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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31
Ar New York. Tuesday. the Sub-COm

Ar New York, Tuesday, the Sub-Com-
mittee of the House Judiciary Committee
commenced the investigation of the charges
against commissioner John |. Davenport OF
malfeasance in office and Irregularities in
the late election. Mr.. Frye thought the in
vestigation should be confined to Mr.. Dayen-
ports actions as supervisor, claiming that
the committee had nothing to do with him
as United States commissioner but other
members of the committee took different
views, and the inquiry will therefore take
the broadcast ground.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31
PUBLISHED BY
T..m.--sa.o . year, .Iw.y. In advance.

AWAsHISGroN despatch to the New York
World says that Judge Blatchford, of New
York, and Senator Eimunds are mentioned
for Judge Hunts seat on the supreme bench.
The former prefers his present place, it is
said
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31
News by Telegraph.
VERMONT NEWS.
FoRGER AND BURGLAR ARRESTED

FORGER AND BURGLAK AKhhsTED.
RUTLAND, VT, Jan. 26.-Frsnk Marsh, Of
Brandon, was arrested here on Saturday
night for passing forged checks and for
burglary. He broke into and robbed the
bookstore of j. B. Kelley 10 Brandon,
few nights ago and there Is but little doubt
that he is the burglar who broke into futile
& Co. S store, Rutland, the night before
Thanksgiving and stole over $500 worth of
gold pens and holders.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

A SAD SroRY-The Troy Press tells the
following sad story OF poverty and suffer-
ing: John S1uie, man about As years of
age, with his wife and four children, resided
in Plattsburgh Soule was thrown out Of
employment last Fall. and having no re-
sources, the family suffered for many OF the
necessarics of life. The wife had heard of
CJhOes, and became impressed with the
idea that if they could but reach that city
she and the children could secure employ
ment in the mills and thus earn a cOmforta-
bic livelihood. The matter was discussed
often and at last SJule determined to start
and if possible make arrangements for his
family. With the utmost difficulty the sum
of s.. 10 was raised on which to commence
the Journey. At Whitehall, his money gave
out, and from there the poor fellow tramp
ed, hungry, weary and frozen, getting on
as best he might day by day until last Sun
day he reached Cohoes exhausted and ter
ribly frozen. lie was taken sick at the sta
ton house and an examination revealed the
fact that the frozen limbs of the man had
been So long neglected that modification
had commenced its work and immediate
amputati0n was necessary. The poor fell
low was taken to the hospital at Albany,
and later he died. Benevolent people have
interested themselves in the case. and the
wife and chiliren of the unlortuna tie man
will be brought to COhocs and employment
furnished them This is sad story Of des-
tltution and suffering; but there are, We
fear, many such that lever reach the ears Of
the public.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

FOREIGN correspondents report that the
Winter season so far has been unusually Sc
we're throughout Europe. 1t has raincd or
showed literally more than half the time, in
Paris, ever since tie elise of the Exhibition,
and similar condition Of affairs has pre-
vailed all over the CJntinelt. The whole
face Of the earth, COZ sequently, is soaked
and bloated, and immense tracts Of lowland
are covered with water, while the rivers are
in state of chronic oycrnJw. The Seine.
the Loire end the other rivers of France are
higher, and their currents are more rand
and turbulent than At any time during the
past eight or ten year.. Mitigation upin
them Is very difficult and hazard,us and
fatal accidJ nts among the boatmcn and
riverside residents are chronicled daily in
TIE journals. Tie agricultural interests in
thu 'oslands have saif rel terribly. and
pubic subscriptions for the sufferers are an
nouncei. In SwitzcrlAuj, owing to the
severity Of the weather, the forests Of the
Bernese Jura are infested with droyes of
wild bears, which are sometimes 50 many in
number as to defy attack. The farms arc
frequently oTerrun by wo.yes, and hundreds
Of chamois have descended into the valleys in
search Of food. This shows not only the
unusual character Of the season. but also
that 1t is possible for wild animals of this
description to hold their own in a densely
populated country, though hunted for many
centuries,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

The miners employed by the Reading
Railroad Company, in communication to
its officers, demand the payment of their
wages in the lawful money Of the United
States, and threaten if such payment is not
made on or before Feb, lG they will refuse
TO work thereafter
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

