Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-05

We have heard of but one member of
the legislature who received ii serenade
upon his return from Montpelier that
solitary individual was c. w. Priest of
Mt. Holly.
The Boston Herald has it about right
when it says: You can't count out New
England We are going to have good
honest winter and every day of it count
ed"
Ossian Ray Of Lancaster was elected
last week to congress from the third New
Hampshire district by 1000 or 5000 major
ity over Col. Hosley of Lebanon. Mr..
Ray was then republican candidate and
succeeds Hon. Evarts w. Farr who died
Il few wrecks ago.
Prof. Hind of Halifax charges Sir John
Mcdonald. premier of Canada, with de-
liberately classifying the evidence presented
before the Halifax commission which
rendered the famous fishing award of
So, 10000 flom the U. S. to Canada. He
demands an investigation of the matter.
1t will have TO be made and then, Good
bye, John
Col. w. +. Elkin, the last but one OF
the famous " long nine" headed by Abra-
ham Lincoln, in the Illinois Legislature in
l839-lS40, has died in Decatur. Ninian
w. Edwards, of Springfield, alone sur
wives. The aggregate height of the - long
nine" was precisely tifty-four feet They
secured the removal of the capital from
Vandalia to Springfield
A convict who had just served his term
out in Clinton prison, the other day on
being requested to do so, showed a gentle
man at Bromley's hotel how the matter Of
stealing wetches from the pocket was
accom- ished. He stole the mans watch
handsomely. and got off with it as far a:
Plattsburgh, where he was arrested, bu
released again, on careful consideration Of
all the circumstances. -Repu6ttcdn.
District Attorney Benjamin X. Phelps
died at New York Thursday night. HI
was native of Haverhill Mass. ant
graduated at Yale in 1858. Mr.. Phelps
was elected district attorney in 1872 ant
, reeecte1 twice, holding the Office at hi
death. He was Il model prosecuting of
; ticer. His wife died on the Dist ult; M
Phelps himself had been in i'll health bu
II few months, and was only AZ years o
} age.
Roswell Smith, who with DR.. HOLLAND
and Charles Scribner. senior established
Joint stock company of Scribner & Co., il
1870, has by the purchase of shares fron
, DR.. Holland, become the owner of th
r controlling interest in the company whic
; publishes Scribner's Monthly, 50, Nichlols
etc. While DR.. Holland retains the ed
: torship of Scribner's Monthly, he virtual
retires from the ownership in favor {
q Smith. who has always been the bushes
manager of the company. K. w. Glider
associate editor of Scribner'S, A. W
n Drake. manager of the art department
and others connected with the establish
ment Of Charles Scribner's Sons, sti
A retain their minority interest.
When Miss Lizzie Powers, who is
3 niece of the distinguished sculptor, Hiral
d Powers, was recently married 10 M
II Nicholas Patterson in Cincinnati, he pr
sented her, as married gift, with h
s country seat at Remington, some TWEEN
f. miles from the city, for which he pa
=. $4,000 five years ago. Recently Mr.
3 Patterson, who had intended to leave tn
l property at at her death to the children
A home, to be used as the managers though
a fit, concluded to make the gift ut once, an
3 has accordingly conveyed the property
the institution.