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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

greet the result of the convention, by which
he is retired to private life, there Is no doubt
but that the action of that convention will
meet with the general approval of all true
Republicans throughout the District. Gen.
Circuit has made good member, Is man OF
ability who may be emphatically termed q
growing man, and in his one term as Con.
gresham has made reputation never excel.
cd by any Representative of Vermont during
his first term. All differences of opinion
that existed before the convention should now
be laid aside, and the decision cheerfully &C.
cepted and heartily confirmed at the polls In
September.
From the Bratteboro PhGnix1
We make no attempt TO conceal our own
belief that wiser choice would have been
that OF some of the young and able men of
the district, who would thus have been nut in
training for public career which at no dis
tant day must come to some of them. This
consideration, however, docs not obscure the
fact that, in the eyes of the country at large
the return of Judge Poland to Congress will
give Vermont large degree of prominence
in matters of National legislation. lie is at
an agc when, of necessity, all earlier ambi-
tions are in the background and in his conf
ing term in Congress this district and the
country at large will have the benefit of his
best gifts Of intellect, bis ripest experience
and his maturest judgment. His nomination
gives an element of positive strength to the
State ticket and his support by the Republi-
cans of the district should be and will I've
cordial and undivided.
From the Worcester spy.I
The nomination Of Judge Poland for Con-
grcss yesterday, by the convention of the
Second Vermont District, will return to Con-
gress one who held high rank among the
Republican leaders of the House at time
when among his associates were such men as
Blaine, Conkling, Garfield, Butler, Schenck,
and Stevens. lie is by far the ablcst man
who has represented Vermont in the House
since MIR. Morrill, was transferred to the SEN
ate. He failed of reelection, though rcgu-
larry nominated in 1874, in consequence Of
queer epidemic of Independence from which
that State suffered in common with others.
Without any definite cause of dissatisfaction
with Mr.. Poland, the people of his district
rejected him. but they now, after eight
years recognize and try TO repair their mis-
al.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04
EAsTERN VERMONT.

Hon. j, W. Pi,rce, prominent Democrat,
sat his residence 10 Springfield, seriously iii
with diptheria.
The "hot wave" is causing much sickness
Ia Eastern Vermont.
some farmers In Windsor county are SELL
Ing their wool for 35 cents per pound.
There Is a SUMMER hotel In Bradford, bear
ing the refreshing name Of Breezy Point
House, whose proprietor offers standing re-.
ward OF one dollar apiece for every mosqutoe
caught by boardr within one half mile of
tie house. II hotel proprietors in some parts
OF the State should make such an offer they
wouldn't build up more than one comfortable
fortune In season.
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The Canada Atlantic Railroad.

The Canada Atlantic railway has nearly
completed its bridge over the Rldeau, near
Ottawa, and in few days will complete the
line between Ottawa and Coteau. The Sec
tion between Rouses Point and Valleyfield
will be shortly commenced, and the st. Law
renee will be spanned by q magnificent
bridge nearly three miles long, for which
purpose islands have been purchased at Co.
teau, Until the bridge is completed ferry
will be used
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WASHINGTON COUNTY,

William II, Hunt of Montpelier recently
fell through the floor of his barn loft, strik-
ing on the back of horse some twelve feet
below. Had 1t not been for this partial
breaking OF his fall, Mr.. Hunt, who Is very
large and heavy man, would probably have
suffered severe injuries. He was consider.
ably shaken up as 1t was.
Last Thursday evening, during a thunder
storm, some barns belonging to William
Plastridge of Mortified were struck by
lightning and burned, together with some
twenty tons of hay and large number OF
farm machines and implements Loss 1880.
Insured for $500,
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Vermont Antiquities.
rom the Pittsburgh Republican.