New YORK SOLDIERS Hons The formal
opening Of the New York State Soldiers
and Sailors Home, at Bath, took place
last Thursday. The corner stone Of the in
sti,ituOn was Ia d on June 18th. 1877. by
the Grand Army of the Republic. which
transferred the Home TO the State last
Winter. About 5000 people we're present.
General Henry W. Slocum, Of Brooklyn,
president of the Board of Trustees. presi-
del. and delivered an address. lie reviewed
the history OF the Home, showing the neces-
sity for its establishment, notwithstanding
the existence of National homes. General
W. F. Rogers, Of Buffalo, followed, and
spoke of the connection Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic with the Home. The
Hon. William p. Letchworth. president of
the State Beard Of Charities. gave statis-
ties concerning Soldiers Homes. He said
that thus far this Home had cost 500, 900.
Addresses were also made by John +.
Henry, Of Brooklyn. and l.. e. Young, of
BinghamtOn. The uome already contains
seyenty-six inmates.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

Is presenting, on Friday, in the Senate
some petitions of citizens Of Vermont. in
favor Of the pension arrearages bill (Which
were laid on the table, the bill having passed
the Senate), Mr.. Morrill, is reported to have
said that in his opinion many persons who
signed the petition would not have done 50
if they bad known of the amount involved :,
and that he should have hesitated to vote
for tie bill had he known Of the large
amount required to pay the arrearages Mr.
COnklng, Of New York asked, What is that
amount? to which Mr.. Morrill, replied that
be understood the Commissioner now esti-
mated it would be about $50, 600 600 That
bill requiring such an immense draft on the
treasury should have become law, without
sufficient inquiry to elicit the amount in
yolved, cannot be considered credtable to
the guardians Of the public purse.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31
STATE NEWS.

The narrow gauge railroad is to enter
BrattlobOro by the Valley roads track, and
rent OF 5000 year for the first ten years
is to be paid.
Rutland boasts rat pit and cooking
main.
Rev. e. Ii. Huntington closed the term
Tor which he was engaged by the CJngre-
gationsl chu-ch, at johnson, last Sunday,
and it is understood that he contemplateI
returning West. next March
The Vermont Historical Society is the re-
cipient of handsome donation from DR..
John NJ Currier. OF Castleton, consisting Of
one hundred and thirty volumes upon
natural history and the sciences, being the
publications of scientific and natural his
tory societies in France and Germany.
The Swanton Courier reports that a
French girl. aged l6 years, eloped with q
Freedman of 49, from that village, on the
night Of the 2lst.
Warren has had quite revival of religion
eighteen persons having been baptized and
jJIEed the church.
The whole number of births in the Rut-
land graded school district in 1873 was III,
and deaths. 81. The Oldest person who
died was aged over one hundred years.
The old war horse of the late Gen David
a. Russell, died in Rupert, recently, at the
stables If Rev. DIR. Lambert, where be had
been kept for the last few years. lie was
the same horse from which Gen. Russell
tell at the battle of Opequan.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31


That Mr.. Conklng should have absolute
ly no rival for the supreme honors OF bis
party in the Empire State, is fact which
suggests an extraordinary state of affairs in
that party. lie has not been a subject of
unqualified eulogy. The Times has lectured
him and criticized him The TriJuae has
opposed him. The independent Republican
newspapers Of New York State are luke
warm or unfriendy toward him. Outside
OF his State the most influential journals of
his party rarely refer to him in terms of
praise. lie has bitter ieud with the Re-
publican Administration and asks for no
odds in his controversy with it, OF course
be is man Of marked, perhaps brilliant,
ability; but brilliant powers hardly furnish
the explanation of the phenomenon. His
unanimous nomination and election by his
party shows the strength of the party ma
chine in the State Of New York the dearth
Of Republican leaders in that State, and the
somewhat surprising weakness of the Ad-
ministration "a political power.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31
THE APPROPRIATION BILLS.

The House committee on appropriations
have reported all general appropriation
bills with the exception of the sundry civil
and deficiency bill. The former will involve
an appropriation of 5000, O0O, 900, and the
latter 1920, 900. 900. The river and harbor
bill is still under consideration of the sub
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-01-31

THE BELT OF PFRIL-2,000 TONS OF SNOW IN
BRoADwAY-PETER COPER's LIBEL SUIT
HEAVY CoUNTERrEITING-ENNo Ex-
HIBITIoNs.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
Daniel EOone's Snake.

