Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-18

Elk. Governor Herschel V. johnson died
at his residence in Jeffel son county, Ga,
Monday night, in the sixty-eighth year OF
his age. He was presidential elector in
1914, United States senator in 1918, Judge
in 1914, governor of Georgia from 1858 to
1857, democratic candidate for vice presi-
dent with Douglas in 1860.
do were they alive. these are the same
principles for which they fought for four
years ago. Remember the men who
poured forth their life blood on Virginia S
soil, and do not abandon them now. Re
member that upon your vote depends the
success of the democratic ticket. = Wade
Hampton.
The Bangor Wing tells of second nd
ventist in Piscataquis county, Maine, who
has always adhered to the Democrats until
The Garcelon trick was exposed. When
asked why he did not attend Democratic
meeting in the town. recently, he replied
deliberately: " had some idea of going
but then stopped and thought that if |
went and the Lord should come and find
me in that crowd should feel awful bad. v
When Mr.. Porter, the republican can
dilate for governor of Indiana, visited
New Albany last week the most inhuen.
tal democratic journal of the town re-
marked: There's no denying that the
republicans are enthusiastic and confident
they are peculiarly fortunate in their
gubernatorial candidate, and this is in
their favor, and they have no internal
dssensions and trickery in the party
which is also greatly to their advantage"
Dudley Field, only son of Hon. David
Dudley Field, died at Stockbridge,s u denly
Tuesday. He was alb tut 46 years of age
lie was "a graduate of Williams College,
and practicng lawyer in New York. for
the last twenty five years, in partnership
with his father His wife and uncles,
Judge Stephen j. Field and Rev. H. M.
Field, were with him at the time of his
death. His only sister is Lady Musgrave,
wife of Sir Anthony Musgrave, Governor
of Jamaica. The Field family were to
have had reunion at the old homestead
In Stockbridge the coming week.
Stephen Miner, u man nearly 80 years
of age, living with his son-in-law, Mr.. jaw
Blake, near Milton Borough, committed
suicide last Friday by hanging. When
found by Mr.. Blake he had apparently
been hanging but IA short time, but life was
extinct. The instrument used was a com.
mon halter loosely caught over a harness
peg in the barn, not more than five or slS
feet from the floor. The mans weight
indeed, seemed to rest quite as much on
his knees, which were dragging on the
floor, us his neck, so that death was caused
by strangulation. The motive for the
deed is unknown. The funeral services at
the church at Milton Borough Sunday
afternoon were conducted by Rev. Mr..
Wedgeworth of Milton, and were very i'm
pressive.
The thing that needs to be done first of
all and most of all in Maine this year is
to put the seal of public condemnation
upon the outrageous attempt TO reverse
the result of the last election by chicanerv
and fraud, and to rebuke. rs it deserves to
be rebuked, the shameless political alliance
that Is now Haunted in the face of the
honest people OF that state under the name
OF Fusion" The facts in the case are of
so recent occurrence, and were SO inds-
putable in their nature, that no rehearsal
Of them is necessary 1t was made
perfectly plain that job was put up,
with the connivance OF high state officials.
deliberately to steal the state government
The coming election IS the opportunity,
and the only one which tho citizens of
Maine will have to place on record their
opinion of such transactions as disgraoed
their state last year.-Bossoa Herald,