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A Bad Lot of

Brewster Cameron appeared before the
house committee on expenditures OF the de-
partment of justice again on the 18th. He
gave a list of all persons discharged from the
service of the department the past few years
on account of fraudulent alton on their
part; also a list of those who resigned under
other pressure brought to bear. He said a
man named Wilson, an attache of the Uni
ted States marshal's office in Alabama,
threatened q special examiner investigating
the ccounts of the office. The same man,
Cameron said, was nominated for another
Office. Another Alabama of, ial named
Bingham, reported to have offered resist.
ance, had been nominated for another Of
flee. Cameron said probably an investiga.
ton would socn be made OF nineteen Uni
ted States officials in South Carolina for al,
legged official misconduct.
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Miscellaneous News Items.

New York Specia': An investigation has
been instituted in the postofice in New
York by Col. Sharp on the allegations of
Robert Newman, a broker, who all ges that
during August, September and October an
English spy named Richards, alias O'Br1en
had obtained access to the postofice and
inspected the mail of some of the promin-
ent lrishmen, of the dynamite party in that
city. he had made Inspector Newcombe's
office his headquarters. His bills are said
to have been raid and money furnished
him by the British consul, Alter this at
tempt was made to kill McDermott he
sailed for England. 1t is understood that
on the eth inst, proofs OF O'Brien's opera
tons In the postofiiee in the shape of letters
and AtRdavits may be submitted to Col.
Thorpe. Col. Newcombe said recently that
O'Brien had been introduced to b m as an
Eng ish detective, by Fred Jarnia, q Scot
land Yard detective, and had frequented
his Office as much as possible. He did not
believe that he could ave obtained any in
formation from the employees of the post
Office.
tn ice carnival begins in Montreal Feb
4, for which the most active preparations
are making. The ice palace towers and
walls are already twenty feet high, and Q
the building will be twice the size of that
last year, it will be an object of great inter.
est. Toboggan slides are now in order.
having opened on the 8sh. A feature
of the festivities will be trotting races on
ice, and some OF the aeetest horses on the
continent are promised for the exhibition.
Mrs. Alma L. Burnett of White Plains
N, Y, is suing her mother.in-law, Mrs.
Charlotte Burnett. for $50, 200 damages. for
enticiDg her husband aw v. The d, fend-
ant is a well-kDov WI society woman of
Brooklyn, a was much opposed to ths
marriage of her son Clarence to the plaintiff
two years ago. Tue alleges she induced
aim to go TO Europe last winter and has
since prevented him from seeing bis wife.
A year ago the Chicago ciiy counsel
placed a rental Of $4,000 per year on the
site occupied by the Exposition build
ing, where the National Republican con.
vention was held tour years ago. ALI efforts
TO compromise the claim having failed, the
mayor has notified the Exposition com.
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Condition OF Gen. MacKenzie.

The war department is informed that the
condition lof Gen. Mckenzie lie considera-
bly, improved. The report was made by q
staff officer who recently visited him at
B~loomingdale. The medical officers of the
asylum refrain from the expression of an
opinion as to bis chances OF recovery. It
is generally believed hat the present is but
the temporary reaction that follows. His
restoration to the command is regarded an
impossibility, and a vacancy will soon &C.
cur in the grade OF brigadier general. Gen.
Wesley Merrill, Superintendent of the West
Point academy, and Col. ID. 8. Stanley, of
the Twenty second infantry, are prominent
motion.
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Casualty Record.

The bodies Of Capt. Thomas, his wife and
FIVE of the crew of the bark Elmira, were
washed ashore on the 18th inst, on the
barred reef which stretches from life saving
stations No. Is to No. q ON the New Jer-
sey coast. The crew of the Scalon heard
the bsrk's guns early on the 9Th. A fe
momeai's later the vessel struck the reef
head. Six or sevsn attempts were made to
shoot a life line to the sinking ship but be-
fore the line could be made f st the sea.
which was running mountains high, threw
the vessel brOadside upon the beach. Ii
was only the work of p few minute to
crush her in a thousand pieces, aud all on
board, including I e captain. wife and child
and eleven seame6, were lost while plainly
visible TO the coast guardsmsn before the
swollen sea swallowed them up.
The hominy mills of Bacus & Co., IRdian.
apolis, were burned the 18th. The build
ing end machinery were owned by Plum
msr & Co, of Philadelphia, whose less is
$15, 600; insured for $4,000 in Eastern com.
paniss. BacKus & Cos loss is $1,000; in
sured.
A large smeunt of wrecksge from the
lost steamer Manistee has come ashore near
Point Mammsnse, Lake Superer. Among
it was the whole of her upper cabin and
numerous life p~reservers n pals.
Several persons were badly hurt while
cossting at Fitchburg, Mass. Nellie
ONeil, aged sixteen, Timothy Lsary, aged
twent and Martha Malley, aged sixteen,
were most seriously injured.
The funeral of identified victims of the
convent fire who were residents Of Belle
vile, ILL.,, took place on the 10TH
The Baptist church at GAINESVILLE, Wis,
burned on the evening of the 18th. Loss
$40, 900; insurance not known.
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1Iomdar, Jaa alarN u.

