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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08
MASSACHUSETTS,
Il he GoyernorshIp.

Inc 1oNcEhSSshlD.
BUTLER DEFEATED.
Boston, New 5.-Two hundred and eight
towns. including all the cities, give Talbot
q majority over Butler of I6, $40, and Tai
bots election by a plurality of twenty
thousand is now conceded.
THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
W. A. Field (rep) is elected to Congress
from the third distric. by 800 majority :;
William Clatlin (rep) in the eighth; W.
W. Grape (rep) in the first: B. W. Harris
(rep) in the second: W. ". Rice ,rep) in
the rinth.
THE VOTE OF BOSTON.
IL, in detail, as follows: Talbot 2O,762,
Butler 25,2l4, Abbott ,663, Miner las.
BUFFERS OVERWHELMING DEFFAr-TALBor's
FINE Majority.
BosroN. Nov. C. Three hundred and
thirty-six towns give Talbot 1874 los, Butler
los. 32I, Abbott 9,SO3 Miner 1867. Talbot's
plurality over Butler 25,6s7, and Tabots
majority over all l4.Ol7. Talbot carries
every district in the state by handsome
majority, except the two Boston districts.
Eight towns to hear from will carry Tslbot's
plurality up to 26, eco over Rutler The re-
suit IN the sixth congressional district is in
doubt, but it is probable tina. Dr. Loring's
plurality is about 50.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

The bids for the sale of silver opened to-
day at the treasury department. Over
500 900 ounces were purchased, at prices
slightly below the London rate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08
ESADA.

SAN Francisco. Nov. 6.-Returns from
the Nevada election are meagre. The tickets
were much scratched. Probably the Repub-
licans elected the state ticket, while the
Democrats are likely to have majority in
the legislature which will re-elec. Senator
Jones. The congressman is in doubt
SAN Francisco, Cal, Nov. 6.-The proba-
bilities are that the republicans will con-
troll the Nevada legislature.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08
NEW JERSEY.

TRENTON, Nov. 6.--rhe assembly stands,
republicans 80. democrats -; republican
majority on joint ballot :.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

ONE Of the feeble defence4 sometime put
forth for Gen. Butler's jobbery is that he
has probably done 20 worse than other
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

\ .rE"Ni%ENI GreenLarkcr came To IL,
writer i.w days since. desirous that Ii,
should find him It buyer lor his fine farm
located not many miles from Quincy But
before the terms Were all understood. lac ad
drd, 'nn!'.5 can get certain farm am
thlnntHg hunut. or I,-Inv,st Immediately N
some other farm, do not wish to sell And
upon bong asked why, provided he could get
ms pfir', has answer WAS, that be was
alra;d II tln5 tiocnhIrk raIty got into power
the money be would got would not he worth
much Il .n5 IL wise outlook. and a comics
EI"n which many ct the GTocnhlckors would
make If the shoe were on the otter foot go
Dt,rly b,i.H
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

We are always glad to put on permanent
record any part Of the history Of the Yer
mont troops, in the war for the MON we
give with pleasure, to-day, fresh install
ment of that history, in the paper read by
Lieutenant Wheeler at the late reunion Of
the First Vermont Cavalry OF the event
iul history Of that regiment, full Of interest
as it l., bat small portion has get been
written. We trust the time j, rot far dis
tant when State historian viii be gather
ing up and rcscuing from oblivion the seat
tered chapter relating to that and all the
other Vermont Organizations, now existing
to large extent only in the memorandum
book and memories Jf the particigators in
the scenes to be narrated. Many other
Stres have their histories Of the Share they
took in Etle,rrelt s;rugcle-and they are
valued BIS their citizens at a value fan beyond
their cost. Vermont, with a record second
to that Of no other State in proportion to her
means and population, has done nothing yet.
as State, in this direction. The Vermont
ers Of coming generations will not hold our
lawmakers blameles-, If they do not take
measures to sccaro the complete history Of
Vermont in the war against the great rebel
lion now, while it can be done Il never
will be done By individual enterprise. The
State must Do it, and the sooner the better.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08


