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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-16

Referred t0 committee on salaries and fees
Joint ReSoiutiOnS-Frum the Senate, granting
the use OF the Hall OF the House OF Representa-
tives on the evening OF October 9th for AN address
by DR. Butler on sanitary matters; adopted in
concurrence
by MIR. SPRAGUE of Brandon, that there shall
be appointed sp cia committee Of three Senators
and five Representatives who shall take into con-
sidemton all matters relating TO appropriations
for the state prison, state Gorkhouse, asylum for
the insane aud reform school, adopted ON the
part of the House
Rcsohtion-By Mr. COLLINS of Barton, that
no bill shall hereafter be entertained by ihis
House, providing for the change OF the name OF
any person and constituting them heirat-law o
another person or persons, unless the member in
\ Producing such bill shall stale before the House
when he Introduces such bill, that the objec
sought by such bill cannot be attained uuder th'
provisions of sections u, T. B. o, 10 and IL of chap
| ter b6 Of the general statutes, or any amendatoI,
act thereto adopted
| JOint ResOlHi0n-from the Senate, providing
for joint assembly at half past two o'clock oI
| Thurday afternoon, October 10th, TO hear the re
port OF the committee 10 canvass votes for county
officers adopted In concurrence,
Reporfs-from committee on agriculture, h
favor Of II "a, to amend the act establishing tn
board OF agriculture thlld teading refused.
Mr.. REDlNGION Of Rutland, called up Ilous
bill relating TO the Communication Of the sentenc
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-10-16

Reporis--From special joint committee to whom
was referred that part OF the Governors message
which relates TO the pestilence at the SOUTH as
| follows;
TO he House Of special joint com
mitee whom referred that part OF the uOvrnOra
message which relates To the peslllence NJ the South,
specifically report that they have considered the same, and
recommend subscription Tor The ientnt oi the sufferers.
Your committee mud that the fever spieads very
wide ditci and that II ia still spreading; that the desoa-
tion suffering from Il great In New Orleans
alone the number deaths already exceed three thousand
| am The number Of cases ten thousand.
| From Bson kouge We have the following despatch
dated October bth " There have been over eighty
tai; almost every house cuntains some sick We are nov
IN the midst Of trouble. Ihose wu aie we'll are worn ou
through loss OF sle As yet the weather pfuinss no
lief. The cry for assistance COMES iion every aide,"
From Holly springs, MFr., cuints tue tepnni "Gfea
desutuon prevails among the people The same Irpor
COMES from many other quarters A, - Badger ioHtin =
ler at New Orea,s telegiaphs To Hon A. D. IaIen,
ing fosimtsier-u uenrral, Washington - Sr-lhe acua
condition hee u deploable and not fuy realized by TN
country. Nearly every family In New Orleans has bcel
visited by the epidemic which takes age and infancy, ma
tyes aud strangers alike The charitable Institutions hay
iute. Reports To the contrary are false am cognzln
OF many applications To various associations for relic
which have not been attended General Ogden, Actin
President OF the Howard Association, authorizes
say that much dsstituon and suffering exists outside th
actual sck consequently outside the scope q their charity
Their relief extends from Ohio TO the guilt would fufthe
state that business completely parayzed, thousands
out " employment and should the yellow fever dsappea
the charitable lat0ns with their pfesi
Together With private charities would be inds
qunte relieve the destuton enaled by the terrible VI
taton THIS rpor Ia made up after coss observation Ia
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
The Year Without a Summer.

