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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06
The Florida Method.

Dispatches received in Washington give
accounts Of the latest scheme Of the demo-
Gratis in Florida for the purpose Of carrying
the coming election. The democrats have
been so comparatively quiet for the past
few days as to lead to the belief among the
Republicans that they would be allowed to
conduct the campaign undisturbed, in which
case they had the strongest hopes Of carry.
ing both Congressional Districts Tn
South Carolina plan has become bold, aud
is being conducted 80 openly, that by con-
trast II seemed as If the Florida democrats
would submit to an honest election. The
real cause Of this apparently peaceful att-
tude is now disclosed. The plan is to purge
the registration lists OF sufficient number
of Republican names to give both Con-
gressional Districts to the democrats. This
plan is now being carried out in the strong
Republican counties by local boards OF
commissioners, who claim that the legis-
lature has vested them with authority TO
examine the registration lists and throw out
all names which, in their Judgment, should
not be there. The law was created last
winter, and it is now believed that it was
passed for the distinct purpose of defeating
fair election in Florida. 1t provides that
the county commissioners may strike off
from the voting lists the names of such
persons as have died or moved out of the
county. The democrats now declare that
by this law the legislature intended to
give them arbitrary power to correct the
lists as they saw fit. Working on this
principle, they are striking off the names OF
Republican voters in different counties OF
the state. In Leon county alone, they have
ST. uck off from the lists no less than two
thousand colored Republican voters. 1t is
little singular that these commissioners
found it necessary to strike off Republican
names only. Not democrat has lost hi,
vote through removal or death. To such
an extent has this been carried out, that it
is believed that the Florida plan has already
carried the state.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

The White House at Washington is to
be conducted on temperance principles the
coming winter, as it was last, and no wine
will be furnished except at the annual dip
lomatic dinner. Secretary Eyarts has the
management Of that dinner, and Mrs. Hayes
let's him arrange for it as he pleases, but she
aud the President will confne themselves TO
cold water even upon that occasion.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

A BOLD robbery occurred at Camden, N. j., on
the evening OF the Both ult. The house OF two
brothers named Bulson was entered while they
were absent The younger brother, aged sixty,
returned home about six O'Clock, when he was
SEIZED gagged and slowed away in a closet
About eight o'clock the other brother entered the
house. lie was seized and after a severe strug-
gle was finally overpowered and treated like his
brother The burglars then ransacked the house
tearing up the carpets, etc. After the burglars
left the brothers escaped from the closets by
breaking open the doors The extent OF the rob
berry is supposed to be nearly $4,000,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06
Silver Wedding.

On Thursday evening of Last week. II being the
twenty-ftth anniversary Of the marriage Of Mr.
and Mrs. r. NJ. Mcintosh, Of Mortified, the
friends Of that worthy couple surprised them
somewhat by gathering Mt their residence on
Central street, to the number Of nearly one hum
dred, accompanied by the Mortified Band. which
discoured sweet music and ate cake and drank
coffee by turns, for towards an hour and then
withdrew, with the hearty thanks Of all present
Then some valuable presents Of silver including
ice pitcher, cake basket, etc were tendered-the
presentation speech, impressive In Its manner,
being made by James N. johnson. Esq, and
briefly, but happily responded to by Mr Mcln-
tosh, who said just what needed to be said, and
no more Then some pleasant remarks by Rev.
Mr. Truax, their former pastor, and Rev. Mr.
Boutwell,, the present one; and also by Mr.
Hazen, pastor of the Congregational church. Then
followed n long and humorous poem by DR. Gil
bert, from which we are furnished some short
extracts Giving some historical account of Mr.
Mcintosh, he says:
=" lie came from Lympus-so records my Had
famous place, Of which you all have heard
Or possibly he might have come from Gilead.
really cant tell which. upon my word
For % In knowledge do the fates oft scrimp m,
I'm quite In doubt rwlSt Gead and Lympus"'
And farther on. when "Reuben" was taking
pictures in his itinerating car, such they used
to have. and had become interested in q "well
appearing girl" who came to patronize him,
he SAYS;
"'ris said-athough this universal trait
don't intend to make uni. indy structure on
That while he polished up the silver plate
That he expected soon to make her picture ON.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

