Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1878-11-20
Notes and Notions.

THE Republican majority in the New
York Assembly is greater than ever before
in the history of the party.
"THEgE is nothing that now stands in
the way of returning prosperity except the
next session of Congress-" So says the To
ledo Blade.
NORTH CAROLINA sends three Republi-
cans to the forty-sixth Congress, instead of
two the official returns showing that Martin
is elected over Yeates, the present incumb-
ent, in the first district by one hundred and
sixty majority.
Now let's not talk about Butler and
Kearney any more for little while. Give
them a rest. They are dead and buried,
and the public sentiment on tampering with
corpses is just at this time very alive
| Hartford Courdnt
Ben BUTLER informs New York Herald
reporter that he is satisfied with the result
in Massachusetts,. This completes the rec
ord on that subject. All the counties are
heard from, and nobody appears to be dis.
tsaisfed The cold world can stand it il
Ben can Washington Post.
THE Republican plurality in New York
state has got up to about thirty-fve thou
sand But the greenback vote of sixty
thousand was drawn so much more largely
from the democrats than the Republicans
that it would have been a very close thing
with no third party in the field.
THE Motif punch has now been in sue
cessful use for fourteen months in Virginia,
and it has raised revenue of S52,736 in
Richmond alone during that time. A COM
parison of figures however, shows such a
falling off in receipts from last year as sug-
gests growing evasion of the law.
II the democratic party had worked for
the country, instead of for mere party adj
vantage and success, it would have won
golden opinions from the independent voters
everywhere, and would not sit in desoation
to-day over its numerous and disheartening
defeats.-New York Journal Of Commerce.
STEPS have been taken to introduce the
Holly system for the wholesale distribution
Of steam in Chicago. A company has been
formed with three hundred thousand dollars
capital, and an ordinance put through the
city council granting franchise to lay pipes.
The company have mile of pipe ready to
be laid in ten days
THE claimants for damages from the Old
Colony Railroad Company on account of the
Wolaston accident have been nearly as
many as there were passengers in the train,
and the claimants have all said they were in
one of the first four cars. The number of
persons who have claimed TO be in the parlor
coach would fill four of them.
SINCE the election the democrats seem to
have abandoned the scheme of forcing the
President to call an extra session of the
next Congress by neglecting to pass the
appropriation bills. Indeed, it is announced
that the committee will meet in Washing.
ton on the twentieth instant and proceed at
once with the preparation of the regular bills.
WASHINGTON advices say it is stated UNI
officially that after January LIST next, it is
probable that the treasury department will
send to parties desiring it the standard
silver dollar in quantities of $1,000 and up
ward free of transportation in exchange for
like sums of greenbacks deposited with de-
positary banks. This will afford an easy
means of putting the silver dollar into cir
culation.