TINS result: Of Tuesdays elections, may be
briefly summed up as follows In New York
the Republicans have gained seven Congress
men and have elected their candidate for the
Court of Appeals by about 1900 majority
Pennsylvania has been carried by the Re
pubicans by plurality estimated at p 900
or 30,0o0. The Legislature is strongly Re
publican. Massachusetts elects Republi-
can Governor by majority of something
like 10000, and chooses 4 solid Republican
Congressional delegation with the exception
o! one district, which is the same one that is
now represented by a Democrat In Con-
necticut the Republican candidate has
plurality but not majority, and there is no
election for Governor by the people. The
Legislature, however, is Republican by an
increased majority, which secures Re
publican successor to Senator Barnum and
a Republican Governor. Two Republican
congressman have been gained One Repab-
lican Congressman is gained in New Jersey.
la New Hampshire, the result is exceeding
ly gratifying. A Republican Governor is
elected, the three Congressman arc Republi-
cans "a gain of one) and the Legislature is
Republican, securing a Republican United
States Senator. In the West, the Green
back party rollcl a surprisingly light vote
Michigan, which was expected to elect at
least :wo Greenbackers, sends a solid Re-
publican Congressional delegation. The South
is solilly Democratic, with a few possible
exceptions. In the next Congress, the Demo-
crlts will probably have majority Of thirty
in the House and eight in the Senate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

Nothing is resolved from Nevada to
change tho previous estimates. The re-
publicans have undoubtedly elected all
their stat9 ticket and will have majority
in the legislature on joint ballo. of about Is.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08
OVER THE :.Eni.

The Port Henry iron interes. has taken a
buOyant turn, the Cedar Point iron com
pany having received contract for all the
bessemer pig that they can produce in their
furnaces from now till next june.
| Smith Berry, about IS years OF age. COM
mltted suicide at MOOers by cutting his
throat and stabhing himself twice in tho
| side.
VIZ. Graham, an extensive lumber manu-
iacturer of Altoona, fled to Canada on the
23i ult., leaving in the banks Of Platts-
burgh and Malone about 5000 in notes
bearing forged endorsements. lie was also
heavily in debt. and borrowed considerable
money from individuals Just before leaving,
en- his personal checks Mr.. Graham was
prominent member OF the Methodist
church in that town, and a superintendent
OF the SIbbath-schoOl. lie has lost con
siderable mill property by fire within tho
past two years, and his store WAS harmed
lew weeks ago. Since his forseries became
known suspicious have become rifo that he
WAS the cause OF these fires, rs the burned
property was all heavily Insured Rum is
AT the bottom OF all the trouble
Capt. Joel Rugar, who has sailed on Lake
Champlaln from bOyhoOd. died ut Platts-
burgh on Tuesday. aged & years.
PLATrsBURGu. - The WItherell House
changes prcprietOrs. next month, A NJ.
Warner, late conductor on the New York
and Canada Railroad. having purchased
the two years lease of ID. Mcbride.
Part of the machinery for the S4rauac
Horse Shoe factory has arrived from Yer
gcnnes. and has been placed in urier. Ths
nave built barn south IF the
factory. which is at present used as a coal
house The engine house is having a new
root of tin.
Miss Britain. who has been for many
years as missionary in India, delivered
series OF lectures here. last week. on Mission
Work and Life and Experiences Outside.
Miss Britain IL the guest OF Mrs VI Platt.
has visited our village before. and her il
erestlng lectures place wildly before rs the
suHerlngs OF the people among whom she
mas been laboring.
Revival meetings at the Methodist church
rave been continued this week.
The pulpit of the First Prssbyteri,,
hurch IL at present Supplied by the E.y
lr. Waugh.
The first OF series IF dancing parties 20
ie continued through the Winter, was held
t the Fouquet House, last "Wednesday
vening
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

AMONG the many gratifying results Of the
November elections, not one is more 50 than
the defeat of Ben Butler. Somehow the
grand feat of riding the three horses of De
mocracy, Greenblcki>m and Republicanism,
a, one time, does not command the admira-
ton III the old Bay State that it does il some
other quarters. The hard money Democracy
OF Massachusetts,, especially, refused to be
captured by Buffers money, professions or
promises. They have showed that they
much preferred an honest, hard-money Re
publican to tricky, selfish, insincere
Observation-Disclosures Democrat dcmagogue
and they are to be respected for their
choice. General Ben's race is run in Mas
saehusetts. lie will have to come to Yer
mont, if he expects to DO anything in the
future.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-08

