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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
NELLIE J. HOLMES ESTATE.

NELLIE J. HOLMES ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, , To all persons con-
DISTRICT OF cHITrEsDEs. Neis 'p Eo,mss
late Of Jericho. in said District, deceased,
GREETING.
At Probate Court holden at Burlington. within
and for the District Of Chittenden the 26th day of
September, A. D. 1877, an Instrument purportns to
be the last Will and Testament Of Nellie j. Holmes,
lato OF Jericho, in said District, deceased,
presented to the Court aforesaid, for Probate and
it Is ordered by said Court that the 18Th day of
October, A. d. lS17, at the Probate Court Rooms in
said Burlington, be assigned for proving said
Instrument; and that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this order three
weeks successfully in the Burlington Free Press,
newspaper printed at said Burlington, previous to
the time appointed
Therefore you are hereby notified 10 appear beIOre
said Court, at the time and place aforesaid, and
contest the probate of said will if you have
Given under my hand, at Burlington, in said Dis
trict, this 10th day Of September, A. u. 1877.
I4w3w X. $. TAFT, Register.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

The Bennington Battle Monument Asso-
citation have appointed A. b. Gardner, NJ.
E. Huling, Charles W. Bliss. Ii. q. Root
and Rev. Isaac Jennings a committee to de-
wise plan to raise the S. 900 which is nee
essary to secure the State appropriation for
SIS, 900, and the State aid of Massachusetts
for s. 500 and New Hampshire 5000.
The committee will ask aid from Vermont
ers and Others resident outside of the State,
as over $4,000, exclusive of the State $
appropriation of s.. 900, was raised in Yer
mont for the Centennial celebration. The
monument will not be taken in hand until
the IS 900 is raised, as no funds are now
available. and no plans will be considered.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

The VERGESNEs SCANDAL cores
pendent of Boston paper says Prof.
Collier who has had in his possession for
chemical analysis. portions Of the remains
of Mrs. Ezra Smith, of Vergennes, who is
suspected Of having been poisoned by her
husband and Mrs. Champlin, woman
with whom he is alleged to have been Grim
inally intimate, reports to the authorities
of Vergennes that partial examination in
dicates that the woman had undoubtedly
been poisoned, and advised that the suspect
ed parties be arrested. Smith is a deacon
of the Baptist church. has considerable
property, is member Of a very influential
family, and is man OF considerable influence
himself The police officers are now on the
lookout for the Champlin woman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

BY Telegraph;
New YORK. Oct. 10
PRIME Mercantile Paper at 7dS per cent.
RAILROADS quiet and firm.
STOCKS heavy and lower.
Transactions aggregated 272 900 shares including
Erie, 81 900, Lake shore 81 0 Northwestern 81 600
Milwaukee and st. Paul, 26 800; Delaware and
Lackawanna. 6i,000; Western UniOn 5000.
MONEY at per cent.
GOLD at 1925 per cent.
GOVERNMENT BONDS steady
STOCKS heavy
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
Materyille,

David Wetherell, of our town, an expert.
enceG engineer, is now running ireig BIT
train ON the Burlington and Lamoille Rail
road.
One night during the past week, Daniel
Shattuck found his horse dead in the stable
This Is the second horse he has lost within
few months.
Thomas N. Wetherell lost good horse
last week by being gored to death by u COW
me cash was nine inches long, and the
horse lived but short time
The wheat crop Of this town is tho best it
has been for many years. Corn and oats
are also an excellent crop. but potatoes are
light yield.
Mrs. DR.. Bancroft Of Keokuk, Iowa, leaves
here this week Tor her Western home She
has been visiting friends here the greater
part Of the Summer
Joel W. Page Jr, has again returned to
Ann ArbOr. Mich, where he intends to
complete his Course of study in the law de-
partment of the University.
Johnnie Mann, end, youngest son of
Hiram Mann of this village died on Mon
day night of last week. after severe illness
OF typhoid fever. The funeral services were
held on Thursday morning, after which the
corpse was taken to East Franklin for
burial. &C
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

