Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-04-18

of that beauty which is the inseparable
handmade of truth.
A certain little Pharisee, who was pray.
ing for his big brother, had good deal
of human nature in him, even if he was
only six years old. He prayed, 80 Lord
bless brother Billiard make him as good a
boy as lam"
| Under the recently enacted civil dam.
age act, Mrs. Richards of Richford has
brought suit for $4,000 against Dan Moore
of East Berkshire for the loss of her hus
band, who was accidently killed with
liquor alleged to have been sold him by
Moore.
1t is understood that among the records
brought back by the Jeanette survivors
is document by Lieut.. belong prefer
ring serious charges against Lieut..
Eisenhower. 1t is stated that besides
Mete orologist Collins, DR.. Newcomb, the
naturalist, and Seamen Star and Lee were
placed under the arrest.
About six thousand men are now en-
ployed upon the Panama canal. Most of
the work has been temporary, but digging
upon the canal has now fairly commenced,
as has the dredging on the Atlantic end
The company is now expending about
five hundred thousand dollars monthly in
this isthmus, and about as much more for
machinery and supplies.
BILLIARDS AT CHICAGo.-In the closing
game ofthe billiard tournament at Chicago
last week Schaefer beat Vignaux by a
score of 600 to 500; Schaefer's highest
run, 22O; average, 2s 6-1O; Vignaux's
highest run, 1879; average. 25 $40; Jacob
Schafer therefore wins the first prize and
the championshi of the world, the second
prize going to Vignaux. The third prize
of 5000 goes to Daley, the fourth of $400
to Sexton and the fifth of 5000 to Morris
European capitals are very good cities
not to live in this spring. In London
every public building, even down to the
gas works. is carefully guarded against
the explosion of Internal machines. Paris
shudders over concerted efforts to set the
city on fire. Madrid is disturbed by
revolutionary societies. In St. Petersburg
the finding of dynamite in the possession
Of nihilists is of daily occurrence, and, to
cap the climax, these ubiquitous assassins
issue cheerful proclamation warning
people not to attend the coronation cere-
monies at Moscow, because the car will be
murdered then if not sooner put out OF
the way. This European volcano is
very large sized one.
SAD ACCIDENT.-William O'Brien of
this city, freight conductor on the Cen
trail Vermont, was the victim OF shock.
ing accident at Essex junction, Friday
night He was engaged in coupling cars,
when the right foot was caught between
the guard rail and the rail and the car
wheel ran over the lower part of his leg,
taking the calf completely of, and then,
as he was dragged under, ran over his
thigh, crushing the bone. Mr.. O'Brien
was brought to this CITY and taken to the
Mary Fletcher hospital. and on Saturday
the surgeons amputated the leg several
inches above the knee. The unfortunate
man had rallied from the operation,
Sunday, and strong hopes of his recovery
are entertained. He is about % years of
age and has a wife but no children
Burlington Free Press.
The people of Canada, especially those
of the province of Ontario, are loudly call.
ing for the appointment of a state railway
to protect merchants and
shippers from unjust Determinations on
the part of railway companies, and from
other abuses. The Ontario people charge
the Grand Trunk, now the only line be-
tween Montreal and Toronto and other
points west, has always favored Montreal
though the road owes its success
as MI CHI to Toronto and Ontario as any
other part of the country through which
have always been able to ship their goods |
to London and other points in Ontario, a
distance of over 400 miles from Montreal
for the same rate at which Toronto mer-
chants have been charged.
Although very little has been said of
late about civil service reform, it is |
evident that the administration intends to |
carry out the provisions of the Pendeton
bill in good faith and to give the expert
ment a thoroughly fair trial. Room has
been found in a building of the agricultural
bureau for the commission to work in and |
by the LIST of July the new system will be |
The law makes it apply to
all government officers, both in and out of |
Washington. employing fifty or more
clerks, and it may be subsequently
extended to the smaller officers at the
of the executive. The work OF
classification as provided for by law is
going on, and those possessing influence
are making it count for all that it is
worth before the day when its strength is
to expire.
The will of Peter Cooper reveals that
the philanthropist left less than $4,000, 900.
Of this, after deducting 100000 for
Cooper Union, and twice as much for
smaller personal requests, the residue is !
divided equally between his two children,
Ex-Mayor Cooper and Mrs. Hewitt. AS
his son in-law points out in an interview,
it is really surprising, when one takes |
into account his tireless benefactons, that |
Mr.. Cooper left even so large an estate. |
not less than four millions he
gave away during his long life time. He i
might have left ten millions, instead of
less than two, had he been inspired, as
Mr.. Jay Gould's World says, by 1.-The
ordinary and vulgar ambition of rich
men" The proposition to rear an enduring
and BETTING monument to Peter Cooper,
by raising fund which shall enlarge
four fold the facilities for free technical
now offered by Cooper Union,
is one which will commend itself to
everybody.
AN interesting collection of statistics in
regard to the number of college bred men
in the three professions have just been
published This shows, by a comparing
a number of the leading colleges in the
United States, that an average of 90 per