An aged resident of Hartford remem-
bers that the winter of 1S29-30 sur
passed this in mildness; farmers plowed
every month of the season, and no snow
fell until Feb. 2. The winter was fol-
lowed, however, by cold, backward
spring, with a snow-storm in May i,
which killed the returning swallows.
AS an offset to the above story, one of
the old residents of Derby tells us the
year 1916 is what is known as the "year
without summer" Old New England
farmers refer to it as eighteen hun
dred and starved to DEATH" January
was mild, as was also February, with the
exception of few days. The greater
part of March was cold and boisterous.
April opened warm, but grew colder as it
advanced, ending with snow and ice. and
winter cold. In May ice formed half an
inch thick, buds and flowers were frozen,
and corn was killed. Frost, ice and
snow were common in June. Almost
every green thing was killed, and fruit
was nearly destroyed. Snow fell to the
depth of three inches in New York and
Massachusetts,, and ten inches in Maine.
July was accompanied with frost and
ice. On the 9Th ice was formed of the
thickness OF window-glass in New York,
New England, and parts of Pennsylva-
MIA, and corn was nearly all destroyed
in certain sections. In August ice
formed half an inch thick. Corn was so
frozen that a great deal was cut down
and dried for fodder. Very little ri
pened in the New England and Middle
States. Farmers were obliged TO pay
"a and So bushel for corn of 1916 for
seed for the next springs planting. The
first two weeks of September were mild;
the balance of the month was cold. with
frost, and ice formed quarter of an
inch thick. October was more than
usually cold, with frost and ice. No
vember was cold and clustering, with
snow enough for good sleighing. De-
cember was quite mild and comfortable.
. H1rDers Weeklu
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The McGarrahan claim investigation, before
the Senate Public Lands Committee, is TN
earthing some old scandals. 1t appears that a
number OF members of Congress as far back AZ
1862 were corrupted by promises Of big divi-
dends should McGarrahan be awarded
the ownership of the New Idria
mine. Among the names figure
those Of Stokes, of Tennessee; Devices, OF
North Caroliua; Kellogg, of Louisiana; Wilson,
of Iowa; Blair, Of Missouri Stewart and
Sickles, of New York: Forney, Of Pennsylvania;
Sawyer, of South Carolina; Voorhees,, of In
diana; Eldridge, OF Wisconsin; Lincoln, Of
New York; McDougal, of California; Ross, of
Kansas; Clarke, of Kansas; Harris, of Louisi-
ana, and John Hickman, of Pennsylvania.
The House Committee on Education and La
Dor has instructed Dir. Goode, Chairman, to
report bill providing that the net proceeds
Of the sales Of public lands shall forever be
consecrated and set apart for the education Of
the people.
The House Civil-Service Committee has
voted, 7 to 8. to dismiss Docrkeeper Polk, who
has been found guilty Of some very disrepu-
table practices
On the 10th Of January last, the United
States Treasury Department advertised the
per cent. Government bonds as popular loan,
and the subscriptions since then aggregate less
than 1900, 900.
The Secretary of the Treasury believes that
under the present law it will be possible to
keep $4,000. 900 or 60,OO0,OOO, and perhaps
100, 600, 600, Of silver dollars at par with the
best money afoat, either paper or gold but
that this can only be done, in his opinion, I'M
der the law as it stands; by which he means to
discourage the issuing of silver-bullion ceitif-
Gates at par in gold.
Miss Ada Sweet has been reappointed Pension
Agent at Chicago.
The President expressed much qualification
at the release OF Thomas @. Anderson, and
said the entire Union would applaud the action
of the Louisiana Supreme Court as patriotic
and in the interest of reconciliation.
Washington dispatch says ga change in
the eagle on the new dollar, which has met such
unusual and severe criticism, is seriously con-
templated by the Director of the Mint. None
Of the patterns drawn for this bird were salts
factory, but, as the law Of 1887 requires an eagle
on one side and the effigy Of Liberty on the
othor, no option existed, and the best of the
lot was picked out and put on the dollar. An
other attempt to draw an eagle will be made,
and, 1t is hoped, with better success"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
NEWS SUMMARY
FOREIGN NEWS.

