The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1889-07-25
NEWS AND NOTES

iese Aldermen, are not convicted
L pok at the jury system. lie il good TO
a1ythingp II yea, why declaim agaiDs
the verdict II no, why not change tn
system It would seem tO be direc
insult to Judge Dtniels, to District At
torney Fellows and his associates Wit
tried Alderman McQuade last week II
intimate, still more TO directly charge
an intent to acquit. 1t must be remem
bered that Mr.. McQuade 10 = very mucf
tried man. He was convicted once anC
sentenced to State Plision, Bear II
mind that this man has literally had biz
head shaved, has literally worn prison
garb, has literally kept the lock step, fol
nearly two long years. How did he gel
out The Court Of Appeals decided thai
his trial was unjust, his conviction illeg
al and his sentenance a farce. That
how he got out. So in this Ipsulted
ring must be taken also the Court Of AP'
peals of the State OF New York. You
see the same testimony on which jury
illegally convicted McQuade in the city
Of New York was given before the jury
in BallstOn, where. within an hour, q
verdict Of not guilty was given. How
the, counsel for the prosecution could
have expected otherwise, in view Of the
opinion OF the Court of Appe,ls, none
but q. sensational newspaper writer
could be expected to see.-Hotcdrd in
NJ Y. Press.
Advice from Central Dakota state that
the crops in that secti IN are utterly ruin
Q I by the drought which has prevailed
there ever since sc, d was sown. The
season IL now so far advanced that there
is no hope for recovery. What this
means to the poor, industrious farmer
there, people at the east can scarcely es-
innate. l. means even more than dis
astrOus fl rod No both man and beast are.
by il, reduced Ioa starvation point, IN
those who have the means, few indeed,
will be obliged to leave their homes and
eek employ ment elsewhere in order g.
obtain subsstance, This win be very
difficult, Hs the country ia filed with
hatvestrrs already; all work i'engaged
These pioneers in western farming have
q hard life Of il, indeed. They nevS
know, from one years end to the another,
when they will escape being reduced to
peDury County Post
There is no doubt that the solid and
substantial food now furnished children
will produce taste for what is worthy
aud true in literature, aud may result in
g golden age Of literary production. A
weIl-known pee Of Boston 10 said to
have, little hopes for the future possibili-
ties OF our literature. He sees no poets
or philosophers on the .horiz IN to take
the place. OF, ,Lopgfellow, Whittier or
Emerson. So Goldsmith complsined
that all the literary priz had been al.
ready gained, and yet since his time
there haye been Browning and TeDny-
son and a host Of other writer's. A
good promise of the future 10 given in
children's books, which are go much
more worthy than some OF the fare pro-
vided for older readery, -''>
1t appears that the question OF Ian
guages, which was 80 much di. cussed
some time since In relation TO the inter-
national Congress to be held in Wash
ington in October, is practically settled
in advance. The Secretary Of State il
10 empowered to provide for the daily
publication by the public printer, in the
English, Spanish and Portuguese Ian
guages. Of 80 much Of the proceedings
Of the Conference as may be deemed ne
cessaiy. Each delegate can therefore
read his speech, or speek 1t, in bis own
language, and it will appear next morn.
ing in print in the three languages re-
presented at the Conference.
The social event this week in London
% the royal wedding. The wedding
presents already sent In would stock a
jeweler shop. The Rothschilds and the
Shah both give diamonds. The groom'S
wedding presentto the Princess will be
a splendid tiara OF diamonds. Lord
Tennyson, 80 the Court Journal says,
hss received q command TO write poem
for the occasion The bride will wear
white and silver brocade, with veil OF
honiton lace, diamonds and pearls pre-
sented by the Queen.
Some new light is thrown on the ques.
ton Of college expenses by. the. statis-
tics Of the graduating class at Yale this
year, According TO the figures furnish
ed by the young men, the average ex-
penses for each freshmen were 1898; !.
sophomore years 1881 ;junior year 1854,
senior year, 1910 This Ia abOut the
same average as Professor Palmer found
an ong the students at .Hsrvaid when
he looked into the subject, some years
ago. ... ..n.. r.,
1.-THE same Glenn who fathered a bill in
the Georgia Legislature few years ago
which proposed tn send Atlanta Univer-
sIty professors to the chain gang II they
continued TO Bstruct,their children in
the same classes with:oOiorPd children,
10 the author OF tbe new bill, which pre-
tends to be, meant for the establish ment
Of coiored normal schools. but IL really
designed, to keep Atlanta University
from getting its appropriation. h'..
81 The Minnesota newspapers apparently
lackiTespect for the new law in th, I
State forbidding the publication of re-
ports OF hangings. A few days ago an
execution took place and they described
the affair in all i's details, as usual. The
Minnesota Attorney General has sustain
ed the laws constitutionality, and the
matter will be further tested in tital in
the courts.
Where is the Champlain sea serpent ?
Perhaps he is only big seal. At least
two seals have cen killed in these waters:
one in 1910 off Burlington, and an4her
in Otter Creek at Vergennes. in 1875,
the latter having been about three and
one-hslf feet long and weighing same Is
pounds, the former which was caught
on the ice in February being Al feet
long.
COT. j. G. McNuIt OF Troy, N. Y, Fri.
day morning received letter from E,
w. Halford, President Harrison's pri-
vate secretary, in which IL was stated
that President Harrison would not visit
Lake George this SUMMER. The only
trip that President Harrison is likely TO
make is the one TO Bar Harbor, Me-,
as the guest Of Secretary Blaine.
Old William ,Stoughton in speaking
Of the first immigrants to New England,
boasted in Thanksgiving sermon that
God sifted whole nation that be
might send grain into the wilder
ness" At the present time it seems that
q whole nation is being sifted in order
TO send US the chaff.-Commercidl Ad.
uertiser.
The Denver Republican has been
brought into court for alleged contempt
Of court IN criticislng the decision Of
judge. II a newspaper can be punished
for this, the supposed freedom Of the
press Is n myth; but the judge. who at
tempts Ito do IL will find no increased
public confidence in his decisions.
A dispatch from Newport alludes to
Mr.. Potter as 1.-THE. wife Of the bishop
Of New York" Well hardly. She is the
wife Of the Episcopal bishop Of New
York. which is not exactly the same
thing.-N Y Press We were not aware
before that Professionals recognized the
primGcy Of any church.