Vermont Watchman and State Journal from Montpelier, Vermont • Page 2

VERMONT WATCHMAN STATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1880. WEDNESDAY, JANUAUY 7, 1880. Tstns-ls 00 fr year, strtcttr In arivsnrel or I2.M lf not tM wtthtn ttirsa motitbt. Kcpnbllcnti Knllonnl CaiiTcntton. A national conventlon n( the Rcpnbllcnn party will meet nt Chlcago on WKiiNEstnv, Jonk 2 at twklvk o'clock noon, for the nom-rnatlon of candldatca to be aupported for presldent and vlce-prestdont At tlie next etectlon.

ltepubllcans, and nll who will oo-operato wltli thero In supportlng the nomlnecs of the Mirty, are Invlted to choose two delegates from each congrcsslocal dlstrlct, (our at large from each tate, two from each tertltory and two from the Dlstrlct of Columbla, to reprcsent them ln the conventlon. t. Camkuon, Chalrman Tiiomas II. Keooh, SecrcUry, A rnrllnff Word. WHh tho present isaue of tho Watciimax the conneetlon of the underslgncd with tlie firm of J.

J. M. I'oland ceases. There la no businesa witli which we aro acquaintcd that can be conducted pleasantly or profUably without tho personal Bupcrviaioti of tlie pro prietor and thia tlio rlgoroua cllmate of New England has proventcd me from doing throughout a portlon or portlons of each year. It is tlme tliat the change should be made perhaps after timej but it is now made, and we trust the result will prove Its wlsdom.

During the past eleven years It is not, perhaps, too much to say that the Watch-man as a newspaper lias grown from the Bmalleat proportlons to tlie largest clrcula-tlon, and, we trust, influence, of any ltopub-lican weekly in the slate. Thia result haa only been effected by a large expciiditure of money and labor expenditurea fully war-ranted and freely bestowed. That It has been freo froin trrors, or without in some cases giving just causo for offense, 1s too much to have hoped for. But that its general course has been satlsfaotory to the public and approved by thetn is fully at-tested by its large circnlatlon and the general interest felt by its readers in its pros-perlty. It certainly never had, during its exlstence of over seventy years, a larger subscrlptlon list or a wider range of readers.

But with these pleasant associatlons come also those of a different character. The newspaper deadbeata have found their way to our subscription list, and their names are enrolled upon it in aucli numbers that their aggregate indebteduess forms a sum start-ling and very eolemnizing to a proprietor. It is barely possible that a newspaper dead-beat is no worse than nny other descrlption of the rery nurnerous class of swindlers which infest every communlty. llut the pettine8a of the stealing, the utter impossi-billty of the publishers' becoming acquainted with the circumstances or the rcsponsi-bility of liis subscribers, render them liable to be made the victim of just this class of people, who are willlug to cndanger their salvation, their eelf-respect, and tlie estecm o( their fellows, by a system of petit lar-oeny as wicked as it is contemptible. However, the Watciimax was not born, and has not lived to its present green old age, to be strangled at the hands of such mlscreants.

In every department its ex-cellente is acknowledged and its merits fully appreciated. And in our enforced separation from it, it has, and will continue to have, our sincerest wishca for its largest prosperity and well being. J. M. Montpelier, December 31, 1879.

Tho Old and the In reviewing the year just closed, we find more of good than ill fortune, especially so far asour own country is concerned. To be sure, we have not been wholly exempt from eerious losses by fire, flood and pestllence. The great snow storrns which prevailed at the west during the openlng month of the year effected a serious aud protracted block-ade to the railroads; the spring freshets were serious and destructive, especially iu Callfornia, and in the summer came a suc-cession of terrible tempests that were very destructive, especially in Kansas, wliere forty persons lost their lives. In mldsummer a destructive tornado swept across portlons of Connecticut and Massachusetts. About the same time riiiladelphia suffered a loss of more than a ralllion dollars from the same canse.