A special from Corfu reports that the Turks
have devastated eight Christian villages in the
district of Delvino and massacred the male
inhabitants. They also killed 100 fugitive
women and children on the seashore. The
English Consul has gone to investigate the
outrage.
Count Andrassy, at Vienna, the other day, in
a speech to the Hungarian delegations, def
nitely stated that Austria would oppose the
extension Of Bulgaria to the Egean sea,
and its occupation by Russian troops for more
than six months.
Aportion Of the Servian army has disbanded
and gone home.
A terrible oolliery explosion, resulting in the
death of about forty miners, occurred in pit
near Bolton, England, last week.
The Armenians are not in love with Russian
rule. In the portion of the province left to
the Sultan, the people are agitating for re-
form and self-government under European
guarantees.
Thirty-six persons attending fair at Brest,
France were drowned by the capsizing Of a
barge.
The reinforcement OF the British fleet in the
Sea of Marmora by the passage Of two iron
clads through the Dardanelles has given rise
to general feeling Of uneasiness regarding
the prospect of peaceful solution of the COM
plcations by the Berlin Congress.
Prince Bismarck has notified the Austrian
Government that Russia, in consequence OF his
intervention, has consented to submit all the
peace conditions, without exception, to con-
gress for discussion, should the congress make
a demand to that effect.
cable dispatch says negotiations are on
foot looking to an alliance between England
and Austria.
The Sultan has written letter begging the
Gear to permit some modification of the
boundary of Bulgaria, especially on the south.
Six thousand persons have been attacked
with measles at Lyons, France.
M. Paul de Cassagnac. writing to the Paris
Pays on the occasion of the Prince Imperials
birthday, expresses a belief in the speedy res
toration Of the Napoleonic empire.
The political news from Central America is
unfavorable. Costa RIGA and Guatemala are
both preparing for war. The President of
Costa RIGA is determined at any cost, and by
any means, to carry out his scheme Of Cen
trail American Confederation, and the Presi-
dent Of Guatemala is equally determined to
oppose him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

Pensacola, Fla, have been almost entirely de-
nuded Of timber. II Ia estimated that about
seven tenths of the timber shipped from Pom
sacola Is taken from the public domain, and
that s2O0, 900 could be recovered for the Gov
eminent II the cases were properly prosecuted.
Rev. Brown ccble (colored) was executed at
Winchester, Tenn, the other day. The culprit
was attired In white gown. which, he said,
was representative Of innocence and purity,
and, as angels in heaven were white-robed, lac
wanted his soul to pass from that emblem to
the realms of the blessed. He said he had al
ways wanted to be an angel, anyhow.
Gus johnson (colored) was hanged at Rome,
Ga, ON the 18th inst, for the murder Of Al
fred McCown (colored), in July, 1876.
A New Orleans dispatch says that, in the case
of the State vs.. Thomas @. Anderson (on an
appeal for a new triad, the Supreme Court re-
versed the verdict of the jury, and ordered the
prisoner to be released. The court held that
the alteration Of the Vernon county returns did
not constitute forgery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
The New Silver Dollar.

The above two cuts represent the new
silver dollar that is now in process of
coinage in accordance with the provis-
ions OF the Silver bill recently passed by
Congress. Two specimens from which
to make choice were submitted to the
Finance Committee at Washington, and
the above design was accepted after
mature consideration. 1t is known as
the Morgan dollar" because it is the
work of Mr.. George E. Morgan, an En-
glish engraver, who has been in the SER
vice of the United States mint since Oc-
tober, 1876. The new dollar is 2 per
cent. lighter that the silver trade dollar,
but approaches that coin so nearly in
size that there is no perceptible differ
ence in either size or weight. The
actual size of the dollar is reproduced
in the cuts.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
The Value OF Dogs ia Virginia.

Mr.. Hunters Dog bill passed the
House without dissenting voice. This
bill allows owners to value their dogs at
500, and to pay to the Commissioner
the tax on that amount, which is 81 for
the first dog, and 80 cents for all others.
After the dog is 80 listed for taxation
he becomes as much personal property
as a COW or horse. OF course no one
is compelled to pay the tax; it is purely
voluntary. 1t will have the effect of
stopping the stealing of valuable dogs,
and stolen dog will be as rare as a
stolen horse. This tax will place some
thousand dollars in the State treasury.
-Lynchburg Virqinian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

synopsis of the Decision of the Louisiana
Supreme Court.

