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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-29
BRIDPORT.

The following pupils In school dis.
trict No. 3, Miss Anna NJ Elitharp,
teacher, have had no absences this win.
ter: Jodio Huston, Mary Bizby, Nellie
Bixby, Della Bizby David Myrick,
Tommie Barnet, BERTHE Guyatt, George
Guyatt. May Russell Clara Towner,
Willie Towuer. A good number had no
tardy marks. The school numbered
tweDty'throe pupils, and this record
speaks we'll for the attractive powers Of
the teacher.
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LEICESTER.

Two carloads of potatoes we're ship.
ped at the Junction, last week, at twenty.
three cents per bushel.
Burt Jenney. who fell from the lime
depot some time ago, is able to be about
with the help of erutcbes.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-02-29
SHOREHAM.

There will be donation for the
benefit of the Rev X. Haven at the
Shoreham House, in Shoreham, on Fri.
day evening, March 3. All are cor.
daily invited
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POST OFFICE NOTICE.

MAILS ARRIVE.
From Ripton, Granville, Hancock,
East Middebury, Cornwall, West
Cornwall and Bridport 800 A. M.
wav msii,frofn north 9.45 A. NJ.
New York. Rsatland and Albany, 500 A, NJ.
New York, 40 2. M.
Way mail from south, 40 P. NJ
MALES oLoss
Way mail going south. 9.l6 A. NJ.
:" north, $40 P. NJ.
Mails for Ripton, Granville, Han
cock, East Middlebury, Cornwall,
West Cornwall and Bridport fa0 p. NJ.
Closed mail for N. York, Albany,
Boston and Rutland, 700 p N,
A. s. TRACY, P. NJ.
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DARN FOR SALE.

l. Farm for GALE containing two hundred and
forty acres, sad farm Is as good dairy or stock
farm as there Is In town, with plenty Of good
grain land, will keep forty COWS or that amount
Of stock. The farm lies enc half mile north Of
New Haven depot and cheese factory. The cheese
factory has as good reputation as any one in the
state There Ia a thousand dollars worth Of pine
and hemlook timber on tho farm. There will be
sold with the farm sixty head ofeatts, II We. 81
All will be sold at bargain, and tEo-lhirds Of
the purchase money Iny remain on mortgage fer
terI Of ysars.
I. NJ. STURTRvANT
New Haven, VI, Nov. 30, 1875. sstf
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NOTICE

BURLINGTON, February ., 1916,
S. u. Rockwell of Middebury, having decided
to leave the state for several months and having
honorablY settled with the Homeopathic Mutual
Life Insurance Company Of New York aud volun.
tarily resigned his agency notice Is hereby given
that the renewals which he held will hereafter be
payable at my Office in Burlington, VI. unless
otherwise requested. G. A. CASTLE,
4S-Sw Gngal A0@.l.
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len years ago Mcssrs. Geo. p Rowell & Co. es-
tablished their advertising agency In New York
City. Five years ago they absorbed tho business
conducted by Mr.. John Hooper, who was the first
70 go into this kind of enterprise Now they
have the satisfaction of controlling the most ex-
tensive and complete advertising ectionwhich
has ever been secured, and one which would be
hardly possible in any other country but this
Ihey have succeeded In working down a complex
business into so thoroughly systematic method
that no change in the newspaper system Of Amer
lea can escape notice, while the widest informa-
ton upon all topics interesting to advertisers il
placed readily at the disposal of the public
NEW YORK TIMES, Jq ig4s H.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21
Those kilograms.

New YORK. Dec Is. William orion,
president of the Western Union Tee-
graph Company, has informed Hon. Will
liam r. Morrison, in response to subpnnas
served upon employees Of that company,
that it has been decided to decline, very
respectfully, to permit employees to pro-
duce before any committee of either
House OF Congress messages sent OF re-
ceived by the representatives of either
the Democratic or the Republican party,
at least, until after Congress shall have
approved the subpnnas of the commit
tees, and diKected that their demands be
enforced.
Mr.. Morrison telegraphed the following
reply from New Orleans: II have moth
ing to do with your motives for refusing
to obey the process of the House of Rep
resentatives. My duty will be performed
by invoking its aid in the enforcement OF
such process"
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Congress-.

