Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-29

a. D.llud.
Senator Edmund,' residence in Wash
ington has been robbed by burglars. The
loss was fling.
United States Senator Nj. w. Ransom,
of North Carolina, whose tenn expires
next March, has been reelected.
The New jersey board of state canvass
ers met Tuesday to count the ot1ici, vote
Of the state. The result for electors is.
Tilden 1l5 900, Hayes lo3,5l5. Tilden'-
majority ll.945.
There appear to have been altogether
something like Il dozen or twenty electors
chosen who were not eligible but there
will be no loss to either party from this,
unless it is in Oregon where the demo
cratic governor. Grover, is hcsct to give :,
certificate to Il democrat in place of Watts,
republican postmaster.
The Empire State pollcd for President
more than one million votes.
The " still hunt - for that missing clcc-
tor continues, but in Il hopeless way.
Mr.. Charles w. MoSclry. superintendent
of the Troy ami Boston railroad. died Fri
day, after an illness of Il few hours. He
WAS Il native of Rutland county
Pachcco. the republican who claims clcc,
ton to Congress by one majority in the
fourth California district. i, 10 have his
seat contested byW iSginton, his democratic
rival.
The proclamation Of Governor Brodrn
of the result of the recent elect ion in Nor h
Carolina gives Tilden Il majority of IG.l7S,
| with three small counties not vet heard
from officially.
The general assembly Of Rhode Island
meets in extra session next Friday to elect
4 presidential clcctor in place of Grorrr
Ii. Corliss, adjudged by tie Supreme cour.
10 be ineligible.
Wool in Windsor, which wa, not sold
earlier in the season. WIS nearly all bou~II,
prices raging from thirty to lhirry-lyc
cents per pound
Charles Peck, aged 2l. son of Il f,rmrr
near St Johnsbury VILLAGE attempted sui
eide, Friday, by shooting himself The
ball entered the right ear and lcmains in
his head. Iii, recovery is considered
doubtful.
Boss Tweed has been standing a rough
and tumble experience which only Il well
man could 90 through, but now thtt he i
= home again from Il foreign shore he j.
sick. The circumstances are enough to
make him So
The United States ID strict Court has de-
creed that admirable Porter and other, OF
ihe North Atlantic squadron, are entitled
to but halt OF the piZrS. Texas and
= Beaufort, valued 1T S15,j9O and 81
900 respectively.
The Smith sisters Of Glastonbury have at
last obtained II vcrdl,t of :, and cost, in
ttltir >ut bl ought against the towns select.
men for trt-la>>ing on thcir land and sell
me- some ct II tur non payment of tlX,.~.
Oh HE strength of some iniulma!itv in tlu.
papcl~.
Peter Cooper must cont, template with
ch grin and dlStpl 0 ntmcnt the figures
winch show that he WAS beaten in liz own
STATE b., Green Clay Smith. Mr. SmI h :
| electors h..d 2.}J9 vo;e>. and Mr.. Cooper :
only 1897. No wonder MIR. Cooper is 10Th
| To pay the vote dis bu or> who dispose
| 81 >l!ch I brgTtrIv lot OF votes.
1t is SAID that the Clerk of lhe Demo-
critic House viii not place upon tive TO! :
HE nam, Ol the two Republican, member :
vi Cungrt s. from South Carolina who
| lIavc Received their crrtllic.,t,s from tn..
CanvaS>lng Bonrd. and that he will place
there instead tle names of he two Demo-
| cratic Congressman whom the Dem icru,
clam were elected.
'me Villains threw a six pound shell
| through The window of VIM ii. Prices
non>e IN NEWPORT. Iowa. one ni4ht re
Gently The missile exp oIed, c;,u~iny
great damage, bur fortunately 10 ,cr,, II
was injured, the family being in bed and
out OF Immediate reach of The explosion,
which occurred IN the sitting room
\ special dispatch from Cllcuttt st ttr>
thai Sir Richard Icmhlr, Llru.rmtnt-Gov-
etnor OF the Presidency of bengal. in ms
"lIclu report on the recent cyclone
which caused such fearful destruction OF
human life in that Presidency. >.,l> "thlcr
storm waves in rapid 81 c.->>ivn sweep
over IN area 5000 square miles \ q ar
ter OF II million lives Wcrc lost.
1t Is both asserted ;,ud denied that GOV.
Grover Of Oregon will not give Watts.
the postmaster and republican iIcntIal
eltetor, his certificate OF election, bul Gro
mn. the democratic cltctor. who Received
The highest vote. stated Recently that II"
would not accept th'' appointment if Watt,
were thrown out, and 1t is generally b -
lIcVed hat the governor will owe Waits
his certificate unless en- Oincu bv die cpalt~
The official canvas in New York makes
the vote for the highest TlIlcn clector .,z2.
6l2. and for the highest Hayes ccctoi
| iS9,141 for Green CLAY Smith 15ly for
Peter Cooper, 1897. The total vote is.
therefore. over Il million-to be precise
l,OlG,5O5. OF about ljO, 900 larger than the
highest previous vote in 1868. The re.
publican vote has increased from 40. 75g
III 1872 to 4S9,541 newt Gain of is. u.s.
or about | per cent; the democratic Ia,
RISEN from 5o1 ,219 to 322,GI2-a gam @
l}5,3:3, or over 80 per cent lilden',
plurality over Hayes is 5000; and h..
minority over all 2S,7l9. For Governor
Luriu, Robinson has 80 100 mniority.
Hayes comes pretty close t. Grant d, lN7.
majority in Iowa but does not quite rcacl
it. His vot is 17l327, again,t.i3l .173 TO,
Grant. and Tildcn's is 1900, artinsI
I.l34 for Greeley; HAYES over Tlldrn
o., 22S; Grant over Greeley, 90, 039 Coop
cr vote iii the state foots up gOOl. Til,
congressman are OF course, aIl republicans,
and liIdcn carried only six Of the 80 couil-
lies
The official return, in Mis- ,ouri rive Til
den 202Go7, Hayes HISS. ana Cooper
3l9S; Tilden over Hayes, IS 2S9. In 1872
Greeley had III ,453, and Grant ll9, 1896
Greeley over Grant, 81 231
The highest presidential clcctor on the
republican side in Massachusetts was The