard turned bis attention to that history
before he wrote his true story, he would
have learnt that the experience OF the Emma
was common in Utah and Nevada that lodes
Welding enormously suddenly disappear
that after wearing out the patience and cap
ital of successive companies the vein Is struck
richer than ever, and the men at the end Sc
eure far larger gains than even the men at
the beginning, though all between the ex-
tremities NAV have lost Mr.. Ralston's ca
reer furnishes numerous instances Of this
and while be was sent 10 his grave, the men
who broke his bank have been raised TO a
height of wealth perhaps hitherto unequalled
by their persistence in following the track
Of lost loies
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Oar hre.nen vii! richly appreciate this
from the fort Edward correspondence of
the Salem Press
4 aughable incident occurred gu the
far grounds The new aud beautiful car
rage vi the Siterlee hose company was ON
exhibition. and. OF COURSE drew together u
large crowd OF admiring people. Among
the number vas lady. who, after taking .
survey Of the cart. relieved herself of the
fcilowiog: Lard. sikes, you wouldn't
catch me riding on such thing as that"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

are simply an excuse for adding largely to
the price. There need be no change in the
fashion of hose for children; and, as 1t Is
usually put to hard service, it ought Tor q
high nrice to be of enduring quality
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Another despatch jast received saws as
sistance Is badly needed at Friar's Point.
\ company goes from here to night. friar )
Point Is u miles from Helena, an! there is
No telegraphie Communication with it.
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sance but that railways continued a nuisance,

sance. but that railways continued nuisance,
the Chief Justice saId that this rule Old
not apply to case OF this kind. but only to
those acts which were.nuisances per Sc, and
could not have had a rightful orisin-as
poisoning the air with offensive smells,
laughter-house in thickly inhabited
neighborhood. &c that while the cree
ton OF private building under claim Oh
right, as in this case, on this pubic com
mon. was a nuisance, If not authorized oy
the Legislature, it might have been SO au-
thoriz.d and then it would not have been
a nuisance and that it had been 80 au-
thorlzcd. was Just what the law presumes.
when il has stood for such grsr. number
OF years that So far as record title goes
the respondent cannot indeed show right
to the land, but from tho great lapse OF time
that his building has stood On this anu
uumoes.ed, We will presume an5fhiny
that j. necessary to show that ITS erection
was righ;ful. The court said, further. that
as the verdict of guilty against Thomas
for this part Of the building did not result
in judgment, i. amounts to nothing which
can preclude anybody.
Judge 'Pierpoint remarked that he un-
derstood the law as above laid down 10 10.
gard to prescriptions from long cnltinued
possessions in cases OF this kind. TO be not
only the well settled law in this State. but
also the law of England. In this respect
the Chief Justice has the misfortune 10
disagree with the court reporter OF the
Sentinel
If the State desired to 90 to the jurS on
the question of fact az 10 the extent oi
Strong's possession of the small pee, east
OF the ballroom addition, uGder instruc-
tons coniormable to ths opinion the Court
had expressed, His Honor remarked they
could do 50: but Mr.. Roberts said that under
such instructions he thought there was moth
ing in reality for the jury on that point, and
thereup0n the court ordered the jury to
render verdict Of not guilty to the whole
indictment. which was accordingly done
This is the final termination Of this IN
pOrtant and Interesting cause, Is the STATE
cannot except to the rulings of the County
Cont. and it settles concllsigely IN iaso
of Mr.. Strong. his right to occupy the land
covered by his entire building aud to build
and rebuild upan it q, pleasure
We have devoted =, large Il space - TINS
report, because the clsJ was OF so much I'M
portance and because there has been 50 much
misapprehensiol and olamor about Nj.
Stronr's right to his bnilding.
The opinion Of tho Ch:ei Justice WAS
very able and per-pieuous, and We are III
formed tina: the bar generally concur IN the
views expressed therein, with the exception
Of the SeHfinei'S court reporter, and the
learned counsel for the prosecution, who, Us
is not uncommon with advocates in their
zeal and enthusiasm Tor their SIDE Of ite ease,
may have succeeded with entire sincerity 10
making to their own minds the worse ap-
pear the better reason
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SOUTHERN NEWS.


