The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-01-16

WHITE played n practical joke on him
sell Ia this matfer which cost him his
seat. aud j. worth being related. Ac-
coiding in The prevailing fashion Of
giving i irrili ilai what IL most ar
dcu'iy a'd for Is not sought after.
Senator iNto sent forth the declara-
lion sciIir time ugo that lie should not
he - candidate any more. So the poll
ticlails OF his little state took him at his
word, g,t together aud nominated MIR.
GOrman. Us above stated. Thcn it
tuins ont that the sitting senator was
Only jokii g, aud anxious TO keep on
sitting for another six years. Too luic:
he tnust make room Tor his successor.
A HORRIBLE MURDER
was pcrpetratcd in the streets of this
city night or two ago. A young mer-
chant was literally cut and beaten to a
pulp, and all for a few dollars and II
watch. Some eight negro roughs are
now in custody on suspicion. So far,
the evidence against any of the III is
slight, and that only circumstantial.
INTERNAL REVENUE COMMISSIONER RAUM
seems TO be moving forward with
closed ranks, in solid column, with the
fixed purpose of captu ing the Illinois
gubernatOrial chair. lie appears al
this writing to have several days march
on Burchard, Hawley, and the rest.
The fact is. Gen. Raum's continuous
fight with the mo0nshiners and other
crooked fellows the last four or Fix
wears, has kept his armor bright and
his blade keen, and woe be to the u,,-
fortunate wight who comes within
reach of the latter.
Well, the solid farmers of that state
might do much worse than TO eleci
Green Il. Raum governor. He is o
trend 10 the farming interest and ~
honest man.
POST OFFICE RIVALRY.
1t now appears that Wells. Farago q
Co., are doing IA big postal bu-lness iul
heir own account on the Pacific coast
he post, flee department have ,akel
measures lu stop il, for the reason tina
IL sadly diniuishes the revenues OF th,
flee.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Congress re.convcned, after q thrc,
weeks holiday, on Tuesday last. Tn,
session that day was very short in boil
Houses by reason of the announcement
# the death of Senator Houston, @
Alabama, during the recess. Durin,
he three days the House has been il
'ession the time has been wholly occu
pied in the introduction of bills, reso
uiions, ETC., aud in discussing the new
code OF rules prepared and presented
by the committee on revision. 1t pro
vides radical change in the govern
lnent of the House, and the discussion
md adoption of the new regulations i
| likely to consume several days.
IN SENATE =.
the time has been thus far taken up a
IN the House, blocking out business
Enough has already been presented I,
occupy the time of long session, an,
till it comes. AS usual in such cases
,me of the schemes presented are yer,
questionable and need watching. A
sample brick of this sort is pussy-lik,
'esolulion in the senate by Mr.. Jonas
# Louisiana, proposing to take ava,
he land grant of one railroad and be
stow 1t bodily on rival company
Any such Claude Duval sort of propo
'ition must inevitably subject its pro
'noters to something more than mer
suspicion.
In our next, and thencefcrth, will b,
.iven IL mure detailed account of th
| ! ings of Congress, notices of the NOR
important measures pending, etc.
JUNIUs, JR.