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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTERS IN

APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL MASTERS IN
THE CASE OF THE VERMONT AND CAN
ADA.-Chancellor Royce, acting in pur-
suance Of the mandate of the supre me
court in the case Of james r Lsngdon
and others against the Vermont and Can
ada railroad company and others, has
appointed J. w. Rowell Of Randolph,
William H. Walker of Ludlow, William
P. Dillingham; of Waterbury, special mas
tiers to ascertain AMI report the amount
due of principal and interest on all the
bonds issued and negotiated by the receiv-
ers as such, or as receivers and managers
or AS trustees and receivers. or as trustees
and managers, and the consideration upon
which they are held; the kind and value
of the property pledged to secure the
payment Of each of the different classes
of said bonds at the time it was pledged,
/ and its present value; the kind and value
of the properly purchased with the avails
| of the car service pledged to secure the
payment of said bonds when purchased
| and lis present value; the amount received
| from the car service pledged TO secure
them. and how the money received on
account of said car service has been used
and appropriated; the amount due on
account of floating debt, how, when, and
under what circumstances it has been
contracted for, or has grown out OF the
necessary expenses of running and oper-
ating and maintaining said road and
property, and when. Isaiah R. Clark OF
Boston is appointed special commissioner
to take evidence OF the ownership OF
bonds and claims. and the consideration
upon which they are held.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
UNITED STATES BONDS
BOSTON MARKET M.

FLOUR-DemAnd for -four u,..r.. .Y-
remain unchanged. We quote wr~.-. -.I"aN
at - common extras at - -iI+ 81. |' -.H--t ~
tras at S4.5Jd5.j0; and Mlune-u. ,N..- si''
per Dbl, including choice b4ker-' boz .. ~
Ter wheats the sales nave been l'
ONO and Michigan; so Gh = 20. b.. .H- b
ebdB-1u for ~. Louis aud Illinois, fnr -- .."'
| brands. Patent spring wheat ra a., alb
patent winter wheats al Su.-js,.7j ,ie. ...
CHANNELS been ~ mpIeru., r.aH4 VI
safes OF steamer mixed and eIl.N a. '.
u" grade Al A7GlS; r bush, a- g. .-
are scarce and firm. We au1.g sa sl'
white at 52Gjjc; No 2 wuIi sj 5.nf l-
mixed and No white al iNgt. n-r ..-t
PRoNGSIO\s.-Pork remains .ue -.rt aa r
been 10 steady demand. The s..t- nr
been al : l3-ahdl4 mess al tu-,1a .-.- '' "- 3D.
Ste ls-5O lot new; and clear aU. .Er- to
Including backs, at 81 as per hn. a's RE-
al slJGl2 for mess and eNua mt--, m- gu.
Tor family. Lar Is firm AuI ul- H.a -"-
i2s az &C per 10 Tor CITY ami we--."
hams are IN fair demand at ltts Hs
quality.
BUrTER.-The demand for butte. ua's''
and make dull. We quote western A
4d21c Tor choice, ana 2IG3S. t.' ,a
northern creamerles at - 4jy iH. ..N..' ""1
&c for fair and good Vernon. .. New
diaries al 2ld13c for choice, LAS. 0..' .. aA
ana d42c lor common. la4ie ra.h "
10 lsc Tor choice; l5ul1c luf iar Sd -'''' .4.
l+c 2 10 for common.
CHEESE Els steady aud drm at It# b. .1. a3l
l-dl3c for faIr and good, and 50... ge . '. w.
mon.
EGGs-Have been selling at liHIa- d's-
southern, western and eastern.
POTATOES-No change and lbc mi Fbe. .' g,.
ues to be well supplied sales ni l'H''i' s I'll
al sOds'c Maine Central auu N,.u In. h''' 81.
Sc, New York Rose al ,5as0.. PROLIFIC ,.a .s
Jacksons, Peerless ami Seeding D.. .''.
busbei.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
INcEss ANT observation-disclosures the bill

