Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-30

eggs to make legal uoAon' o,
Look out for counterfeit 800 bills OF In nJ
Central National Bank of New YORK. anu
for spurious silver half dollars
The town of Mooers has voted an a a
propriation of $1,000 for the relief Oh '"e
sufferers by the late forest fires
The Illinois legislature adjourned SINE
die Thursday, after continuous us.S I0'''O
since January, its longest on record
The committee revising the new Meln ,iI
dist HYMN book has completed its work,
and Given the manuscript to the board Oh
bishops for approval. .,.
We tried reconstruction on the military
plan, and it gave trouble instead oil Penc sn
Two months without bayonets have dohe
more than ten years of bayonets'-"oV'
Garber Of Nebraska.
Senator Spencer of Alabama has an
nounced his hostility TO the Administrator
He has caused the president TO be INFORM
ed that he will resign and allow demo,
GRAFT to succeed him if he is not recognized
in appointments.
A. G. West of Morrisville is to run the
mail between Morrisville and Montpelier
another four years, making daily trips 10
Worcester and tri-weekly from there 10
Morrisvillo. Compensation, S79S'o0 per
year.
1t showed some hours, on Thursday last,
in Berkshire County, Mass, and it is feared
much harm was done to fruit. The trees
were in blossom, and were much broken
by the weight of snow. No similar storm
has been experienced there for over forty
years.
South Carolina celebrated Thursday as
a day of thanksgiving very heaTtily-the
first time such day has been really OBJ
served since the war. There was no ses-
sion of the legislature, places OF business
were closed and religious services were
held in the churches.
In the present Russo-Turkish war hrupp
meets Krupp for the first time. The com
batting armies are well supplied with the
cannon, good specimens OF which
were seen at the Philadelphia Exhibition
of 1876. The Turkish armament, as to-
cannon, is said TO be quite equal, II not
superior, to the Russian.
The American neurological society con-
Linues its efforts to secure the adoption oil
.he metric system, and is encouraged by
,he fact that several colleges have decided
10 make knowledge of it condition OF
The society has just issued a
3ircnar to teachers all over the country
lrging them to instruct their pupils in the
system.
think the fair and just conrse of the
present administration toward the South
will have II happy feet upon tho whole
country in promoting peace and good feel
ng, as we'll as the prosperity of all busl-
Tess interests. The president was not only
| good soldier, but is proving himself to be
patriot and statesman.- EX-Confeder'
Vie General Lilly of Virginia.
The chief engineer of the Government
always in Australia recently reported
hat the locomotives made in Australia
we're not only poor ones, but an injury TO
he roads. lie recommended that hereaf-
er all engines be bought in the United
states. lie is right The American in
'ention runs smoother, pulls stronger,
asts longer, and costs less to run than any
'ther in the world.
Gov. Stone of Mississippi states that he
las done all in his power to bring the
yuilty ones to trial by requesting Judge
Ianom, circuit Judge, to call al extra SEES
ion for that purpose. Under the laws of
he state the executive has no power to do
lnything in the matter. He thinks it ex-
ecdingly doubtful if the jury in Kemper
ounty would convict the rioters, all of
whom are well known and resided there.
Falcon, the novelist, is to marry the
laughter of Joseph Jefferson in June. It.
5 mentioned that the young woman is
worth Il million, and fell in love with the
Dung man through his books. They will
pend the honeymoon in Switzerland, and
'aUcon will write then his next Christmas
tory, and it is to be hoped that these de-
lcious circumstances will make it better
ne than his recent average. In the fall
10Th will come to America with rip Van
" mike ~ himself
AN ILLEGAL Decentralization Hood
# Aurora, Ind, procured u divorce from
he Beaver County, Utah, court through n
lineage law agency, and married again.
Vt the Dearborn Circuit, I.awrenceburg,
nd, on charge of fornicaton preferred by
lis divorced wife, the jury has rendered a
erdict of one hundred dollars fine and
tx months Imprisonment, declaring that
lood was not resident of Utah Mt the
line of his divorce, and the decree was
legal. Many parties in other states than
indiana hold similar bills of divorce.
An effective army organization is still
Indispensable. Nothing could be more edi-
ying to the world than the spectacle of \
rec government preserving peace at home
nd abroad without an armed man ut irs
uthority; but it is spectacle for future
and not for the present. There
reason enough for pride in the fact that
o small force is required, and that if is
o admirably suited to our needs. Let ms
re satisfied with that, and grateful that if
so,-and hope for that millennial fltnro
vhen our children can do better Boston
idrertiScr.
A Miss Rachael Blumcnthal brings suit
n Paterson, n. j., to annul her mari, go
Win Moses Tannchalz. Rachael resides
Win wealthy parents in Montreal and met
loses while visiting at Paterson. He pro.
'oSed marriage, was rejected, and, she nj.
lges threatened to kill her. She, fearing
lolence, consented TO enter into n ,Towi.55
etrothal to continue three Years. and thn
marriage to follow if desirable. A instino
narried the couple last June, Rachael no.
ieVlhg 'he ceremony to be only u betrolh.
i; She has not lived with TannehaIz
Vho now claims to be her husband
In these days of suporstitious rprororoo
ProPnetlc announcement of the doom If
turkey in the present war; we wonder NJ
nte,rprIslng thief has borne off from Vian
ii 'he famous horse-taii banner borne bo.
ore the hosts of John Sobieski when ~ ho
oiled back the tide of Ottoman invas;a az
rom that city, and saved Europe tbe | f,tn
! Asia. The white plume of Honrv ," or
AWARE IaS' would be nothing TO such an EN-.
lem OF victory, and its effect mon I tho
mates on either side of this "hoIv war; nv /"
to9ld be sufficient to warrant unv snob
lo!atlon OF Austrian neutrality Ms m InJ
re implied in its seizure. TO ii'snt
.o Inc reports n at the Good Tcmplar con.
enton at Portland, Me-, show thot tV III.
uvenlIe order is growing rapidly. iodg 'ne
lavlIng been established in Grcni R ,JrSeS
i'nE Africa; and the Australian colonio" ''
a auca CROWN was also reported for tbis
o oIy Inc convention has elected t tho
o M,g officers; Theodore D. Ke s" ',ie
u Wisconsin, grand worthy chiefton, rIu1'
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