Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-07-27

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Foster that he wants to give Mrs. Garfield
800, 900 in case of the presidents death.
The name is withheld.
The discovery Of copper and silver bear
ing ore near Fort Laramie. Wy, has made
intense excitement. Miners are stamped.
ing to the new district. which is about six
miles wide. and swarming with prosPec-
tors, all of whom are making locations.
Surface assays vary from sixty dollars to
one hundred and fifty dollars. A town
site is laid out, and buildings are already
going up. There is a large demand for
labor.
These were the words of warning, al
most of prophecy. which the Mobile Reg
lister published June LIST: " 1t may not be
inappropriate to seriously advise Mr.. Gar
field to see to a thorough cleaning of the
drains Of the White House. to a vigorous
securing of all copper cooking vessels,
and 10 the prompt confinement of all in
sane persons stirring around with fire.
arms, and so cut off any pretext for too
sudden Qualifying of his successor"
A PAT IARCH.-A decrepit old man
from Montreal reached Troy, NY, a day
or two since in search Of his son, and to
one of the town officers made statement
under oath to the effect that his name is
Justine Pasco. that he was born in France
and went TO Canada when year and II
half old at the age of sixteen married
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ried his seven other wives; his last wife
now living in Montreal; he is ninety years
old, and has been the father OF forty-four
children. thirty of whom are now living.
Peter Stuyvesant. the practical governor
of New Amsterdam two and quater cen
turtles ago. issued an order to prevent the
entrance of any Indian into the city ''in ye
event sayd salvage beareth IA firelook or
OF her weapons of ware" In view of the
frequent careless use of firearms in that
city at the present time the New York
Commercial Advertiser thinks " it is q pity
we are not possessed of an authority equal
in judgment to the determined old Ouch
man, who hanged law-breakers on his
own responsibility.
Affairs in the rransvaal are again as
Stunning threatening shape. The British
royal commission, sent to arrange the de-
tails of the transfer to the Beers, have
assessed the latter for 81, 100000 for an
old debt and for expenditures on the coun
try since annexation. The commission
offer to remit f600, 900, or one half of the
assessment, if the Beers will cede the
country east of the twentieth degree of
longitude. The Beers refuse either to pay
the assessment or cede the territory.
"Supposing all the planets in one line
with the earth at once, and in their most
favorable position" says Prof. CA. Young
of Princeton, 1.-THE disturbing power Of the
whole conspiracy would be less than one
ten -thousandth part of the moons disturb
ing force. Now the sole meteorological
effect yet traced to the moons attraction is
minute atmospheric tide which causes
the mercury in the barometer to rise and
fall about one twenty-thousandth of an
inch twice day. If anything in science
is certain. 1t would seem to be that the
effects OF planetary attraction upon the
earth's atmosphere is SO insignificant as to
be hopelessy beyond our power of precep
ton"
The Graphic's Washington despatch
says: The rumor of the death of Judge
Clifford has already started many rumors
regarding his probable success. 1t is al
ready recalled that had not Stanley Mat
thews been named to the last supreme
court vacancy, President Garfield would
probably have nominated his old friend
Judge Cooley of Michigan, and it is said
the probable vacancy will be filled in due
time in this way. Another rumor is to the
effect that the most polite stroke of the
administration is to take the form of II ten
der of supreme court judgeship to MIR,
Conkling. 1t is we'll known that the
president has no personal i'll feeling
against Conkllng. and 1t Is suggested thai
MIR. Blaine could devise no wiser plan OF
getting his old political opponent out oil
The way than by advertising this nomina
ton, Mr.. Conkling declined the chieI
iungeship rendered by Gen. Grant, how.
ever, and 1t is not PROBABLE that he would
accept anything less now.