lNCEsS Ant LAUGHTER. -Among the hills
of Pennsylvania, opposite Frenchown, n
j., there lives family aft cted with rictus.
Husband, wife, sons and daughters and
grandchildren are all afflicted with thus
strange disease. The father had the first
attack about ten years ago, and it rapidly
spread among the members of the family
until about eight years ago every memb Der
was afflicted. At first il caused serious
trouble, but as the disease became better
| known nobody noticed it. The years OF
lnceeslnt laughter have told somewhat on
he faces of the family, but not so as 10 be
very noticeable. There are scores Of lines
under the eyes and above the cheeks caused
by the drawing up of the skin. Then their
mouths have become wider and they keep
them closed with difficulty. The most
marked result Of the disease however, Is
| 10 the voice The entire family talk in
the same tone, resembling as nearly as
anything the voice Of An alto singer
Males and females have the same iufec
ton and intonatiOn. Most Of them have
more or less trouble with their eyes, sever.
al of them having become near sighted
The pupils have contracted and the entire
eyeball is diminished in siZ3. This is &C
counted for by the contraction Of the eye,
while laughing and the effort required il
working or reading while undergoing al
attack. Very little physical annoyance il
caused the laughers. They read and write
slee and work without any trouble. Tn,
only thing they seem unable to do Will,
attacked is to eat, and they can be readily
understood. In all but one instance th,
grandchildren were taken soon after thei
birth with stated attacks at the same hour
as their parents.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The trouble in Montreal on july u,
1877, is brought to mind by quarrel be-
tween the authorities and the Orangemen.
On the day referred to Thomas Lett
Hackett. an Orangeman, was shot down
while he was returning from church. His
society friends caused a monument TO be
erected over his grave, and month or
two ago the inscription was placed on it as
follows: I'm memory of Thomas Lett
Hackett, who was barharouslv murdered
by an Irish Roman Catholic mob on Vic
toria Square, July y, 1877. while return.
ing from divine service. This monument
is erected by the Orangemen and Protest.
ants OF the Dominion, asa tribute of res pect
and mark Of detestation of his murder
ers." The cemetery authorities main.
tain that the language OF the inscription
is repugnant 10 good taste and in viola.
ton of The rules of the cemetery. and they
have accordingly notified the Orangeme1
TO remove the words Irish Roman Catbo.
/ lie mob" in default of such removal the
slab to be destroyed. The Orauremen
claim that they own the lot in which
young Hackett was buried and also the
monument with its inscription which
commentaries the cause of death. and
that they will defend this property.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
From Our Regular Corrsspon ent-l
Washington Letter.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nav 6. 1881


WASHINGTON. D. c.. May 6. 1881.
The deadlock has been broken. or at
least relaxed for little while, but there is
yet no prospect that the lion and the lamb
will lie down together, and nothing. not
even 4 summer season, 1t is believed, will
end the struggle between the so nearly
evenly matched parties in the Senate. As
TO the president and the senior senator
from New York. each feels that be has too
much principal and interest involved to
yield in the issue between them, and one
or the other must fall, for neither will
retreat.
/ The talk among senators to dav is that
the Senate will adjourn about the 2lst of
May, but the action of the Senate in going
into executive session does not signify that
the contest over the election of officers is
/ terminated. Some republican senators
are known to be in favor Of resumiug the
fight as soon as the more important exec
ulive appointments are confirmed. The
plan of action ratified by the republican
caucus looks to this end, and we may have
the Senate with US all summer yet. Should
/ the senators remain through the warm
season they will, no doubt, become i'm
pressed with realizing sense of the
nuisance of the Potomac fats. and will
perhaps be inclined to give some attention
4 to the matter of its abatement.
We are not precisely on the verge of a
revolution. but we are near the culmina-
ton of small events and petty crises. The
president has Withdrawn all the important
nominations from New York except that OF
Judge Robertson, which indicates that he
has no disposition to compromise with
Senator Conklng, but will attack him
where he is weakest, svailing himself OF
the immense vantage Of his superior
power, Office and influence. In this con-
test Senator Conkling must fall. A ma
iority Of the Senate will sooner or later
vote for Robertson's confirmation, and,
this important case settled, the situation
will be much simpifed. A large number
of senators visited the president yester-
day in the interest of harmony, but their
ministr, tions have been without avail.
President Garfield has had sufficient time
to calculate all the chances and response
bilities Of the course he has taken, he is
no amateur politician. but as old and as
able as Conkling himself He doubtless
realized that any compromise in the
beginning Of his presidential term would
he equivalent to an abdication of the
prerogatives of bis Office, and a source OF
embarrassment to his administration for
four years.
| The Senate transacted remarkably
large amount of business in its executive
session yesterday, clearing the calendar OF
treaties, and also taking final action on
| eighty. four nominations in about four and
/ half hours. The first matter disposed oil
was the Chinese immigration treaty,
which, after n continuation OF Wednesday s
debate Casting three hours, but developing
no fresh points Of interest) was ratified
without amendment by a practically unan-
imous vote, there being only two senators
recorded in the negative.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