HARDwicK-The Western fever has been
quite prevalent in this section this fall. Asahel
lall has gone 10 Kansas to visit friends and re,
he country. William II. Underwood, Clarenc,
Griffith John Nichols and Leroy Ford have gone
to that same - FL Dorado" with view Of locat-
ng and making themselves homes in that gardei
tate Of the West, where the Indian and buffal,
till roam along its western border Mrs Pheb
britain went with the party far as Lincoln III.
where she has daughter residing. Edwin
Cummings, residing in the southeast part of the
town, has sold his farm to Erastus G. Nichols OF
Wocott Price 81 600 Possession given Novembe
10th. Mr. Cummings returns TO East village, tt
MS old business, the manufacture of SASH door,
md blinds, and general job work in wood. .,
Ihe sidewalk " fever is Just now raging will
Indications OF an epidemic, unless winter come
IN soon to check the " dstemper." d. W. A
Brdgman has constructed a new fence and GOO,
idewalk along the front of his lot on Bridge
street, and last Saturday walk was graveled oi
the north side OF Church street, from the Tow
Hall to the west end OF that street We under
stand that when finished, plank is to cover mos
II this walk. We are glad TO see such energ,
displayed in a audable effort to keep out of til
mud" Mud time &" has before produced agita
ion but concerted action or very definite
suits. Mr.. d. Bridgman, Jr,, and Mrs Betsel
ellis were thrown from wagon near Mrs Ford,
residence below this village, on Thursday last, b,
the too sudden turning of the horse; happily mt
damage resulted except breaking the wagon. Th'
horse disengaged itself from the wagon and ran to
the village, where it was stopped. The tongue
II scandal, IL not Of calumny, has been busy re
Gently in our town and community, exposing u
Srecking character Those who have heretofoi,
stood high in pubic estimation and confidence
IRE seriously i'm plicated and compromised in
character, II but half the reports we hear are
true. Lovers of scandal we suppose are delighted
with the feast, but every honest and upright hear
should feel sense of shame and regret, whether
the stories are true or false; for the reason,
true, that such moral lepers have lived and en-
joyed our confidence without exposure 80 long
md II false, that we have among rs those willInt
TO give ear and tongue to every scandalous o
enseless report, especially II elfectng injury IL
those not enjoying their personal esteem. W.
continue to both hope and believe that thes'
scandalous reports have no better foundation than
jealousy and passion. Rev. Mr.. Wheeler, o.
Craftsbury is announced to be present and aid il
the quarterly services at our Methodist churc
next Saturday aud Sunday. Mrs. Wheeler will
give an address Sunday evening on the subject oil
,nfzg
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

AT Louisville on Saturday;in a trial Of speed
the famous four-year-old trottng mare, Maud S +,
made mile In the remarkable time of 217h
900 had been offered for the mare by party
supposed To represent William Vanderbilt, on
the condition that she beat 22o. The mare made
her half mile In LOG.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

SOUND DoCTRiNE.-The Mobile Register
is constantly putting forth sound views on
the financial question. The people down
South know by sad experience what fuctu-
ating currency means. Here is one of the
practical illustrations it gives to show how
workingmen are affected by imitation ." A
printer was paid in Charleston, before the
war, thirty-eight cents a thousand ems.
This was on gold basis. Toward the close
of the war he received for the same work
two dollars in confederate money, worth al
forty to one, precisely .fue cents. In thu
meantime butter for example, had risen in
price from thirty to thrty.five cents a pound
to four and five dollars. The printer re-
ceived six times as much graybacks for his
work, and paid twenty and twenty-foul
times as much for his butter. Did inha.
ton then pay the poor man ?" This con
federate money was wiped out in the SAINT
manner that continental scrip was. The
latter is the kind which Butler eulogizes
and he has the assurance to ask democrats
to endorse him and it,
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

A MAN was crushed by heavy wagon In Au-
rora, New, and left whiting in agony. His COM
panion, reasoning that he could not recover and
that it would be merciiul to end his suffering de-
iibemtey shot him through the heart.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

IN New York city real estate appears to be look
ing up. Prices are no better than they have been.
but number OF sales are reported, aud sale Of
unimproyed property at no matter what price,
generally means business.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

