Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-29

Pa-iisansh;p aside. which has no bearing
On the question. il IS simple justice TO say
that from the president down 10 the lowest
chief Of = bureau in the cabinet, the present
administration i no. only clean-hsnd d
and capable. but proving by acts de-
termination 10 correct abuses and push
practical reforms as fas. IS circumstances
will permit.-Nsmpiis AuIldEehs.
A BuSGLIxG ESAcTNEST.-In the act
Of the last legislature fixing salaries. the
S;h section gives the superintendent OF the
house OF correction 1920 4 year and rent
and subsistence for himself and family
'-ou the premises Of the reform school.
or course the premises Of the house Of
correction were meant, but there are prob
ably several score Of fools in the state who
will lind fault with the auditor If be 50
inierprets the statutes. If Trip had only
known this. it would have afforded him 3
good reason for resigning. and saved some
Of his newspaper friends the trouble OF
depreciating the institution and the direc-
tors. for if he must 90 to Addison county
for lis rent ani subsistence, why not go
there and stay. jus; Is he has done:
Olive. leader of the Nebraska gang
which burned Mitchell and heichum st
the stake on the preiext that they were
cattle thieves. Is said 10 be the wealthiesl
man ever arrested in the United States for
deliberate murder. lie owns over 10000
head of cattle and vas; tracts of land. and
evidently considered himself above the
reach Of the law Olive aimed to revenge
the killing Of his brother BY Mitchell and
Kelchum, who acted in self.defense. They
were arrested in an adjoining county,
and Olive gave the sheriff 5000 to bring
them where they would be in his power.
While en- route he captured the prisoners
and. tying them 10 stakes. smesred them
with kerosene and then lighted it. Next
DAY their charred bodies wera found, snd
subsequently, Olive was arrested and plac-
ed in the Kearnev Junction Jail. from
which he has been removed TO Lincoln TO
deiea. the intention OF his friends 10 SCI.
him a. liberty.
There WAS 4 fire alarm in Bethel the
other night, and the people didn't know
what WAS the matter until they telegraph
ed 10 $. Adams aud found out. Perhaps
this needs little explanation. The night
express going north entered the village
with the engine whistle bowling in NOS;
hideous manner. The train moved up to
the new depot and stopped there and con-
tinued this alarming noise till the greater
pr; OF the male population were up and
hurTying to find the locality of the FIRE.
But no fire could be found, and the good
people returned 10 their homes and joyful
y composed themselves to sleep. When
morning dawned the mystery remained
unsolyed. Mr.. S.earns, the telegraph
operator. inquired a. S.. Adams the reason
Of the unusual whis:ling and received a
reply that fire VS. seen, and upon in.
curry abon: the village i; was aScer,ained
lha; lamp was tipped over at \. P. Hun
tons house and lighted some papers,
which the engineer saw rs ne passed the
house. The ire was soon plt ont and no
damage done.
THE CIPHER TELEGBAMS.-The mos;
sensational feature OF the cipher inyes,iga-
lion Moniay, was the following passage
from The testimony Of Mr.. Green, son OF
the president OF The western union compa.
ny. The witness remem bered the fact
ina. some dispatches were picked ont
before he thought the company had
received snbPleaas 10! The dispatches.
these dispatches were either sent TO MIR.
Whitney or Mr.. Orion. There were four
or nYe. ms correspondence was between
James NJ. Iyner and John W. Foster. and
related the witness thought, to the sale OF
go7ernmen. once. The price be did
not Ano" nor the ciace; Ills impression
WAS thai The subject Of The correspondence
was the SAFE Oh an Once within the govern
men. Tor cunsl1eTaIlon OF money which
was 10 be given toihe republican executive
committee. Whitney WAS recalled and
stated ih.t he I'D not remember receiving
The plA3le OF dispatches that passed be.
tween I5nec and Foster; he remembered
ina; lyner withdrew some dispatches from
the Nashington Office; did not recollect
Wlat TIE messages Te.N.ed 10 or 10 whom
tAeT were sent.
The Partisan s,,sori,ias av;lo,.,-
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-''',''''- s''e'' 4'-N''"s U! t'et'I lcl'S
costly experiment. and l's further con!inu'
ance is a concession 10 the pub,ic's liking.
and with ,r., vi.,r nj sr.e,,.',,;r- :r,rr.,-.o
has spen. $4,000 during the past SIX
months on the JoblochkoH variety of the