The Cincinnati Commercial ISM the
couuti'ys principal reservoir Of snake
stories. It's issue Of Friday contains q
dozen or more, among which there is
one Of peculiar merit. The narrator
tells how he was engaged in blasting
With cuupowder some large and tough
logs. From one of The logs thus split
open crawled an enormous serpent,
which was easily killed. The man who
tells the story continues from this point
us follows: "On stretching it out |
found it to be 81 feet and two inches in
length, and the thickest part of it's body
measured 20 inches in circumference. 1t
was different species of serpent from
any | had ever seen before. Its tail
was armed with sharp-pointed and
curved horn; its body was variegated
with alternate brown and dirty yellow
stripes, and on close examination ! dis
covered that it had been totally blind,
its eve seeming to have turned into q
rehectionless, hard, boue-likc substance.
This explained its undecided, hesitating
movements when it first came from the
log. A strange crease appeared about
the neck, just back Of the head, which
found TO be caused by a stout thong o.
leather, about which the flesh Of the
serpent had grown, until it was sunk
almost out of view. Cutting this thong
and removing it, found attached to its
under side copper plate which mad been
heretofore hidden by the body Of the
snake, and on one side of which was
scratched ID. Boone, April 10, l779.'
| split the log in two, and near the
end of the hollow ] found where there
had once been an opening, but long
years ago it had been closed up with a
plug made of oak wood, about and over
which the maple had grown until it was
almost concealed. The dead appearance
of the small portion visible of the oak
plug was all that called my attention to
its existence. My theory of the matter
is this: Daniel Boone, many years ago.
probably on the date recorded upon this
piece of copper, caught the snake, then
young and small, fastened the copper
plate about its neck. and then impris
oned it within the hollow of the tree by
means of the oak plug, where his snake
ship had remained until the day | de
livered him to the free air and sunlight
again"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
Unjust Convictions.

Some thirty years ago a most painful
feeling WAS caused in London by the
discovery that an attorney named Bar
Der. convicted of forgery, was beyond
all question entirely innocent Of the
crime. The sentiment evoked was
heightened by the fact that Barber a
man of education and rotinment, had
either by chance, or from the spite of q
su5-o1cer, been detailed in Van Die
mans Land, to The most disgusting
duties connected with the prison depot
The Government gave him such compen-
sation as it could, just as it did in the
case of the man whom the testimony OF
the murderer, Peace, on the scafiold, ac
quilted last Spring. And now another
very curious case of similar complex
ion has been occupying the attention OF
the house. Forty-four years ago Ed
mund Galley was condemned to the gal
lows as accessory to a murder commit
ted by one Oliver Oliver, when con
convicted. emphatically denied
any such completely, and Galley,
rospi,ed during further inquiry, was III
timatcly transported. The matter
preycd on the mind OF one of the jurors,
who was convinced Of his innocence
and who lately renewed his efforts on
Gahey's behalf. This might have had
little or 10 result but for the fact that
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn was in
Court ut the time Of the trial, and re-
ceivcd very strong impression In Gal
leys favor. Consequently, when his
memory was logged; the Lord Chief
Justice appealed to the Home Secretary
On Galley's behalf, and subsequently,
Sir Fardly Wilmot, supported by Sir
Lawrence Polk, whose father was land
lord OF the murdered man, prayed for
free pardon. The Home Secretary said
that the matter has been reinvestigated
once OF twice before during the lifetime
of the presiding judge, who had repeat
eddy given his opinion that the weight
Of evidence was in favor of the verdict.
Ii the house undertook, after two or
three hours debate, without evidence,
to reverse o decision of this kind, a
blow would be struck at the administra-
ton of criminal justice. 1t was then
proposed to meet the difficulty by sub
stituting prayer for Galley release, on
the plea that there was sufficient doubt
as to his guilt to justify pardon. This
the Home Secretary agreed to.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
Locomotives Speed.
l,lIleSs.

