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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

ANOTHER CoMET.-About o'clock on
the morning OF the LIST of May Professor
Lewis Swift, dire ctor of the Warner
observatory, at Rochester, N. Y, turned
his telescope to the constellation of An
dromedq and discovered II bright comet,
moving in II southerly direction. The new
comet is located in the constellation above
named, right ascension, O hours, minutes !;
declination, so north. This is the first
comet discovered during the present year
and places Professor Swift in possession of
the 5000 prize which Mr.. H. H. Warner,
the well known Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure man, offered last January for the
discovery of comets. Inasmuch MS Pro-
fessor Swift received $500 for the discovery
of the comet of 1880, from the same
gentleman, he is at last finding astronomy
profitable as well AS pleasant, 1t is not
thought the present comet is the expected
one of 1912, although it is in nearly the
location from which that comet is expect
ed; nor is there any reason to believe it
will have any effect upon the earth, or
hasten the predicted coming of the end of
the world.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Secretary WINDOWS refunding plan, as
it may be termed, seems to be working adj
mirably. Thus far the amount of the skies
received by the treasury for continuance is
S27 ,450, 950-a small amount compared 20
the total, Sl95, 900 900, but there is plenty
of time yet, and the circular was only sent
out about Il month ago. The time it would
take to reach remote portions of the coun-
try,the necessary delay for con liberation
of the matter by bond owners, and the
time consumed in the return by mail of
the bonds would occupy about month on
the average so that the arrivals of the
securities have been quite as rapid rs was
expected. That they will practically all
be sent in to be Sta mped is a moral GER
tainty, because the demand for them for
that purpose has put them up to II premi UNI
OF per cent in the stock market, The
action of Secretary Window in practically
refunding the 81 per cents on his own
responsibility sreceving daily commenda.
ton, and it is believed that ifany question
shall rise AS to its legality, congress, at its
session in December, will pass the proper
legislation.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

NOVEL CRIME ARRESTED FOR KILLING
BEEs.-A year or more ago DR.. c. H.
Barber of Rutland began the culture of
bees at the farm of Winslow g. Fish,
some three miles south of Rutland village
Associated with him in the business was
J. D. Hill of Bristol. Owing to disagree
ments between the parties, Hill last fall
returned to Bristol. The number of hives
of bees left on BARRIERS stands was about
one hundred. In the fall the tops of the
lower portion of the hives were closely
covered with cloth, and on this was laid
dry sawdust to the depth of three or four
inches, to keep out the cold and absorb
the moisture accommodating. On the night
of March Sd, parties went upon the
premises of Mr. Fish, and, opening the
hives, removed the cloths, thus allowing
the sawdust to drop into the lower part of
the hive and kill the bees. About eighty
hives, valued in the neighborhood of one
thousand dollars, were thus destroyed.
Investigation led to the arrest of Hill, who
procured bail; and supposed accomplice,
one David McLin, has just been arrested
and lodged in Jail. The crime was evil
IDENTIFY committed in revenge for real or
fancied injuries done Hill by his former
associate.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Gen. J. S. Peck was the efficient adiu.
tant. general of Vermont during portion
of the war of the rebellion. and has held
that office ever since, during which time
he has been United States officer, hold
ing the position of assistant United States
district attorney. 1t is generally desired
that Gen. Peck should retain the Office of
adjutant and inspector general, but should
he insist on retiring his resignation will be
reluctantly accepted by the governor. In
this event it is surmised that Col. L. s.
Peck, the popular and efficient commander
of the National Guard of Vermont for
many years, will be chosen for that posi-
uou. Col Peck is not candidate for the
office should Gen. Peck desire To retain it.
but in case of vacancy his appointment
would be emnently fitting TO be made
Forbes IN Boston Journal
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

