Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-04-12

In the case OF contested seats before the
House committees on elections, one repub-
lican, Lynch, Is recommended to be seated
in place of Chalmers of Mississippi, and
in the Utah case neither claim to the seat
was found good. Lynch's case, it will be
remembered was the one in which print
ers' dashes were held to be distinctive
marks" though still other subterfuges had
to be resorted to to throw out enough TO
defeat him. Five other cases have been
dismissed, in four Of which the sitting
members are democrats, and in the other
the contestant is apparently a "crank. :"
There are four other cases about ready to
be reported, in which the committee will
recommend seating the contestants in
three cases; two of these contestants are
republicans. Mackey of South Carolina
and Bisbee of Florida; the third, Lowe of
Alabama. is greenbacker. In the fourth
case the committee will report in favor of
the sitting member, Manning of Misslssip-
pi. democrat. The cases of Lynch, Mack
CIV and Bisbcc are the ones most likely to
give rise to partisan debate, and there
cannot be much doubt that these contes-
tants arc entitled to their seats. Bisbee
of Florida, who has tried for three terms
to got an honest election from that state,
was given his seat in tho last congress by
a democratic House, after another man
had held it nearly through tho whole term
VERMONT MERTNo SuEEr SHEARERs'
CoNvENTIoN.-The Vermont merino
sheep shearers' convention opened at
Middlebury the 9Th with one of the fin
est and largest exhibitions ever brought
together in this state. Tho attendance
was large and included the principal me-
rno sheep breeders in the county and
many prominent breeders throughout the
state. Many buyers and breeders were
present also from western states. Among
the notable sheep were the seven years old
ram Banker" owned by V. Rich Of
Shoreham. George Bush of Orwell ex.
hibitcd n two years old ram by Banker
which attracted much attention. hush al
SO has G3 breeding ewes, 20 yearling and
two years old ewes, and 10 ycarlns and
} two years old rams. He has sold during
the winter 81 lambs, ono four years old
stock ram for $1,000. one ram lamb fol
$500 and two ram lambs for 800 each
The shearng was finished Friday aud thc
weight Of the fleece and quality of th,
wool are q surprise.
INTERESTING CASE.-A dispatch from
Washington says that Harriet Gleason @
Chelsea, Vt, widow of Russell Gleason
OF the twenty. first regiment Maine volun
teers, has received pension Of over tel
thousand arrears and eight dollars ne
month-a test case ending long contro
, versy between the mother and widow
The mother drew q pension several year
on the ground that Russell had obtained
i, divorce from Harriet ut Cambridge, Mass
!, Harriet's claim was rejected by Commits
4 sioner Bentley, and her attorney appeale
to the secretary of the interior on tn
;. ground that the divorce being naenSa {
thoro Harriet was still his legal widow
and so it is now held, and the mother
G name has been stricken from the roll
BY u new assignment not hitherto mad
t public Judge Taft will hold the count
courts in Chittendcn and Addison countie
. and Judge Rowell will preside in Windso
y and Windham. During his short seryic
on the bench here Judge Taft has won tn
Il esteem of the bar and Of citizens general
S in marked degree and his assignment t
= another field is contemplated with SINGER
regret. He has presided with urbant,
dignity and impartiality, and his interprt
tations of the laws have been such as t,
4 commend themselves to the Judgment c
all concerned IFoodSt0ch Stan9lrd.
It Jumbo, the big elephant from the Lo.
Il don geological gardens, arrived in Ne
Y York Saturday By the steamer Assyria
j. Monarch, and was taken TO Mr.. Barnum
o menagcrie. The New York Herald atr
eiously attributes the arrival of his famo,
:, elephantine majesty to the fact that durir
" the crossing of the ocean he had no oppo
" tunity to Junboverboard.
~ I always keep your medicines in stoc
-" Downs Elixir is selling better than al
y Cough Medicine I have, and with GOO
& results.
/. G. M. SMITH, Druggist. Charleston, Mic
ia Dr. Bakers Mandrake Bittcrs give Il
:, best satisfaction Of any medicine | Sc
al They have advertised themselves, and
warrant every hottie. N. DEKRIEr,
,r Druggist, ICELAND, Mich.
Henry Il Johnson'S Arnica aud {
y Liniment, for external use is equally 200
W 11ml
/, e. ID. Hcrrin, q mail carrier betwc
III Derby Line and Island Pond, VT, VIII
L. crossing Seymour Lake in Morgan,
is Sunday, broke through tho ice, drowni
:. one horse and nearly drowning one pa
t songer.
A pure strengthening tonic, free fro
whiskey and alcohol, cures dyspepsia, n
ID similar diseases. 1t has never been eau,
led. Browns Iron Bitters. Is,
l. Remarkable phenomenon A tin
% Bostonian who was arrested while maxi
. vain efforts to clutch at a BARRIERS pol
y exclaimed, as the policeman drifted hi
M in the direction of tho station hou:
II. "Stransh,...I never saw'r 'rora boreali
te smear before. "-BrookIy~ Eagle.
10 Try bottle to-day of the invalids frier
ct wheat Bitters.' II may save your III
- it has saved thousands. Your drugg
r has it. 15Wl
I'd An Illinois nun, with foresight wort
u of better cause, popped the question {
>" n railroad train, and now tho maiden is
Mt loss to decide as to which county she h,
a better commence proceedings in for
o breach of promise.
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