A furious tempest swept the At-lantlc coast in August, destroying scores of vessels and mauy lives. The yellow fever again scourged Memphts during the bot ecason, but thero was uothing surprisiug in this, as she iuvited her own punishment. In Europe the storms and lloods have been almost unprecedented. The lloods that de- stroyed Szegeddin, making seventy thousand people homeless, and drownlDg four thou sand, was repeated later in the season, Floods on the which great bridges, bullt to last for centurles, were borne away in SpalD, where whole proviuces were iuuu-dated and three thousand people drowned; and In England, where copious rains covered all the low lands with water for rnonths and repeatedly dLsappoiuted the hopes of the 1ms-bandmen, caused incalculable losses. The list of distinguUhed Americans who have died during tlie year Is of exceptional length, and includes Caleb Cushing, Wllliara Lloyd Garrison, l)r.

J. 1'. Thoinpson, Gen-erals T. W. Sberman, Dix, Shields, Hooker, Dlck Taylor, Admiral Parrott, I)r.

Lluder-man of the ralnt, Morton HcMlcliael, Senator Chandler, William Allen of Ohlo, Senator Ilouston of Alabama, Klchard II. Dana, Elihu Hurritt, I)r. De Koven, Illshop Oden-helmer of New Jersey, Jacob Abbott, Eras. tus II. Digelow, the iuventor, William M.

Iluut, the artlst, Danlel L. Ilarris of Spring- llelJ, Madame Bonaparte, Itecorder iiackett, and George Jones. Among the forelgners who have died witliln the year are Count Staempfll, Von Ilulow and Von ltoon, Ger-man statosmen, Ilowland 11111, the Kngll-i posvomce reformer, Ilaron Itothschlld, De. laue, edltor bf the London Timn, and lilack- wood, the Edinburgh publlsher. llut there was a brlght slde, eveu to the old year, which serves as a bow of proinise to the new one now openlng beforo us.

At the very threshold of the old year resuinp-tion of apecie payments began, and an ira-proved feellng in business clrcles became at once manifest. The cr'edlt of the couutry grew strong as by magic, aud the refundlng operatlonsof Sccretary Sherman became the wonder of all. Vaults were unlocked and hoarded money found its way into the cur-reuts of business. Alanufacturea felt the ipjlckening Impulse, merchants bought with laoro confidence and sold to an extent that astonished them. Then, too, the harvesta were abundant, leaviug a beavy aurplus for exnort.

The excess of acricultural and manufactured producU cet the balance of trade on the rlght slde of the iedger, and foreign gold fiowed to our ahores apace. Thls, in tum, atimulated business, so that now tbousanda uK)u thousands are actively employed and have brlght prosjiects who dui a year ago wero nueu wmi apprelieuslon and dfsmay. We enter the uew yoar under favorable auiplces, and from the hard et-perienceof the past we ought to draw lessons of iudustry and economy that ehall aerve us wbea the night of depresslou again eettles dswo. Itopubllcai) Nallnnal Conrtnllon. Hy the nnnouncement in our columna thls week it will be aoen tliat the oTiclal call has been issucd for the assembllng of the Ile- pulilicau national conventlon, and the second ilay of June flxed as the day.

We are also informed that our Itepubllcan atatecommll- lee has calleil a mcetlng at Vergennes thls (Wcduesday) eveulng, to flx a tlme and place for holdlnga conventlon to clioosouel cgatos to tlio Chlcago conventlon. As Bome of tlio Btatcs havo already arranged to choose their delcgates as rarly as February, we doubt not our own conventlon will be called at an early day, as Vermont is not generally far bohind wlicu sterling Itepubllcan work Is to bo done. She had a comniandiug in-lluonco at Chlcago tweuty years ago, when Lincoln was nomlnated, as well as at Clnciu- nati four years slnco. That Bhe will now be amply prcpared toauswer all reasonablo de- mands no one need to fear. Thedayof tho conventlon beiugdefinltcly flxed, and the cholce of deltgatcs so near at hand, tho discussion of candldatea and declaratlou of preferencea cannot belongde- ferred.