A dreadful disaster was that ut Egin
III. Thursday morning. The recent flood
had washed away the bridge across the
Fox river aud, US II temporary sub,titut
II small sCow was rugged 10 a wire cable.
Ga its second trip, when overloaded and
nearly dipping its edges in the whirlng,
eddying stream, still sweIed by brooks
and flooded meadows, it yielded to Il
strong wave and. with its living freight OF
thirty men and children, was overturned
in md.stream, and the whole number
were in an instant precipjtated into the
mad current and whirled away down
stream. Those on the hunks who wit.
n, s,ed the horrible sight set about resru.
ing those who kept their heads above
water, and there were some daring acts of
bravery, More persons were picked up
in small boats and drawn ashore by means
OF ropes than could seem possible. Six
teen persons are known to have been
saved, ten persons are missing and four
are known to he drowned. The bout was
crossing the river from the west side, and,
when nearly two Thirds over, began to
fl 'oi with water The passengers in con
sternation, Immediately Hooked to the dry
part of the boat, ciuglng to the railing,
which, giving way, precipitatcd them into
the river. AS the water poured into the
boat it sank below the surface, leav.
ing thirty human souls battling for life in
the angry current. The water ut this
point is fully fifteen feet deep, and the
current at least six miles per hour.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

The personal grand list of st. Adams is
Sl.506, 4S9, as against S3l8,l18 in 1880
an increase of 473 per cent. In making
up the list the following rates for Appraisal
were adopted First national bank stock
100; Vermont national bank stock, 90,
Swanton national bank stock, so; Lamoilc
national bank stock, 5O Waterbury ma,
tional bank stock, 40; Mortified national
bank stock, 100; Randolph national bank
stock, 80; Brandon national bank stock,
ITO; Vergennes national bank stock. so;
St Adams Trust company, 90; U. S. &
Canada express, 60; National car compa-
ny, 10; st. Adams gas company, II 80,
Grand Isle boat company, nothing; 81.
Adams iron and steel works, nothing
Southeastern railroad, nothing; L. G. e.
St. J. railroad, nothing; Central Vermont
railroad, nothing.
There are two lists over $4,000; 1G
between $40 600 and $50 900; % between
$4,000 and $4,000, and 80 between S25O0
and $4,000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

The family of Senator Edmunds has ar
rived in Burlington.
Elk Governor Fairbanks and family of
St. Johnsbury sailed from New York for
Europe on the 9th.
Col. W. G. Veazey will deliver the dec.
Grafton day address at Ludlow and Rey.
A. j. Hough will read an original poem.
Fairbanks & Co. and the Fall Mountain
Paper Company of Bellows Falls received
awards at the Melbourne International
Exhibition.
Mr.. Joel NJ. Haven, treasurer of the
Rutland railroad company and proprietor
of the Bates House, was married ia Nal.
den Mass, on the 9th inst , to Mrs. C. E.
Cooke of Maiden.
Stearns K Abbott, the reprieved Massa-
chusetts convict is not to be hung, as the
Governor and Council are now in posses
sion of further facts that throw doubt on
the testimony that convicted him.
Attorney General MacVeagh has rem
dered an opinion upon the question Of the
right of the postmaster general to prohibit
the deliveryof registered letters to persons
conducting lotteries, holding that the ques.
ton is one solely for determination by the
postmaster-general and that he is the sole
arbiler of the law and fact upon the
subject.
Secretary Kirkwood will hereafter have
all applicants for Office examined as &c
their records, the record of previous work
in the world and their personal qualities,
but not mpeti.ively, nor with view to
ascertain their literary qualifications, and
will appoint them. when found fit for APP.
pointment, pro tempore. If in the course
of two, four. six or eight months they
prove faithful and efficient they will be
placed permanently on the roll; If not,
they will he dropped.
The Grand Cuke Nicholas Of Russia.
brother of the czar, has been sentenced to
Siberia for life because of his completely
with nihilsm. He has had secret exam
ination and been hurried off TO that living
sepulchre. Repression does not seem to
repress nihilsm. which breaks out in the
most unexpected places. The assassination
of the czar was an incident, not an end,
of this organization, which is nursing in
its bosom the seeds of terrible revolution,
which Is bound to come sooner or later.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04
From Our Regular Correspondent 81
Washington Letter