iom the flttlsDurBn henubncaHl
In Swanton, thirty years ago, workman
discovered piece of ancient looking lead
which, having something peculiar about its
appearance, he examined closer and found it
to be hollow, and out OF this hollow he pulled
piece of coarse paper, yellow with age, and
on this was writing in very old English. of
which the following is the reading
Nov. 90, A d 1904.
This is the solemn day. must now die.
This is the goth day since we left the ship
all have pcIished and on the banks of this
river die, So Farewell May future pos.
terity know oar end JoHN CRAVE.
What ship: left where? how many per-
lshcd! whence come. whittier bound {?
These are some of the questions one would
Ike to ask 10 John Graye. Perhaps he is n
myth, after all. and the whole business
hoax, but there is the writing, and the ac-
count, in the Vermont State Cabinet at Mont
peller. And here is another curious circum-
stance. In 1872, man named Garfield cut
n hemlock tree in Sheffield, VT, which bore
well defined axe mark over which 25G
annual rings had grown. Now the axe
must have struck into that tree in
1913, four years before the Mayilower
brought the Pilgrims over, and only seven
years after Champlain sailed up the Richie
lieu. Who swung that axer Perhaps some
OF the Jesuit missionaries, the real pioneers
OF the new world. And while on this topic
the fact may also be mentioned that way up
on the summit of the old Rutland and Bur
lington railroad, in Mt Holly, at an elcva.
ton OF 1913 feet above Lake Champlain.
under eleven feet of mari was found by the
railroad laborcrs, in lS49, the fossil tusk of
an elephant, an enormous one so inches
long, and perhaps larger than has ever been
brought into these parts by any menagcre
elephant since the present race came in and
possessed the land. And again in the town of
Charlotte about the same time the fossil
skeleton of whale was unearthed by rail-
road excavation 60 feet above the level of
Lake Champlain These things tell their
true tale of the old, old times when a tropical
climate and ocean was here
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STEALING HEX RIVALS HAIR.
4 Maryland belle, Robbed Of MeE
Trcsses, Dies OF Grief.

Miss Jennie Boggs. prepossessing young
lady Of sixteen years of age, died at Hagers.
town, Nd, last week, uadcr singular and
distressing circumstances, and the physicians
who were in attendance state that the young
lady's demise was occasioned solely by grief.
A correspondent tells the story as follows,
Miss Boggs was member of the family Of
Mrs. George Freaner and was highly re-
spected by all who enjoyed the pleasure OF
her acquaintance She was beautiful
brunette, and her long raven locks when
permitted to float over her shoulders fell to
her feet Miss l3oggs was regarded as the
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The Bennington Monument,

), Z. A. Ward and II. NJ. Hunt of New
York, have been In Bennington examining
the proposed sites for the battle monument.
II is almost certain that the monument will
be erected on the site of the old storebouse
or state Arms" as several subscriptions arc
conditional On the use of that historic site
Inc subscriptions now reach 800, 600 bul
$l00, 900 Is wanted
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LamOille County Republican Conyen.
ton.

The Lamoillc County Republican Conven-
ton for the nomination of candidates for the
several county offices, will be held at Hyde.
park, on Thursday, August 10Th. The sew
eral towns in the county will be entitled to be
represented by the following number of dele
gates Belvidcre 3, Cambridge 0, Eden {, FL
more y, Hydepark ., johnson o, Morristown
II, Stowe o. Waterville q, Wolcott o.
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from the Printers Circular, Philadelphia
The evening edition of the purlington FRKK Press
has been suspended for the present, The morning
edition has bsen enlarged one column to the page,
making 1t an eightcou,nn folio. The daily edition
was commenced In lsls and has been published
continuously since. 1t Is now the largest rs wei
as the best daily In the Slate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

Twenty unattended maidens pniug for
their Oscar, picncked at Gilmore Pond last
Thursday. They hoped their solitary festiv.
tiles would he interrupted in the usual
romantic way, but as the young men were
all busy haying, the fair intriguers were not
disturbed. 1t was Il disconsolate party that
carried their own lunch baskets home that
piuht
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Three prisoners in Plattsburgh Jail, named
John Williams, Henry Smith and Patrick
Sussey, committed June l2 for larceny and
burglary at Rouses Point, escaped Friday,
while carpenter was making some repairs
in the Jail. One of the fellows was recaptur.
ed In Beekmantowu
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

Married for Life" is the title offs novel by
. Chicago author, which is an entirely new
idea in Illinois. LoueR Cittsen,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1882-08-04