DEATH OF CRAZY HoRsE.-The Cheyenne
Sun says; "The notorious Sioux chieftain,
Crazy Horse, died Mt Camp Robinson at
midnight of the 9Th inst. 1t is n coinci-
dence worthy of note that the unconquered
and atrocious chief received his death wound
a terrible bowie-knife cut in the side-at
the hands of one of his former followers, a
soldier Indian, who had stood side by side
with the chief in the battle OF the Rosebud
In the Custer massacre, and in other en-
gagements of the Sioux war. When Crazy
Horse essayed his escape, few days before
his death, the Indian soldiers who had been
foremost IN acts of brutality one year ago
hunted him down like bloodhounGs Re
lationship, trihalities and savage pride have
all lost their hold before the keen manipula-
ton of Gen. Crook and his Junior officers,
and the words of the General a year ago re-
Sarding these hostiles, that he could make
brother hunt brother, are strikingly verified
In this instance. The scene around the
inside the Adjutant's office as the chief died
was in perfect keeping with his long years
OF thrilling adventure and unstinted revenge
His father, with one or two faithful followers,
watched by his side, while crowds of sayapes
hung around the building, giving vent to
their feelings in the curdling woop and lend
ing utter drear to the murky darkness with
the ominous death chant Indian soldiers
and dlsarmed hOstiles we've there alike, the
first glorying ill their delegated peace keeping
power, and the others only harmless because
helpless. When the chief was dead he was
quickly borne down by the side of White
Earth river, where four months ago he first
knelt to the sway of the military, and there
cared for with the customary savage ceremony
by his few remaining friends. Crazy Horse
was about 80 years old, relative of Red
Cloud, and an aborigine from head to foot.
He was of medium height, slender and wiry
build, and as mean Il looking Indian as ever
knocked for admission to the happy hunting
ground. However, bullet wound through
his face, received in battle. added much to
his brutal and treacherous look. He has
known nothing but fight and marauding
since bOyhood, and was last seen at the agen-
cies about twelve years ago. Among the hos
tiles he has been considered the peer of Sit
ting Bull in influence, and vastly that old
chieitains superior in out and out bravery,
devilishness and unrest. He has done more
to Ietard the settlement on this frontier, by
his deeds of blood and pillage, than all other
war chiefs combined. The taking OFF OF such
savage will result in more real good than a
decisive battle, for it is he who has sown con-
tinued dissension and inspired atrocity in
others, even on the heels of defeat"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12
Commercial.

Jul, : d Sat. Mon, Thur kwtf
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-10-12

The evening meeting was largely attend
ed. and the interest gave promise of muci
good.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
Routes to the Black Hills.

The War Department., with the ap-
proval of the secretary of War, has
issued a circular announcing for the
information of all concerned, the fol-
lowing routes connecting the Missouri
river with the Black Hills, in accord
ance with the late treaty with the
Sioux Indians:
Route No. 1.-Beginnlng at Bis
marck, D. T., the present western ter.
minus of the Northern Pacific railroad,
it will cross the l03d meridian Of
longitude, the western boundary of
the Sioux reservation, on the shortest
and most practicable loute to Dead.
wood City.
Route No. 2.-Beginning at point
on the right bank of the Missouri riv.
er, known as Fort Pierre, or at some
point not over eighteen miles north Of
that place, it will cross the l03d meri.
dian on the shortest and most practi-
cable route to Deadwvod City.
Route No. 3.-Beginning at the
Yankton crossing of the Missouri river,
thence up the south bank Of the Mo-
brara to the crossing opposite Of the
Keyapaha river; thence up the latter
stream to or near the sources OF the
Porcupine Greeks. whence it will
cross the 103d meridian in the short.
est and most practicable route to Gus
ter City.
All people who establish themselves
at stations along these lines are mott.
fed that such establishing will not
carry with it any proprietary right to
the land, which will be subject to con.
ditions which may be imposed by the
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
Freight and Passenger Rates Advanc'
ed.

The General freight agents at Chi.
cago of the trunk lines have received
a circular letter from their managers,
stating the fact of the recent com.
promise in New York, and advising
the adoption of the following rates,
which the agents promptly adopted :
Grain to New York, per 100 pounds,
80 cents !; to Baltimore, % cents Phil.
adelphia, % cents Boston. IS cents.
On fourth class freight, to New York,
IS cents to Baltimore, "a cents Phil.
adelphia, 80 cents Boston, 40 cents.
These rates take effect immediately.
Agents instructed to mako no rebate
whatever.
The managers of the New York Cen.
trail, Erie, Pennsylvania and Baltimore
& Ohio railroad agreed to advance
rates for special limited tickets to tho
following figures: From New York to
Cleveland $l1; Detroit $13; Chica-
go, $40 St. Louis, $24; Kansas City,
$35 Indianapolis, $l9; Cincinnati, ,$l8;
from Albany one dollar less than from
New York, and from Boston by al
routes one dollar more than from
New York. The same figures viii also
be adopted on east bound.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
hiscellanoouS News Items.

