Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-06-09

in This contest for honesty. above-b"ard
dealing, the public veal and New Eng
land, against duplicty, personal interests
.nJ Wv York. BOSTON.
NEWSPAPER CHANGEs.--Robert A
Perkins has sold out the Woodstock fost
to l.. O. Greene ofthe Standard. X A.
has been Just about the liveliest editor IN
Vermont. for the last four years as the
knuckles and sconcc> Of his opponents can
testify.
Lucius Bicelow has retired from the
editorship of the St Adams AdterftSeT' and
Stephen A Royce, son OF Judge Royce
and Albert p. Cross assumed the editorial
management on Monday. The new man
acement Sings the English language with
great velocity and weight for it alludeS t"
;. the wave Of crime which rolled over St
Adams not many months since and has
been destroying life and property in our
State. our nation. and the world with hor-
rible gusto Of late.
The Brandon T.ion has been strength
encd by the addition of another partner.
B. NJ. Mott having sold one-half of the
material and good will of the paper to hi
brother. Norman A. Mott. The incoming
partner completed his trade in the FREE
MAN Office. and is Il young man of strict
integrity, of excellent business habits. and
besides being printer Of good rcpute ha>
| il.
We wish him the most abundant success
in his present field of labor. and congratu-
| late all concerned in the new arrangement.
| THE CENTRAL NERMoNT LITIGATION.-
4 bill in Chanccry was filed. on Monday,
in the United States Circuit Court of Yer
mont, in fovor of VIM. Sohier of Boston.
and Jackson S. Schultz, of New Jersey.
against the Central Vermont Railroad
Company-John Gregory Smith, Worth
ington c. Smith, and Langdon. Of Mont
pelier. and Joseph Clark, of Milton.
The bill sets forth that on the 9th of
May last, the defendants illegally issued
1920 shares of the Central Vermont stock
to james r. Langlon and Lansing Mills;
that the previous purchase Of two thOus-
and shares Of stock by the Vermont Cen
tral was unlawful; that the directors
meeting of Nav 18th, and all action was
illegal and void: and the orators pray that
I.angdon and Mills be directed to Surren-
der the stock 50 purchased and the same
be cancelled; and that Gov Smith. as
President of the Company. and the Com
panv itself, be restrained from attempting
in the future to issue. create, sell and
transfer, or otherwise dispose of any stock
of said corporation, unless authorized by
the stockholders. and that Lang,lun and
Mills be restrained from transferring the
2.5j0 shares of stock, or voting on it.
SubprnaS have been i>>uel against the
lCenteral L. Il. Co., and the directors
named about, returnable on the first Mon
day, in July next.
1t is reported that Senator Edmunds has
been retained rs counsel by the Page
board
LO. the poor Indian. who has been visit
ing his great father at Washington in
large numbers. has gone home angry.
The Indian delegation has had several in
terviews with the President and Secretary
Dclainc and there has been great deal
of Z" biz Iniun " talk on both sides.
The main subject of discussion was
what shall be done about the Black Hill
{ country, but there We're minor subjects of
t difference. such IS the payment of then
hotel bills in Washington and the like
Their venerable uncle wanted a photo
graph of the gentle red nun. and III ,St of
them were willing. bat Red Cloud wouldn t
have his picture taken unless they would
give him twenty five dollars. Whether Ii,
got the money or not doesn't appear
The Constitutional Convention of Mis-.
souri, on Wednesday. after Il PROLONGED
struggle. decided in favor of the recorn:.
ton Of God in the Constitution by the
adoption of the following preamble
I'VE, the people of the State of Missouri
: with profound reverence for the Sumemt
Ruler Of the Universe. and grateful for His
goodness. do for the better government OF
the State establish this Constitution. in
order to assert our rights. acknowledge
, our duties and proclaim the principles on
which our government is founded"
Russia has acquired from Japan full
possession of the island of Saghaln. which
commands the mouth of the river AMOR,
through which the most valuable products
of Eastern Siberia find their wtv To tn.
ocean highway. The island is of GREAT
>trategical importance to Russia. and i.
} rich in mines and OH,
The United States Fish Commission has
succeeded in finding Il favorable locality
for procuring the eggs of the Columbia
river salmon 1t Is about thirtv-five miles
from Portland, Oregon, on the Clackamu>
, river. The only obstacle that now lies in
the way of Introducing the salmon into the
Atlantic rivers is the difficulty of TRANSPORT.
: alton from SO remote a point If this
can be overcome. it is quite possible tha,
before many years the Columbia salmon
will be placed in the Northeastern rivers O,
) the United States.
The POSTMASTER GENERALS Po11cy
, AGAINST STRAw-BIDDING.- Post.
: master-G General fears that large numbc,
: OF mail routes awarded under recen,
5 lettings have fallen into the hands of straw.
bidders, and anticipating recurrence O,
1 the annual failures after the first dav q,
July next, at which time the new service
l will begin. he now announces that in every