Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-06-20

town who can get out, and the resi- oPOn,'
their time wishing they could 60. nanN
heaven the authorities have opened Inc
free baths, so the poor can keep Gool.
The jealous politicians who hasten to
Washington to assist in reforming the ciVli
service continue to meet with disappolnt-
ment, The President has great capaclty
for absorbing advice--but he doesn't deal
out the pap worth cent.
The Tribune's special says Col. Whar-
toms recommendation for the Louisiana
morsbalship show that his appointment
was asked for by nearly all the members
of the Packard government, from fackaru
down, and also by prominent cohser'"'
! tives
Mr.. Barnum and the father of lost Char
lav Ross are said to be very confident thaI
the reward of $4,000 and mo GU stloni
asked " will bring the lost child to light
The correspondence received is quite
heavy, and many swlndlers are wrltln? IN
the hope of getting something Tor lurh'Sn-
ing "clues, "
Mr. Nordhoff writes from Washington
to the New York Herald that the presi,
dent intends that civil-service reform snail
have thorough trial and wider appilca-
ton than in the departments at Washing
ton. His own share of the work OF reform
is to divorce the general service from pol
tiles He moves slowly, but he will take
no step backward, and you may any DAY
see some new step taken.
There is distress and suffering at Mount
Carmel, III. 1t was the chief sufferer by
the great tornado Many houses were ut
terly destroyed, rendering their occupants
homeless; one hundred persons were in
iured and four hundred left destitute
There is a cry for relief, and some orga-
nized effort should be made to mitigate the
suffering, The people of Illinois vii
doubtless attend to the case, but if they
need any assistance they should have it.
Investigation of the case of Mcclellan,
the alleged British subject killed in the
Kemper (Miss.) massacre developed the
following facts. Mcclellan served n short
time in the confederate army, and after
wards sought to avoid conscription claim
ing to be British subject. The consul al
Mobile declined to protect him on the
ground that he had forfeited such claim by
his acts. He had performed many acts Of
citizenship, but never voted.
The insect which destroys the potato
bug is thus described: The insect is abou
one inch in length color black, having sil
legs armed with powerful claws, and
fan-shaped tail. They fasten upon thei
f victims Immediately under the wings, ant
do not leave them until they are dead
This is the critter " Il good many hav
been looking for, but for fear he will nc
get all the potato bugs he should be rein
, forced by every means in the power of tn
/ farmer.
Kenneth Raynor of North Carolina
who has been appointed Solicitor of tn
Treasury, made vacant by the retiremer
of Hon. George f. Talbot, of Maine, wa
born in 1908, entered public life in 1885,
was in Congress from 1889 to 1915, wa
> an old Wing and during the war was
Union man. He has the reputation {
E being y mln of high character and a
=. able and experienced lawyer, He was
member of the Alabama Mixed Claim
- Commission.
= General Grant was asked what was II
j. difference between English racing as |
1t had seen it on the day of the Oaks at FL
som and the races in America. He sail
with n smile: There is an impressio
abroad that am II great horse-racer, fon
e of horses and know all about races, bu
2 on the contrary, really know nothing
= racing, having seen only two races--or
o at Cincinnati in 1865 and at the openin
IS of the Jerome park in 1867. l feel, Their
is fore, that am not qualified TO Judge
Is the comparison"
The Virginia City Chronicle publish,
" an interview with W. w. Bishop, wi
q defended John D. Lee. He states that
e Brigham Young thinks that he can stan
v trial and get clear, there will be no resi-
: lance. II he apprehends conviction, |
l. will fight. Under the present Jury system
e it is simply impossible to convict any
j. the other assassins in Utah Lee was COZ
J., J., victed only because District Attor uo
e Howard succeeded in makinn w. ,o. n \
=; !, lieye that bv the conviction ot Loo H., ~
10 would be admitted IN tha Irn ,icU' y os :"
= state, wherenpon Yonno orJorod T mis q" 20,
- - yiction for the GOOD Of t1e cbnroh ii'' oo
u u "a ~ 'D''' 'D'
~ The principal of u young ladies' sem
~ nary in Tennessee has issued the followir
:. o1irt. "rho ronno, LIT. ''l , II
! 0''c' Nv S0'"S i"uies are TO cress
e. tarlalap or its cHnivaiont " NJ NJ lnu .S'i
5, mings permitted exccnt whom N o,oS 5Lli
IS the same material as Tho drosY "i"To 20
l silk and satin EXPRESSLY forbij5or iN'S
satin nor silk soshrs on3 n NJ, t trnin a. J
ton inches in length NJ "o sl ,,",i VI u, Nv Nv
. ,han the elbow No low ,voIes ~ snT 1
pI so1lare-neck dresses M lac e'n ov vi 40,
e sleeves md neck y And 60 tho e ns,, i
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Fl What's schooling COOL for onn pnoSreSSe
I'd ''''' . 'N''O'D3 s0'' '0i anyway
a When Senator Blaine was told nv
IL friend the other day, that a great mar
m people attributed the inspiration Of Il
I'd HIM ho aniG tba lp, re5in III iGe 1rt0une
10 story woman in ono OF t itaau I'LL VI j." lltt
of tes Of Pnnrsrivana U" ,ou ~ 'lie o"cK cou
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