alOc0ud0oOQD N0WD lt0mo.
Lynn, Mass, had $3.50, 900 fire on
the 9Th.
The cattle plague is prevalent in
England.
A school house was burned at Ellen
goe, Norway, few days ago, and sixteen
children perished.
The government building at Jackson
vile, Florida which contained the post Office
has been burned.
The St. Louis Times is in trouble
again, and = sale At auction under = deed OF
trust is the result.
Ex Attorney General Tafts house at
Cincinnati was damaged by fire to the extent
OF a ,0O0 on the I'D inst.
Dougherty, Bros & Co., bankers at
Harrisburg, Pa, have failed, causing heavy
loss to great many poor people.
Advices from St. Petersburg are to
tie effect that notwithstanding the signing
the protocol peace is not assured.
Reports from Constantinople indi.
cate that the Porte will decline to accept the
protocol and that war between Turkey and
Russia il inevitable.
The factory Of the American Knife
Company, At Northdeld, Conn.,, burned SIT.
urday. Loss not stated. One hundred hands
were thrown ont OF employment.
The New England NJ. E. Conference
has passed resolutions thanking President and
Mrs.. Hayes for abolishing liquor from their
pubic ..dpr,vate receptions.
FIR Winnebago Indians, hunting on
the Island below Dakota City, D. T., got cor
rallied by hign water and were drowned.
Heavy ice took their canoes Of, and the Va.
ter rising over the Island to the depth OF Eve
,teet they could not escape.
San Francisco is agitated by tho fail.
tre Of A. Fraedlanier, . prominent grain op-
orator. His liabilities are supposed to run
into the millions, and were chiefly incurred
In making advances to farmers on wheat, but
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
A Miracle Explained.

r. r. Russell In the Boston Watchman.
A case of remarkable cure came un.
der my observation in Manchester.
Mass, about 1850, while I was pastor
of the Baptist Church in that place.
There was a worthy man and wife In
church by the name of Day. They had
an interesting and bright little boy ten
or twelve years Of age. He came into
the house one day from school and
play, crying from pain in his hip and
leg. The family physician, having
been called in, sroke Of the case as .
serious one, and directed that the pa
tient be kept in bed, and quiet as pos.
sible. Day after day, and week after
week, he called, applied his various
remedies, and took the special pains to
keep the little sufferer quiet and still.
The leg was drawn up, and daily grew
more and more rigid. The doctor ex.
Eausted all his skill, but with no re.
lief. The family were in deep attic
ton, and the church and neighbors ex.
pressed their kind sympathies. Tho
physician recommended, as the last re-
sort, that the little sufferer be taken to
the Mclean Hospital in Boston, where
he might be examined and operated
upon by the best.trained surgeons in
the country. With much prayerful
solicitude and with tender hands, he
was conveyed to the hospital.
The doctors placed him, poised upon
one foot, upon table, held up and
carefully examined the contracted and
somewhat withered limb. The doctor
conducting the examination at last
said, ''can't you straighten out this
leg, my boy2" "No, sir.' ''Well, you
can try. Now will bear down, and
at the same time you do all you can to
put the foot down to the table," Tho
doctor gently pulled downward by the
ankle with one hand, and rubbed tho
muscles with the other hand !; the foot
was soon brought to the table. Cant
you stand upon this foot now, boy!"
"No, SIR" swell, you can try" The
feet were spread land the boy was soon
able to stand on both legs squarely.
"Now, boy" said the doctor again,
"Can't you step along a little!" mo.
sir" "Well. you can try; and, q lit.
tie steadying, he soon took one step,
and then another, and SO on, and in =
few minutes he was able to walk back
and forth on the table freely. The
doctor then said to his anxious and
wondering father, Take the boy homo
there is nothing the matter with him
but the contraction and stiffening Of
the muscles, growing out of confine.
ment and the want of action. The boy
took his fathers hand and walked
through the streets Of Boston with
agility. When the cars came in at
night, was near the depot, anxious
to know the result of the hospital ex-
animation, and what was my surprise
and joy to see the lame boy-hopeless-
ly afflicted, as the physician said, with
hip-complaint-step on to the platform
and run up the street with the agility
of a young antelope.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
64,623,5l2
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s.o44,oe4
Latest Markets.
Ok GA aQg
MILWAUKEE,.


