Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-03
i; j. Flanagan of Burlington has sold
MS horse "Princen for 81 600.

b cnurcn IN Canada favors womans snffra o.
l. rs the best means of solving the temper
Q ance question. Canada is determined +
@ get right on the woman suffrage question
at any rate.
Q Mrs. Joseph Dusham is in Jail unde
Slooo bonds for an incendiary attempt OIL
!, the carrlsge factory of Strong Brothers a
! Benson. 1t appears that the factory wa.
= SCI on hre on the night of June 2Sth.
/ The assessments 10 Texas are increasing
$ at the rate of about $50 100000 annually
Inc tax rate is three mills on u dollar anC
j, an extra session of the Legislature is to b,
called TO provide for a further reduction.
When the last Virginia legislature ad
Journed tho democrats had majority in
The Senate aud the readjusters were in con
troll of the House. In the coming election
The whole of the House. consisting of lOC
members. have TO be elected, and one hall
OF the Senate, which is 20 OF the 90
senators who hold over, the democrats
have IL and the readjusers 7.
Captain John Ericsson passed his sOth
birthday, July 3lst, much as be has passed
every other day of the last ten yea,s-
working hard in bis dingv New York
chamber from eight in the ..,ornino until
ten at night The inventor of ,he screw
propeller, the rival of George Stephenson,
the builder of the Monitor and orr ina,or
OF what IS believed to be torpedo boat OF
terrible power, is still strong and hearty
old man, and he has now practically fin
| igbpI
designed for pumping water on the plains,
where its small cost is likely to make it
invaluable.
A DEAD CASHIERS ACCOUNT The
auditors in the case of the Dexter, Me ;,
savings bank against the estate of Barron,
the former cashier of the bank at b ,nyor,
made a report Tuesday. Brron was
found in the vault Of the bank dead The
officers of the bank claimed that he COM
mlted suicide to cover up his peculations,
| while his friends believed he was murder
ed by robbers The auditors state the
balance due from the estate to tho bank is
SPOIL. including Interest. They say there
was substantially no mon " in the bank at
he time OF Barron's death. They express
no opinion upon the question Of murder or
suicide.
The Worcester Spy says: "Iho law of
Michigan in regard 10 newspapers ibels
seems TO be this; A newspaper may, in
the public interest and without malice.
make such comment upon the acts of a
public official as the facts, or what after
proper inquiry it believes to be the facts,
will warrant. according to the honest
Judgment of the editor, and in any suit
brought therefor the defendant will not be
required to prove the absence of malice |
nor the truth of the statements upon which |
its censure was based, the burden of proof
of both being upon the plaintiff. The |
newspaper is responsible only for good |
faith and reasonable exercise of its right |
of criticism"
HEAVY NEW YoRY TAXpAYERs.--The
rate of tax in New York city this year is
rs per hundred and the taxes are due
this week. Among the first batch of payees
was Mr. Peter r Gatens, Eho handed in
Sc 5f2 So on behalf of President Chester
A. Arthur and Robert Graham Dun, iointIy
owners of property assessed at S2S5 900.
The Astors paid $406,O00, and Mr.. w. Fl.
Vanderbitpaid $4,000 on real estate and
S22 900 on personal property assessed at
!, 1000, 900. The share of Trinity church
was ab mt 100000. Ia all the city expects
S29 l66 1863 Al from its 10000 taxpayers,
whose names ill FL books containing from
$50 IL 800 pages each.
The Burlington Ola Hawkeyc, (Rep J
'sserts that the prohibition issue in the
'ate campaign has been allowed 10 dwarf
I'll others. and calls attention to the foc
hat the legislature 10 be elected will b. ,
allied upon to vote on the proposed .
woman suffrage Amendments to the con
.irutlon. 1t adds; A proposition t.
limos, double the voting population of the +
late should not b. lightly considered no, =
astily adopred or r. jrcled To be sure.
he people are not voting directly upon
he amendment. but they are voting for
he election Ut representatives who will
ass upon ii, and W: | doubtless desire 10
ct In such way that the Legislature, n
i y +, hect the sentiment of the voters :,
p"n So important question" Il
The supp emo court of the state of Min g
esota has recently gwen decision which y
interesting to persons living on the line ;,
railroad. The dec sion WAS this. +.
parks from an engine of railroad sci It
~ 10 he barn of N he windcarried tn. II
'mes 10 the Darn OF s, which was also u
urned S sued the railroad company, 81
hlch pleaded negligence in n The ul
,urt said The fault of n was not IN 81
nything he did or neglected to do after t.
le tie was thrown Ir' m the engine. hu sc
this, that he disregarded his dutv to his I
eiShbors by having his property n such l.
condition that fire would be readily CT
TO their property Either bl
he OF the wrong doors is responsible, and hi
Re concurrent negligence of the other &C
oud be no defence. The defendant was W
sgllgent and must pay the Judgement" q
END OF A FAMOUS CAsE-It is under
ood that negotiations are now pending nc
L the settlement of the famous Burdett dr
'tcy organ suit. This case, it will be be
membered, was brought by Riley Bur. We
1T, many years ago, for Infringement of W.
plient, and latterly, or until it landed in pc
e United States supreme court, was
osecuted by SiIas NJ. Waite, who fur.
shed the money from the broken bank to
try it on. and who finally secured a M
rdct OF about 100000, some three be
'ars ago, when it was appealed by the We
'iendants. Step by step Wales tangled ST.
alters are being unravelled, and it is 10 h
hoped that the settlement of his impor VI
MT suit will result in restoring to some an
the ruined stockholders part at least To
their Incorporated funds. There are lc;
me other transactions incident to Wai,e's We
wnfail which will hardly bear the light ha
an investigation and with which inc Thu
bile may sometime be made acquainted, air
is said. Az
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