WASHINGTON. d. c., April %, 1881.
This week has been undistinguished ex-
cept for partisan debate in the Senate, re-
publican caucuses, and further exposure
of the star route frauds in the postal de-
partment. The Senate deadlock has last
ed so long tLat it has almost ceased to
excite comment, and the star route expo.
sures are the chief topic discussed in po-
litical circles. The star route service is a
name given to all the mails that are trans
ported by other than railroad and steam
boat conveyance, and it includes stage
coach, horseback and pedestrian transport
tation in the south and far west. Over
some of the lines in the far west not more
than three letters per week are passed.
There are more than nine thousand star
route lines in all. for which the annual ap-
preparation is about Sc 100000.
Between the years 1878 and 1880 Assist
ant Postmaster General Brady, an ap-
pointee of Senator Morton, of Indiana,
deceased, appears to have furnished reasons
in the shape of so-called petitions for hav-
ing the service on ninety-three of these
routes expedited" which means in
creased from a weekly to daily, or at
least more frequent, carriage of mails.
They succeeded so far that they raised
the cost of these routes from 1927 900 to
81, ,000 so that there are only about
S3,097 900 left for the other 5000 routes.
There have been for long time sugges-
tons and suspicious of fraud in the =" star
route" service, but the deficit which con-
gress was called upon to meet at its last
session first brought the matter prominent
ly to public notice. Mr.. Brady seems to
have been successful in postponing public
exposure and in securing his money. The
appointment of the present postmaster
general, however, was crisis in the affairs
of those who were implicated In this star
route" business and 1t is believed by
many that Mr.. Brady. and many others in
high official position in both political par
ties, will have to answer through criminal
proceedings for their transgressions.
1t seems that ex-senator Dorsey, of Ar
kansas, is considerably smirched by this
" star route steal. Among the contract
ors in the star route service are his brother,
brother-in-law, and former partner.
The contracts awarded these three indvid-
uals were expedited from $4,000 TO
S50O,O00,so that it appears that the Dor
sey ring must have made handsome
haul of nearly half a million dollars.
The warm weather of the past week, it
is thought, will soon thaw out the dead
lock in the Senate. In the recent republi
can caucus there was an agreement to so
far relax its rigidity as to consider the
more important of the presidents nomina
tons in executive session. The Chinese
treaty must be considered before long, or
the time agreed upon for its notification
will have lapsed, and, taking one thing
with another. it is impossible that the
deadlock will continue longer than till the
first of June.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04
RUTLAND's RICH MEN.-Followino i

RUTLAND's RICH MEN.-FolIowin is n
list OF some of the heavy property owners
in Rutland and the amount on which thew
are assessed: Redfeld Proctor, real and
personal, $27S,000; Vermont marble com
pany, personal, S450,OOO; w. Y Ripley's
estate personal. 1911 900; j., NJ. Haven,
personal, $4,000; Ripley Sons, personal
$4,000; E. Pierpoint, personal, $40 900 ;
Ripley Sons and Vermont marble compa
personal, $4,000: w Y. w. Ripley,
personal, S33, 900; Mrs. William Y. Ri pley,
1871, 900; William Gilmore, per.
sonal, Sl0l 900; Charles Clement, person.
al, 1921 900; John w. Crnmton. real and
personal, 100000; II. H. Baxter. real
and personal, Sl9l,O00; H. II. Dyer, real
and personal. $4,000; Edward H. Rip.
ley, real and personal, $32 1000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

The tendency now is strongly toward the
gallows, severe feeling having set in
because of the frequency of the most hor-
rible kinds of murder. Prisoners, parr.
cldes' uxoricdes, murderers for the sake
OF getting possession of property, MUIR
derers from drunkenness, and murder.
ers OF women who refuse to accept
ruffians for husbands and other kinds OF
murders have come to be so common as
greatly to alarm all orderly and well dis
posed men, and to reconcile even the most
humane of persons to the general inflic-
ton of capital punishment.--Bo Boston
Transcript
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

1t seems that Gen. Brady attempted to
bride the president in advance by offer.
ing to raise twenty five thousand dollars
from the state route contractors for the
campaign. General Garfield Immediately
replied to Brady disappearing of hi- prop.
ositlon. This letter President Garfield
has in his possess ion, and its contents led
him to make in quiries into that service,
which resulted in Brady's prompt dismissa
lie says that he determined to displaee
Brady before he left NJ entor.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