SENATE.-SsuatOr Autnoay was ELECTED
president orc tenn, but declined whereupm
Senator L 4munds was reelected and swon
in. A bill was introduced repeating law
granting a pension to ex- soldiers without
proof of loyal y.
The following nominations were sent 10
the senate: Myrus ID. McCOrd, Wisconsin,
register OF and office Wausau, Wis.
Postmasters: Edward s. Renne, Marsh
field, Wis; Robert II. Johnson, Wsusau.
Wis; Henry II. McGraw, Whitewater, Wis;
VIM. Z. Delap, BoScobel, Wis; David E.
WEIGH, Baraboo, WIS; Seth Smith. Man.
ming Iowa; Elias Skinner, Manson, Iowa.
HoUsE.-Bills were introduced REGULATING
transportation by railroads aud preventing
discrimination; recognizing infantry regi-
ments; establishing a department of com.
merce; for n per cent. f)rty-year bonds; put
ting sugar, moiasses, wood pulp, lumber
and salt on the free list; abolishing the
postage on newspapers; repeating
the civil service act; for bridges across the
Missouri at OG.ahs and the Mississip pi al
81: Paul; against importation o. foreign
labor; TO retire trade dollars; improving the
lower Mississippi and providing Tor the IA.
demption of atjona bank cireplafion.
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Startling Pension Eienres

The commissioner of pensions has been
examining the pension bills which have
been introduced. His investigations show
that if all the bills should be enacted there
would no longer be any question of sur
plus revenue. The amoun required to pay
the pensions to the soldiers OF the war of
the rebellion alone under existing law, pro-
vided all claims shall oe filed before July
|, 1888, is 81, 29S, 729, 900. This sum exceeds
the interest bearing public debt. The
amount required in the event of passage OF
the pending bills is incalcuIable. Under
the various c-lassificatiens OF the pension
population there are nearly 2 900, 600 Of
persons who by some one of the proposed
bulls woul be entitled to a pension. The
number of applications for increase of PEN
sions has more than doubled since the
publication of the list.
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Wednesdnu, .ynnnnrn 0.

