Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-10-04
The Legislature.

The members of the legislature of l,76
assembled at the Capitol this forenoon
The Senate postponed its or.aniz ,ton till
this afternoon, there being quite Il contest
for some of the Offices and the Senate evil
IDENTIFY desiring to come to some aurce-
mcnt abolt til" matter, before the formal
bllloting.
The House got to work ut 10 O'Clock.
the member, having been busy for an hour
or more selecting their seats and. when Il
speaker was to be elected, the democrat,
having a candidate called for ballot The
result was that John w. Stewart had 1sf
votes, J. w Bliss - and ,cattcrng7.
The first ballot for Clerk resulted in civ
ing Geo. X. Chapman Of Vcrgennes 10l.
d. NJ Camp 81, the democratic candidate
%, and scattering ,. On the second bal
lot Chapman received rs ont Of 2l9 votes
and was elected.
Rev J. NJ c. Fulton of Montpelier was
unanimously elected Chaplain of the
House
The consultation of Scnators after this
mornings adjournment. renders it Ger
tain that the Senate will reject its former
officers: +. w. Baldwin, Secretary: C..
w Browncll, Assistant Secretary. and
Rev. y. n. Glaz;er, Chaplain
An nronmonly destructive hurricane
has just swept over the West Indies.
he sate-bury'arv trial Of Gen Babcock
ut Washington ended on Saturday, rs cx-
pcctcl, in an acquital
The annual meeting of Stockholders, Of
the Vermont and Canada Hailroad Comp,-
ny will be held at Bellows Falls. on Thurs.
day, October 10Th for the election of d.
rector>.
Thursday was the PENNSYLVANIA day at
the Centennial Exposition and the Qna-
kers came out. rs they will bv-anI-bv for
Hayes and Wheeler. The total number of
cash admissions Thursday WIS 2J1 .2SG.
No World Fair ever before made a rec.
ord like that
statue of Secretary Seward, by Ran
doph Rogers. has been placed in Madison
square. New York. Mr. Seward is repre-
scented in sitting position. He has been
Just writing, and the hand holding the pen
has fallen to hi, side while he looks for
ward with an EXPRESSION SUI res i've of
deep thought.
Bell, who heads the Democratic. ticker
III Ohio Doesn't stand the e>humation Of
records any better dian most of hi, fellow
parti~an>. In 1862 he ciyncd an address
containing these words
"NtrIkc, To yours Ives from drafts c,,,.ri,
uomI I'm r., tn In.rInah civil war, from
b',HIiG n,ti "i Tree nr-oS from crrupt Congress
crush the American people forever"
Gov. Tildcn called ut the New York
Democratic National Committee Rooms /
tle other day, and declared hi, conviction
that the democratic majority lii New York !
IN the November election would be the |
largest ever recorded. Tiden is very dis
interested Just now; besides he ALWAYS was
popular with-him>clf
\ vote was taken on - New York day."
on Il train running from New York +,
Philadelphia, resulting in Il large majority
for Hayes in crowd composed almost en-
tirely of New Workers; whole number of
votes, 3l7. OF these Mr.. Hayes had 276,
and MIR. Tilden, Il. Is this the "tidal
wave that is going to sweep New York
W. W. A.
a monster mass meeting of republicans
was ileld, lew days ago, on the Tippe-
canoe battle-ground in Indiana. The NUM-
Der OF peop.e present was cstimatcl at 30
900 The principal speech was made bv
Robert /. Lincoln, son of Abraham Lin.
coin. a correspondent SAYS that in the
@ra>pnT OF great ISSUES and plain force in
argument. he showed himself a "chip Of
the old block"
LIE CENTENNIAL - FARMERS Day
commission of the New England Apri- !
cultural Society, of which Col. Daniel
Aeedhtm Is chairman, have arranged for I
i grand farmers reception at the Massa. ,
House, on the Centennial grounds '
On ednesday, October 18th, at 10 O clock
A. NJ at which DR.. George b. Lorlnc will
preside and addresses from gentlemen !
rom the several New England States and \
'lher sections OF the country will be made. :
The farmers Of Vermont are cordially in .
'ited TO be present Y