News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-01-04
GENERAL MEMS.


ing her ruin, created 4 profound sen
sation in UniontOwn, and threats 0
lynching Dukes are strongly limited.
In Hawkins county, GO miles north
east of Knoxville, Tenn, some whit
men went to the house of negr,
named Gray, for the purpose 0
whipping him for stealing hogs. Ad
mittance being denied, they fired upol
Gray's cabin and the fire was return
ed. In the battle Gray was mortaIly
wounded, and died. His step-soI
had a thigh broken by bail. jim
Williams (white) was shot in the heaC
and mortally wounded.
The will of the late Sir Hugh Allan
makes no public requests. The estate
is valued at from six to ten millions
of dollars.
The treasury surplus is very mucE
affected by the agitation Of questions
of taxation. The internal revenue
receipts from tobacco, this month, are
expected TO be S2,000,000 less thar
/ the estimates and collectors from the
principal tobacco-growing sections, re.
port the sales of stamps, as rapidly
decreasing.
There are more rumOrS about the
retirement of Minister Lowell. He
does not give any evidence of dislik-
ing his present position or its salary
The present duties of the office are
not burdcnsome.
Dorsey is well enough to furnish
two pages of interview to the New
York Herald, and he is not well
enough to attend his tual-at least
he has 50 sworn.
General Sherman Genounces as an
intentional falsehood, the statement
in 4 New York paper that he has been
received into the Catholic church.
The Virginia City, Nevada, Enter
prise says that Senator Miller OF Cal
ifornia, will vote for Fitz J. Porter, and
that Senator Jones has written to the
Enterprise to say that he has gone
over the whole case and is satisfied
that Porter is innocent.
After the turbulent scene in the
House of Representatives, last Satur-
day, Congressman Reed sarcastically
observed, The House is showing
the country that its verdict of Noyem-
Der 9Th is deserved"
Senator Frye of Maine, favors a
reform in the civil service, not only
because it will be beneficial to the
but also for the reason
that the ''bane Of a public man to-day
is the importantly of ofilce-seekers,
and his weakness comes from the dis
tribution Of federal patronage"
Judge Gildersleeve of New York,
in passing sentence upon a young
pickpocket in that city, recently, said:
lit has been urged on your behalf
that you are young politician, and
consequently entitled TO the clemency
Of the court. If you begin stealing
as a politician SO young, don't know
where you will end. My opinion is,
that you should be nipped in the bud"
The Senate has taken a step in the
direction Of reform, by passing the
bill for the abolition of
political assessments, the provisions
If which we have already published. |
The vote was sufficiently close, it be-
NC p to 81.
In Nebraska, 89,0G3 votes were
asst on the woman suffrage amend
lent, of which 5O,G93 were against
!, %, 756 in favor and 1868 votes
'ere blanks.
A Hollow Mockery: Spilkins
rought home some Swiss cheese from
n Austin grocery, which was full of
oles. He partook Of it very Iiber-
lily, but when he complained a few
lays afterwards, of q feeling of empti-
less, little Johnny, who is one of the
martest boys in Austin, spoke up and
aid, - know what makes you feel
mpty, pa. 1t is them bio holes in
ne cheese you ate the other day. -
'eraS SJtjngS.
There is an unauthenticated rumor
lat the Junta of Guatemala is about
} pass a resolution, asking admission
S q State in the United States Union,
nd that the members of the Foreign
fairs Committee have knowledge ofI
lis. According to the same rumor,
lie chief object Of the visit of Bar
os here, was to sound the Admins
alton on this question.
a decision of interest to the travel
g public, has just been rendered by I
lie Supreme Court Of Ohio. A Sleep
gear passenger on q Western rail
Dad, was injured by the falling Of an .
nper berth, and his suit for damages =
5ainst the railroad corporation, was
eclded in his favor On appeal, the
'rporation alleged that it was no.
able, bat that the sleeping car COM :
any was the responsible party. The l
'urt overruled this point, and held $
lat the railroad must answer. The "
ecision is of course sound, legally.
nd it certainly is so, from a common !
,nse point of view. f
The whole number Of letters mailed
this country during the year 1880,
as 1903, Z52, SIG, or an average Of i
to each man, woman and child in l
e country.
Steps are being taken to leoaIize
emation in France, by providing
at those who wish to leave tesla
entary instructions about the dispo-
ton of their remains shall have the
ght to do so.
Representative Harris of Massa-
usetts, who has introduced sub
itute Civil Service bill, is very much
posed to the fixed tenure Of four
arS provided for, in the Kasson bill. :
deed, the latter bill seems to have II
V friends anywhere. Mr.. Harris -.
nks that there is one feature of his II
which specially deserves attention. or
IS the provision which gives to the ",
stmaster General the appointment
all the POstmasters, except those ps
the larger cities. This, MIR. Harris to to
nks, will reduce the struggle very w
ch and will save a great deal Of the PI
lie of the Senate in petty Post Office dc
angles, besides greatly improving 80
service. Mr.. Harris seems to "
nix that the only purpose of having =
many Presidential Post Offices as
exist, IS to increase the power Of
lators.