We sometimes grumble about our navy.
but England has recently had an example
of extravaganza which has never been
approached in the United States. The
Neptune, purchased by the English gov-
eminent has cost So 500, 900. and after
three years is declared ready for sea She
was bought because she could be sent to
sea at once.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Rev. Daniel Gibbs, an aged Presbyterian
Clergyman. died very suddenly in Hart.
ford, Conn, Wednesday morning, from
paralysis. He was born at Hartford, VT,
November II, 1907, and graduated from
Middlebury college in the class of 1885.
In 1915 be was made the agent of the
American Protestant society, now the
American and Foreign Christian union.
and spent seven years in Ohio. For a
number of years back he had lived in
Hartford,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

81 am sure" said Gen. Grant with
great good sense in a speech he made in
the city of Mexico last week, that even
if it could be shown that all the people of
Mexico were in favor of the annexation
of portion of their territory to the
United States it would still be rejected
We want no more land. We do want to
improve what we have, and we want to
see our neighbors improve and grow so
strong that the designs of any other coun-
try could not endanger them"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

There are upon the docket of the June
term of the Addison county court one
hundred and eighty two court cases and
twenty-five chancery cases,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Boston Jou,7,a' Of Education talks Of - Al
berg Springs"
The star route stealings add their lesson
to the other facts which 90 to show that
honesty is all that is needed to give the
country two cent stamps.
President Garfield is said to have
chosen Colonel james for postmaster
general with special reference TO his
ability and disposition to hunt out, expose
and remedy the Irregularities in the con-
tract system.
The Rev Phillips Brooks, of Trinity
church, Boston, is IA man Of noble presence
and giant frame. His distaste for notorietv
is so keen that no photograph of him is to
be found in Boston. He is u bachelor Of
forty five, and one Of his siSt ers presides
over the rectorY.
The New York tax commissioners tell
the New York elevated roads that if they
will wipe out their stock and reduce their
capital to their bonded debt. which is
about equal to the real cost of the roads,
they can earn fair dividends and pay their
taxes with no Difficulty.
We hear Of farmer m king almost fab
ulous amounts Of sugar. Five pounds toa
tree seems 10 he no uncommon thing.
while some 90 higher than that, one man
reporting three hundred and ti1v pounds
and several gallons syrup from fifty trees.
i-NeWpOH EGprGSS,
A " star route is one in which the
mails ,rn c,rrieJ in s,.,,as mr. nm horse
hack Tho fr,nd CONSISTS in getting = hid
mt in very mncb baloo the rr.L worth of
The snrvire. the contractor fails and than
the iob is assioned to one Of the rino for a
big sum.
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II 90 no.o 'si' - '',' 0o",'v "o 5m 9't,oa
IL ~ p'S u" o',0 %" nv" Vol nv"
''eS Will w 0"'
| The iron nrow of the hmous rahel ram
Merrimac' which destroyed two irigates
In Hampton Roads during the rebellion,
but was llnalIy routed bv the Monitor, now
,e1 r"sr'"S ~ a" I''o".e J"nN snop u"
bodv to securn = war relic rhc,n
An English mcchdnlciAn mas designed AN
ocean steamship which will, a' he claims.
cross from Queenstown to New York in
four days on a consumption of lifly tons OF
coal every twenty four hD1rs, and on
occasion can m Ike forty miles an hour.
His principle calls INTO play twin screws
forward and ait the bow screws pulling
and the stern screws going ahead.
A man who will denou,ca , re,y.n,nor
no hoIb svstom,t,c,II,, inIonont anG ~,
trrrbfn, and va, ,Iy,v. snhsc,.iho Cav il
hid better close his month IN Iha snhont
If bioher metbods in ionrn,Iism A man
who fakes :, nrwsn,nnr h"c,nse he i. waal,
and wickoJ cnon,,h IN G.,r il. ,rn, 49,,
The yarv farm of i,Grn,Ii.n thar no nr5'
tends to drspise, is 4 very Door creature -
Rnttt"d Heraid.
wohstor vbitol,.u or cr,,on h,a .
twomontbs.o,d h.hv which bo roo,r1od
NC an ino,o,hr,noo .,d bo ,,,.ro,,na u,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Webster Whitehall Of Groton had Il
two months old baby which he regarded
as an incumbrance and he therefore gave
it powerful dose OF strychnl. A ply
stefan happened to drop in shortly after
md applied antidote' which partially re
stored the infant The Lynlon Union
chronicles these flcts. but makes no ref
erence to any attempt to bring the unnat
ural wretch of a parent to justice. Shame
on the community which suffers such an
accursed crime to 60 unpublished.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

