Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-12-18


Hayes invitation to go to India on the
frigate Richmond. embarking at Marseilles
about Christmas, thence to Bombay by
the Suez Canal.
The Chicago Tribune remarks that Mr..
Conkling is in the sulks again. and that
he is evidently bent on an attempt to offset
the brilliant stroke of Mr.. Blaine by renew
ing his quarrel with the administration
over the New York appointments.
The greatest fault found with woman
suffrage by the Wyoming politicians, and
one of the strongest arguments for its in
PRODUCTION elsewhere is the disposition of
} the sex to scratch the ticket; in one case
n man of poor character fell 900 votes be-
hind his associates, largely in consequence
of his bad reputation with the women.
Mrs. Dense of Bakersfield, a few weeks
ago, broke off fine needle in the end of
her middle finger, and was unable to ex
tract it. After two or three days she felt
prickling sensation in her wrist, and on
examination found the point of the needle
coming through the skin, and it was easily
drawn out.
Freshet notes continue to come in from
all parts of Windham county, which verify
the first prediction as to the heavy losses.
Rockingham and Newfane, aside from
Brattleboro. have been the heaviest losers.
and thousands of dollars will be required
to replace the highways and scores of
bridges.
The bill for the reorganization of the
army, while it does not cause the removal
OF any OF the higher officers, provides that
when any positions become vacant, they |
shall not be filled until the number off
MAJOR generals is reduced to two and the |
brigadier generals to four. The force is |
limited to twenty-five thousand men.
Senator Eustis of Louisiana made a
novel point in his speech on the Mississip-
pi levees Thursday. lie claims that the |
FATHER OF waters is the property of the
government, it having assumed many |
years ago absolute ownership and control
of it. and that the proprietary interest of
the United Suites in the river carries with |
it the correlative obligation of protecting
individual citizens and states against its
ravages.
The Rev. Mr.. Talmage scores Il triumph
against some Of his numerous critics. 1t |
appears from the testimony of woman
who has actually done the work that shirts |
are made in this city at the rate of thirty
five cents dozen. as the reverend gentle
man from his pulpit asserted that they
were. 1t is no wonder that the fact excit-
ed his indignation nor that he denounced |
it with so much vigor. 1t is certainly Il
disgraceful condition of the market for
woman's labor, and it ought to admit of
a remedy.-Tribune.
Gen. George p. Foster, United States
marshal, has served notice upon the receiv-
ers and managers of the Portland and Or-
densburgh railroad, citing them to show
cause before the United States district
court, ut next rule day, January 9TH, why
they should not be enioined from issuing
the half million preferred bonds asked for |
by the receivers and manas ers. The in
junction is prayed tor by the mercantile
trust company of New York city, which
holds II large amount of the bonded in
debtedness Of the road.
The first of the farmers meetings under
the auspices of the State Agricultural Col
lege, will be held at Saxton's River ON
Wednesday and Thursday, December 18Th
and 10Th, beginning at 9 o'clock on
Wednesday. The subjects of " Fertiiza-
ton ) and the Feeding of Animals" will
be presented by Prof w. o. Atwater;
Diseases Of Farm Animals, - by Prof. N.
Cressey; and Insects and Parasites" by
Prof G. II. Perkins. Practical farmers
are invited to give the institute the benefit
of any information they may have on the
topics presented, and will have the oppor-
tunity of asking questions and proposing
subjects for investigation.
A remark of Senator Edmunds, in the
debate in the Senate on Wednesday, in re-
gard to investigating cases of corrupt use
OF money in recent elections, WAS quite
significant one. He said g am GOOD
deal impressed with what the senator from
Ohio has said, in respect to the corrupt use
Of money, and the attempt to use it to
influence elections. The disclosures that
are said TO have been opened, and have
been stated in the newspapers during the
last campaign, will, undoubtedly, lead to
an inquiry into the dangerous practice,
and | hope his amendment will be so en-
larged as to cover all subjects of that char
acter."
The Potter investigation promises to
close in general ignominy. the democrats
not having the heart to wind it up decent
ly, and the republicans making no move
to open the cipherd ispatch question. The
democrats want to send another sub COM
mittee to New Orleans, if congress viii
appropriate the money, but the republicans
draw the line at the present stage. The |
whole affair has been II magnificent blum
der and directly and indirectly damaged
the party which got it up a good many
thousand votes in the last election, and
probably lost them states. Investigations
in search Of party capital somehow have II
melancholy fate attending them. involved
in the very dishonesty of the proceeding.
The New York Graphic complains tina
there are too many lawyers in congress.
In the Senate there are IS lawyers and
only 20 of all other professions and occn-
pations, and in the House there are 223
lawyers and only 20 of other occupations.
The Graphic thinks there is danger in
such state Of things, and says" There
ought 10 De some lawyers IN every ioglSIa- |
tive body, but their functions should be
clerical and technical. Whenever the
state places its statutes unresewedly into
the hands of men who live by their confu-
sion, the laws of that state are very likely
to be confused. Laws ought to be made
chiefly by those who have the largest
interests to protect; by farmers, merchants, !
manufacturers, miners-not by those who
coin wealth from the quarrels Of the COM
munity in which they live"
One case of bulldozing at the south has
been punished, and it is rather odd that
the first offenders should be republicans
It was in North Carolina; Marcus Will
liams, II negro of Winton, voted for the
democratic candidate for congress, and
Samuel jacob and Ebert Gotling, two
colored republicans, assaulted him in a
murderous fashion for going back on the
party. Jacob and Gotling were arrested,
tried, convicted of assault with intent to
kill, and sentenced to six years apiece in
tho ,onitoptiary Mnnpwbiln trials nf