MEMPHIS. Tenn. Oct. 5. "A private tele-
gram from Helena, received about nine
o'clock t1-night. says all the women and
children have left Friar's Point. Men were
forming in line at O'Clock and fight was
m0mcntariy expected
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

THE SMALLET VoUoHKR.-A garbled copy
Of the voucher has been teiegraphed from
s.; Adams to some of the Boston papers es
follows
To4elsr ~.
Received Of Hon. Lawrence Branerd 5000 for
expenses, AID money paid out at the Legislature,
and preparatory thereto, for tina Vermont and Cana
da Railroad at the October session Of ISIS.
tsignedl u. A. sMALLEY
Tue alteration in this, from the genuine
document. is the expression lat the Legis-
latare' the genuine reads " m the Legis-
ldture.' We desire 10 do
Judge Snalley impartial justice. Those who
know him familiarity, whatever may be their
relations to this railroad controversy. con-
ear IN the opinion 80 far as We know that he
has sworn to the strict truth when he AYERS
that be did not pay one dollar OF the money
TO any member OF the Legislature. Some
OF them believe that he kept it himself
Why he should have certified that be paid
it out - in the Legislature cannot be ac-
eounted tor on any other ground than the
careless use OF language or the fact that the
railroad management which employed him
did nor feel justified in paying out that sum
to one man. for single session, and 80 re-
quired him 20 make voucher that would
gance.
Bot Judge smalley is now entitled to the
full benefit OF that considerable Judgment
which be seems To invoke when he says
" After this lapse of time, and in my feeble
state OF health, it is impossible for me to
be exact in dates or details" There can
be no doubt about it. and if the voucher
had been given within a few months pas.
instead OF in 1859. when there had been no
lapse of time" and no - feeble state OF
health" it would be easy TO believe that
the services were the bringing of all the
influence of the Rutland and Burlington
Railroad Company to bear to carry out the
proposed settlement" though it is not easy
10 see how such influence was necessary
in the legislature" after both eontestinc
parties had come to an agreement. The sat
tiement which Judge Smalley now swears
to was made in 1856 or 1857. but the
voucher acknowledges pay for services and
expenses in 1858. We suppose that Judge
Snalley might permit a witness in his
court to explain written document, but
hardly to explain it all away. lie probibly
has not forgotten that in weighing evil
dence OF that character, all the Intendnents
are III iavor of the document and against
the testimony; for when a person makes a
paper OF that kind he is supposed To know
precisely what he wants to say and to in
tend exactly what he does say. Neyerthe-
less We are unwilling to believe, therefore
we positively refuse to believe, that Judge
Smalley has rendered any services to this |
railroad management since he became
Judge.N. Adams Messenger.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