GRAM.-Whea&, No. l 81. IS; No. 2 2$l.44x;
seller May 81. l.46x 4; seller June 81 46. No. I
4l.32. Corn, No. 2, new 45c. Oats, frmer
No. 2, a3X@34c. Rye, No. !, 7lo.
CHICAGO.
Flour Extra western %. 50@7. 90: Mime.
sofa extras e6. .7608 90; Minnesota patent pro.
cess a. H@9.76; winter extras 6 62t@a25.
GRAn.-Wheat, No. 2 Chicago, el.a43I
cash; has sold at q 35x cash; sales q
81 37x@l.37Y seller Nay; 4l.39x seller
June; No. 3, Chicago, el.26@l .28; rejected
4l.070l.O6. Corn, 4Oxc cash 44xc seller
Nay has sold at 44xo seller May; 44xt
Hay. Rye, ssc. barley, bla65o.
PRovl1o1s.-Pork, 4l4.1o0l41s cash
@l4. 20 seller Nay has sold at ti4.200l4 n
seller Nay: 4l4.32X seller June. Lard
eo.37x cash; 9.42x seller Nay: e9.52x seller
June.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
How Noah Got His Name.

Ey Max Adeer.
After the ark had been out about
two weeks the wife of the captain be.
gan to get tired and restless and anx.
ious to be once more on dry land.
Hence she fell into a habit of every
now and then calling out to her hus.
band and inquiring whether there was
any sign of clearing up, and as he al.
ways answered "No," she would in
despair add ''Ah!' and so it went on
from hour to hour and day to day.
One night the wind came from tho
northeast and made things very lively
on board. The jib clew lines were all
parted; the topsails pinnacle was
carried away and the main sheet blown
into pieces no larger than Eve cent
hankerchiefs. Ofcourse the ''old man"
was kept busy and was not in the best
of humor. He had just hailed tho
look out and asked if he had seen any,
thing of "Ay rat," and received in
answer, may rat, sir!'-had just or
dered Shem, who was steering, to
"keep her off two points" when Ham
came on deck and reported that tho
largest elephant had broken loose and
insisted on taking his trunk into tho
camel's department, who in turn had
got their backs up about the inter-
view.
The various beasts had taken sides
in the quarrel, and there was grand
row generally. just as the captain
had persuaded the elephant to go back
to his own room, and had checked his
trunk in order to pacify him, there
came a voice, ''Any signs Of it's clear
ing up, dear p 1t was raining then
literally in sheets. To the inquiry was
given the usual reply, and to the reply
was added the usual ''Ah," only in .
sadder tone than usual.
It was little more than the old man
could stand, and he yelled out NO."
''ah y NO." ''ah = it is nothing but
NO." ah !" all day long. You had
better call me Noah" and be done
with it, and he went down to splice
the main brace, which had parted.
And so it was that the captain of that
first great ship came to be called
sNoah.''
The study of the origin Of names Is
one of great interest, and it is rather
remarkable that so little attention has
been paid to it. Almost any name can
be traced to its probable origin. Thus
''Smashpiper," the smasher Of piper,
or .tTogmutton," he who was celebrat.
ed rs u tugger of mutton. Why not
appoint committee to ascertain tho
origin of all names! It would be as
useful as many other researches.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
The Wonderful "Nine."

The Popular Science Monthly for
April contains an interesting article on
the origin of the Arabic numerals,
from which the following concerning
the nmber Q is taken:
The property of the number 9 affords
an ingenious method of proving each
Of the fundamental operations in
arithmetic, and il seems to bo an Incl
dental attribute. of this number. 1t
arises from the law of increase in the
decimal notation. 1t universally be.
longs to the number that is one less
than the radix OF the system of nota-
tion. And in this connection it may
not be irrelevant to state some facts or
curiosities with regard to this number
2. 1t cannot he multiplied away. 1t
cannot be multiplied or got rid of in
any member. Whatever we do, it is
sure to turn up again, as was the body
of Eugene Aram's victim. One re.
markable property of this figure (said
to have been discovered by w. Green,
who died in l794) is, that all through
the multiplication.tab the product of
Q comes to 8. Multiply any number by
Q, as 9X2=l8, add the digits together,
l plus SO. So it goes on until we
reach 9Xll=09. Very we'll; add the
digits, Q plus 9=18, and l plus SO.
Going OH to any extent it is impossible
to get rid of the figure Q. Take any
number OF examples at random, and
we have the same result. For instance,
339X9=3,051. Add the digits plus
l plus plus 10. Take one more,
O.07lX9=45, 500. and add the sum OF
the digits 4 plus S plus 6 plus 3 plus
0=27 and 2 plus 10.
The French mathmaticians found
out another queer thing about this
number, namely, if we take any row
of figures, and, reversing their order,
make subtraction, and add the digits,
the final sum is sure to be .. For ex'
ample, 5,O7l-l7O5=3,366: add these
digits, 3 plus 3 plus 6 plus 6-l8, and
plus So. The same result is obtain
ed If we raise the numbers 50 changed
to their squares and cubes. Starting
with 81, and reversing the digfts, We
have 26, and 62-26=36, and 3plus6@ 80
The squares Of 26 and 81 are respec
lively 676 and 3,844,and ;, 676=3.
l68;add 3 plus plus 6 plus 8=18,and
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12