The Second District Democratic conven.
ven,ion, at Wells River, Thursday, nominal.
cd Geo. l.. Fletcher for Congress.
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The nomination Of Judge Poland for the
National House, after defeat as the regular
party candidate in 1874 may be regarded as
one of the unusual things in politics With
his long experience and his rare qualitica.
lions, Judge Poland will prove q valuable nc.
QUESTION to the representation of New Eng.
land in the House. Gen. Grout, who was
defeated, has shown during the present ses.
sion that he possesses the qualities that would
have made him valuable Representative
had he been called to serve longer in that ca
pacity.
From the Boston Transcript
Vern ont rather fancies Congressman who
can be heard from when they take heir seats
either In the Senate or House.
From the Boston Advertlserl
The domination of Judge Poland for Con,
gress in Vermont is n surprise to many PEG
pie, who supposed that the emphatic defeat
which he suffered few years ago had nut an
end to his puNlic life. Judge Poland is a
very able man and is certain to make his
mark in any assembly of which he NAV be.
come member His course in Congress was
not beyond criticism by any means, and the
people did not miss 1t greatly when they al.
lowed him to pass into retirement. But The
times have changed, and there may be good
work in him yet.
From the Windsor Journal
While the many friends of Gen, Grout he,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
TEIEGRAPH
Condensed for Convenient and
Ready Reading.
WASHINGTON.

THE fund for the family of Sergeant
Mason has swollen to $1,000, and Betty
favors the purchase of farm in Virginia
on her husbands release.
In the star-roate cases at Washington,
Judge Wylie decided the incidents suf-
fcient. The recognizance of Stephen w.
Dorsey was declared forfeited, and his ar
rest was ordered.
THE postmaster general recommends
the appropriation of $500, 600 TO place adj
ditional stories on the postal building in
Washington, as also the purchase of the
square next west OF the STRUCTURE.
A PETITION TO congress not to interfere
with Chinese immigration has been
signed by four thousand firms of New
York, including the entire dry goods trade
and the president of every bank in the
clearing honse.
TIE senate confirmed the nomination OF
William f. Chandler to be secretary of the
navy by % to Is. The appointments OF
w. III. Hunt as minister to Russia and j.
r. Partridge as minister to Peru were also
approved. A. c. Botkin, has been reap
pointed marshal for Montana.
The charge is brought against the COM
missioner of the general land office that a
company of duck hunters has been given
at its own price,a tract of five thousand
acres of swamp land lying on Lake Erie,
twelve miles outside of Toledo, notwith-
standing The efforts of settlers in the
vicinity to bid off a portion at market
rates. Property worth $50 per acre went
off at 81 Is through collision at Washing
ton.
THE senate passed bill to fix at &. 0OC
per anum the salaries of the election
commissioners under the anti-polygamy
law. Mr.. Saunders introduced a bill TO
appropriate $20,000,000 in trust for the
Wichita and other bands of Indians, the
income to be paid them semi-annually, on
condition of their relinquishing their
rights to 40 900 900 acres of land in Kansas
and Indian Territory.
The house of representatives passed a
bill to relieve from the charge of deser-
ton volunteer soldiers who served faith
fully through their terms and failed to be
mustered out. The committee on war de-
partment expenditures was directed to
inquire into alleged abuses in the adiudi-
cation of claims in the quartermaster OF
commissary department. Mr.. Washburn
submitted conference report on the bill
to bridge the Missouri at St. Charles
which was agreed to.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The Eastern railway depot at Salem
FIRE.
The city building and several livery
stables at Hamilton, o., all valued at $40,-
600, were destroyed by fire.
A LAD from Chicago, named Frank
Reilly, was killed a: Waukegan, by the
accidental discharge of revolver.
AN incendiary fire destroyed the paper
mill of j. Howard Lewis, near Chester
| Pl,., valued at $55, 900.
THE Bennett house, at Leadville, con.
flaming about fifty people, took fire in the
| night and was swept away, one lodgei
having been burned to death.
Howard Newland. of Viola, Iowa while
being taken to the insane asylum by his
| wife. sprang out of car window and los
both feet,
The steamer Bella Mac exploded hel
boiler near Brownsville, MINI. Captain
Gordon was badly scalded, and five OF the
crew are missing.
| Patrick Sicily, of Hopkinton, Mass.
who was rendered insane by being thrown
out of employment, killed his son at the
breakfast table with an ak.
| WHILE driving in Indianapolis will
three small children, Mrs 4. L. Boy,
overturned the buggy at corner, and al
its occupants we're taken home inesnsible
FLAMES have rendered untenantabl'
the Church of the Incarnation in New
York, its Easter services were held in thu
Temple Emanuel, on Fifth avenue, by thu
courtesy of Rabbi Gottheil.
A POISONING accident, at Milwaukee
Wis, resulting in the death of woman
named Ladosch, aged 65 years and a chill,
IA months old, named Gekel, is recorded
The father of the child took home
package of arsenic to kill rats, and PLACED
it in a box marked poison. This box wa
put on the sewing machine. and in SOM
manner was knocked off upon the floor
Here the infant found it, and ate some o
the contents. Just at this juncture thu
grandmother, Mrs. Ladosch, came in ant
noticed the child eating the powder. Sh
also tasted it, for the purpose Of ascertain
ing whether or not it was injurious. In;
short time both became deadly sick, and
though physicians were called, tbs bah,
idied at midnight, and the old lady at
o'clock
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
Some CuriOsities of Trade.