SUICIDE IN GEoRGIA.-Orris Ballard,
ST., one of Georgia's Oldest and most
respectable citizens, committed suicide
last Wednesday morning BY hanging. He
was living with his son, Joseph, who took
the home farm when Mr. Ballard, who
was quite wealthy, made disposition
of his property among his children three
or four wears ago He was in intirm
health, having symptoms of consumption.
For several months the state Of his mind
had been such that his family, fearing
something of the kind, had kept close
watch over him. On Wednesday morn
ing. between 10 and y o'clock, he took a
pair of reins from a wagon. tied them to a
horse shoe nailed to one of the flooring
timbers Overhead, and after adjusting the
loop, kicked from beneath MIN wagon
seat on which be stood. Win IN found he
was quite dead His wife died several
years since.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

During this month Venus is morning
star. In December, 1882, she will be
seen all over America making transit or
crossing the suns disc. Astronomers are
already laying their plans for the observa-
ton of this transit. the greatest astronom :
ical event anticipated in this country in
the present century. The most beautiful
celestial picture of the month occurs on
the morning of the 10Th, for the wanin.
moon will hen be near Venus, Saturn and
Jupiter, though she passes her conjunction
with them all on the previous day. As
Venus rises on that morning about 5: 10
o'clock, Saturn ten minutes later and
Jupiter about ten minutes after Saturn. if
the SKY is clear it will be safe to promise
superb planetary show, well worth tax
ing pains to witness. The new moon of
the 9th throws her shadow over a portion
of the earth, and causes a partial eclipse
Of The sun. is invisible here, but visi-
BILE in the northern part of North America
and in northern Asia.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The Queen of England has buried seven
prime ministers, and is looking about for
he eighth.
FIX Governor John Gregory Smith sails
for Europe on The Dist for six weeks
vacation.
1t is said that the pleasure travel Of the
coming summer is to be much greater
than ever before known.
Nile. Bernhard cleared nearly two
hundred thousand dollars by her profes
sional tour in this country. She left fol
home delighted with America and the
Americans.
The commissioner Of internal revenue
has recently prepared a table showing th'
amount Of collection of internal revenue
returned from the several states for s
mum her Of years. The figures for Vernon
were $5O,l59 in 1879 and $50 545 in 1885,
very much smaller amounts than fo
any other New England state.
Telegraph messages are kept in the Of
/ fees where sent, for six months, and thel
bundled up and sent to the superintendent
who forwards them TO the paper mill
This is done in order to protect the mes
sages from the courts, case being seldom
undertaken in less than six months an
that time proving sufficient for all correc
tons.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

A somewhat notable experiment is that
now being tried by w. R. Travers. the
well known Wall street operator, the OBJ
lect being to provide cheap and desirable
houses for working people He owns
three hundred and thirty acres of land
eight miles from the city, forty minutes
distant by rail, had upon this he is build
ing model suburb, which be has named
Lyndhurst There is space for two hun.
dred houses on which twenty-one small
and sixteen large cottages have already
been erected, the cost OF which RANGES
from one thousand dollars to four tbon.
sand dollars. They are sold TO proper
parties at cost price, on long time. the
monthly or quarterly installments being
applied as purchase money. The planning
OF the village and the dwelling. is intrust.
ed to competent architects. sand every pro.
vision for health, beauty and colnfort il
carefully looked after Mr.. Trayers has
built and equipped two factories. that
AFFORD employment to those who live al
home, and these are now in successful
operation
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

VERMONT AT YoRKTOwS.-The gov
ernor has not yet given official notification
to the companies that will accompany him
10 the Yorktown celebration next October,
but it seems to BE- generally conceded tina
the Ransom Guards of S.. A bans will be
one, while the choice for the second com
panv apparently lies between the Capital
Guards of Montp elier and the Estey
Guards of Brattle boro. The arrangements
for transp ortation to Yorktown and fol
accommod alton during the cncampment
there of the militia are in the hands of
Quarter Master General L 6 X ingsley OF
Rutland. Il Is proposed to charter a
steamer from New L1nion to transport
the civil and military delegations of the
state to Yorktown and return. 1t will
leave New London on Saturday night
October 18th, in order to reach Yorktown
on the following Monday. The military
will remain encamped during the week
returning after the 10Th. Gov. Farnham
and staff and the various state official.
accompanying him will have headquarter:
on the camp ground.-ErchaHge.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