A correspondentof tho Iloston Jour- nal, a few days aince, gave tho result of an interview with four promlnent Hepubllcaus of the state all oxpresslng opinions more or less favorable to the nomination of Gen eral Grant. The vlews of these gcntlemen are entltled toa fair degreo of welghtas the results of large observatlon and sound judg-ment. Exprcsslons of like vlews come to us almost daily. At the moment of this writ-Ing, two coinniunications come to us one from a clergyman of ripo years and large cxperience, who aays: "I have voted for General Grant for prcsident twice, and should do so again, if he was nominated, more rtadtiy than Itfore." The other is from a professlonal geullemen of lilgh culture, who says, in alludlng to the approaching Chicago conventlon: "That conventlon can render no greater service to the people of all the states, and glve no more certaln Burety of Itepubllcan succcss, than by giving the couutry the name of General Grant for presldent and John Sherman for vlce-presl-dent." But we havo a good many thou- sauds of reading and thlnking ltepubllcans in the state, who are independent in the best Bense of that term in their thoughts and views, who are yet to be heard from and their voice will be pretty Bure to find ample expresslon in the conventlon called to elect delegatcs. Slaiuc Onco More.

The judgesof the supreme conrt oIMaiue submitted answers to Governor Garcelon's questious on Saturday, and tlie result fully justifies ex-Governor Morrill's predictlon that, though the governor's qnestions were indirect and evasive, the court would never-theless manago to hit the rcal points in-volved. Tho oplnion is clear and dcclsive that the governor and council should seek to give effect to the popular will, and not strive to pervert that will through trifling techni calitles. The dlstlnction is plainly drawu between defects that are sufliciently inaterial to invalidate a retum and those which are not. The absence of the town clerk's sig- nature, for instance, is a vital defect, since the very attestatlon on which the value of the return depends is lacking. But it is not a vital defect that the vote of a city is not returned ward by ward it is not a vital defect that some votes are returned for scattering," when the total number so re turned would not affect the result it is not a vital defect that one selectman de faclo was in law inellgible to office is not a vital defect that the aldermen signing a return were a majorily of those present and not a majority of the whole board.

Tho law in regard to ballots with distlngulshing marks is very clearly laid down. The ballot must be accepted or rejected by the ofilier of the poll; if rejected, the voter can procure another ballot; if accepted, it must be counted and does not invalidate the elec- tion. The law as to the genuineness of tlie attesting signatures is also well defiued. Tho governor and council are to presunie them genuine, unless protests nccompany tho return, in which case they would obliged to glve notice and hear evidence. The decision in regard to the ditto rnarks is euiinently just.

The conclusion of the decision referrlng to tho necessity of regard- ing these acts of munlcipal ofHcers as the doings of average plain people," recurs to a priuclple of law which is too often for-gotten. The returna of the popular will, says the court, are not to be strangled by idle technlcalities." These are golden words, and deserve a much wider application than to the desperate fraud atterapted by Governor Garcelon and hls associatcs. Just how this decision will settle tbe present dillicultles does not yet appear, but that it will substantlally defeat the objects of the conspirators cannot be doubted. One of tbe points decided by the court is that a majority of the whole number of repreeentatlves namely, seventy-six is requislte for a legal quorum. Enough counted in" fuslonists have already refused to tako their seats, united with the ltepubllcans, to prevent a quorum.

The court also declares tlio rlght of the local oflicers in the dlsfranchised cities to order new electtons, and this will doubt less result in re-seatingseveralof the counted' out ltepubllcans. Thus in one way and an other the popular voice will yet find utter ance, and the authors of this bold attempt to lltcrally etcal a state go out and down under a weigbt of obloquy that will forever serve as a warning. The latest intelligence from Augusta states that the governor refuaes to change his action in conformlty to the opinlon of the court. Ile says the points in the opinlon might servo as a guide in the future, but hls work had been perf ormed under the con Btitutlon and statutes as he underBtood them aud he Bhould nelther withdraw the certifi-cates nor issue uew ones. On the other hand, tlie Itepubllcan members are all on the ground, and at a meeting iield for consulta-tion the fceling was conGdently expressed tliat the verdict of the court had made them masters of the thataaufuclent number of those certified, but not elected, will refuse to act to prevent a quorum as sembllng uutll the rlghtful members oie ad mitted to their seats.