The United States Senate spent the day
Thursday in discussing the Louisiana election
The House passed "A resolution providing for
special committee to confer with Il committee
of The Senate about counting the electoral
votes, and another 10 report upon the powers
and duties Of the House in respect to the same
matter. The post route bill Of last session WA
then discussed until the adjournment, and the
Senate amendments reviving the fast steam ser
wee and the ranking privilege were rejected.
The United States Senate continued the dis
cuSsiCn Of the Oregon business Friday, but
reached no conclusion The House, before
passing Il bill to pay the expenses of the inyes-
tIgatIng committees, took occasion to dScuSS
the Louisiana election. The post Office appr0-
priation bill was then taken up III committee
OF the whole, and was finally reported TO the
House.
In the House on Saturday. II resolution IN
structng the Judiciary Committee to repor;
what action the House Shonld take 10 enforce
the production Of telegraph dispatches bV the
Western Union Telegraph Co.. was passed.
The House then proceeded to the special
order. which was the delivery of eulo4ies on the
late Speaker Kerr. Euosies We're pronounced
by MeSSrs. Hamilton, Kelley, Raymond. Mon
roe, Holman, Burchard. Coz. CIymer and
others; resolutions of sorrow were adopted and
the House adjourned.
The United States Senate have failed to pass
over the Presidents veto, the bill reducing the
Presidents salary to S2J 900 The vote was %
TO 10, lacking D of the requisite two-third ma
jority The Senate on Monday agreed to the
appointment of a Joint committee 10 report on
the proper method of counting the electoral
vote. and continued the discussion Of the Ore
gon matter. Mr.. Knott offered in the House
bill committing the whole matter Of counting
the electoral votes. with full power, TO Joint
assembly Of the two Houses Of Congress-, in
which all questions shall be decided by a
spoken vote of each member present, the ma
jorty to rule.
In Senate, on Tuesday, the Massachusetts
Senators formally presented from that state
the stan es of Adams and Winthrop for the
National Statuary Hall, and they were accepted
with thanks. The Oregon discussion WAS con
tinued.
In the House "a resolution was adopted to adj
journ for one week from the Goth. The torti-
licaton bill was passed. 1t approprialeg $500
600
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

The aggregate age OF the seventeen city pigs is
fifteen years and their weight is five thousand, eight
hundred and twenty-five pounds. The city pig should
be allowed TO monopolize the field. Ills brother
of the country may have merit as great. If any
community OF pigs i'll the rural towns, OF equal mum
Der, think they can beat these figures, let them
brstle up and say 50. This column is open
SUIT FOR HIGHWAY DAMAGES. An interesting
case, and one involving some nice points of law,
heard in this city last week, before Hon N. II.
Hubbard as referee. Two suits We're brought by
Henry Beal of Freedom, and his wife, Hannah
Beal against the town of Knox, for damages receiv-
ed while crossing a bridge between Unity and
Knox. The amount sued for is $4,000. The
hearing commenced Wednesday morning at Free
dom and was concluded Friday evening at Belfast.
Between fifty and sixty witnesses were examined
both sides. The actions brought to
cover damages for personal injuries received by
Mr.. Beas and his wife on the 10th day of December,
1879, while crossing the Ranlett Bridge, 50 called,
near Freedom Village. One end Of the bridge be-
ing in Unity and the other end in Knox, the line be-
tween Unity and Knox crossing about the centre of
the bridge At the time when the accident occurred,
the plaintiffs driving the bridge toward
the Knox end. When they had nearly crossed the
bridge, the horse for reason, stopped aud ran
back, and backed off the bridge on the lower side,
with Mr.. and Mrs. Beal still in the carriage. The
only railing to the bridge "A log about 10 inches
through. Mr. and Mrs. Beal with the horse and
carriage precipitatcd into the bed of the stream
a distance of about twelve feet They came near
drowning before they were rescued, and both
tanned severe injuries, from the effects Of which
neither has fully recovered. By the side of the
road, about thirty feet from the Knox end of the
bridge, were several large stones which had been
taken out OF the travelled part OF the road and de
posted there, under direction of the highway
veyor Suit for damages were entered at the Octo-
Der term of court and referred to Mr.. Hubbard The
plaintiffs alleged that their horse, which ordna
rily kind and GENTLE took fright at those stones, and
backed off the bridge in consequence of such fright.
The town alleged that the stones not a defect
i'll the highway, and that the town is not liable for
any injuries occasioned by such rights; and that
the horse had a vicious habit OF stopping and run
ming back, and that this trick, and not fright, was
the cause of the accident The decision of the ref
cree will be reported to the Supreme Court at the
January term. Mcclellan for plaintiffs. William
son and Fogler for defendants.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

