Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-05
The reduction of the public debt during


The Canadian Senate has killed the bill
to authorize a man to marry his deceased
wife's sister-in case he wants to. The
killing was done BY Il majority of one.
1t is estimated that 2.4OO persons were
converted at Moody and Sankey's meet
ings in St Louis. Mr.. Moodyispoke 16S
times and addressed 1917 900 people.
New Hampshire republicans hold their
convention tomorrow at Concord. The
indications are that Mr.. Blaine's friends
will have a good working majority of the
body.
James Redpath writes from Dublin that
in all his travels among the peasant Irish
he has not seen bright eye or heard Il
single laugh, but all were gloomy, sad and
respondent.
p. IL. Gully, ex-murderer of Judge
Chisholm, has been appointed census
supervisor of Kemper county, Mississippi.
He will have to enumerate three CHS
holms less than appeared in the census of
1870.
Gen. Warren who was removed from
his command of the 9TH corps at the battle
of Five Forks by Gen. Sheridan, asked for
Il court of inquiry, which commenced in
New York Monday 1t is more than iif-
teen years since the removal was made.
Troy Times: 1t is suggested by the
Brooklyn UniOn-ArguS that General Scho-
field undergo an examination to test his
capacity for distinguishing between colors.
This is unkind. The general is evidently
able to tell black from white.
The trial of Dodge, Spencer and Lee at
keene. N. IL. for the mnrdor of Fostor
three OF four years ago, is just about con-
cluded. They are residents OF Springfield,
w., and vicinity, and tits thought that the
verdict will be one of acquttal.
The contest in Illinois between Grant
and Blaine Is yet warm, Lately The Grant
men have been gaining rapidly, but within
u day or Two the Blaine folks have had
better luck. The convention meets the
l9h. The chances are that it will be for
| Grant.
The death of II child in New York, %
lays Old from bronchitls brought On by
0uod poisoning wtS reported 10 The
heath board May ). The child was
plllcn when il few days old by an insect OF
VIVA. kind is unknown. The ble prov,
! latal.
President Hayes has vetoed the Little
Deficiency bill BECAUSE there were riders"
ON 1t. He says this mode of legslatlng,
though practiccd of late by bo,h parties,
was not used for forty years after the gov
eminent was established, and he thinks 1t
better TO 90 back to the old ways,
Il. f. Jones, an expert, testifies that he
thinks the bribery letter 10 Springer which
the latter thought Finley wrote, was writ
ten by ex-congressman William S. King
of Minnesota. King is us bad an egg as
Finley-one is republican egg, and The
other democratic egg-both hurt.
The Board of Supervisors in San Fran
cisco have directed proceedings to be be-
gun for the impeachment of Mayor Kali
loch. Kearney is to have one more chance.
Tbc Supreme Court has granted II writ of
habcas corpus in his case, and he will have
the hearing, which will be final, on the
lllh inst.
A Montreal paper has published Ven
nors predictions of the weather for forty
days, including last March and part of
April, and in parallel columns gives the |
actual weather account. The result is |
strongly against the weather prophet, as
he was only correct, or nearly correct, five
days out OF the forty.
About fifteen miles of new sewers had
been laid, in Memphis, May 5. and house
connections were being made rs rapidly
as possible. All the business portion and
thickly settled area are substantially
finished. The first tests recently made it
is claimed demonstrate the success of the
new system of sewerage.
CHANGE IN A WELL-KNowN PUBLISH
ING FIRM.--Mr. James r, Osgood has
Withdrawn from the famous firm of
l1oughton, Osgood & Co, and the new
style of the house is IIoughton, Miflln &
Co.-the partners being H. o. Iloughton,
George ii. Mifllin and Lawson Valentine.
Mr.. Osgood is henceforth to devote him
self entirely to the heliotype business.
d. M. Bennett, who was imprisoned for
sending obscene literature through the
mails, has served his term and is al
liberty. His sympatbizers have just given
nm reception, at which speeches were
made against religion and enforced moral
ity. 1t is II pity that when one of these
society corrupters is convicted, his SEN
tence cannot be for years instead of for
months.
During the year ending March 3lst.
here WAS an increase Of imports of mer-
chandlSe. over the year preceding, OF
Sl4o,207,9l9, and during the first nine
months of the current fiscal wear there
vas falling off in the excess of exports
over imports, us compared with the same
months Of the preceding year, of S7O,O07,
5l8. At this rate it will not b. long
before the balance of trade will be agains,
us.
Acklen. the representative in the nation
al House from Louisiana continues IL fruit
ful source of scandal. In the Investigation
before the House Judiciary committee,
Friday, Acklen having charged that Repre-
sentative King hired n detective to shadow
him, King secured evidence that Acklen
had himself hired the detective. The
latter promised to take the stand, but