WHAT BREAKS IT.-Many watch-owners
have noticed the singular coincidence by
which watch, after having just left the
watch.repairer's hands, will suddenly stop,
the handspring swapping without apparent
cause. Some light on this point is given in
late number of the Matchmaker. When a
handspring is cleaned, most inexperienced
workmen, remarks this Journal will take
hold of one end and pull the spring about
half its length straight out, to save time--a
practice which will break springs when moth
ing else will aud springs treated thus gener-
ally break after the watch has been delivered
to the customer only few days. Breaking
into many pieces is owing to the acid in the
oil which is used. Thus, supposing the main
spring fine one, aud to have been evenly
tempered and properly cleaned-if, now, old
oil is used, or that of an inferior quality if
fresh, the acid it contains will eat into the
spring, and finally destroy its texture; the
coil nearest the centre breaks first, and as it
recoils it breaks every coil there is in the bar
rel, and sometimes each coil is broken twice,
the fact being that the spring has become so
impregnated with acid that it has no life left
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-06

DANIEL BOSWELL, young farmer of Plymouth,
committed suicide by hanging ON the 29th ult.
The stage driver from Woodstock to Rutland
reports snow two inches deep on the mountain
JENNIE HUBBARD was badly burned about the
head and face, ut Proctorsville the other morning
by falling upon hot stove.
EDWARD FusHY. Of Quechee, was thrown from
his carriage while at Mouth Hartland few days
ago, aud falling upon pickle, fence received Sc
we're bruises In the face
A TwELvE-year-od Brdgewater boy has killed
forty woodchucks with n rifle the past summer,
which is outdone by n Proetorsvlle titcen-year-
old, who has slain sixty-three red squirrels and
eleven gray ones
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BallimOre-September 30.-Cat

,BallimOre-September 30-Cat.
tie are sold at these figures live weight
Hogs are sold at net weight, that is 20
per cent generally off from live weight
Sheep are sold gross. that is live weight
or nothing of, ,ae'2}av4 s~s'{'
3 Beef CattfeAWe quote at S2@5 Ia
per 100 pounds. few selling at the lat
ter. =
.Milch Cows-The supply is full and
trade fair. We quote prices at S30@5(
90 per head, as to quality. s,,
Prices this week for Beef Cattle ranged
as follows; Best Beeves at 81 50@5 II;
that generally rated as first quality "a
4-57; medium or good fair quality 3@4
90; ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows
aga 90; general ayeragaof market this
week.; extreme range Of prices ga
5 L. Most Of The sales wers from
62@4 IL per 100 pounds.
Swine--We quote 5@6c per pound
net, few choice, selected out. at the
latter price. These quotations are a
shade OF from last week, when a triAe
over &c was obtained.
Sheep and L9hbs-The Eastern de.
mand has been confined chiefly to good
Sheep. We quote butcher Sheep at 81
@4Ac per pound, and stock Ewes at 2
5O@3 90 per head, and Wethers at 34@
4c per pound. Lambs at 4@5c per Ii
gross
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wA Young sea-serpent has been cap.
tured at Van Dieman's Land. The fol-
lowing is the description: The fish is
fourteen feet long, fifteen inches deep
from the neck to the belly, tapering two
inches to the tail, = and eight inches in
diameter at the thickest place. There
are no scales, but the skin is like polish
ed silver. with eighteen dark lines and
rows Of spots running from the head to
the tail each side There is name on
the neck twenty inches long, and con-
-tinues from the head to the tail; small
head, no teeth, protrusive mouth, capa'
BILE of being extended four inches, like
a sucker ;Seyes fat, about the size of 3
half.crown, and like silver, with black
pupils There are two feelers under the
chin, thirty y-two inches long. The fist
was alive when captured.
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g CAstBRiDaE DISTINGUISHES Round
A. H NoRcRoss, P. E.-Mt., Zion and
Morgan, October 113; Rich Hills and
Dancans Falls, October 90; Norwich
and Bethel, October 81; Cambridge and
Caldwell, November 8; Newport and
Brownsville, November 10; Freedom and
Senecaville, November IL; Summerdeld
and Stafford, December l.; Dexter City
and Salem, December 8; Beverly ant
Unionsills, December Is; Lynch ant
Lebanon, December %.
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Ranging Over Niagara. :