Nelther side eeems to have absolutely determined upon a course which rnay not be radically changed any moment. Tbe state house is guarded by two huudred men, with arms at their coui' mand. The capltal is ull of strangers, but no violence is anticipated. Goon Sknbk. In the mldst of the iqtol erance, the blgotry, and the bllnd partlsan sliip of the southern press, the Vicksburg Itirnld ahines out like a good deed in naughty world.

It is tborougbly Demo-cratic, but not bourbonist, and so when a fleryorator in MUsissippi denouncea "ou: enerales of the north," tho llerald takes lilm to task by saying that Our enemies of tlie north have a curious way of tieating us when we get Into trouble. If fire, or flood, or fainlne, or pestllence Bhould dlstress us, our enemies of the north would pour out mll llous of treasure for our rellef. This is in accordance with the best teachiugs of all religions, and Bhould convince all impartlal people to regard it as the act of a frieud in stead of an euemy. Tiik Iudianapolls Jturnal eayss "The want of wlsdotn in Grant's candidacy rests alone in tho probablllty of defeat, while the want of wlsdoin in Sherman'a candidacy rests in the almost certaiuty of defeat. Thls indlcates tliat the Indlana llepublloana are for Blalue.

Tho Irlsh toadcr. Charies Stuart l'arnell, the leader in the present agilatlon forland reform In IreUnd, has juat landed in New York, on hls long promlsed visit iu the interests of hls cher ished cause. He is etlll comparatively young man, reflned and dellcato in his ap- pearance, and clving not tho Blightest indl catlon of his capabllity for arouslng the Irlsh people to rcallzation of their wrongs. or in other words becoming a leader In the doraand upon the Engllsh government for their rightlng. He was Iu parllament for somethlng more than two years before nt-tracting any attentlon.

Then he suddenly astonished everybody by making a vlgorous apecch agalnst the pollcy of tho government In some matters that had nothlng to do with Ireland. To all remonstrancos about ex. pendlng his strongth upon things that did not pertaln to home questlons, he slmply re-plled that he should conduct hls parllament life in tlio way that sulled hlm best. He is politlcally shrevd, and has managed tbus far to altack only those measures whose weakness he could raako apparent. Ilia influence has been constantly growing, and al-though he is a rrotestant and upon his mother's slde of American blrth, all efforts to use religious weapons agalnst hlm among tlie Irlsh have falled.

They regard hlm as the man of the day, the one who is fighting their battlea, and who will gain for them, if any one can, concossions that will better their condltlon. The Engllsh members of parlla ment look upon him as talented and Baga- ious, and one who, in the future, if he takes no false steps, will become a leadlug statesmau. Meanwblle his name is a rally- ing cry for all those sympathies aro cxcited in behalf of the suffering Irlsh. It is aald hls stay in this country will not probably exceed a month or slx weeks, as is anxioui to be in London at the open lng of case the questlon Bhould be ralsed of hls impeachment of havingused alleged sedltlous language. l'arnell has re- ceivcd ofllcial warning to bo guarded in the language he raay use in the United States, as it may be brought againBt hlm liercafter.

The government flhort-hand writers follow hlm and take down every word they hear hlm utter. 1'oslnl Woudcrs. I'ostmaster James of New York has pub- llshcd a letter giving some lilghly interest- ing statlstics of the vast increose in the mall business of the metropolls. The number of letters mailed in a week now is more than seven milliona, while in 187'! it was less than three millions. Yet the force handling the matter is no larger now than then.

The advance in the delivery of letters is propor-tionate. With far less osiistance and faclll- ties I'ostmaster James has almost approached the perfectlon of the great London system. IIo shows that for every carrier added the increased local postage has more than paid tho increascd expense, and he aims at an hourly delivery and collection of letter.i through all the business portlon of the clty. The improvement iu the mail facilities and business of New York slnce he became post-master has been remarkable. This immeuse work could not be successf ully accomplished, ispecially with so limited a force, without the genius of orgauizatlon and odminUtra-tion, and this Mr.

