The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-09-20
NOTINGS.

study of the disease in India, and find
. that the climatic conditions there cor
respond closely with those of our west
ern and southern coast Nor is cimat
any barrier to the disease, as is com
monty supposed, when it once gets
foothold, for it is found as far NORTH
as Iceland He thinks that the ma
tional government should take imme
diate steps for the segregation of al
cases discovered.
The Kansas populists have decided
not to fuse with the Democrats THU
fall.
Pawnee, o. T., is evidently the cen
ter of another nest of pension frauds
The number of pensions in that vicin
ity has increased wonderfully IN tho
last six months and the grand jury ha:
returned 40 indictments against promi-
nent men, three OF whom have beer
arrested.
Congressman Francis &. Newlands
of Nevada, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the National Silver Par
ty, is inclined to give up the cause.
He says the good times are rapidly
killing the free coinage issue, for
when the people are occupied with
profitable business affairs they have
neither the time nor the inclination to
discuss money questions. But he
still believes in the righteousness of
! the free silver cause and he points to
the out flow of gold as proof of Il dis
eased condition that needs attention.
The Hawaiian republic has done Il
creditable thing and one that indicates
conscious strength in pardoning nX
queen Liliuokalani and releasing her
from prison.
William II. English of indianapolis,
the Democratic candidate for vice pres
ident in 1880, has been for 10 years
writing the history of Indiana, and
has expended $50, 600 for historical
documents and in salaries of assistants.
Mr.. English being worth from 81. 600.
600 to 50, 600, 600, can well afford the
outlay. He is now 70 years old, and
enjoys good health
Massachusetts, politics are taking on
an interesting phase in the belief that
field is to be taken up quietly by the \.
=. \. and nolens volens, with or with
out his consent, and run against Gov
Greenhalge in the Republican state
convention, provided the secret socie-
ties have sufficient show of strcgtl. TO
make the effort worth while. The
Boston Standard declares the story
false, " but it is evident that the 4.
L. \. is up to something. 1t has got |
a majority Of the..Springtcld delegation
and good many of the other caucuses !
are having results that look very A. !
T. Aish. 1t is quite possible Of course /
that the movement will flattcn out as
as last year after the con
tention assemblies. But this organiza-
ton of secrecy and darkness is certain
y operating to get control of the Re
publican party of the state if it can,
Peru, Argentine and Bolivia have
ormed on alliance, more or less closely y
whose aim is understood to
le against Chill, against which each
IT these countries has grievance.
The people of Peru especially have
lever given up the purpose to recover
he lost provinces, to which they
ling as closely as Frenchmen
o Alsace and Lorraine. At the ;
ccent Inauguration of President 5
'icrola at Lima, there were enthusias- {
cmpt to recover the lost provinces. I
The friends of Gov. Mckinley had y
private conference in New York last '
eek, and determined to force the /
ght on the tariff issue RELOCATING the '
liver question to subordinate posi- l
ion. They rightly believe that high !
4riif revival would make Mckinley |
ne logical candidate. and they rest e
leir strongest hope in the belief that 4
e is the second choice of all the I
lends of the other candidates Al q
son, Harrison, Morton and Reed. /
\ French electrical journal recently -
statistical review of the !
cctric roads in operation in Europe :,
the beginning of the year. 1t could \
nd but about 434 miles of such road T
| use altogether, of which Germany ;,
ad over one half, France coming see =
al with only about 60 miles. The 81
test statistics for the United States
low three times as much electric .,
,ad in operation in New England as \
all Europe, and 10, 363 miles for the :,
,untry at large. But the European :,
ileage is rapidly increasing Con n
derably more than One-haIf the elec " "
La,
iry | was built in the previous year. y
The New York supreme court decides \
lie veterans preference" law of that b
ate to be unconstitutional. The law ST
ent to IA little further extreme than
at of most states, providing that old ST
ldiers should not be subjected to h
mpetitive examination to get ON the e,
igible lists, and they should have the d,
efcrence for appointments or promo d
ons. In other words it practically q
llified the civil service law of that
ate so far as concerns any office that
veteran wants, though there was dl
quirement that there should be an G.
of the applicants ito
certain their merits and fitness in Ia
general way. The question is now to tn
to the court of appeals. in
The foreign trade report for August nj;
ows of balance of trade of SO. 49,, T29
ainst us where last year it was
079, O75 in our favor. Exports have tic
lien off nearly 50, 600. 600 as compared IN IN
tn the same month last year and wa
ports at the same time have in AT
sased SO, 800, coo. Ii is the first
ne for five years that the AuguSt i ii'
lance has not turned in our favor. ser
4 the change is not easily explaina- -
Belgium is wrestling with the ques-
n whether religion shall be taught
the public schools. Under the rule
the old Liberal party in 1879 IA sys-
n of free and undenominatiOnall *