SENATE.-In the senate the same discus
sion about the rules was continued. Mr..
Frye threw some spice into the dali mon
otony of the dull proceedings, by an at.
tack up n the commerce committee, which
he said should have something better to dc
than spending its ftime in distributing a
proper proportion of river and
harbor money to each con-
gressional district. he declared that the
shipping of tine country demanded some at
teltiOn which had declined since 1861.
This Senator Vest took to be a ref sction up
on the confederancy, and was nettled to- q
characteristic speech. Senator Mcmillan de-
tended the commerce committee
He said there was much difference of
opinion in regard to such dues and 1t was
not clear that thew should be abolished.
With regard to the work OF the committee
on commerce, Mr. Mcmillan said that dur
ing the last congress it made eighty reports
on a great variety of subjects. The mer-
chant marine had not been neglected. With
regard TO the river aud barbor bill, he
thought it n of the most useful an bene-
fetal bills that congress has to deal with,
ant criticisms made on river and harbor
bills would apply to other bills also. The
proposition which was to create an inter-
national Improvement committee tO fake
away the jurisdiction of the COM
m1ttee over river aud harbor Hills. was MOI
acted upon when it came time to go into
executive session.
HoUsE.-From the very warm discussion
over the preliminary disposition of the
presidents message and the report Of the
Mississippi river commission in both houses
of congress IL is evident that CONGRESS will
ind some other work besides tinkeriug
with the tariff, The house devoted almost
the entire day to the question of reference.
Three committees claimed Jurisdiction on
this subject-Resgan's committee on com
merce. Willis Committee on
rivers and hsrbors, and Kings
committee on Mississippi river i'm
provement and levees. The gist of the
tight lay in the supposition that the refer
ence TO the King committee meant what
the president accommodates separate
bill and a LIBERAL appropriation for the Mis-
slsslppi. A warm contest of words Tor SUI
premacy over this important measure was
the result. Over three hours of the session
were used up in disposing of the matter,
several roll calls beiHg taken before it was
finally settled in favor of the COMMITTEES on
rivers and harbors.
Resolutions we're adopted ~instructing the
proper committees to inquire into the ad-
VISIBILITY OF retaliatory legislation against
countries which exclude American meats.
A bill for the relief OF Gen. Fifz John Por-
ter was reported. The secretary of the treas.
ury asked for an appropriation of SIS. 600
Tor printing 81 and So treasury notes. Res
olutlons OF respect to the memory of the
late Herr Lasker OF Germany were adopted.
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he could not resist. He went to the seal
fold. calm and collected. His neck was
broken and death painless.
U1requited love caused Miss Johanna
OFT to shoot herself at Erie, Pa, on the
nj ht of the 9th inst. She was found in
sensible, and says she wants to die because
her love for Max Deller Is MT returned.
The girl is an actress of considerable abil-
ity. She recently came from SAxony. Her
recovery is doubtful.
Anna Oft, a young German actress re-
Gently from Saxony, shot herself at Erie.
Pa, after a rejection of her hand by Max
Droeler, to whom she, taking advantage OF
the bissextile privilege, proposed. The
wound Will not prove fatsl.
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RetaIiating Upon France.

P. q. Kelly Of st. Paul. received on the
9TH inst, a telegram from Armour & Co..
Chicago, requesting him to send a telegraph.
ic message to Washington impressing upon
the Minnesota delegation in congress the
Importance of a repeal of the French pro-
hibiton of pork, and asking the Co opera
lion with other western members In a move
ment to pass retalistory measures at once
MI. Kelly, when asked what he Thought
OF the retaliating plan, said in his view The
proper course to take was to exclude from
America all French wines and fabrics which
are not up to a proper standard. A reDre-
sentative RON the firm of Beaupre. Keozh
q Co. took a similar vi " of the subject.
put added In an aside that Armour was
pretty well loaded up with pork, and was
naturally anxious to have something
done 20 help him out. This movement on
the part OF Armour and his friends is prob
ably in suppors of a resolution of INQUIRY
introduced in congress two OF three day 4
ago. ~
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DOINGS IN WASHINGTON.
Tuesday, January s.

misunderstanding Lincoln sent to the
senate a list of the o fiCers of the army at
| present on detached service. The total Of
sbsentees from their regiments foots up 341.
OF these forty. four are at West Point, and
fifty. seven on sick leave. Many OF them
are on staff duty.
The new rules were discussed. A special
mess age was received from the president
on MississiI pi river improvement.
Provision should be made not only at once,
be says, but sufficiently for the undertaking.
The Hennepin canal is also inc uded in the
recommendation, but not in the positive
spirit with which the other scheme is treared
ConAmerce, including, first of ali, the i'm
portant transit of wheat from the upper
valley. and cotton FROM the lower va 10y, is
the cspiCsl argument advanced, and really
the only one necessary.
The following nominations were con-
hrmed:
Postmasters-Lewis G. Worthington, Lit
tie Fa Is, MIMI; H. Ksmper, Perham,
MINI.
Receivers of public menevs-James Bra
den, Indiana, Wa la Wa Ia, WISH Ar
thur ]. Shaw, Lewiston, Idaho; Charles f.
Gardne Sacramento, Cal; 7. ]. Sherwood,
Marysville, Cal.
Registers land otfics-Jeremiah d. Hyde,
Visaiia, Cal; John @. Bradley, Marysville,
CAL; David Walker, Bodie, Cal.
The senate discussed the new rules at
great length.
HoUsE-Bills and resolutions W re intro
duced appr priating, Immediately, 81 6o0,-
700 for Mississippi river improvement; put
ting salt, wood, lumber and other articles
on the free list; limiting the srount of pub
lie land to be acquired by aliens; to pur-
chase trade dollars with fractional coins;tor
free ship material, and authorizing
the purchase OF foreign built ships by citi-
zsus OF the United States; prohibiting the
imPortat on of foreign labor; reducing the
salaries OF heads Of departments; for a pub
lie building at La Crosse; or the admission
of the state OF Was ingtOn; extending the
money order system 10 the state of all
counties having 1900 inhabitants. Several
constitutional amendments were proposed.
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Foreign Items of News.

