Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-03-06

schools i " slayton. Town tax, 50 cents on the dol
lar Road tax, IS cents the dollar Commissioner,
stephen Spencer, 40 votes
men, Luther Davis, G Randall G Robinson; Treas
Bs M Tef nsf;r ay RnWys s4rei %m 81
Mde As PaSd Money S"nh bp5s
viewers, " Moody, II Faies: Emery Town; Grand
Juror. VIM Wade; Inspector Of Leather, W Marshall;
son Superintcndent OF Schools. G Wash6urn High.
way tax, 10 cents. Town tax, 80 cents
Mrs. Phillips of Hopkins, Ky, went out
to shoot her husband, from whom she had
parted, and who was throwing stones at
her house. By a mistaken aim she killed
her brother.
One-third of the entire voting population
of Kentucky cannot read the ticket they
vote, and one hundred and fifty thousand
children are growing up ignorant of the
mere elements of an English education.-
Louisville C0urier-Journal.
Secretary Evarts will Immediately open
correspondence with the governments of
the Latin union and other European ma
tons, inviting them to join in conference
to adopt comman ratio between gold and
silver.
A RoBBERs LAST REoUEsr.-Tracey,
the train robber, injured Wednesday, died
in the hospital at New York, Thursday.
His last request was, get me an 18-inch
Jimmy. | should like to die with one in
my hand" He was not accommodated
The evil effects of this measure will not
be immediate except in one respect. 1t
undoubtedly gives shock to American
| Wbotbop thoI ebpuly mill
away, as the interest on our bonds contin-
ues to be paid for the most part in gold
for successive quarters and half years,
remain to be seen.-Springfeld Republic
can.
DR.. II. G. Staples, the Hanover n. H.,
dentist, who attempted suicide December
25th, lodging bullet in his brain, was
taken to his fathers home in Hardwick, in
this state, the other day. He is rationa
most of the time. His eyeslght and articu
ation are affected. 1t is nearly impossible
to make himself understood The ball has
never been extracted.
A sympathetic but inqusitive young
man, who was visiting Il country prison
gently asked girl prisoner the cause o
her being in such place. "Oh," saiC
she, with contemptuous toss of her head
I" | stole II watermill, and got off safe, but
like fool, | went back after the stream
that turned it, and was arrested The
sympathetic young man left Immediately
The late pope left two wills. In tn,
first he leaves IN annual sum OF 100000
francs to his successor for the expenses o
the holy see. and an annual allowance fo
the attendants of the former pontifica
administration. In the second will tn
testator, speaking as II private person
makes his nephews his heirs. and leave
10000 francs 10 be distributed among tn
poor of Rome.
l do not want to 20 to the United State
senate. would not go if | were elected
If l have any political ambition at all,
is to be the first governor of Georgia I'm
der the rule of the new constitution.-B0
ToOnbs.
Whatever way the figures are turred tn
result shows most conclusively that licens
does not prohibit, but is only pretext 70
free liquor,an inducement to intemperanc
and sin. We can conceive how the rur
interests of the land can smoothly tai
license as II means of gaining their point
but it is beyond our power of imagnatio
to see how real temperance man can at
vocate it.-Southbridge Journal.
The veto should never be referred t
without special and honorable mention {
the southern democratic senators, Messrs
Bayard Of Delaware, Whyte of Maryland
: Butler Of North Carolina and Lamar c
Mississippi, who voted no. No member
either house made Il more signal vindica
ton of his manhood than Mr.. Lamar, VIII
voted against tho decided instructions c
! the legislature of his -Hartfor
COatrant.
THE TINE TO ADvERTISE.-A very SUI
cessful merchant in large New Englan
city once remarked to the writer: II n
ways advertise most when times are dul
s In busy seasons it is only necessary t
keep my name before the public; | al
sure to get my share of the spoulaneou
} traffic. But when business is light then
illuminate my broadsides of special bal
gains, and then is just the time when spe
> cial bargains are sought for.
Erening Post.
{ A most shocking tragedy is reporte
from Munroe county. I'll. Moriz Kaiser
Swiss farmer near Fisk Landing, age
, fifty, who has had difficulty in supportin
, his family and was to be turned ont {
home because he couldn't pay the rem
murdered his wife-an American woman
= aged twenly-five-and his six children
, ranging from two-months old girl to
ten-years-old boy, last Thursday night, an
then burned his house over his head-him
= self pershing in the flames.
L i. Montplaisir, one of the colore
jurors who convicted Returning Boar
Anderson at New Orleans. prints lette
reaflirming the statement that both tn
! colored jurors supposing that the recon
mendation to mercy would save the dc
, PENDANT from imprisonment. and saying
, Il have been free man all my life, an
have had the benefit of schooling as sucf
and. had been rightly posted as to til
verdict that | have agreed to, | woul
never have rendered such verdic
because it is against my heart and cor
: science
The veto message has been general
= discussed to-day, and the president ge
} unstlnted praise both for the matter nm
the manner of it. The general opinion {
t the friends of sound money is that III
j.. message will do good in Europe and sery
. to allay somewhat the alarm which III
: passage of the bill would be likely
Q create. There is no doubt, either, that Il
, uncourteous manner of the two houses
3 tho summary action on the veto has. O
, reflection, made many of those who loo
part in it ashamed,-Mr. NordhoF,