The reduction Of $3.50, 562 81 in the
amount Of oar national indebtedness dur
ing the month Of September, and of So
ID, 9.2S during the quarter ended
On Thursday last, hardly supports the
somhre predictions of the 'croakers in Con-
eress and out, who were 50 sure, last win
ter, that the government was going into
bankruptcy.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Mr. James Lick, Of whom the world has
heard 80 much since his magnificent be
quests in California, has at last completed
the new deed Of trust by which he disposes
OF his vast wealth The Protestant Or
rhaa Asylum of San Francisco will still re-
eeiye the sum Of $3.50 the city of San
Jose, 52j, 900 for an Orphan Asylum the
Ladies Protective and Relief Society. S25 -
900 the Mechanics Institute, l0,000; the
Society for the Prevention OF Cruelty to
Animals, $40 600 the Old Ladies' Home,
800 900 and the trustees for the Free
Baths of San Francisco, $l50,000. The up
preparation of $l50,000 for the bronze
monument to Francis Scott Key is reduced
to 100000. The appropriation Of $780,
900 for bronze statuary ID be set up at
Sacramento, and the statuary TO be erected
in front OF the City Hall, San Francisco, is
reduced to 100000. The $780, 900 ap-
propriated to endow school, to he called
- The California School of Mechanical Arts"
is increased to $4,000. The appropria-
tons to relatives AM, friends are to be
paid Immediately. To his son, John ii.
i4tth, tut SUN VI : DusVuu ~ W bS paul
After the telescope is finished, it is to be
given to the Regents OF the University to
form part Of the Lick Astronomical De-
partment Of the University. Ii it should
cost less, the balance Of the appropriation
of 500, 900 is t. 90 toward forming an en-
dowment fund The vacancies in the
Board Of Trustees are 10 be filed by James
Lick. 20 long as he lives The trustees are
to receive s goo per amman each, in lieu Of
the statutory fees For himself. Mr.. Lick is
to receive from the estate all his expenses
and support, and such SUMS rs may be nee
es-ary Tor the improvement OF his San
Jose property
A Birmingham sEone-cutter, writing from
the Muskoka iree-grant lands in Canada,
says that there are seven months Of winter,
the land IS rock thirty covered with soil
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08


Charles Francis Adams, Jr., who is one
OF the Massachusetts Railroad Commission
ers delivered an address at Oshkosh, WIS,
the other day, on the railroad problem IN
This country. He told the Western people
that they had been building railroads too
fast. and that they had gone to work the
wrong way to regulate them. Public opinion,
he said. i all powerful without resort to
t,ree hills Discussion is better than con-
stable. sin Massachusetts,, " said he, there Is
one thing more which we are now aiming at,
and If that can be secured ! shall for my
mart consider the railroad question rs settled
there for many years TO come That thing
t.o sounL. a. if it were a tlifle, and with it
everything Is secured-without 1t, nothing
We are casting about 10 effect IN some
way what no State has yet approached to,
practical uniformity, approximate exact
ness and absolute publicity in all railroad
accounts and this is not in one State
to be the vital. radical. all inportint mea-
sure Of railroad reform, in itself including
all Others. The books Of all oar railroad
eorporatiol.s should, do not hesitate to -ay.
be kent on an exactly uniform system, and
like the national banks, under rigid public
SUPERVISION. rhi-, too, for the protection
of the stockholders ami the b0ndhoders, 10
les than for that Of the community. An al
together too murky darkness has hitherto
been i-alou>iy preserved over the intricate
SCIENCE Of railroad book keeping, and under
c,,,er IF it adde's frauds have been perPe-
tr.ied it.- - what has led to the abuses oil
stock watering. and made railroad finaneier-
ing p.ob.cm and Tor what Only TO result
in periodical discomfort On the one hand and
bankrupt, on the other. The old system
has ever proved a cover and an invitation 10
fraud We should reform it altogether
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

The shameful wrong of giving an absurd
name to a helpless infant is illustrated in
Ohio, where Epaphroditus Bogardus is run
ming for the Legislature, and having q hard
time Of it in the newspapers.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Yesterday morning. when man entered
his house after an all nights absence. his
clothes covered with mud and his hair fall
Of grass, his vile sternly demanded NOW.
then. where have you been?" Whirivl'
bin?' " Yes, SIR" WELL" he replied.
looking down at himself. you can call it
hiole up on steamboat. or run over bv
tornady-i amt a bit particsler which. -
yicisJurg Herald.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08
PAYMENT OF BONDS.

The farmers in this region note that the
corn hasks ere thicker than usual this year,
aad consider il sign of hard winter.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-10-08

Gailfort boa is the Oldest barber in The
STATE. lie is in his eighty-second year, and
rscutly shaved man ninety five years old.
An sncient's shave.