A very pretty little romance is told of the
governor of California, George C. Per.
kins, and The story runs 10 this effect
Years ago when he had bit 81 in his
pocket and no employment, Nj. Knight,
a merchant Of Oroville, gave him a steady
situation as porter at $40 a month. After.
ward, and when their fortunes were re.
versed. he found Mr.. Knight poor in
San Francisco, and took him into his
employment as bookkeeper at $l75 a
month, which was II handsome return for
the kindness of Mr.. Knight when Perkins
was poor. But it did not end there.
When Perkins became governor of the
state he remembered his old friend anc
book keeper, and appointed him harbol
commissioner.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

QUESTIONS OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE
IN EURoPE,-lt is rather curious fact
that nearly all the legislatures of Europe
are engaged upon some phase of the mar.
riage question. In France bill legaliz-
ing divorce was defeated; and PROPOSE
lions are now pending legalizing the
marriage of brothers in-law with their
sisters.in law, and the marriage of priests.
In Hungary, the marriage of jews and
Christians has heen legalized, and the
introduction of obligatory civil marriage
is under discussion. In Denmark. the
Folkething has been debating the
remarriage OF divorced persons In Spain,
the ministry ha- had the re-establshment
of civil marriage under consideration. In
Italy the divorce question has been
brought before the legislature by propo-
sal to sanction divorce3 when either the
husband or the wife has been condemned
TO penal servitude for life. and TO convert
legal separation into divorce when
three years, in case of childless marriages
or five years if they are children, have
elapsed without a reconciliation after the
Judgment of separation was pronounced.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The country Of the Kroumirs, OF which
the telegraph has good deal to say. these
days, lies on the coast, in the northwestern
part of Gunis, close to the Algerian from
tier, and its people are a wild race. who
pay little or no attention to the rey's
authority. They are in position easy OF
defense.as the country is full of PERCEPTIONS
rocks and narrow dcfles. Ever since the
occupation of Algiers, the French have
been suffering annoyance from these
people on their frontier, and the discovery
of their negotiations with England for
leave to seize Tunis furnishes added
provocation for the war begun against
them.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

The unsettled state Of European affairs
has helped to swell the tide of immigra-
ton to an unprecedented extent. Accord
ing TO the quarterly report of the chief Of
the bureau of statistics, for the last three
months Of the year 1880, it appears from
this report that the number of immigrants
into the United States during the veal
1880, was 59s, 703, being greater than dur
ing any previous history of the country
or more than twice as great as that Of the
preceding year. Nearly 100000 immi.
grants, made up of all classes Of people
under the sun, more than 1000 coming
from Asia. constitute an addition of little
less than lS0th to the entire population o
the country.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11


"a 'i''' = '' D'' '0' ~ 0e qui'e
'N
VI me e'Sht men VINO ran on the four
-. u;L., n T.
II IS remarked tha' rres'uent Uarhelds
cao'net Is the nrsl one since the war
WHICH ms not contained soldler'
Postmaster General James goes along
with his star-route investigation. Gen .
Brady and ex-senator Dorsey wax in
'''
'0'
The bnaut'es OF the star route mali
svs'-n are made annarent when it Is
es''n''od that tho delivery Of every letter
in "'r'''7 localities mn't have cost from
s8oot IN $500. And all Of this for three
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

THE CLAIMANT OF THE STEWART MILL
ION Alexander Stewart having retained
ex-Judge Barrett of Woodstock as couns e
in his effort to obtain share of the A. I
Stewart estate, HIS revoked bis employ
ment Of Hon. John F. Deane, and dis
charged his former agents and assistants
in his pending suit, set for hearing a
Windsor the present month before Judge
Wheeler. An application has recently
been made to the Windsor district probate
court for The appointment of a guardian
over the old gentleman on account OF i'm
becilty induced by age and infrmities,
and the hearing is set for the l4lh instant,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