Heury Faxon. of Buffalo, never recovl
cred from alright that Btondin foolshly
gave him, his nervous system receiving q
lasting skock. SBlondin was abeat to
start on one Of his walks on a rope acros s
tie chasm below Niagara Falls. Faxon
stood laughing and jesting on the edge Of
the precipice overlooking the river lac
feet below. Blondin, motioniug to the
bSstsnders forsiteuce, seized Faxon uu.
der both armpits from behind, and held
lhim for . second ov two over the verge
Faxoa' coantea ance when Blohdin laid
hold OF him was irradisted with mirth
When Blondin drew him back and drop
ped him on the greens ward he sunk in q
heap, horror stricken. In the next in.
stant Blondin, grasping his heavy balanc.
ing pole, danced out on bis rope beyond
she preGpice. end, tafdiag to enjoy the
effect of bis maneuver. saiuted his eel.
lapsed friend with comical gesture.
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DVGeueral Porter does not seek res.
tofation to the army. He cannot afford
to take any rank to which he would be en-
titled by reversal Of his sentence. All
he asks,or aims as is q vindicationi OF his
character. He is unwilling that those
Who o'come after him should be- subjected
to the unjust repronch that they are the
descendants Of an officer who was false
to his country in a great crisis. 1t was
simply fair that he should have an oppor.
tunity to vindicate bis innocence, and un.
less the evidence produced on his side
caa be inyalidated. the stain which has
beenput upon him will be wiped out
New YorE Herald.
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aSwizerland is csrryine on a large I

Switzerland is csrrying on alarge con.
traband trade in petroleum and tobacco,
bought in tue United States and shipped
free through all the intervening custom
houses. The articles. once on the soil of
Wllism .Tsll are smaggled across the
neighboring frontiers. saTG 'a7lSaa' /
Under date December, I'LL, the Lon
don Magazine records: "There are let.
ters by the Grace, Capt. Chambers, which
is arrived, at Bristol from New York,
which gave an account that many for
eigners are arrived to settle as merchants
in that city on account of the great in
crease Of trade in that part OF the world.
The. same letters say that this city was
never 10. 80 fourishing condition, nor
was there ever so great a harmony sub
sisting among the inhabitants as at pres
ent There are now ten large merchant
ships upon the stocks ready to launch
and more to be Immediately built -
Nowadays with q populstion multiplied
by nearly fifty, New Yorf makes poorer
showing in the matter q shipbulding.
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-
~A pleasant little anecdote Of the
Crown Prince of Germany is told by
Mrs. Hooper. II was at the beginning
Of tie Franco Prussian war that the
King and Prince passed through Ham
burg on their way tothe field. "A young
American girl, staying with her parents
at one of the hotels, hung large Amer
ican flag from her balcony, and as the
royal couple passed waved an enthusi,
astic handkerchief. The King and bis
son looked up and bowed, and. like. The
courteous gentleman he. is, the Prince
summoned an aide de camp and gave an
order which was passed down the line
an order for each regiment as it went by
to salute the Stars and Stripes.
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Nevt vorh-oct A-Beeve

New YOrk-Oct 4i-Beeves-
Common to prime native steers z 44a9
so; a few extra at 9 75a1o 90; Texans
Cherokees and half breeds at 6 00a7 25
General sales of Te&ans and Cherokee
at6 50s6 Is. The exporters took abou,
log head of steers at 8 50a16. ss,
Sheep-Market slow for sheep at 3s
SC; but firm for lambs at 5s5ac per 10
Swine-Receipts 6,200 head Market
quiet and unchanged at 8 S7ta4 la4 per
100 lbs for ordinary to good live hogs
" ith sales Of 2 cars Of Ohio hogs at 4 l2t
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Assignee sSale Of Real Estate.
LEGAL NOTICE. 3

CHRISTIAN BRuNY, JR who Is . non-res
u idept Of the State of Ohio. and ssrssident
Of the state OF West Virginia, will rtake mo-
tice that on the 4th day Of September, A. D.;
1878 John Ruby and Christian Moser fled In
the court OF common pleas Of Monroe ooun-
ty, Ohio, their petition against him, the OBJ
Ject and prayer Of v hich, is TO obtain iudg.
nent against him for the amount Of prom
issory note aud interest, executed and de
liverei ia the said John Ruby and Christian
Moser, dated June IS 1878 due on demand
for the sum Of two hundred and twenty dol.
lars, with eight per cent interest; that an or.
der of attachment and notice to garnishee
has been issued.
You are required 10 answer said petition
on or before the 9tn day Of November, A. D
1878. PEARSON & DOHERTY,
septic 0,'7st7. Atpys fof Plaintiff.
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rrThe lstatement is made that th