Asahel DemiDg and his wife, of West
Berkshire. celebrated their golden wedding
recently.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16

THE M,UCH CHUNK MIRACLE-Arch-
bishop Wood, of Philadelphia, compelled
Father IIcnan, whose name has been So con
spicuously connected with the socalcd Mauch
Chunk miracle, To read from his altar last sun
day Il letter IN which the Archbishop charac-
ierizcs the whole affair rs "delusion and a
pious fraud" and says that without inquirng
gs 10 the extent to which other. participated
IN this lameniablc folly, he desires Ia mark the
whole proceeding and the principal actor, in
1t with his distinct and unqualified di,appro.
baton and condemnation, and 10 say that a
repetition or anything of the sort in his dio-
cesc will be visited by the Seyercst cenSurc au
ihorzed by the laws of the church II seem,
20 BE- the general verdict that Father Holman
vas viciimized by bold, bad woman
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16
From WaIthan.
WALTHAM, Feb. IA, 1878.

WMTHAM Feb. A. 1878.
We still have little weather here to remind
us that this is a remarkably open winter, and
the farmers are predicting late spring.
An oyster supper at the church few even
ings since was a very pleasant affair as well As
a financial success
The big head, known as the mumps, is the
popular disease out here at present.
The theatrical entertainment, intended to be
given by the literary society ON Friday evening
of this week, is postponed until some future
date.
Mr. Frank wilkins, of Dimmick, made us
pleasant call the other day. He informs Us
that his father has sold his fine residence and
home to Mr. Elijah Dimmick, and Will sell at
nuhlic auction ON Tuesday, Feb. 26, lot OF
horses and cattle and other personal property.
Mr. VIM. Culbertson gave large party at
his residence in Dimmick on last Tuesday
evening, which was largely attended by his
many Young friends, who danced until the 'we
sma' hours ayant the twal' called them to the
duties of another day. 1t was the social event
of the season. The music, which was excel
| lent, was furnished by the Gilmore boys
Miss Ives, who has been laborng under Il
painful illness for some time, is now better,
and hopes are entertained of her recovery.
DR.. Houtz, of Homer, has gone to practicinS
again, but does not intend to make a business
of it.
Mr.. Peter Shrader is the happiest man III
Waltham, and all because it's boy.
\ very pleasant evening was spent few
niohts since at the residence of Mr.. ). ID. Gray
by number of his young friends Miss Eliza
Barr rendered some singing which helped to
drive the hours pleasantly.
Candidates are beginning to loom up for the
sprnr elections We nominate Mr.. John Car
lin for the office of collector.
Valentine stock is fiuctuating. We wish no
more sent unless accompanied by the sender,s
name, so that we can place them on file ana
return thanks.
Mr.. Will Jones has bid farewell 10 his many
friends and taken his departure for Nebraska.
He is accompanied by George Brewster, of In
diana who also expects to make that his home.
May success 20 with the boys.
Miss Celia Weston, formerly of this place,
but now of Seneca, is in town enjoying the
hospitality of her many friends.
Rev. Chas Dunlap will define the future
punishment question tomorrow AZ the church
Everybody invited
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16

We observe by the decision Published in las
state has reversed the decision Of the Whine
bago court by which Story, of the Times, was
mulcted in $4,000 damages in SANDER suit
brought against him by Miss Early of Rock
ford. The decision of the circuit court is re-
yerscd Oh the ground that it had refused to ad.
nit evidence lin mitigation of damages) that
Storey could not have been influenced by any
actual malice in making the publication com
planned of. The decision, in this light, is OF
some importance. II is certainly a Coming
down" from some former decisions of the same
court under the absurd Illinois libel laws, that
the question of malice can cut no figure in the
case
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16

Ia SALE COUNTY JNr.-Whilc IN Ottawa
recently, we had the pleasure oftaking walk
through the above institution, with Deputy
sheriff Stevens rs our guide. 1t was a good
Jail forty years ago, but at the present time is
ANYTHING but an honor TO the great county OF
La Sale Itis an outrage upon even criminal,
70 he placed in such a hole. La Sale county
should have new court house, as well Is a
new iail. and when the people are once more
upon "A sound financial footing, such an I'M.
dartaking should be agitated. The county is
large. and the expense upon each locality
would he quite small. When at the county
seat look through the institution that deals
out Justice, and the abode for criminals, and
sec If YOU don't become convinced that tins
county needs new one.->trsdtor HoHityr.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16
BLAINE,