The demand for eye stones has fallen
off very largely, but they are kept still
and sold in considerable quantities.
The eye stone will clear the eye. There
is no doubt about that, but its move
ments are regulated by its shape and by
a formation on the flat side or base of
the stone, similar to blade in a tur-
bine water wheel. The whole resem-
bles a shell just begun-before the cavi-
ty was formed, if shells were SO formed,
but are not. The stone is composed OF
limestone, and vinegar or any acid by
its action upon it causes motion. The
stones are found in the sea shore on the
Pacific coast. Sailors gather them by
the quart and vend in trade centres.
The price is ten cents.
Blood stones are also called for, not
the kind known to seal rings and sleeve
buttons, but glass stones or beads of
the color of blood, dark red. These are
worn to prevent the nose bleed, al
though the old plan to prevent, name
| ly, to keep the nose out of other per-
sons business, is in use still and works
well. With a string through the glass
bead and the string around the owners
neck, the liability to nose bleed is re-
moved. The bookstores some of them,
come from Germany.
Rattlesnake oil will unlimber joints
afflicted with certain lamenesses as no
other oils or preparations will. 1t is
called for often and the buyers may get
rattlesnake oil and they may not. 1t
is said to be a business of considerable
importance in North Carolina to cap
ture rattlesnakes and from the fat to
produce the oil. At all events, rattle
snake oil is sold, and it is supposed to
cure marvelously. Skunk oil is another
cure-all for certain maladiee.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
CRIME.

ADAM M. DUNDoRE, late county treas
urer at Reading, Pa, proves to be de-
| faulter to the amount of $40, 900.
The supreme court of New York has or.
dered the arrest of General Clinton B,
Fisk on the charge OF defrauding Francis
A. Fogg of $4,000.
THos. McEwEN, a special deputy sheriff
at Murfreesboro, Tenn, has killed his
third mana horse-thief named Bethel
Thompson, who fred upon him while he
was reading warrant for his arrest.
A MOB at Raymond, w. Va, seized a
steamer and ran her to Winfield, where a
negro was taken from Jail and lyncked for
an assault upon white woman.
SAMUEL GIBSON, who was county treas
urer at Muncie, Ind, went out of Office a
defaulter for $14,220, most of which is
go grain-bFokers.
CAPTAIN FORD, the brother of the slay-
ers of Jesse James, was arrested in ST.
Joseph and taken back to Ray county in
irons, on charge of completely in the muir
der of Wood Hite.
THE second trial of Patsy Devine, the
alleged murderer of Aaron Goodfellow, a
prominent citizen of BLOOMINGTON, H..
has been finished. The jury, after being
out all night, brought in a verdict of guilty
of murder in the first degree, and fixed
the penalty of death.
; ALPHoNsE NARCOTIC, the merchant who
! abseonded from Montreal, has made par
tial compromise with his Canadian credit
ors, and in their interest has left Chicago
for Winnipeg, 20 endeavor 10 secure some
thing from the $4,000 stock of goods in
the hands of Moody, his confederate.
CHICAGO detectives state that the man
who swindled Charles Francis Adams In
Boston is well connected in Milwaukee.
He secured position in the government
printing office at Washington through the
influence of Matt. Carpenter or some other
Wisconsin politician.
HoRACE JONES, wife and hired girl.
were sitting in the kitchen of their home,
three miles from Eau Claire, Wis, the
other night. when a man crawled TO the
window and fired heavily-loaded shot
gun through it, fatally hitting all three,
and probably fatally wOunding Jones.
No clew to the perpetrator.
JOHN NAssETT, an aged farmer near
Cambridge, O., maddened by breach of
faith on the part of his son. shot him
through the abdomen with rifle, and then
killed himself. The son had accepted a
deed of the homestead on condition of
maintaining his parents.
The mayor and other officers of st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, on reaching New York TO in
quire into the bond mystery, identified
James Fisk as William Scott, for whom
they had requisition from the governor
of Missouri as a fugitive from justice.
In the cases of the Chicago gamblers,
the jury convicted JEFF Hankins and John
Gibbons. and motion was made for a
new trial. Judge Gary, to whom the re-
M ming cases had been submitted, pro-
not need judgement against Jaynes. Gum,
Lester, Shake, Grove, and Belknap.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-04-20
The Navy JObbers.
AN INDEPENDENTS PROTEST

