News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-02-21
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Quick advantage is being taken of
the discovery the southern extension
of the elevated plateau beneath the
Atlantic. The Portuguese govern
ment has already conceded to Dutch
engineer the right to lay submarine
cable from Lisbon TO the Azores. The
plan is to extend the line to New York
and Cuba, and of course charge cheap
rates.
Frederick Douglass domestic mat
tiers are less the theme of public
animadversion than they were. 1t is
discovered that his white wife is not
deluded young thing, but AZ years old,
and thoroughly competent to know her
own mind. Mr.. Douglass former
housekeeper has reconsidered her
intention to sue him for unpaid wages,
which seems to have been the result Of
pique at his marriage. Mr.. Douglass
said, when asked about the matter a
few days ago, that she was never a
domestic in his family, but a member
of it, and was given money for her
needs from time to time without any
thought OF wages.
There have been so many pot-boiling
auctions of late in the rooms Of the San
Francisco art association that some of
the more prominent artists have or
ganized a palette club.
A prominent Republican in eastern
| Massachusetts writes Il congratu-
late the Republican on the fact that
Mr.. Rockwell has so promptly vindi-
Gated it's poor opinion of him. My
own impression of him was not favor
able, but l supposed he had at least
little more discretion than to display
himself so soon.
The fact that the Illinois Republi-
can State Committee Endorsed Presi-
dent Arthur's administration is re-
garded by some local observers as
giving a black eye to the Logan
boom.
An important and praiseworthy
new feature of Protestant missionary
work is to be undertaken by the Pres
bvterian mission in Guatemala. 1t is
the establishment of a public school
system, modelled after that of this
country, in which there will be no at
, tempt to influence the religious senti
ments of the pupils.
Gen. Dan Sickles is quoted in The
Capital as sayting: "My sympathie'
are with the Democratic party, but O
all the names mentioned as Republican
candidates should the convention a
Chicago nominate Gen. Logan
shall feel compelled to support him
and for this reason: Logan, perhaps
to greater degree than any othe
person in civil life, combines the sue
cessful soldier and public man."
> Peter Clifford, railroad employe a
Rendville, O., was called to his door
and shot dead the other night. FouI
men named Hickey and Joe Reddy
, we're arrested for the crime and Ri
chard, one of the Hlckeys, was lynchet
Sunday night. Reddy was also strun
up, but the rope broke and he pro
tested his innocence and begged s.
piteously that the crowd spared him
There are nearly 81 900, 900 bushel
l of grain of all kinds in Chicago, be
ing twice the supply ever accumulate
S at this season of the year, and the re
r gular daily receipts are about 60
e carloads. The working capacity of tn
| elevators is 81 100000 and measure
: capacity 5000, 900 more.
= There is an unusual abundance c
oyster wars on the Chesapeake ba
= this winter, the police boats of Mary
: land and Virginia respectively havin
:. continual collisions with dredgers c
!. the other state who get over the line
and all joining occasionally to do battl
% with blvalvular freebooters who com
) down from the North. A Virginia pc
lice boat slipped into a fleet OF l
L Maryland pirates unawares the othe
It day, fired cannon and muskets unit
the whole atmosphere was blue, cal
tured one vessel with 1000 bushels
= fish, and marched the crew away
Il triumph. The only man hurt, howevel
was a man on the police boat, VIII
3 lost thumb by the bursting of hi
y own gun. The dredgers were we
l. armed, but did not think it goo
time to shoot.
IS The Bourbon Legislature Of Virgin
Is ia has passed, over the veto of Co
lie Cameron, bill taking the power I
Of appointing judges, of elections, regi
,e tiers clerks from the county judges an
Is giving it to local boards appointed t
FL the Legislature. Gen. Wickham, IL
+. only straight Republican in the Legi
j. lature, voted with the Democrats ar
at enabled them to pass the bill in tt
a Senate over the veto. Gov. Came
ID on in his message said "The provi
ions of this bill seem to permit, if the
do not insure, an entirely partisan a
y, ministration of the election laws
IN the State. 1t contains the simp
suggestion that members of both pa
DO ties shall be made Judges whenev
d. practicable, with no requirement as
st the registers, while a direct stipul
d, ton is made, if the appointment
e, Judges should be wholly partisa
dis that the result of elections shall n
n, be thereby affected. By the o
method, fraud can be effectually pr
in vented; by the other method fraud
Ie made possible-nay, probable, if it
Ist not actually invited. An entire rev
Y. luton in our system of elections is
be had under the pressure of til
and during a period of unprecedent
political bitterness. Who can dou
l. what the outcome will be-" This i
Is goes into operation April l.
de