! Blaine's speech in the |. S. Senate on tho
silver bill last week was something of Il sur
prise to the eastern Shylocks. Instead of AZ
gulng against reconciliation, he took NOR,
advanced position on the other side than an,
silver advocate had yet taken, declaring boldly
that the law of 1873 dcmonetizing silver wa,
unconstitutional. He said:
believe gold and silver coin to be the
money of the Consttution-indccd, the money
of the American people anterior to the COnsti
tuition, which that great organic law recOgniz
ed as quite independent of its own existence
No power was conferred on Congress To dc
clare that either metal should not be money
Congress has therefore, in my judgment, NJ
power to dcmonetize silver any more than I,
dcmonctize gold; no power to dcmonetizC
either any more than to demonetiZe both. In
this statement am hut repeating the wcighty
dctum of the first constitutional lawyers. 81
am certainly of opinion" said Mr.. Webster
that gold and silver at rates fixed by Con
gresS, constitute the legal standard of value in
tins country, and that neither Congress nOl
any State has authority 10 establish any Other
standard or To displacc this standard" Few
persons can be found, | apprchend, who will
maintain that Congress possesses the power IL
dcmOnctlzc both gold and silver or that Con
gress could be justified in refusing To provide
for the coinage of both, and vet in logic and
legal construction it would be difficult to show
where and why the power of Congress over
silver is greater than over gold-greatcr over
either than over the two. IT, therefore, silver
has been dcmOnctized | am IN favor of remon-
ctizing il. Ii its coinage has been prohibited
| am in favor ordering ii Ia be resumed If it
has been restricted am in favor of having il
enlarged.
But Blaine, after starting thus bravcly ON
the right side rclapscd into the shallowcst
prclcnsc of the ShylockS that the silver dollar
of il2i grains was worth but ~ cents, and
therefore in place OF it, a new dollar of i2j
grains standard should be- coined lIcpaid no
attention whatever To the position main
tanned hy the friends Of silver that It's
reconciliation must necessarily have the
effect Ia raise it, value from g2 per cent. 10 a
par with gold: though in another part of his
speech, where he advocated a sort OF congress
Of nations on the subject, he admitted that our
standard of ~ of silver To Of gold was too
high ami that the standard of Europe of l5I,
Ia Wa, the proper standard and ought To be
adopted 10y all and tha; standard, he well
knows, would make the American dollar of
il2i grains wuuh-ls Il actually was up IN
ls'3-2 or cents per cent more ,nan the
American Gold dollar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16

Reading only the subsidized press of New
York city one would get the idea that the
grecnbackcrs and silver monctizcrs all lived in
the west, and that east of Ohio the people wcrC
about unanimously in favor of the single gold
standard. Such an assumption, however, is
strangely inconsistent with current facts EleC
tons were held in sundry localities in New
York last Monday, and the result comes in dis
patches like the following:
CORNING, n. Y, Feb 1.-THE new Green
back laborreform party elected its entire town
ticket by 600 average majority over the demo.
cratic and republican fusion ticket.
ELMrKA, \. V, Feb 12.-lndications from
the town meetings in Chemung county held
today, are that the grccnbackers have elected
p majority of their candidates for supervisors.
"Greenbackcrs" in the above localities stands
simply for SILVER monc,izers" or anti. gold de.
lusionists. The Shylocks may he able 10 buy
up the biz newspapers at the east, but they
can't buy the people
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16
Foreign News.

dropped.