During a quarrel at Dublin, Va, Robert
Todd, railroad contractor, was wounded
difficulty was shot in the groia. Faddill
was arrested.
The Inman Steamers. the City of Paris
and the City of New York were offered at
auction at Liverpool recently. The City of
City Of New York wss also withdraw n after
q bid of 426, 600.
Richard Newsman of Preston, EnglanJ;
who died recently, left to that city his co..
lection of pictures, valued at $3.50, 600.
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6led with a capital stock of SIS, 600, and the
limit of liability 3d. GOO, the corporation
to endure 80 years frem Jan. 10. Tue liz
corrorators are Michael Murray, Nj,
Wa, Stephen Reynolds, OSHKOSH E1Son'
aud lanes Allie of st. Paul, MINI. , WIS,
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Ex-senator Yulee, who is now build
ing a fine residence in Washington, is
SAID to be the richest.citizen of Florida.
dis fortune is estimated at about three
millions.
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Jay-Eye-See's owner wants to back him
against the world, and expects to see him go
IN POS next season.
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Articles of interpretations ofthe 81. Paul
harrel company, to manufacture and deal
IN barrels n cooperage stocks, have been
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Indiana for Protection.

The following copy of letter from
an Indiana man does not require eXpla-
nation. 1t speaks for itself:
MOoREs, Dekalb Co., Indiana.
Mr.. II. G. BURwELL, Bridport. Vt.
Dear Sir: y ours received. Iou spoke
about the western free trade men. You
are mistaken about us. The bone and
sinew of Indiana are in favor of Il protec-
tive tariff. | will say to you that my
grandfather was an Irish Democrat my
father was an Irish Democrat and
ami Irish, too. | was born Democrat
under the administration of Andrew
jackson; | nursed Democracy from my
mothers breast. have lived Demo-
crat more than fifty years. and have al
ways voted the Democratic ticket
straight, and have been laboring man
all my life. am for protection and will
vote for Blaine and Logan. Whisky and
free-trade can't run one side of me, andEL
care not who knows it. | am not alone.
A. ID. MOORE.
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Weybridge.

School in district No. closes next
week.
Spencer Foster and family of Holyoke,
Mass, are at Judge Coles.
-Four of our townsmen are said to be
willing to represent US at Montpelier
this fall.
Our selectmen have called a town
meeting to be held OIL Saturday, August
%, at the town house.
Extensive repairs are to be made on
the east bridge at the village and travel
will be suspended across it after Mon
day next, August Is.
y The Republican county committee have
appointed Geo. w. Cobb to the place on
the Republican town committee for Wey-
bridge made vacant by the resignation OF
+. +. Stewart. The town committee fol
Wcybridge now stands; Geo. W. Cobb
w. c. Sturtevant, IL. ID. Willard.
Bernice Twitchell, son of Ira j
Twitchell, had Il narrow escape on Mon
day last. He had been at work raking
grain and was returning home, when the
horse began to kick, and in his efforts t.
get clear young Twitchell fell forward
of the rake. Luckily for him the teetl
were lifted and the rake passed Owe
him, after bruising him quite badly
about his head and arms.
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Cornwall.