In this district the office of Inspector held by
d. L. Pitcher located al this port and the Office
of Deputy Collector at North Haven held by
Nelson Mullian have both been abolished.
Progressive Age.
Then the Pitcher is broken at the foun-
tain, at last, but he has been tough piece
of official crockery. Mullin, whose stalk
so suddenly withered at North Haven, is
the man who entertained Grant at his
house when the nations official head got
lost in a fog few years ago. He was
storekeeper at an annual salary OF 500.
If he had sent Grant IL bull pup, with OK
press charges paid he might have held on
three months longer
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Florida.

CEN. BARLOW : REPORT 10 THE PRESIDENT;
NEW \ York, Dee. H.. ten. Francis G.. Par
low. who attended the canvass OF the vote in
Florida, at Gen. Grants request, reports the
result Of his observations III long letter adj
dressed 10 President Grant. lie says he cai not
lell which way the state really went. Int tat
if he had been member OF the Board Of Can
NaSser|, he would not have thrown out the re-
turns from certain strong Democratic precincts
which he names, the rejection OF which secured
GOV. ilaveS's majority OF nine hundred. He
questions the justice OF throwing out certain
polls i'll MunrOc county, by which a Democrat
il majority Of +, was turned into Republican
majority Of 2r, He entirely disapproves the
throwing out Of Manaee county. which gives
A Democratic majority Of 4"G. several other
polls are specified where the Democrats had
small inajorities, and which Gen. Barlow be-
| lieVed ought not 10 have been thrown out, and
adding together all the others which he APP
pears to think the Democrats entitled to. and
subtracting those which the Republicans were
not entitled to. the electors had clear MAORI
ty over the HAYES electors. Gen. Barlow con-
Guides his report As follows Although | I'M
der>tand perfectly what the result would be il
the Board bad decided the several cases men
toned as ] should have decided them. vet do
not feel sure to-day whether the vote rs actual
ly cast gave a Hayes or Iildcn majority. ~ey-
eral attacks were made on the Republican side
which the Board passed over hurriedlv or did
not decide at all and which seemed TO he to
have good deal OF force i'll them. The reason
l presume, was that the time being very short,
and the action. as had, giving Republican fi;-
i0rties. other eases of contest Were passed over.
What the result would have been il all the cases
had been fully considered cannot say" Ac-
c0mpanylng the report is q letter from Comp
tr0ller Cowgirl, one OF the Board of CanNassars.
and also the protest of Attorney-General Cooke.
In regard to the vote Of Manatee county. where
there was no registration of voters. Mr.. Cooke
charges the fact to derecton OF duty by Gov.
in, NOT ptit,tr 10,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

Charles G. Haines of Portland has in his pos
session gold ring containing a lock of the hair
of President Andrew Jackson, bequeathed to his
father, the late Hon. Augustine Haines Of Bid
deford, by the late President Pierce.
Mr.. Dutfey of Oakland, Cal, went to a mas
querade ball recently in the character of a
giraffe. He had to drink three bottles of cham
payne i'll order to wet his throat all the way
down, and they carried him home on shutter.
The conclusions reached by Fire Marshal
Ke. dy on the Brooklyn calamity are printed
The principal cause of the disaster is attribut-
ed to a lack of the ordinary precautions against
fire on the part of the managers and their en-
ployes.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

There are bad stories about the Presidents
private talk lie is reported as saying he
doesn't care a damn for the Supreme Court of
South Carolinl that if Congress impeached
him he would transfer that body to Fortress
Monroe; that New Iorl city is a hot-bed of re
belion, and that he will lombard the place if
they don't look out, and other similar wild
threaenings. These expressions sound like
words OF a man pestrred by things that he
don't understand. and with nerves ininred by
rnm and tobacco. Boston Herald.
We thought 50 when reading that an
nual message l. had q terrible odor Of
WhieFeT.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