There has been no Roadway made during the
week towards getting together the proposed
European conference to re-settle the everlasting
Eastern question. 1t is understood that Aus
tria has suggested the Goth inst. as the time OF
meeting, and Russia proposes Geneva or Lau
sadnc as the place, but nothing on the subject
is settled
There Is no doubt that England did, about q
week ago, pluck up courage to order Admiral
Hornbv, IN command of the Mediterranean
fleet. to proceed from Besika bay to CONSTANT
nopc after the sultan had refused TO issue Z
tirman giving the fleet permission 20 enter tho
Dardanclle. The fleet, including six iron
clatls, entered the Dardanelles at daybreak on
Wednesday morning, and on Thursday anchor
ed in sight of Constantinople The Turkish
batteries along the straits were not ordered te
fire on il, the sultan cOntcnting himself with {
mild protest.
The moral force of the step, however, was
greatly weakened by the declaration of Lord
Derby in the House of Lords on Tuesday that
the sole object Of sending the fleet to Constan
tHoplc was 10 protect British subjects in case
of an outbreak there; whereas the anti-l'us
slams in England insist that the object Is topro
tcct all legitimate British interests in ConStan.
tinople and the straits, and really means a
menace Ia Russia The 81. Petersburg papers
however, seize on Derby'S explanation and say
to that extent the action of England is cntircly
consistent with her neutrality, and Russia in
the same light is justified in occupying the
city with her troops to protect christians gen.
orally; and orders have been issued according
" for a portion of the Russian army to enter
and occupy the city But the advocates of
peace in England look with great dread on this
bringing the English fleet and Russian guns
within shooting distance OF each other.
Russia i, not only thus in danger OF cmbroil-
mcnt with England, hut by announcing her
purpose to take Bessayabia from Rcumania
has offended that principally, and 10y propos-
inc To give Roumania the DobrudsCha, thus
closing the mouths Of the Danube To Austria,
has driven the latter TO modelling her army.
There i no doubt that close alliance between
England and Austria against Russia would be
easily practicable if they had more Interests IN
the Eastern question in common.
Italy and France, that hal also asked per
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16
General Foreign News.

ITAIY-Cardnals Billo, Pecci and Di Pie
tro govern the church pending the election of
pontii,
The remains of the pope lie in state in the
Sistinc chapel until the 10th, after which they
are to be taken to st. Peters where the funeral
ceremonies will close on the 18th.
1t has been decided definitely to hold the
conclave for the election of successor to Plus
IN. at Rome, and that the first meeting is to
take place on the 18th Immediately after the
intermcnt of the pope. Most of the cardinals
are already present and are said to be divided
into three parties, with reference to the church's
relation to the present government of Italy
1) the irreConciables, headed by Manning,
insisting on ignoring the present government
and claiming the restoration of the papal tenn
poralltes; (2) the advocates of Il compromise
with King IIumbert; and (3) the advocates Of
the Stata qto
There were found in the late popes desk Il
package, supposed to be his will, directed to
his successor; also S450,000 IN cash The late
popc's wealth in addition is said to amount to
about S24000,000 which is mostly in the hands
of the Paris Rothschilds
ENGLAND-$210,0 900 in gold were with
drawn from the Bank of England on Monday
for shipment to Amcrica.--Charles Bradlaugh
and Mrs. Besant, the free-thought advocates,
who had been imprisoned for circulating i'm
moral books, have been relcased.-1200 Wigan
wcavers are about to strike. The strike of the
Northumberland miners is ended.-The open
ing of the Black Sea ports for the free ship
ment of grain has greatly weakened the Eng
fish market and decline is already reported.
Indeed ten grain firms at Belfast, Ireland have
failed
RussIA.-While the Russian Car is tri-
umphant over his foreign enemy, he finds
much cause for uneasiness in the attitude Of
an internal enemy in the shape of a widespread
secret combination of communists. num-
Der were arrested at Odessa on Monday, but
not until after hard struggle with the police
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-02-16
CHICAGO FINANCES.

Under the new constitution of Illinois a
limit is put upon the Indebtedness which any
town, county or city can incur. and Chicago
having long ago reachcy that limit and being
behind in its finances, was in the habit of is.
suing certificates or orders" in anticipation OF
the collection of the revenue for the current
year. But now the supreme court decides that
these certificates are illegal and void and their
future issue must be stopped. There are near
" enough of them out now To eat up the rev.
cnuc for the current year up To next winter,
and Il, no new ones can he issued the city Is
virtually without money or means of getting
any Ia carry on lis government The only
available revenue for the year i about SiOO,.
600 from liquor licenses which won't be
enough to pay the city officers, who, of course
have the first grab on the treasury. The pros
pcct i, that mos; Of the police must he dismiss
ed. the schools CLOSED and street improvement
generally stopped