Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-12
Middlebury is to have a steam fire en-.


The Keene murder trial resulted in tn,
acquittal of Dodge. Lee and Spencer fcl
the murder of Foster.
The new firm of Jas. r. Osgood & Co
will not devote itself to the heliotype bus
mess alone but will publish books also.
The president has nominated Leonard
Lovo, of Richmond, to be agent of thu
Indians at the Cheyenne river agency.
The car of Russia is said to be very
DESTROYS of peace, and has instructed hi:
representatives abroad to use their inllu
ence with foreign governments to that
end.
Congress is talking about adjournine
the 9th. Speaker Randall thinks it car
be done. The House has settled the
Yocum-Curtin contest from Pennsylvania
in favor of the greenbacker Yocum, the
sitting member, lis to 70.
Mark Twain, when giving advice upon
agricultural subjects, wrote that "the
pumpkin does not make a good shade tree.
But it does-in India. Many of the
mud houses of the natives are covered
with pumpkin and squash vines growing
thrifty upon the sloping roof.
Secretary Evarts recently gave dinner
10 President Angel of Michigan UNIVERSE
| ty, just appointed minister to China
Among the guests was Congressman Cox,
chairman of the House committee on for.
eign affairs. On the secretary's presenting
Mr.. Cox to the guest of the evening, Mr.
Cox exclaimed, "Why, Jim Angelr
"Why. Sam Coxn exclaimed President
Angel. 1t seems that the two had been
classmates at Brown university over n
third of century ago, and had not met
since"
Professor Bracket, a naive of Maine
but for many years the principal of a
colcred normal school at Harper's Ferry
Va, writes the Lewiston Journal that the
book called 1.-THE FOOLS Errand," gives a
=" fair and generous opinion of southern
character" He also warns the republicans
not to expect an electoral vote from the
southern states unless it should appear
two months before the convention that the
republicans do not need any southern
votes to insure the election of their can
didate.
Hon. c. p. Marsh of Woodstock, in last
weeks STANDARD, has a well-considered
article on court expenses, which his long
experience as court auditor has given him
n thorough understanding Of His facts
and most of his conclusions are right, and
we do not doubt his article will lead to an
intelligent discussion of the matters of
which he treats. If we had more articles
like that. of Mr.. Marsh, and the one on
taxation in u late number of the EtrD,er,
which we understand 10 be from the pen
of Hon. Crosby Miller, right remedies for
some of the existing evils of taxation
would be more apt to be adopted.
There does not appear to be much of IL
scramble for the vice presidency. A few
days since II stranger entered the special
room of the vice president in the capitol,
and unaware that the quiet gentleman
sitting there was Vice President Wheeler,
suggested that this was the room where
Mr.. Wilson had been struck with parav-
sis. EYES," was the quiet reply of the
vice president, land most every man
who has held the position has had an
attack of the same kind" The office of
the vice president has few duties attached
to it and the very monotony of presiding
over the Senate is very apt to wear out
any person with an active mind.
The bishops address presented at the
Methodist general conference in session al
Cincinnati last week contains some inter-
esting UNCONVENTIONAL statistics. From
these it appears that last year there were
1,63G travelling preachers, 12,475 local
preachers and 1,7O0,3O2 members and
practitioners. There were 1886 church
edilices and $500 parsonages, valued at
$70,955,509. The annual collections for
donations amounted last year to S75,72 t.
II, aud for the qladrennium to S266,07.-
%. In the same time the loan fund has
increased from S303,4l .23 to 329, 920. 73.
The reports show that the indebtedness on
the Methodist church property is about
$7,OO0,O00, or one.tenth its entire valua-
ton. Tho number of Sabbath schools in
the denomination is 2O,34O; the officers
and teachers, 225,367, and scholars, 1885,
3l1, About S3,415,O0O worth of litera-
ture has been published in the last four
years.
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