Lord Beaconsticld had two brothers
James, deceased, and Ralph. He never
associated with any of his kindred, but he
appointed james in 1852, when he became
chancellorof the eXch-quer, commissions
er Of inland revenue, the salary of which
is $4,000 It year, and hi, brother Ralph
was at his request, appointed by Lord
Chancellor Cairns, in 1867. deputy clerk
of the house of lords. the salary of which
is f12O0. They both, particularly James,
bore strong likeness TO their remarkable
brother.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

public library has been estnblished at
Sutherland Falls by Governor Proctor. A
large, well lighted room in the upper
story of the storeroom for finished work
has been finely fitted up and furnished
with cases for the books, chairs, tables and
carpet The library has been placed bv
Governor Proctor in the hands of seven
trustees. 1t is the intention to have the
library open several nights ia a week ne n
reading room, and on Saturday afternoon
and evening for those who wish to take
the books to their homes. The library ia
open to all residents Mt the Falls on the
payment of slight fee, There are now
about 1000 volumes on the shelves Gov.
ernor Proctor proposes at once 10 increase
the number to 5000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-04

The Hawaiian government is said to be
considering measures toward stopping
Chinese immigration, which has been
pouring into the Islands under an invita-
ton extended by the government some
time ago. In Australia, the Chinese ques
tion has come mp in a new phase. in a
protest from the other colonies against the
encouragement just given Chinese immi.
grafton by the small colony of Western
Australia which proposes to establish the
importation If Chinese labor at the public
expense. The other colonies are all bitter
ly opposed to it, Queensland prohibits it
by law, South Australia is considering the
same step and public sentiment on the
subject is rs strong in all parts OF Austral.
IL In L,nli I1...I.
, 1881-09-16

t.ir: If Columbia a.ts34 wrrn lo7 hisl md l0a
nsk,p; l'uln STATES i'as. IN hid mud l0i'i
n*ksd; H. III hid nnl III 4 Hekcd anl AIS, l1}'A
Nil ami ll3', nskrt Tho extended IL, or 3ss,
declined from snl'a To lnl. Tho extended Is nd'
rnnccd MI as,tto'rntlons TINT tho Secretary OF
tito Treasury Will probably call tho rs hcfnra tho
Is. Az thurc ir now Y per cent hcrr,,od Interest
due 0n tho HIS. they nrc ecltnR worry nonr rnr.
Foreign cxrhnnRU was stronger for sterling.
Jlunkrrs' sterling WIS ial nud 4st!t. Sterling
nctuR rates were 4a0ta 6ls&,1; commercial hscr-
ling WIS neuinnlly 41HGbt7sn. I}ankors' francs
were hssii for sixty tInys md hes!.s for lonaud:
French commercial bilis wnro Gn ind h:1,a;
l!niginn commercial. has,s: bAnkcrs' matks. u
nrt1 VIA; anti ctlnncrclal, lEiibE'.i.
It is not II good sign TINT our exports continue
10 decline. Inst week front Now York they
amounted 10 s70LI35G. ngatnst $8,Sl8,51p for tho
corresponding wook Of lSO. Tho following tn
bic shows tho exports texol,tAlvc Of spccc> from
tho purt OF Now York for tho wc0k ending Sept.
IT. 1SSi. compared with tho statement OF tho
two previous years:
For thu week. ;,Sii.$,, s7assy ;ESs7a
Previously reuortcd, a'a,lEt&si 2slsi'.lW shls8*sH
Since Jan. n.t........s:a0uan t:s'sN.asn ts'sssH4'2
Chicago bnnk c!cnrnt,ccs wern $500, ,o0O. New
York exchange ruled frnlcr nt &c ncr 900 dis
count. Loans wcro fairly nctIvc at 5dl7 por cent.