Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-25

/ Hon. Russell S. Taft has been nominated
by the Burlington republicans for repre-
sentative. The nomination is an excellent
one. The Burlington republicans mean
to elect bin.
Joseph Lowell of Malone N. Y. for los
days goes to the house Of correction to-
day for being drunk Monday. He appro-
/ priated another man s horse when he was
intoxicated but it is not clear that he had
the intention to steal it.
RELIC FOUND. William Francis, Sat
urday, fished out of the water at Nye's
dock, Burlington, musket bearing the
date 1911. The musket is entirely COM
posed of copper Except the butD and is
in wonderfully good state of preserva-
ton. II is quite curiosity.
In order to test the accuracy of the re-
cent census of Burlington, the census bu-
reau has Just completed the re-enunera-
ton of two selected districts and is Salts
fed that there has been an increase OF
between two thousand and twenty-five
hundred population in the last decade and
that the census of 1870 was grossly incor
rect.
NATURAL who two
years or more ago declared their intention
to become citizens or who for other rea-
sons may be naturalized will have the
opportunity afforded them by too sessions
of the United States district court for this
state-one session at Windsor on Tues
day afternoon and Wednesday forenoon,
August 31st and September LIST and the
other at Burlington beginning at O'Clock
in the forenoon of Thursday, September
I'd.
The Orange county democratic conven-
ton was held at Chelsea, last Wednesday,
Phin. Chamberlain of Bradford presiding.
The following nominations were made {:
Senators, j. II. Peters of Bradford, David
Gale of Williamsburg; assistant judges
of the county court, F. Il. Eaton of Cor
NTH, N. H.. and H. Hall of Chelsea :;
judges of probate, Bradford district. John
Lamson of Brookfeld; states attorney,
G. w. Clarke of Chelsea; high sheriff,
Geo. w. Chamberlin of Newbury high
bailiff, Silus Titus of Ely. An open air
mass meeting after the convention was
addressed by Hiram Atkins of Montpelier.
Major James Haggertv of New York.
Col. A. NJ. Waddell of North Carolina.
The Burlington Free Press says: L" A
swindler has been defrauding some of our
business men by means of worthless checks
His modus operandi was to buy some
goods and pay with forged check for "A
much larger sum, disappearing with the
cash balance received. Heople in other
places will do well to be on their guard"
A sad accident occurred at Proctorsville,
the other day. Mary, nine-years. old
daughter of II. S. Beatty, had gone across
the road to the house of Don Pollard to
play croquet, when Il little son of Mr.. Pol
I'LL u D VoOh up u rusty WlCheI lHtl JUey
were not using, and in throwing it off the
ground struck the little girl on the left
temple, penetrating the skull and into the
brain. The child remained unconscious
from the time of the accident till she died
in few hours.
"Deming" charges Mr.. Phelps, the de-
mocralic gubernatori al candidate, with be-
ing "as much responsible for the increasing
state expenses of the last twenty years as
rs any man in the state" In support of
this charge, he refers to Mr. Phelps as
being prominently jealous in securing an
appropriation for the great war painting. VI
concerning the value of which rs work
of art there was so much doubt; and
charges him with acquiescing in policy
of perjury toward high and honored off
cials. "Deming" is of the opinion that in
putting Mr.. Phelps forward rs an example
Of frugality his party has duIled most
stupidity.