Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-11-26

president; and, as it is, it is extremely
doubtful if the republicans can do better
than nominate him. He is Il man who
has never made Il mistake"
That amount" said Jay Gould as he
handed his check for his last purchase of
50. 800 900 to Commodore Garrison, is
only portion of the money made in my
operations in -" naming stock on
which other people are now losing two
or three times Jay Goulds S3,SO0,000.
| The amusement calendar for the How
ard opera house, Burlington, for the next
few weeks is as follows: Thursday, An
thony & Ellis "Uncle Toms Cabin, :"
afternoon and evening; Monday evening
next, Prof Richard A. Proctor's lecture,
D." Other Suns and Other Worlds" Tues
day, December I'd, Hartz, the magician,
five nights; December 18th. Humpty
Dumpty," one night.
1t is a long advance toward equal rights
and annihiation of race prejudice when
the son Of the Virginia governor (Wise),
who signed John Browns death warrant,
moves 10 admit the first colored lawyer to
practice in the highest court Of the Old
/ Domnion,-a was the case when Wm
c. Roans was admitted to practice in the
court of appeals ut Richmond, Va, the
other day.
The New York Sun is not entirely in
love with Bayard as presidential candi-
date, iand remarks: :" Mr.. Bayard is q
very good man, as good as other people.
He never picked pocket, or filched from
the purse of the nation, but when it comes
to talk about actually electing him, he is
nowhere. He would be nowhere near
carrying majority of the electoral votes
Sherman could beat him. Blaine could
beat him. Gen. IIawley could beat him
Almost any republican but Grant could
beat him."
Thrifty Chicago found its profit in its
welcome to Gen. Grant. According to one
of the papers there, on an investment OF
| fifty thousand dollars there was net profit
of over million. The fifty thousand
dollars was spent mainly in decorations ::
and the million came from seventy-live
thousand visitors from outside the city
who paid five dollars a day during the
three days jubilee-a remarkable calcula.
ton and one that could have emanatei
from no place but Chicago.
Prince Alexander Gortschakoif, whom
cable dispatches represent as nearing his
end, was born in the last century, and is
nearly 81 years of age. lie came of an
| illustrious family. and this, with his
eminent abilities, gave him, as early rs
1924 the important position Of secretary
of the Russian legation at London. There
he remained until the critical compiled.
tions growing out of the Russo Turkish
war of 1928 90 were tided over. In 1880,
he was made charge d affairs at Florence.
two years later he joined the Russian
legation at Vienna. Then he was sent as
ambassador extraordinary to Stuttgard,
and in 1850 was minister to the Germanic
diet. Four years later he was sent as
ambassador to Austria. In 1856, he was
made minister of foreign affairs, in 1862
vice chancellor, and in 1868 chancellor,
which position he has held for more than
sixteen years, During this long and
varied career he has distinguished himself
for keenness, courage and persistence,
and for half century he has been one of
the foremost figures in European politics
Mrs. Charles Dickens, widow of the eel
ebrated novelist, died in London, Saturday
morning after an illness of thirteen
months. Catherine (uogarth) Dickens
was the eldest daughter of George Hogart
an English newspaper writer, and was
married to Dickens in April, 1886, the
future novelist being then employed on
the Morning Chronicle, a London paper
adding to his salary of five guineas by
writing sketches over the signature of
4" Boz" The pair seemed to have lived
happily together during the first part oil
their married life, and as late as 1852 then
home was very attractive place for Wis
itors, writer VINO visited it during tina,
year describing Mrs. Dickens as "vcry
charming person, in character and manner
truly gentlcwoman. A few years later
Mr.. and Mrs Dickens separated and lived
apart during the remainder of the formers
life, the oldest child, then youth OF
twenty, choosing to remain with his
mother, while the daughters remained
with their father.
The annual report Of the commissioner OIL
pensions shows that on June 80 last there
were 242, 7j5 persons in the United States
receiving pensions from the governme nt
a larger number than at any previous
time. The list is composed of 12515C
army invalid pensioners, Sl,174 army
widows, children and dependent relatives
1871 navy invalids, 1922 navy widows,
ETC., 1l,62l surviving soldiers of the war
of 1912, and 2l,1s5 widows of deceased
soldiers Of that war. The aggregate
amount OF one years pensions to all pen.
sioners on the roll is 1925, 4S3 742 10, bnt
the actual annual payment exceeds thai
sum by several million dollars, from The
fact that nearly all the newly admitted
army and navy cases have several wears
accrued pensions due them ut the time nj
the first admission. which is paid at the
first payment During the year the first
payments to new pensioners amounted TO
S5,763,75S. 1t is estimated that at Tho
close of the year there will not be less
than 100000 unsettled cases before the
office.