Threshing machines have begun their
work for the season.
The outlook is that the fruit harvest
will be abundant in this section.
Quite a goodly number of friends of
our townspeople are spending their va
cations among us.
The Texas horses which were purchas-
ed of f. w. Atwood, as far as we have
ascertained, are turning out we'll.
The excursion and picnic to Willsboro
Point. under the direction of the Sabbath
schools, was quite an enjoyable affair.
Farmers have finished haying aud got
their harvesting well under way. Gram
is exceedingly good, especially the wheat
crop.
Mrs. II. W. Day, former resident of
this town, died at her home in Fair Haven
on Tuesday Of last week, at the age of -
Her remains were taken to Bristol fol-
interment.
The Cornwall cornct band having
secured the services of II. L. Simonds, Il
well-known cornetist, are prepared to
furnish band music on short notice al
reasonable rates.
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Some nice showers last week gladden.
ed the hearts of the people of this town
for the time, and frightened up the face
of nature considerably; but she is again
fast putting on her dusty and forbdding
look. Corn and potatoes hereabouts
promise failure. The drought, and
even the showers of last week. have both
fastened the harvest, and the farmers are
very busy gathering it.
On Wednesday of last week Mrs. Rol-
lin Lane and daughter of Cornwall came
to this village to visit Mrs. Lanes sister,
Miss Emeline Brainerd. The horse was
put into Miss Brainerd's barn. During
the night the horse was taken from the
barn. and is said to have been found the
next morning, at an early hour. in the
yard at Mr.. VIM. G.. Mussey's in condi-
ton indicating that it had been driven
very fast or very long. No clue has been
found that indicates who the miscreant is.
A very fine entertainment was appre-
ciated and enjoyed by about $50 intelli-
gent people of the town last Thursday
evening in the Congregational church.
Miss Carrie l.. Derby of Auburn, n. Y.
gave a very fine rendering of several
pieces, some new and some old to the
tluNlCICCs AAulObS IiiClli NClNs iiC ANCN
Church Organ, '"Seeking for the Stairs -
"Brother Watkins Farewell Sermon"
ride of Jennie McNeal," and 1.-The Last
LYNN" In ability to discover and pre-
sent the salient points of her selections so
that her audience would feel them, Miss
Derby has few superiors. Her recita-
tions were so free from aflectation that it
was a great pleasure to listen to her; a
mnnA nNhihitiOr of thn nrntnnl without
any mouthing. The audience evidently
were well pleased and feel well compen-
stated for their time and trouble. Miss
Derby is the granddaughter of a native
and former resident of this town, Mr..
Dexter Derby. She received her educa-
ton and oratorical training in the public
schools of Auburn and she is an organ
list in one of the Presbyterian churches
there.
From another correspondent
Butter brought 10 cents at ID. H. Ben
nctt's last Tuesday.
O. S. Nanderhoof killed snake of the
blue racer species that measured feet 3
inches. He was driving along and the
snake Jumped at his horse.
frankie Dclphia, a son of Oliver Del
phia, was badly injured on Sunday by the
kick of Il horse. One of tie toe calks
struck him over the left eye, smashing in
the skull. DIR. Blaisdcll was summoned
and removed four pieces of bone and
sewed up the wound. Dclphia is doing
well.
Miss Emma Ingraham of the Montpe-
licr Waterman office is visiting her pa
rents. Miss Carrie l.. Derby of Auburn,
n. Y, is here visiting at Prosper Eli
tharp's. Mr.. Barry and friends from
Malone. n. Y, are visiting at Mrs O.W.
Pratts. Ford II. Taylor spent few
days at his home last week.
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Personal.

Rev. d. r. Lowell, pastor of the Rut-
land Methodist church, who has been
abroad, is expected home the 18th inst.
John W. Cramton has been made pres
ident of the Baxter National bank. Rut-
land, to succeed Gon. Baxter, deceased.
Hon. A. l.. Catin. - years of age.
died at Burlington on Sunday. He was
a native of this county and years ago
represented Orwell in the Legislature.
He was also United States collector of
customs at Burlington from 1919 to
1853, had been president of the Mer-
chants bank, twice Presidential elector,
was member of the corporation of the
University of Vermont, was formerly
director of the Rutland and Burlington
railroad and was the first mayor of Bur-
lington.
Rev. Il. E. Ranney died at his home
some two miles above st. Johnsbury
Center on Wednesday. July 30. He had
what was called a "shocli" on Monday
and never spoke afterwards. Mr.. Ranney
was born in Westminster. was graduated
from Middebury college in the class of
80, and after fitting for the ministry was
over the Congregational church in Barnet
for one year about 1913. Afterwards he
went out under the American board as
missionary to the Indians of the South
west, and was three years among the
Pawnees and some fourteen years with
the Cherokees.
Henry Z. Ilickok. one of the Oldest
citizens of Burlington, is dead in his
S0th year. He was graduate of the
University of Vermont in 1927, and pass
ed six or eight years in the ministry, but
in 1885 he succeeded to the business Of
his father, the late Samuel Iickoll, and
from that time was identified with the
commercial, educational and religious
interests of his native city. For long
period of years he was president of the
Merchants bank. trustee of the univer-
sity, deacon of the First and I bird Con-
gregational churches. and in 1852 he
represented Burlington in the Legisla-
ture.