synopsis of the Decision of the Louisiana
Supreme Court.
The Supreme Courtroom, says New
Orleans paper, was crowded with mem
bers of the bar, politicians and other
persons anxious to hear the decision in
the case of the State vs. Thomas O. An
derson, convicted in the Superior Grim
inal Court for publishing as true forged
and counterfeit election returns from the
parish of Vernon. Chief Justice Man
ming read very lengthy opinion in the
case. After reviewing the charge, yer.
dict and sentence, the court took up two
of the exceptions as being the only
ones necessary to consider in render
ing Judgment. These were: THAT
there had been no preliminary ex-
animation, and that it not the practice
to prosecute by information. Both ex-
ceptions were dismissed; the first on the
ground that a preliminary examination
is not essential, and, second, that prose
cution by information had been common
rule ia criminal prosecutions for many
years. The exception to the drawing ..
the jury was also dismissed on the
ground that violation of the spirit OF
the law is not claimed. Relative to the
ofierse itself, the court gave an abstract
OF the Election law, detailing its re-
quirements. The exact method pre-
scribed in the law was fully described.
The record offered in evidence did not
conform with that mentioned III the in
formation. The document offered was
consolidated statement" cert.
fled by the register of voters, and not
the "original returns" and the stat
ute OF our State does not attach much
value to this consolidated statement
The original returns, not being altered,
would not change the result of the
election and interfere with the interests
of the people. The paper offered IL
evidence is not the paper charged as
being forged. In order to be forgery
an instrument which it is alleged il
falsifed must, if true, be legally capa
BILE of committing a fraud. Nowhere in
law is consolidated return required al
declaration of the result, and its alter
alton or modification can in no way AT
feet the election. III every consolidated
return were forged and the Returning
Board complied with the law and made
their statements from the Com
missioners' returns no injury
could result. 1t does not APP
pear that any paper has beer
forged that is calculated with compli
ance with the law to change the result
1t is the essence of the crime that i
should be committed by a public officer
and on a document which would chang,
the result OF the election. This was no
done. The letter of John Sherman
Stanley Matthews and others, which ap
peared in the record, was alluded to 10y
the Chief Justice, who stated that i
should be treated by the public in like
manner as that of member of the
House of Commons who attempted t.
influence the decision of the court il
the Tichborne case. 1t was ordered
that the verdict of the jury be set aside
and reversed, and the prisoner discharged
from custody.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
Spelling Reform i'm Congress.

There is q curious document before
the House Committee on Education and
Labor, being memorial from n. K.
Dawson, OF Burlington Iowa, asking
Congress to adopt his plan of ga re-
formed alphabet and photography" and
compel by law its introduction into this
country. The document is long one,
and includes the history of the English
alphabet, which Mr.. Dawson holds is II
relic of barbarism, and sustains his the
DRY by illustrations which are familiar
to everybody. His plan is the phonetic
system of spelling, of which he also
gives history, and thinks its adoption
by law would be of great benefit to the
country. The plan summed up is:
l. That for every single sound there
be simple, single sign.
2. That sounds of determined de-
gree of likeness be represented by signs
of determined degree of likeness.
3. That no sound have more than one
sign to express it.
4. That no sign express more than one
sound.
Mr.. Dawson, among other indorse-
ments, presents the following letter from
Prof. Swing, OF Chicago:
DEAR SIR: When / look upon the
outrageous copduct of the vowels and conso-
nants that make up the English language the
scene /" is Fad and dreary," and 81 would not
live Away" The English language should be
abolished. No doubt intemperance will pass
away, the sources Of the Nile will be approached
by railways and will be decorated with depot
and a restaurant, but the man who
will look upon that happy age will sit down
and mourn "a he tries to spell out letter to
his grandmother, and the lunatic asylums will
be full of those who went crazy over the effort
to stand up last in spelling schools.
With irrepresHble grief l am. yours, etc,
DAVID SWING.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
Lively Boys,

The boys are doing a lively business
these days. In Berks county, Pa, the
other day, party of school-boys tried
humping heads "to see which was hard
est" But they only learned which was
softest, and he died the night Of the ex-
pertinent. In Madison, Ind, where the
town was excited over the expected hang
ing of murderer, party of boys at
play tried one of their number for muir
der, found him guilty, and hung him TO
a door-knob. He died the next day.
Then in Frankfort, the same State. O
man was found drunk by lot of boys.
They tied his hands behind him. threw
him into creek, broke two of his ribs,
jumped on him, and left him in such a
state that he cannot get well. IL has
been bad winter for skating, drowning.
and double-ripper catastrophism. but
the American boy finds mischief still
for idle hands to do.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
A Prisoner "SOapsv His Way Out.

Peter Mcclure escaped from Jail at
Sunbury, He stripped himself and
soaped his body, and then forced him
self through the narrow iron space
four inches wide and eighteen inches
long-used to admit light into the cell.
A fellow-prisoner and cell-mate named
Dawer also made the attempt, but before
he got halfway through he stuck fast,
and could neither move backward nor
forward, and In that condition he re-
NAMED seven hours, when he was res
cued by the turnkey and others. A
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGs.