Glow fast do YOU think we are trav-
clng? Charley Fraser, ole Of the old
est engineers of the New York, Lake
Erie and Y cstcrn railway, asked q Sun
reporter, as they were standing together
on the foot-boari OF locomotive 800,
rushing over the meadows toward Ruth
erford Park.
81 should think we were going nearly
q mile II minute"
"A mile minute !" said Fraser. 81
doubt if Won ever rode Il mile minute.
Few locomotives have driving wheels
over five feet, and have my doubts if
tive-foot wheeler can be pushed a mile
minute People have very errone-
GUS idea of the speed of railroad trains.
We are not going now more than thirty
five miles an hour and this is very fast.
Few trains make this speed. The pas
sengers Il the cars would think we We're
going a mile q minute sure if | was to
pull out the throttle SO as to send her
forty miles an hour The express trains
make no such time as the local trains.
Where we lose is with so many stops.
No man could stand on a platform car
and face the wind going mile a min
ute and live. The breath would actual
" be blown out of his body. You
couldn't count the telegraph poles going
mile minute Talk to an old engi-
ncer Of passenger train going at that
rate and he would laugh. ! made a
mile in Il minute once, however. 1t
was when WAS but Is years of age
I vas an engineer then in charge Of n
fine siX-foot wheel locomotive. There
were q lot of railroad moguls ON board,
and the object was TO make the best
time we could. They were to ring the
gong when we were going 4 mile q min
ute. Thought We were making it some
time before the gong rung. AT length,
On Il down grade, with a full head Of
steam, when VIC were spinning along as
If we We're all going to destruction, and
the motion OF the piston going over the
center could 10 longer be distinguished,
the bell rang, We had reached the rate
OF a mile minute. 1t was the fastest
| ever rode, before or since. | tried
hard to make mile minute on suisse
quent trips, hut lacked it three or four
seconds every time. | couldn't squeeze
another mle inside the sixty seconds.
Vixen YOU hear Il man telling about
riding in IL passenger train that ran =
mile minute, don't say anything, but
mentally scratch oil u goo1 allowance. ~
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
4 Silt Race.

remember particularly certain silt
race, one Of the oldest races that | ever
saw. Six men and four women were
"en'ercd, as the lorsey men would say.
At Arcachon the women share the eXer-
c;ses Of the men. There were then on
the beach Of Eyrac ten tchankas. In
the patois of the Landes, which one
night be tempted to confound with the
japanese on Chinese idioms, tchanka
IS Il person mounted on stills, and Sc
lchanka means to mount upon stills.
These ten tchankas had all the same
traditional costume, without distinction
Of sex; that is to say, beret on the
head, a mantle of wool over the
shoulders, buttoned doubet, bare feet,
and the legs enveloped in canine or
fleece fixed by red garters. Their
stills raised them five or six feet from
the ground. 4 pole served them as a
third point Of support. Seen from
distance, they looked like gigantic grass
hoppers. The tchanAa, however, is
seen to perfection on the bare land,
motionless and fixed like solitary tri-
angle, at sunset or else when he leans
against a pine tree, silently knitting
stockings and guarding q black and
lean flock. Stern and mute in the
midst of the crowd, which was examin-
ing them with curiosity, their thoughts
were concentrated solely on the gain
that they We're about to dispute. The
prize was not much. The victor won
twenty francs. But twenty francs in
the eyes of the tchanka represent for
tune. Soon, at signal given by the
president of the fete, they all ten spread
OF. the beach, bowling and yelling. If
it had not been for their immense
strides, which pass imagination, you
might have thought that you were
present at an Arabian fantasia. Their
evolutions were the same, accomplished
with the same rapidity, in conditions
which touched upon the impossible and
on the ground where the silt sunk iii a
foot at each step. Their nantes
streaming i'll the wind, like those Of
Arabian cavaliers, they ran and pivoted
round as deity as if they were on foot.
The women were by no means inferior
to the men; one Of them, in fact. came
in second, and they were only to be dis
tinsuished by their more piercing cries.
This race was followed by some private
exercises performed by the tchankas. in
order to provoke the generosity Of the
spectators. They jumped, they sat
down and rose up again, and they
picked up as they ran pieces Of money
that Were thrown to them. This spec
tacle was not the least extraordinary
Bouncing forward at full speed, the man
was suddenly seen to stop, the stills
bent, fell, rs it were, TO pieces, then
something was seen moving between
three pieces Of wood, ike the body of
spider on its long legs. The whole per-
foamance was done with lightning rapid
ity, the stills rose again and the man
appeared on top of them and resumed
his course Charles Monseet.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
Were The Apostles Married ?

