Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-09

I A TROY paper says the seventeen yea
locusts have appeared in that Vlclnity
They come ont Of the ground IN inc loln
of large grubs, but coon after thelr WIhs
are developed and they take flight Inc.
are not destructive to crops, but ieeu uPo
trees. They were, it is sald' las' Se'
there in 1860.
A Nashville bank robber burrowed uL
der a street for five days, and ut lengt
came ont in coal vault of beer saloon
three dc ors away from the bank ana wa
bitten in eleven places by the most un
compromising dog that he ever trled =
conciliate. The next time he attempt
any mining operation he will take a prac
teal engineer along.
The investigation in the New York Gus
tom House shows that there is statlstl
cal department in that branch OF the reve
nue. service. In it is included an Sl,oV
clerk, who performs no government ou
ties, draws his salary and devotes his tim
to writing free trade articles, chiefly 10
the New York World. He is kept in plac'
| by the trGe-traderS.
The Boston Journal remarks that GOV
Hampton of South Carolina. should no
be very severe upon colOred school! otticer'
in that State because they are unable u
read and write, as there are towns II
northeastern Maine where the votes arc
returned in the ratio of five democrats u
one republican whose school officers ant
seloctmen confne themselves in the mat
ter of signatures to the making OF cross
Boy criminals are just now bringing
themselves into public notice. In Fred
ericksburgh. Va, James Finch ,aged, II
deliberately shot and killed playiello"
who reproved him for swearing. In New
Orleans, Nathan Boyd, aged 0, purposely
set fire to Il house out of revenge Tor Dehg
whipped. In San Francisco, Arthur Ben
rett, aged IA, nearly killed his sister by
stabbing her. In Buffalo, Robert Alkens'
aged 10, mortally wounded another boy
with an AK.
The promised surrender of Crazy
Horses band of Indians took place al
Camp Robinson Sunday There were
about 1900 of them, and among the chiefs
were Little Hawk, lie Dog and Little Big
Man. About $500 horses. ponies and
mules, in pretty good condition, were
given up. The delivery of arms was only
begun. The aggregate number surren-
dered to Gen. Crook since March is nearly
5000, which does away with the necessity
for II military expedition the coming sum-
mer Crazy Horse says this peace is to be
n permanent one.
Thursday, May 10, the first anniversary
of the inauguration Of the Centennial Ex-
hibition, will occur the opening of the
permanent industrial exhibition. at Phila
delphia. The exercises will take place IN
the great auditorium ut the centre of the
main building, where from 10000 to 12,-
600 persons, exclusive of the 1900 CHOIR
isters that are to participate in the exer-
cises, can see and hear all that will take
place. President Hayes and other nation
al officials, besides staff officers, are ex-
pected to be present. The programme,
though not so elaborate rs the one year
ago, when the Centennial Exhibition was
opened, will be worthy of the occasion.
The sacred standard of the prophet,
which the sultan threatens to raise in case
Of need, is called the sandjak sheriff, and
is supposed to be made of the black cur
tain which originally hung before the door
of one of Mohammed's wives. 1t is de.
posted in the interior of the seraglio al
Constant.nople, and is guarded by officers
The display of this sacred relic in the Of
toman capital would be the signal for the
Mohanlmedans of the world to rally to the
defense of their faith, and the conflict
would then be aroligious crusade against
the I" infdels." 1t is doubtful if it will bt
raised, however, as in that event the war
would no longer be " localized" and the
European powers would certainly inter
fere.
Secretary Sherman has decided the Chi
cago whiskey case adversely to the appli
cation for civil immunity. In doing this
Secretary Sherman has fully endorsed the
able report of Judge French, Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury. A signiican
feature Of Judge Frcnch'S report is the fac
that he criticises very severely Judge
Bangs, United States District Attorney
for having been unusually oficious in be
half of the whiskey ring convicts. 1t ap
pears that these cases were not in any
legal condition for compromise, but tina
by ordering the judgments reopened
compromise under the statute was made
possible. This reopening of the judg
ments was secured through the instrumen
tality of Judge Bangs.