Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-12-13

lost nine theatres within the last quarter
century. involving n money loss of So.
100000, but. happily. no sacrifice of life
brooklyn has previously lost only one the
atre by fire, Hooley's old theatre, which
was burned, Is years ago.
Senator Blaine has been made a member
of the leading committee on appropria
tions. and also of the committee on nava
affairs.
Chief Justice fancy was most lovall,
devoted to tobacco. He ate and drank
little, but smoked necessarily. When hi.
physician prescribed Il short allowance be
would reduce the supply to thirty or forty
cigars Il day.
TIE WAR REPORT-Don Cameron
makes his report quite brief. and confines
it 10 summing up the statements furnished
by his subordnatcs. The principal points
are the cost Of maintaining the army, the
military depots. etc, during the year
the health and morale of the troops; the
savings law for the rank and file. and the
work done by the civil service corps.
1t seems that the Supreme Court OF
South Carolina gave no certificates to the
Tilden electors, as was telegrapned to the
North. The only court record in the mat
ter shows that Hayes and Wheeler had an
average majority of over five hundred
without throwing out Il single vote The
republicans insist that the congressional
committee shall inspect the returns, and
the more rigid and technical the scrutiny.
the better, they say. it will be for the re-
publican ticket.
The revival ut Grand Isle is unprece-
dentcd in extent and power. The oldest
members of the church say they have
never seen its like Whole families ar.
coming to Jesus. and ihe entiere commu-
nifty is thoroughly stirred. The work has
extended to South Hero. The Methodist
and Congregationalist churches are shar-
ing equally in the work. A good interest
is sustained ut Alburwh The GOOD intlu-
ences awakened ut the " Gospel Meetings ;"
still contnie. AS many rs forty have
asked for prayers.
DARTMOUTH CuILEGE-A million do
lars or, to be exact, $500, $1,000, the pre-
sent valuation of property being con-
sidered have been donated to Dartmouth
College during President Smiths admins
tralion. The record unavailable for
several Yeas" attached to many of the
lrgacies prevent their being of Immediate
advantage. however. 50 that the invita-
ton i still open to alumni who mr.. look
lng around after investments for their spare
change. The hundred and thirty thousand
1n1l.,rS T., tL. .,
joel Parker Will be used in a few wears to
establish Il law Department.
Tn. democracy is valiant party. but it
does not agree at all about who shall do
the blood shedding TIE Mort bern sec
ton wishes the South to lead off, but the.
South thinks it the turn of the North now.
Thus the UiHmiugtou STIR of North
Carolina cxh rt>: = It is very painful to
think that the Northern people have los,
50 much of their love of liberty and a dem
ocr.tlic form of government. Ifthis were
not SO. there would have been such -
howl of Indignation from Maine to Cali
ilornia that the Washington tvr4nt and
his accursed S:trap> would have shaken in
their boots and stopped their hcllish work
of plumber and fraud ard uSurpation.
Only united, strong. angry uprising
of tn" whole North can saw. the,
country. Then it is safe to say the coun-
Try won't be saved,
lie FESTIVE EIRE-CEACKEE-T
radgrind~ connected with the national
board Of undri rltcr> publish Il mass of
statistics to Show the danger To property
in this country from the use of fireworks
lnrticul IL Y Chinese tire-crlckcr> The
Inquiries gwen are surprising to one who
has not examined tie matter, and rai,,-
the question whether the business of IKE
country does not suffer TO" much for lhr
sport Of the hov>. Since Januuv |. lS6j.
the invoice value OF irc-crtc ktr> imported
Is less than : 100000. and the loss hv
two conf CREATIONS II that period. tr:lc.a-
bic directly to- them, is nearly 81, 1000. 900
" 1t l. not an rAtravarant Statement" SAY :
! the report. " that every dollar : worth of
hre-crarhcr> imported into This country
has occa>l"ncd a direct loss by fire of
more than one hundred dollars
DR.. LcMovne. at whose crcmatorv
Baron dc Palm was baked and roasted. i
rather Il singular chtltcter His father
was \ physician in Washington, Pa. and
the SON STUDIED his calling and succeeI,d
[" his business, gaming wealth and rcput,-
ton. \ rapid abolltiuni>t. his tuwn>.nrn
rottrn-'g@ed him, and gained for MIN
such n"lorltty that he was solicited to take
the nomination for Nicc-Ple>l,lrncy ON tn"
Liberty ticket in 1871. which was held hv
Gcirit Smith This honor. however. H..
declined. but attcrw:trd accepted a nomi-
natlon tor the Governor>hip on the same
ticket, and, OF course, was defeated He
has a son IN Congress from Illinois About
Il year ago DR.. LcMoync determined THAI,
when he died he would rather b., burned
than buried He had plenty of money.
and in July he set about buiIinr a creml-
ton fun mace. He is old, nearly 80. stout.
STOPPING and very iniirm and fully believes
he cannot live the year ont.
Mr.. Dutfey Of Oakland, Cal. went to \
masquerade ball Recently in the character
of Il giraffe. His costume created much
amusement, especially at the supper table.
where he remarked that he must drink
three bottles of campaIrne in order 10 we,
his threat all the way down. On hi, WAY
home at an early hour in the morning he
was extremely fltigucd, and lying down
under a tree-boX fell fast asleep 4 tim
orouS policeman, seeing the strange figure
from distance, and concluding rather
hastily that 4 tiger or some other wild an
imal had escaped from the mcnageric tina;
was exhibiting in the next block. fired
four shots at the recumbcnt giratl' one OF
which perforated the padding, an;l is now
be'ded in Mr.. Dufftv The NtmS-Lct
Ter, speaking on the authority of the
wounded Dutlry, announces that in future
he viii be sent home from fancy balls in a
push-cart or a furniture wagon
MEXIco.-The news Of the entry into
the t'e city Of Mexico Of Diaz, revolution
lst' Is confirmed. Gen. Revucltas has is
Soed circular letter to merchants. re-
guessing them to visit him on important
business, and stating that they would be
SUBJECTED to y forced loan on pain OF per-
sonll labor on the furtiications. The
merchants fear that This .ytr,nr,l;,,r,- :;