Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-01-08


ton of King Alfonso, was executed at
Madrid at midnight, Friday night.
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has tender
ed his resignation as government director
of the Union Pacific railroad.
Ex-Mayor Morton McMichael of Phila-
delpha died Monday. He was n we'll
known journalist, conducting The North
american newspaper.
The Teller committee has gone to work,
a subcommittee having left Washington
for New Orleans last Friday Senator
Thurman is laying out some work for
them in the north and among other cleo
tons TO be investigated this side of Mason
and Dixon's line he suggests the one in
Bennington last September.
Chauncey X. Williams, of Rutland, died
Very suddenly, at his residence in that
village, Monday evening from an overdose
of hydrate of choral. Mr.. Williams was
for many years editor of the Rutland Her
aid and subsequently of the Globe, and
was we'll known in all parts of the state
He was vigorous and prolific writer. Il
historical student of no mean reputc, and
a genial, companionable man.
GEN. GRANT, before starting on his
proposed journey to India, is travelling in
Ireland for short time. He has been
generally we'll received, especially in
Dublin and Londonderry, but the common
council of Cork didn't propose to give him
any invitation because they said he was
an enemy to the Catholic religion. So
Gen. Grant won't 90 to Cork and neither
the city nor the general will lose anything
by the pow.~ow. Ex-Secrctary Borie and
Col. Fred Grant are to accompany the
general on his Asiatic trip on which he
will set out soon alter dining with Minister
Welsh in London.
The REFORM SCuooL.--The trustees of
the reform school held meeting at Ver-
gennes yesterday, having with other bust
ness in view an examination into the ques-
tien whether any of those there under
sentence should be discharged. 1t is prob
ably the case that even with the check
put on sentences by making towns in cer-
tain cases pay half dollar IL week to-
ward the support of minors sent to Ver-
gennes there are many cases where the
confinement results rather from this being
cheaper method of taking care of
troublesome paupers than from Il real
necessity of conviction.
Benjamin Hunter of Philadelphia is to
be hanged at Camden, N. j., Friday next,
for the murder of Armstrong whom Hunter
hired one Graham to kill, afterwards help.
ing himself. Hunter was convicted on
Graham's testimony largely, and another
murder trial is going on in Connecticut
where an accomplish is the main reliance
of the prosecution, this being the trial of
Mrs. Kate Cobb for poisoning her husband
at Norwich last year, and her reputed par
amour. Wesley w. Bishop, is testirying
against her. The New Jersey folks
propose to prosecute and hang Graham
when they get through with Hunter but
what Connecticut will do with Bishop who
probably poisoned his wife remains to be
scen.
CABEL CUSHING, whom Rufus Choate
once described as q man "of continental
mind" died at his home in Newburyport
last Thursday. He was born Jan. II, 1900,
graduated at Harvard, travelled in Europe,
was in congress forty odd years ago, and
left the wing party with Tyler, negotiated
the first treaty with China, was attorney
general under Pierce, presided at the
Charleston and Baltimore conventions in
1860, turned to the republican side and was
of counsel in the Geneva arbitration
making his argument in French. He was
a man of wonderful ability but was accused ;
of want of political principle whereas he {
probably had more political principles t
during his life than any other American i
politician. It was not for want of respect t
for his great ability that it was found t
advisable to withdraw his nomination as v
chief justice Of the United States in 1874. i