A b;u IN ,,rrish tho. ono,,,.,1,- ar,,o,c,
-, -
~ me- 'i'''oi 'Aio" IHs' n"s just Ptsseu
both houses OF the New YORK assembly,
unanimously 1t fixes penalty of from
two to ten wears in the state nrison
,rar, into atfac, in u.ssecbrso+,s Nfo,a.r
oao ID, ~, uo,uo-.1 r Ill - -
o,bar obs,roctiors from, .bo uri,1ans -
,,.cas whore inioxic,ti,c li,oors ara cola
and f,rhil, tho ev,,s,ro ~ h.,,Io. -.
vessels containing or purporting to contain
liquors Tne other makes all club rooms
where liquors are sold without license
common nuiSances. and those who N lin
tain them liable to the laws governing
such cases.
,rho 1;ho-.l r,;u;,.o-,- ho, .,o;a
NV 60 - .''7 P''N P'ot0'
respect TO the queen : WISHES IN regard TO
aarlafcranr;IIa b.raonna,noad ,ha. rr,,,
or stems will he taken next week to pravide
for a monument in Wes, N nster Abbey,
IN commemoratlon OF Lord Beaconsheld 5
meVo'eo iapors IN parliament ana great
offices OF state
A careful record of the rebel war records
:, tho uo..,..;o,. = -. a.-.u... :
- '' ''.p '9'''5''- " III. s''e' 'Ne"' .,
now being MADE ana greater care exercised
in their preservation. 1t is said that they
have suffered some losses in the past. pa
pers having been stolen in the interest OF
di,loval persons who have presented claims
against the government.
Hodecha-Ahmet VINO was sentenced 10
Imprisonment for life for having translated
the Bible into Turkish and ror having c,r.
crI.,ad i !, thu s,.,as - tLo IT,
cna 49, frnn =" ~, tu at1s " we w ut.an Vs
o"p' h IiIln we me PRISON al Cn'o after lne
hr ny ri III IF h so "bao b t o H4 uo~
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

DRIVING LoGs.-The Connecticut river
lumber company on Wednesday opened
their boom above Wells River, containing
about 40,000,00O feet of logs, which will
be hurried down the river as the present
stage of water in the Connecticut river is
favorable to a rapid drive. One hundred
men are engaged on this drive and
between 400 and 500 men are at work a
the head of the river preparing the second
drive of about 10000. 900 feet. The com.
pany expect TO boom the lot Just started at
Hartford within the next thirty days.
The total daily expenses of the company
amount to about $1,000.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

A young woman of Springfield Mass ..
was determined to circumvent Young
man whom she suspected of desire to
escort her home from the Baptist church
sociable The entertainment was held in
the basement, and she laid plan to gain
the audience room above BY means of the
back stairs, and to escape thence 10 the
street while her would.be cavalier was
preparing TO pounce upon her at the
basement door, All went well until false
step in the darkness sent her spIashing
into the baptisiry, which had remained
open since the previous Sunday. 1t is
rumored that she has changed her views
upon the subject of immersion and will
Join another denomination.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

THE WORLDS FAIR PROJECT ABANDON
ED-rhe worlds fair project for 1888 i:
abandoned. Algeron S. sullivan, one OF
he commissioners, and counsel for the
board, said Thursday: 1--WE are devising
a method of closing up the work Al
subscription will be returned, and we
win resign the trust given us by congress
We have decided that it is folly to 20 on
with the fair, when there is only one mil.
lion dollars subscribed. The five million,
needed cannot be secured. We will leave
no outstanding debts. The project wa,
virtually dead when Gen. Grant resigned
the presidency, and 1t was impossible tt
give it new life"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

ST. LAWRENCE Tunnel UNDERTAKING.
The local government has had tie re-
port and plans OF Walter Shanlv, on the
practicability and cost of building a rail.
way tunnel under the ST. Lawrence. ia
connect the northern and southern lines.
uuder consideration for some time, and a
portion of the promoters of the uudertak.
ing are trying to get the executive to nc.
knowledge the company and issue pro.
clamalion TO commence the work. Ii i.
understood that all the capital required
ABOUT $500, 900. has been secured in New
York. There is no ioubt expressed of the
completion of The undertaking within
three years from the commencement OF
operations.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11

Col. Joseph c. Dudley, an old merchant
of New York, died April 10th. He wa.
born in Hartland, Vt, 1912, and was q
descendant in The seventh generation o
Col. Thomas Dudley, who succeeded Johr
Winthrop as governor of Massachusetts
He was man of varied abilities, had :
fundness Tor literature and was an able
writer, He wrote two able papers OF
" Cotton" and Alcohol" His wife wa:
daughter of the late Hon. Asa Aiken o
Windsor, VT, and she is well known il
New York as An admirable portrait painter