s@The statement is made chat the
Indian Bureau has at last succeeded in
circumventing the contractors. 1t ap.
pears that whenthe contractors heard oi
the removal of the Red Cloud Agency
they put their heads together and agreed
not to go below-x certainE figure, to-wit
S42, 900, for making the removal. The
Commissioner ofInaian Affairs, however
considering this exorbitant, bought 10
OF Indian ponies and wagons and hiret
drivers, the whole cost of removal being
but $12, 900, with the ponies and wagons
yet belonging to the Government. 1t il
pheasant to know that the Governmen
does not always get the worst of a ba
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@GEeAS. FEBSy, Wholesale Desler,
No 1907 Main Street, Wheeling, is pre-
pared to furnish groceries, teas, tobac.
cos, cigsrs..cheeae, canned goods, and
other articles usually found in a frs,
class establishment SMr. F. is a square
dealer and deserves a share of the trade
of this and adjoining counties.
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Bogus Certificates.

1t is no vile, drugged stuff, pretending
to be made Of wonderful foreign roofs
barks, &C., and puffed up by long bogus
certificates of pretended miraculous
cures, but simple, pure, effective medi-
cine, made OF well known valuable rem.
edies, that furnishes its own certificate
by it's cures.s We refer TO Hop Bitters
the purest and best of medicines. See
"Truths" and Proverbs" in anothe,
column fr..s.T..Ss
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~WuKEss a BEAUL. of R

HWILxEss q BEAEl, Of Baltimore,
in their tobacco circular of tHe lst inst,
say ofthe prices to be paid for this years
crop:
''For good sound average crops OF
dark heavy brown and greenish tobacco,
81 so; light red and spangied crops, %
90; extra fine spangled and choice yell
low crops 90 50@4 co. Frosted and
unsouni tobacco shonld either be exclu-
ded from ell purchases or not more than
80 cents per 100 pounds shoald be paid y
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Arh Bsrnesyills E.4Tpri.s q q
opinion hat large purses for racing at
Fairs dos't pay The District Fair this
year, paid $500 in tSo consests Of speed,
tsoitise and pacing. and neither anoue'
ted TO much ofsrsce Hsas
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Ohio Supreme Court Decisions.

CoLuMBUs, Sept 2S-The Ohio Su-
preme Court to-day decided that under
the repeating clause Of the, amended
Code none Of the motions for leave to
file petitions III error, which were not de.
termined prior to September /, 1878, are
now. binding, and cannot, therefore be
considered by the Court. Such cases
may now ale their petitions without
lsaye.
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AT meeting of the Stockholders
of the Bellaire & Southwestern held in
the court house on the 18th. inst. joan
KERR was called to the chair, and T. o,
LITTLE appoined Secretary. "a
Astatement7of A the Subscriptions paid
on this division, money and labor, and
the expenditures was read.
A vote of tdsdks was extended to
Messrs. MooNEY and MoaRIs for the
manner in which they had discharged
their duties. iia' aes of tsauz as9 s7eis1 81
TO LITTLE, JAMES SMITH, MATTHEW
MOORE, P. SCHUMACHER, Jr, A. B. Co.
VERT, GEoReE NEFr and H B. Hill
were appointed to take charge Of the
proxies. and cast the vote sof thissdivis!
ion at the election for Directors to be
held in BeIlaire on the 9th inst.
FtsAfter 4is Transactions sof other sbusi
ness the meeting adjourned
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ewMr. SsBAsrtaN IA KnI1rY. VIII

RMr. SEBASTIAN G. KELLEY, who
was nominated by some unauthorixed
party as candidate on the Greenback
ticket desires Us to say that the nomin.
alton was made without his knowledge
or consent, that he peremptorily declines
it, and that he intends % vote the tegu'
lar Democratic ticket straight through
from end to end.
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T The meeting at Rinards' Mill, on
Friday evening was one of the largest
held in the county this campaign. 1t
was addressed by Messrs. JAMES Wat.
son, j JoHN B, DaIaas and JERE. VIII
LIAMS.
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