Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-14

pool and his wife is a nurse in New York
hospital.
Connecticut held her republican state
convention Wednesday. About one-third
of the delegates are for Blaine while Ed
munds has majority of the rest.
Ben Butler appears to be more consistent
at this time than many of his followers.
lie promises 'to support any candidate
whom the greenbackers put up"
John d. Lawson, republican repre-
sentative from one of the New York
districts in tie 43d congress, has been
nominated insurance superintendent by
Gov. Cornell to succeed Smyth.
Secretary Evarts has been invited to
deliver the address at the coming meeting
of the army of the Potomac, at Burling-
ION, in June. Joaquin Miller has accept
ed the invitation to deliver the poem.
Estimates of the preferences Of Connecti-
cuts delegation to Chicago range all the
way from eight for Edmunds and only one
sure for Blaine; to six for Blaine, three
for Edmunds and three for Washburne.
Whitelaw Reid has Just sent sixteen poor
BOYS of New York to homes in Virginia.
Jay Gould is said to be the generous bene-
factor by whom Mr.. Reid has been enabled
to care for so many poor children Of the
great metropolis.
Prof. Scion Albee, who has for num-
Der of years past been professor of Latin
in Middlebury college, has rendered his
resignation rs such professor, and at n
special meeting of the corporation of the
college, held at Middlebury, April 9th the
resignation was accepted.
Tho now comet seems to he growing
very fast. When discovered Il week ago
its tail was estimated to be three minutes
long. a few days later Prof. Swift meas
ured its tail and found it five minutes long.
At this rate it should be visible to the
naked eye in few weeks. The fact of its
having tail when so far from the sun
Iaugurs we'll for its becoming a splendid
object when it reaches our western sky.
The Vermont conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church opened its sessions
ut Barton Landing Tuesday. This district
comprises the greater portion of the
churches of the state, the Troy conference
including those situated along the western
border of the state south of Burlington.
rhe Vermont Conference comprises 1913
church buildings, So parsonages, 166
charges, $4,000 members, and $4,000 Sun
day school scholars.
The summer fan, says Jennie June" is
an exquisite little affair, shaped like IL lily
lcafand having in addition to the daintiest
and most charming decorative devices, a
long slender, tapering handle in the style
of the japanese fly fans, from which it is
copied. Well managed, the "mosquito''
fun is calculated to display to great advan-
tage Il pretty arm and graceful motions,
and of its rapid adoption there is no doubt,
for already the orders have SET all the best
artists in fans at work in illustrating them
with the quaintest and most suggestive of
ioral, Chinese, or still life designs.
The suggestion that Gen. w. F. Smith
be sent 10 Cincinnati mt the head of the
Vermont delegation meets with general
favor among the democracy. Here and
there however is found somebody who OBJ
ects. The Lyndon Union doesn't like the
idea and j, N. Johnson, Esq, of North
field writes a letter which is published in
the ST. Adams Messenger taking ground
against the Hancock Smith idea. 1t is
charged in some quarters that Gen. Smith
was an agent of the Kelly ring of the New
York democracy, This is not at all likely.
We have no doubt he came here because
his democratic friends here wanted to see
him and because he wanted to come.
Vermont democrats are capable of running
cheir own machine and Gen. Smiths pres
ence is no sign they are not doing it.
Disraeli, Earl of Beaconslield, will in a
few days vacate the premiership of En-
gland and retire to quiet life. AS he is
over seventy years of age, it is not at all
| likely that he will ever again have the
iispostion.or the opportunity to resume
the Office he now leaves. lie entered
parliament at the age Of thirty-two, in
l837-the same year that Queen Victoria
| assembled the throne-and has been II pow
er in English politics. He will retire car
rying with him the honor which is his due
and the English people will always dc
him homage. Who his successor will BIZ
is not yet certain. The liberals demand
that Gladstone shall set aside his reluc
lance and assume the ministry; but it i
probable that the Earl Of Granville will b.