Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1877-01-31
Notes and Comments.

Several times during the last year or two Of
his life he predicted that George f. Hoar
would go to the Senate. He expected, in
fact, that Mr.. IIoar would be his successor
THE requests to educational institutions
of the higher class in the United States
during the last six months amount to eight
hundred thousand dollars. This speaks well
for the iberality of wealthy Americans in
this direction.
ALL counties or towns where historical
addresses were delivered on July 4, 1876,
should file one copy of such address in the
Library of Congress, at Washington. Up to
this time about one hundred and fifty histor-
ical documents have been received and fled
HORACE GREELEY said that of the thou
sands he lent the most he ever received back
was five-dollar note inclosed in letter,
and upon tracing out the writer of the letter
he found it came from lunatic in the
Utica Asylum who never owed him cent.
ACCORDING to the arithmetic man Of the
Department of Agriculture at Washington,
the aggregate corn crop of the United States
last year was one billion two hundred and
ninety-fve million bushels. Probably it
might be a peck or so more, including
"nubbins"
BECAUSE ! mean to maintain at every
stage of these proceedings that the Repub-
lican candidate has been chosen President,
because believe him patriot and good
citizen, therefore | wish to take a title for
him which shall be so clear that no one can
say that he has clutched power.-Senator
Conkiing.
THE democratic managers have so little
confidence in their case that they are afraid
to trust it to democratic lawyers to present
it before the committee. They have secured
the services of Matt. Carpenter and Lyman
Trumbull, two disappointed Senatorial as
pirants, who are to assist the notorious Jere.
Black. The claims of Governor Hayes will
be argued by Mr.. Evarts.
The trouble that has always been fore
seen, the total want of any proper provision
for doubtful or disputed Presidential cleo
asserted that, sooner or later, this republic
would be wrecked-will have been quietly
avoided, should the report of the committee
be adopted, by the patriotism and self-com-
mand of Congress and the country.-Har-
pe'rS Weekly.
MORE than one-half the pastors in the Da-
kota Presbytery are native Sioux. There
are nine churches belonging to the body, six
of whom have native Indian pastors. These
churches embrace seven hundred and fifty
seven members, and their gifts for various
objects amounted last year to nine hundred
and ninety-two dollars. Who dare say that
the Indians cannot be Christianized, with
such record ?
THE Massachusetts, State Prison Commit
tee report a scheme for turning over the
county jails and warehouses; to the state.
The advantages to be derived from this re-
form are better classification of prisoners,
relief of crowded jails, uniformity of sen-
tence, and better results in the way of re.
forming the prisoners. 1t is also thought
that the prisoners under this plan can be
maintained much more economically than at
present.
JUSTICE McKENNA, of the United States
Circuit Court, has decided that the Centennial
Board of Finance shall first apply its funds
on hand to repaying the stockholders one
hundred cents on the dollar of their stock,
before repaying the United States the mil
lion and half Congress appropriated If
the decision shall stand, the stock will be
worth at least eighty per cent. Possibly the
treasurer OF the United States may appeal
probably not.
ICELAND does not seem to be so very
unhealthy, despite its inclemency of the
weather, and the popular diet of seals blub-
Der and whale oil. Last month the Oldest
inhabitant Of the Island died. He was the
Councillor Bjorne Thorsteinson, for many
years magistrate of the Western District of
the Island, for some time President of the
| 4hieh'hS' anu iOi ehc iioI lev years having
lost his sight, lived in the town of Beikjavik.
He was born in 1881.
Mr.. GLADSTONE, whose speech of Satur-
day is published elsewhere, is doing all in
his power as Russophobist to stir England
into action against Turkey. He draws his
strongest argument from the report of Bull
garian atrocities, written by Mr.. Eugene
Schuyler now consul general at Constants
nople, and it would not be surprising if the
Turkish government should request Secre
tary Fish to order the recall of an ofiicia
who has done so much to aid its worst enc
mics, as Mr. Schuyler has.
The President has repaired the dscourtesy
to Russia on the occasion of the former visit
OF Prince Alexis, by inviting the prince t.
a dinner at the White House, at the latter,
convenience. A dinner is the great healer
of international difficulties. 1t will be re
membered that there was on the former visit
no desire to treat the Russian impolitely
but unfortunately the Russian minister, Ca
tacazy and his wife, who must have accom-
panied the prince, were characters who coulc
not be admitted at the White House