FIRE IN AUGUSTA. A row of wooden
buildings on the river side of Water street
was burned on Thursday morning, with a
loss of from thirty to forty thousand dol
lars. The following is a list of the suffer-
ers: }. S. Hendee, Photographic estab-
lishment; Mrs V. T. Blackwell, millin-
cry, in Hendee's building; Vickery u
Rogers job printing office; G. A. Wads-
worth, tailoring establishment; Fuller 81
Capen, Singer sewing machine; j. S.
johnson. drug store; George w. Jones,
auctioneer; |. G. Hovey, musical instru-
ments; }. II. Dolliver, furniture; Rev.
DR.. Quimby. Gospel Banner office; }. d.
Robbins, harness store; b. S. Wright, fish
market
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

1t is horrible to imagine what might happen
to this great and glorious country if the North
ern and Southern Democrats could decide
which of them should fight and which cry st
boyw Portland Press
There's no such division among our rad
ical men and brethren in regard to their
enterprises When there's a chance to
steal, they are remarkably unanimous.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

rhry ct rare game n Portland. We
recently thai owls We're shot
from church t4op.vt One ,lty Lat 'verA
an organized hunt ha@&eA 4 South Amer
iran ant cater in . cellar on Dantorth
street VIII it be I kangaroo neNt'
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

Jacob 5. Herrin, who shot Merritt }. Har-
mon last summer in Canaan, and was sent by
Judge Danforth to the Insane Asylum at the
last term to have the question of his sanity de
termined, is pronounced by DIR. Harlow to be
free from all traces of insanity, and he will ac-
cordingly be tried at the next term for man
slaughter, the crime for which he was indicted.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

In the L. 5. District Court. Boston,
Judge Lowell has decrecI that the steam
er Cambridge shall pay $4,000 to the three
porgy steamers that assisted her off from
Monhegan last summertime money to be
divided among the masters, owners and
crews
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

date on the colored slips attached to the paper 1t
is the only form of receipt now used. For instance,
Is May 76 that the subscription is paid to that
date When a new payment is made, the date will
be changed to correspond, and SUBSCRIBERS ARE
REQu ESTED TO SEE THAT THEIR DATES ARR
CORRECT. Subscribers in arrears are requested 10
forward the sums due.
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Persons desiring Probate Advertising in their
control to appear in the Journal will need to make
that request of the Court!
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Among the brightest, .ioliest and most
newsy sheets that come to our Office is
the Lewiston Daily Journal 1t reaches
Us promptly b the evening train, filled
with the freshest Intelligence. displayed in
attractive form
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SUBSCRIBERS desiring to have the address Of
papers changed must state the Post Office to which
the paper has been as well as the one to which
ii is to CO.
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ADMINS RAToRS, EXECUTORS and GUARDIANS
desiring their advertisements published in The Jour
nal will please state to tie Court,
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a4-S. X. NILES, No. fremont Street, Boston, Is
AGENT for the publisher of this paper and hi receipts
aud orders always recognized.
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The Course for the Conservative s.

sy-ln sending money, state THE POST oFFlCi
10 y hich the pl,cr is sent .~AJ
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REBATES & LOCKE, 81 Park Row, New York,
are authorized agents for procuring advertisements
for the Journal.
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Reply.

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ENECGTIvE}
CHAMBER, COLUMBIA, Dec. is, 1876.
Sir: have received the communication in which
you call upon me to deliver up the great seal OF
state, &C., &c. do not recognize in you any right
to make the foregoing demand, ana hereby REFUSE
compliance Herewith.
am, sir, your obedient servant
(Signed) ID. ii. CHAMBERLAIN,
Governor of South Carolina
To Wade Hampton Esq
1t is believed the first trouble Will originate
with the different county officers appointed.
The bill to prevent and punish persons set
ting up government in opposition to Il lesiti-
mate government, passed the Republican House
yesterday, and was sent to the Senate. A bill
was introduced authorizing the governor to APP.
point 800 special constabes to protect witnesses
in attendance.
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REPUBLICAN JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1876.
WILLIAM H. SNIP S IN
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