BY a recent ruling of the Postofice Depart
ment, all weekly papers may now be sent by
mail at 1 cent each, without regard to weight.
Hon. J. E. Leonard, Representative in Con-
gress from the Fifth District of Louisiana,
whom the President recently sent OH mission
TO Cuba, died of yellow fever in Havana, a few
days ago.
In the House OF Commons at Ottawa, Can
ada, motion TO prevent the employment on
the projected Canadian Pacific railway Of any
person whose hair may be more than five
inches in length has been defeated. The meas
ure was aimed at the Chinese.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22
Ben Butler's Bricks.

Gen. Butler has thrown another brick.
A resident of Uniontown, near Washing
ton, recently wrote to Butler describing
himself as q "patriot," not politician,
and asking for assistance to obtain Office.
The General sent back his letter in
dorsed as follows: Respectfully re-
turned. do not believe that patriot
stands the slightest chance of getting
Office now"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

blacksmith had to chip off some of the
edges of the iron frame before the pris-
oner's release was effected. Mcclure,
who is the larger man of the two, after
vainly trying for two hours to pull his
partner through the narrow aperture,
scaled the outside wall and escaped
York penn Daily, March 4.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

THAT Georgia Major says that Nor
rissey has " the face of Mephistophe-
les" John wishes to reply through the
Graphic, as follows = "I don't know
'zactly what that means, but L remem-
Der that l hat him with Me-phist ophel-
esq.," That is diabolical pun, by the
way. GrGDhic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-22

GANBALDI, so far from lying dying at
Caprera, is preparing to visit Paris dur
ing the Exposition, when he will be the
guest of Hugo.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-09-27
MILLS AND LUMBER.
The Lumber Trade Of South Mississippi
Past and Present, with Glimpse al the
Future, .

Editor Democrat-Star:
Ten years previous to- the war,
the mills that manufactured yellow
pine lumber, were exclusively own.
ed by shareholders, OF hired slave
labor. The mills at THAT time (the
gang) which has been, to the cost OF
good many, supplanted By that
modern invention the circular saw,
and it's merits will be discussed
hereafter.
The chief millowners, at that
time were on Bayou Bernard: s.
S. Henry, d. Mclean, Laughter, q.
Taylor, Toomer & McGrne. At
Pascagoula, the well-known firms
of Denny & Griffin also a firm
composed OF Plummer & Williams,
who made inch boards speciality
for the New Orleans market. Will
liams was "a State Maine Yankee,
and procured the highest prices on
account of its getting up. VIII
liams made the market a study,
butted his logs neatly, and sawed
a plump, inch board. The Bayou
Bernard lumber company came in
to existence and done business for
some time, but from some Inherent
defect went out of the market after
q time.
The lumber business was exclu-
sively cash, or almost so, and car
goes averaged about ten dollars
per thousand feet bills according
to sizes and quality. In my next
| will discuss the circular saw and
its effects upon the business from a
standpoint not yet taken.
PINE KNOT
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-09-27
Sound Democratic PYfnci-
Dles.

RESOLUTIONS OF THE BENT ON
COUNTY DEMOCRACY.
Benton County Argus
The following resolutions were
introduced and adopted unanimous
ly, excepting one dissenting vote:
BE it resolved by the people of
Beuton county, in convention as
semblcd at Ashland
/. That We hold it to be the duty
of senators and representatives i'll
congress to vote according to, and
in things be governed by, the wishes
of their constituents when known
in other words, to represent the
people and not themselves.
2. That all officers should be the
agents and servants of the people
and not their masters, since the
government belongs to the people
and should not be run in the inter
est of the bondholders or railroad
crS, or any other class to the exclu-
sion of the interest of the masses.
3. That we hold it TO be the duty
of any officer whose consciences, or
interest, or private obligations, or
anything else, will not allow him to
represent the wishes of his cOnsti
tuents to at once resign.
4. That we favor the increase of
our currency sufficiently to meet all
.he necessities of the people and
the repeal of the resumption act,
and that we oppose the national
banking system.
5. That we regard the failure of
the government to allow the bonds
to be taxed while the labOring mas
scs are ground down with taxation
to pay interest on the same in gold
and the general expenses of gov
ernment, as species of robbery
that ought not to be tolerated.