plus So. This may be exemplified
in another way. Write down any
number, as for example, 7,549,l32,
substract the sum of its digits plus S
plus plus 8 plus l plus plus 2=3l,
and 7,549, 9,l32-3l=7,549,l ,l0l. Add
these digits, plus plus 4 plus plus
l plus 0 plus 1=27, and plus 10.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
Secretary of War. The western boun.

Secretary of War. The western boun.
dary of the Sioux reservation, - fixed
by the recent treaty, is a. follows:
Commencing at the intersection Of tho
lO3d meridian of longitude with the
northern boundary Of the Nebraska:
thence to its intersection with tho
south fork of the Cheyenne river;
thence down said stream to its juno.
tion with the north fork of tho Belle.
fourche; thence up that fork to tho
103d meridian, to the south branch Of
Cannon Ball or Cedar Greek.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12

the crop being failure they could not repay.
One hundred and five persons were
reported missing In New York and Brooklyn
during the month OF March. Thirty -fonr
were found BY detectives. Thirty returned
voluntarily, eleven were found dead, supposed
to have committed suicide, and the remainder
are still missing.
The reports of coming railroad
war seems 70 have originated in an effort BY
the other trunk lines to bring the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad to terms. The movement haa
been successful and the N. Y. Central, Erie
Pennsylvania, and Baltimore l. Ohio roads
have entered into compact to keep the
peace. The result viii be an advance in grain
transportation from Chicago to New York to
25 cents per 100 pounds and also an advance
n passengers. 8.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
2,0s8,78l,l43
l4,lW,Ol6
e4,765.2l8

Debt less cash in Treasury. 81, ,068, ,76l ,l43
Decrease of debt during March,. Ia, ,0l6
1876 -. ...... ::..:: 90. :...: a4,765. .2ls
Bonds issued to Pacific railroad
companies, interest payable in
standing ....:.. ::.:: -: 49,. e4.eas, $40
paid. ~. ...... 49,. -. -. eee, ,ssa
Interest paid by the transporta-
ton Of mails, etc. ..:::. 1872. s,o44,oA
Balance of interest paid by the
United States. ....:. .....: 49,. 25,s4,s2s
Appended to the statement is the following:
'sThe large reduction of the public .lebt, as
shown by this statement, arises from the can
collation. and destruction Of the balance of the
5 per cent. bonds Of the funded loan of 1881,
held In trust for the payment OF awards made
BY the Court Of Commissioners of the Alabama
Claims, as provided by the 18th section Of the
act Of June 2ad, ,s74, viz: $7,l50,0oo, the
balance OF the original investment of Sl6, 500,
00O, and 8, ,4O3, ,8OO, representing the accrued
interest thereon. The coinage Of the mints Of
the United States during the month of March,
was: Gold, q, ,S73, ono; trade dollars, 1856,
600; silver change, 81 ,674 600; total number
Of pieces struck, 8,6i6, $50; total value gold
and silver, pa, ~, ,O00."
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12

Vegetable Pulmonary Balsam, the great
New Englaud cure Tor coughs, colds, and con
-sumption. Cutler Bros. 4 Co. Z, Boston, only
genuine =.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12

The Supreme Court has decided that
the 81 ,6oo, 600 appropriated BY Congress must
be paid back before the Centennial stock.
holders can receive any dividends.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
The Public Debt

Following is the statement showing
! the condition of the public debt at the
close of March
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1877-04-12
SUpwer Cn Trausfript
RATES OF ADVERT1s1NG.

Cards Of FIVE lines or less, five dollars per
year. Editorial notices, intended as adver-
tisements, twelve and one-half cents per line
Legal notices at the rates prescribed by
law.
All transient advertisements to be paid for
in advance.