Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-01-01
Notes and Notions.

dicted at Richmond for outrages at the re-
cent elections.
The Kentucky Republican state commit
tee held meeting the other day, resolved
to call their state convention at Louisville,
April 10th, and purpose to make lively
campaign next summer.
The Philadelphia Times regrets that there
are not enough appropriation bills to keep
Congress busy till the 4th of March, for,
when it runs out of appropriation bills no.
body can tell what will happen.
The new Alabama legislature, which is
probably typical Southern body of its kind
contains seventy-seven planters, forty-four
lawyers, four merchants, four physicians,
one miller and one insurance agent.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty says The mig
ger hez the rite to vote. We understand
that and respect it, But there must be linn
itashuns. He may vote-the law SEE that
but the law don't say how he shell vote.
That is for u.s."
The Yellow Fever Homeopathic Com
mission convened at New Orleans, Decem.
Der Sd, from which place they go to vicks-
burg Memphis and through all the afflicted
cities, reporting to Congress the result of
their Investigations.
CINCINNATI Gazette: "The Republican
party created greenbacks, and promised
that they should be made equal to gold.
The democratic party said, never. The Re-
publican party has made good that promise.
The democratic party growls"
SEVEN members of the present Congress
have died since its commemorative
and Morton Of the Senate, and Leonard Of
Louisiana, Quinn of New York, Wash of
Nebraska, Williams of Michigan and
Douglas of Virginia, of the House.
LAST Saturday a man who presented
$4,000 in coupons for payment at the treas
ury refused gold and requested greenbacks.
That is a practical evidence of the real
equivalence. To state seeming paradox.
when the greenbacks are just as good as
gold they are great deal better.
The House committee ON education and
labor is reported to have agreed upon bill
imposing fine upon any ship that brings
over fifteen head of Cinnamon to the United
States at one load, and Congressman Lut-
trell of California thinks it is a very good
bill as far as it goes, but doesn't 90 far
enough.
PUBLIC opinion is fast concentrating upon
Hon. Charles Foster for the Republican
gubernatorial candidate in Ohio next wear.
General Garfield now declares for him. and
it seems to be generally conceded that he is
the coming man. OF his election in case of
his nomination there seems to be no doubt
whatever.
The Grdphic's Washington dispatch says
the President told correspondent that he
cherished warm friendship and admira-
ton for General Grant, and had great con.
fidence in his ability and patriotism. He
did not think the fact that Grant had been
President twice should debar him from be-
ing candidate in 1880.
HARTFORD Courdnt: at is believed that
a combination of East and South could con-
troll the convention in 1880, ignore the soft
money heresies and give the democratic
party new start. The result is that there
is great uncertainty and uneasiness in the
democratic camp, which will probably re-
suit in divided counsels."
BY the counting in of the democratic can
didates for Congress in the Second North
Carolina and Second Florida Districts the
democrats figure up one hundred and for
ty-nine members of the next House of Rep
resentatives, to one hundred and thirty Re-
publicans and ten greenbackers California
has four members yet to elect
In the secret history of the Louisville Ii
brary lottery, the Louisville Commercial
shows that the gross sum received for tickets
for the five drawings was S6,25O,0OO. The
total awarded for prizes was $3,l42, 800, and
the library was given 1924 ,39632. The re-
mainder, S2,6S3, l03.6S, seems to have chung
to the hands of the conductors of the lottery.
IT is somewhat remarkable coincidence
that the big record book in which the &C.
counts of sales were kept, at the Gold Ex.
change in New York, ran out on the day
that gold dropped to par. The clerk began
the day on the last page of the last leaf, and
supplementary book had been ordered |
for which there will probably now be lit. |
tie use.
A FRIEND of Mr.. Conkling says there is
no man in public life who takes such great |
care OF himself as does Roscoe Conkling. |
lie is an accomplished gymnast; he prac
tices every day of his life with the dumb |
bells and takes great amount of outdoor
exercise. He battles twice day and diets
himself as if he were in constant training |
for prize fight.
GENERAL GARFIELD deservedly stands in
the very first rank of the speakers of the
day on financial questions, and the honest
money league of the Western States are to
be congratulated upon their selection of so
able and distinguished gentleman to de-
liver the address at their celebration in
Chicago on the 22d of next month 1t will
be notable occasion.
The Utica Observer says: The engage
ment is announced of Miss Bessie Conkling,
only daughter of Senator Conkling, to Mr..
w, G. Oakman, Superintendent of the
Utica Division of the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western railroad. Mr.. Oakman,
we are happy to say, is worthy of prize so
for beauty, amiability and
high social position.
The democracy of Indiana are pledged
by their platform and speeches to an imme.
date repeal of the resumption act Con.
or ess has adjourned for the holidays, and
neither Senator Voorhees, nor any demo-
cratic member of the House has attempted
10 carry out the pledges they made to the
people. They stand in the position of self
demagogues, if not rascals.
CINCINNATI Enquirer; The state of Del.
aware still keeps up the pillory and the
as punishment and the
natinees of these standard places of public
orture are reported with as much reoularitv