Some of the highly cultivated Boston
people who have a theory, that entirely
too much attention is paid to women in
this day Of civilization. are coming to
the front with some pulling facts They
want to know whether amy Of the
twelve apostles ever married. or whether
there is any record IN the Bible or else
where Of amy of their children. lttherc
was Mrs. Mathew, Mark, Luke, or
john, nobody ever heard of her. They
point to the fact chat Christ had broth
ers and sisters but 10 wife or daughter.
there is no woman in the Trinity
Women were not permitted to speak in
the early Christian churches. The
Bible takes no more account of women
generally than the Koran or any other
Oriental book The ancient Greeks
We're the only people who gave women
in rhos, days partnership in the affairs
Of life and they were pagans and idola-
ters. This IS really horriiying, AID the
ladies should call an indignation meeting
in every city in tie land. They might
establish the fact that one of the apos-
ties was married man, for we are told
that one of tie relatives of Simon Pc
ters wife was sick of fever on Ger
tain Observation-Disclosures Gazette.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25
Manufacture OK Tobacco Pipes

The chief center in Germany Of the
manufacture Of tobacco pipes branch of
industry is Huhla in Ihuring1. In that
town and the neighbolng villages the
annual production for the past few
years has averaged $4,000 genuine
meerschaum bowls or heads, and $780,
600 artificial or imitation meersclaum
bowls. The number Of polished,
lacquered, and varlously mounted
wooden pipe heads annually produced
was 100000. OF the common porce-
lain bowls, the favorte pipe Ct the Ger
man poasantry. there were manufactured
every year 9, 100000, and OF fine clay or
lava bowls, 100000. Further, there
has been an annual average production
OF 100000 p.pe stems or tubes of
various sizes and materials 100000
dozen miscellaneous adiuncts, such as
flexible tubes, CHAINS, tops, etc; ,, 600
dozen Of meerschaum pipe eases, 500, 200
dozen mouthpieces and oigar-ho.ders of
amber or horn and meerschaum. wood
or cocoanut shell, and, finally, l5,000,-
600 complete pipes composed OF various
materials. The value of the whole is
estimated at about 100000.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

The following is the parting speech Of
the Viceroy to General Grant on his de-
pArture:
II greatly regret having to part with
YOU, and wish you could have staid long
cr here, that we might have become still
better friends. But | will always enter
tain the walnest regard for you and re-
member all that you have said to me.
You are now leaving tie Last port in
China where you can meet 4 high pro
vincial officer It is therefore duty as
well as Il great pleasure for me to come
with you to say farewell Ut the farthest
limit Of my jurisdiction. l regret that
you have not been better entertained in
my country. 1t would have been differ.
ent had our Emperor been of mature
years. But hope that you will think
charitably of what little has been done,
ard consider it slight token of true adj
miration and respect. | wish you and
your whole party a pleasant voyage and
safe return TO the United States, with
an abundance of present and future hap
ninoss
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

The Rev. Mr.. WAS once called
upon to marry man to his fourth wife.
AS he approached the couple he said:
please to rise" The man wiggled
about in his chair moment and finally
spoke: "We've usually sotr
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

An old fellow, who has a son Just
entering juvenile society, made terri
BILE mistake the other night \ note
was laid at his plate, which said: "Miss
-, No. ---street, requests your
company Tuesday evening lie combed
his bald head and went there \ little
girl ushored him into the parlor. as
Miss in9' said he eyes, that is my
name, said the girl "isn't Johnny
coming tonight johnny was his son.
1t all occurred to the old man in mo
ment He thought Miss was an
older sister, He wiped his bald head,
took his hat and said, "No, Johnny has
the cholera infantum. Just called in to
tell you he couldn't be here" And the
old gentleman went cut and kicked
himself.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-09-25

as that the way you go on all dayl'
aid Mrs Jobbins, as she beheld her
husband going through the physical &C
compartments of yarn. ''Oh, no !" he
replied, 81 always take care to save my
self for the homestretch.