AN INDEPENDENT ) PROTEST.
PHILADELPHIA, Penn, April II The
Times of this city is considered the
best type of strictly fearless and
independent newspaper published in
the United States. 1t will say editori-
ally in the morning: William E.
Chandler is to be secretary of the navy,
so strongly scented with the flavor of the
lobby and of jobbers that none can
mistake the atmosphere to be breathed
in and about the navy department
George NJ. Robson, ex-secretary of
the navy, under whose prohigate adj
ministration our navy was destroyed,
and whose jobbing contracts to the ex-
tent of millions had to be cancelled by
his successor, is chairman OF the naval
committee in the house and potential
in naval appropriations.
Under this band of official jobbers,
specially accredited by the admins
tration, it is proposed to spend twenty
or thirty millions of the surplus in the
treasury, ostensibly to create a credita-
BILE navy, but in fact to inaugurate q
carnival of profigacy and plumber.
The peoples money must be appro-
priated by congress before it can be
made the prey of the Chandler Robson
jobbery SYNDICATE Halt the navy job
bers by closing the public purse
strings!
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celona. naval division and three brigsdes
have been sent thither.
TIE Jewish exiles in New York have
learned that there is great danger of a
massacre in Warsaw Odessa, and Kieff by
Russian peasants during Easter week
The Peruvian minister at Washington
has received cablegram announcing that
President Pierola has left Peru, and that
the nation is united in support of the Cal
deron government.
The German press. commenting on the
Intervention OF President Arthur in the
case of DIR. Lamson, regard it as unjustih-
able and meddlesome interference. partic-
ularly as it comes from a country which
upholds the Monroe doctrine.
URUGUAY adjusted its difficulty with
Italy over the maltreatment OF two citi-
zens of the latter country by giving them
e 600 each, Furnishing their assailants,
and saluting the Italian flag.
IT is alleged that Vogel & Co., silk
merchants at Hong Kong, have swindled
American and European merchants out of
"a ,000, 900 or more by forwarding inferior
goods. The head of the house has fled TO
Italy.
A BERLIN dispatch says the appointment
sf De Giers as minister of foreign affairs
of Russia is viewed as an eminently pacif-
ic system. and will do more to restore con-
fidence regarding the intentions and policy
of Russia than ~ he friendly assurances
which have !. Ii rtJ been received from
st. Petersburg.
The London Times says: Chill has stuck
its talons deep into the body of Peru and
can not disentangle them. The conquest
and incorporation of Peru straiphtway
into the victorious republic would, in the
interest of one as well as the other, be pre-
ferable 10 the intolerable relations which
bind them now together"
CAPT. DUGMoRE, formerly of the Brit
ish army, has been prosecuted at the Par
sonstowns sessions for posting violent
''no-rent" placards. He refused to find
sureties for good behavior. and was SEN
fenced to imprisonment for six months.
Capt. Dugmore is the Land-league candi-
date for parliament for Meath. 1t is ex-
pected he will be returned without OPP
position
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IT is reported that the secretary OF
War has informally recommended the
mitigation of the sentence of Sergeant
Mason to four or five months impris-
onment in the guard-house, and to for
felt all pay and allowances and be dis
honorably dismissed from the service.
Nothing will be done in the case by the
president until the decision by the SUI
preme court on the motions to grant a
writ of habeas corpus and certiorari is
reached. General Arthur is said to
have taken considerable interest in the
case, and it is believed he has dis
position to mitigate Mason's sentence
considerably, even if he does not par
don him outright.