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and 81 Park Row New York, are authorized
Agents for procuring subscriptions and forwarding
advertisements.
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NEW YORK, -.
A Columbia dispatch gives the following cor.
respondence:
STATE OF SoUrH CAEoLI&A, ENECUrIIi
CHAMBER, COLt META, Dec. Is, 1886.
Sir As governor of South Carolina chosen BY the
people thereof, have qualified in accordance with
the constitution. hereby call Upon you as my pre-
decessor in the Office 10 deliver up to me the great
House. the public records and all other matters and
things appert aiming to said office.
Respectfully your obedient servant,
(Signed) WADE HAMPTON, Governor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

The Hartford Conrtht il decidedly Re
publican paper. publishes the follow ing
from "IempIeton" IL regular Boston
apondcnt-
There u Etrtr section Of tie Republican
party uf Massachusetts who would much pre-
fer that Mr.. liayre should not he declared Pres
ient ut All To seeing him owe the office to the
declaration OF the Eeturnin" Board of Louis
lana It eOlupr e~ all the independent portion
ui the party. aud a Great many Of tbs anti-i3ut-
I'm man. These view found voice in the Rev.
James Freeman tlarkr'S >ernon on Thanks
giving day, and they are also represented in
the votes Of Henry l.. Pierce and Professor
Netlyr in Congress on the first day Of the StS-
ION. But there j. another very important class
in Boston Nho are quite rs decided in this feel
ING. They are the business men among the Re-
pubIic.ms. There is Il wide spread feeling
among ti.rm that. if there be ANY doubt. it
ought to he decided iii favor of 'Iilden--that the
Republican party cannot AFFORD 10 take the
Presidency III the iacr of disputed vote Of the
people unless there be 4 more general actluieS-
rtnrr in is title than there now promises To be.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

ElTGEO. +. HOWELL Co, 10 Park Row, New
York, will receive advertisements for this paper at
the lowest rates. Their orders will receive prompt
attention.
&g STORAGE DoDD, l2l Washington ST., Boston,
is an authorized Agent Tor the Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

The frauds Of the Louisiana returning
board are SO baretaced, that even Repub-
lican candidates won't take their certli-
Gates. John }. Long, an active Republi-
can Of De Soto parish, whom they count
cd i'll to the Legislature says he wasn't
elected. anu won't take the office.
When the Republicans tried to impeach
President Johnson, they ransacked the tel
egraph offices and used all the dispatches
they wanted. Now, when the Presiden-
tial question is to be looked into, they cry
out against the exposure of private tele-
grams,
The public viii lool, with good deal
OF interest for the result Of the demand for
the telegraph dispatches sent by the Re-
publican leaders The howl set up about
the matter indicates that there's something
that scares them.
An English sea captain says he recently
saw q sea serpent live hundred feet long
and fifty feet across the back That man
in the White House will see bigger ones
if he keeps oil
General Bartlett OF Massachusetts, who
made The eloquent and conservative speech
lit the celebration OF the hattie Of Icxinp-
tom died I9a1 Sunday He served thraurh
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II Hayes goes INTO lhc Presidency, he
Will achieve what Washington could NOT
and thai is a recognized official tltlr lie
VIII thereafter he Shown ~ Ills Frau'In-
lency,
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

"lweiye Of Is" j. the title of an asso
citation Of ladies in iockland who manage
leap Year aocjahlca That the number Of
the Apostles; W. hope none nl them be-
tray with Il ki+5
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

General Bartlett OF Massachusetts. who
made the eloquent and conservative speech
lit the celebration OF the hattie Of Lcxinu-
ton, died. laF Sunday. lie served through
the late WAR.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

The public viii look with Il good deal
Of interest for the result of the demand for
the telegraph dispatches sent by the Re-
publican leaders. The howl set up about
the matter indicates that there's something
that scares them.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-12-21

\ meeting Of Democratic soldiers. at
Cincinnati on Monday, to express their
sentiments on the political situation, was
broken up by mob of Republican roughs
and Office holders, with shouts OF ''rebels,''
TRAITORS" sc. Isn't it just possible that
these radical gentry are going too fast and
too far?