The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-11-22
NOTINGS.

netting lines ana hence o.oi''"o -
the state statutes from coming TO-
gethcr in any way.
Tho annual report of Secretary NOR
ton of the department OF agricultule
makes an interesting statement regard
inc the progress of the work for petter
roads. 1t appears that during the iast
wear more than half the states nave
nasscd new road laws and in many roao
constructions OH approved principles Is
in active operation. Massachusetts
New Jersey, North Carolina ana heh-
tucky take the lead in this work.
Statistics gathered by the French
government show that Europe ai'o-
9ethcr has 1852. 200 miles of railroad, or
Some $4,000 miles less than are
rossessed bv the United States alone.
RMt Eurone built Yearly twice as much
,,ad in 1894 as the United States, ana
thus NAV sometime catch up with U.S.
Attorney General Hancock OF new
yorl, has riyen decision adverse 10
the American Tobacco company the
cigarette trust, in a proceeding pre-
Eminary to the beginning OF an actlon
To prohibit the American company
from doing business in that state.
II il generally believed that this is
q first step in movement against the
different trusts and that eventually the
legality of the business IN sugar.
leather. ETC., by the combined com
NAMES. will be subjected to like re-
view in the courts.
Mr.. Howells has already given US
the career of a young noveilst III ,N1M
York, in "The World Of Chance. he
has now finished the story or youns
playwright who comes to New lorh ~
have a drama produced, wnlcn "iii
appear soon in Scribner's magazine.
L. Deavitt of Montpelier mas
completed digest of Vermont laws
for Martindale's Law Directory, ior
publication in Chicago in January.
Mr.. Deavitt highly commends the new
Vermont statutes, which he thorough.
~ examined in making the digest Oh
Secretary Olney and Sir Julian
Paunceforte, the British minister,
have arranged for commission 10
determine the amount OF damages
due to the British sealers seizeo IN
Behring Sea, under the decision OF
the Paris arbitration.
Secretary Carlisle made a speech be-
fore the Network chamber of commerce
4 Tuesdav evening in which he reiterat-
cd his old argument against the green
back, saying:
The fundamental vice in our currency system.
&c tho legal tender note redeemable In COIN py
the government and reissuable unuer thc ia nv,
This threatens the stability OF the Wnoie wi
ume OF currency and has caused immense
losses by fluctuations. TWAS never contcinp,a as
ted that the government should convere Is s,ai
into n blank Of issue. The circulation OF Iegai
tender United States notes and treasury notcs
has a tendancy 10 drive out OF use ana out OF WY
country the very coin in which the governin,eniS
is compelled to redeem, and It mas eNpelie'
/ millions of dollars from our borders: Inc gov
crnmcnt is required to supply goin from ~
treasury to discharge the private obligatioh OIL
its citizens.
Still it is a fact that there would be
no trouble from the greenbacks but lor
the great volume of other government
paper that is afoat and all OF 1t, prac-.
ticay, dependent on the government
gold reserve. Nor would there ce
trouble oven then but for the dencil
in the revenues, which compels inc
government to pay out the greennacKs
after redeeming them.
DR.. S. +. Smith of Newton, Mass. /,
the venerable author of America
died IN the New England depot at
Boston Sunday afternoon of heart DIS.
ease. He was distinguished linguis,
as well as author and poet, native OF
Boston and a graduate of Harvard
and the Andover Theological Seminary,
was professor of languages at the Colby
me. University number OF years,
and afterwards editor OF the Christian
Review, a Baptist organ. He supplied
the words of many songs and hymns
for music of that we'll known composer
Lowell Mason. AS every child knows,
the national anthem, which made hin
famous, is by far the most popular ano
best of his productions.
Ex-President Harrison presided FRI
day evening at the large meeting IL
Carnegie hall, New York, concluding
the work of a week in the interest o
a PRESBYTERIAN missions, and making an
other of his neat little speeches, II
which he said. among other things:
The Presbyterian church has kept the CON
mand to stand fast very well. IL has stoou iaS
for law and for liberty tae w1rih laro o,nnd 70
the highest scholarship, but 1t has equally stoo
against that pseudo latitudnarian phiih3sop nv
that, from stndy OF I1ous W1rs, s n HI wor
missionary spirit IS inherent in Christianity
Lord Dunraven has cabled over iron
II ENGLAND that he will come to TIL
- country and personally appear before
New York Yacht club committee t
substaptiate his charges of cheating
AGAINST Mr.. Iselin and the cup com
mittee. The club has appointed OK
Secretary Whitney, J. Plerpon
Morgan and Geo. l.. Rives to IN
vestigate the charges. The case J
one that means social ruin for one sid
or the other; for if the owners OF tn
). Defender were capable of resorting
the trickery charged, they are unit
associate with gentlemen, and the sam
Is true of Dunraven if he is capable
- making such charges without founds
ton.
Gov. Mckinley seems to feel prett
sure of the support of his state in tn
next national convention, so sure thu
ho when requested to select the delegate
at large to act for him. he refused
saving 81 want to see the will OF tn
people of the party expressed IN tn
y matter. and do not sanction an
method of selecting the delegates tn;
will not give free play to their luds
i, ment.
ed Rasip, Gorman's lieutenant in Bait
ks more, remarks apropos of the recei
gu o., election. that il it hadn't been for h
es machine Maryland would have given
ts, Republican majority "at every electio
IN IN since 1872 and that the MAJORITY
iii Eve have secured have been brougl
about by the use of the machine, as
is called" Further, he boasts tn
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