James possesscs in nn mlnent degree. His high reputation is richly deserved. On New Year's day, liav-Ing received complimentary New Year'a cards from the postmaster-generals of Eng land, Canada, Turkey, Australia, Franceaud other countries, I'ostmaster James very ap- propnatcly responded by sending an illumi-nated card, representing the progress of the mail service in this country from the days of carrier pigeons and pony express to the present lightning trains and hourly city de-liveries, to every postmaster in the civilized world. Lincoln's SlAitTYimoM. A Jliss Mc- Ilenry of l'hiladelphla has lately forwarded to the proper authoritles at Washington an apparently authentic relic counected with the assassination of 1'resident Lincoln.

In her letter Mlss says In August, 1801, Mr. J. Wilko Bxith registered os a guest at the Mollenry House, Meadville, I'ennsylvania. He was there on the 13th of that month. After his departure it was found tliat he had, with a diainjml, in- scribed upon a pane of a window of his bed- room theso words: Abe Lincoln departed thls life Aug.

13th, 1801, by the elTecU of The glass remalned in the window undisturbed until the country was shocked by the murder of Mr. Lincoln on tlielltli of April, 1803. A few days after that event Mr. It. M.

N. Taylor, proprietor of the Mc- llenry House, cut the pane from the window, placed it over a backiug of black velvel, framed with it the autograph of Mr. Booth, which Mr. Taylor cut from the liotel regis-ter, and sent the whole to me just as it now h. 1 received it toward the end of April, 1805, and have had it iu my possesslon ever eince.

I belleve the inscriptlou is genuine, and the history as above giveu is true." It is believed that Booth must have kuowu of some attempt premeditated, if not actually made, to poison Mr. Lincoln, August 13, 1801, and supposed that it had been suc- cessful. A LinitARV. The late William Niblo of New York, fouuder of Nlblo's gar den, who died August, 1878, provided that after paying certaln bequests the residue of his estato Bhould be given to the library of the Young Men's Christian Associatlon. cordingly, 9150,000 was last week paid over to Mr.

ltobert Hoe, the trustee selected by Mr. Niblo as his agent in the establish mentof the library. During his life Mr. Niblo gave to the Young Men's Christian Associatlon his collection of nearly slx hun dred works on fine arts, aud, through Mr. Hoe, ossisted the growth of the library nucleus by gifts of money.

The money was paid in three parts, 9100,000 being in hard cash, and the reraaluder iu bonds aud lnort- es. Of thts magnificeut glft the New York Times takes the occasion to observo i William Niblo could bardly be called a mllllonalre, but his last bequest shows an amount of public spirit of which New York mllllonalres have not showu themselves capable." I'anama Canal Count DeLesseps with hls sulte has arrived at Fauama, and all along the road from Asplnwall to I'anama he was received at the stations with tho greatest enthusiasm. The of the State of I'anama has proclalmed a three days holiday on the occasion. Great cxcite- ment prevailed, and a bull-flght was ordered, Spaulsh-fashlon, with a grand parade of troops, banquet, etc. DeLfsseps says he haa made arrangements for a complete veri flcation of the aurveys, which will requlre about slx rnonths work.

Constructlng the canal will then begln. The veriflcatlou of the surveys has been nndertakcu by M. Dlrcks, and the work was inaugurated at once at the mouth of the lllo Grande, nelr I'anama, by Dlrcks aud DeLeueps. He ad heres to hls plan, as adopted at a sea level canal. He aays it is the only practlca- ble plan, and that he will carry it through He declares that he is qulte aure of tbe money mcessary to complete the work.

Oi.ivia wrltes thus to the riiiladelphia Timet i Whilst the yeara come and go and at the same tlme snatch the hairs Irom hls brother tenators' heads, leavlng crowsfeet all along the track, Senator Ferry defles the Old Man of the and is Justas capable of oracking ayoung girl's heart to-day as when in the morning of hls mauly strength, before Uie itara aang togetuer." Notci and Notlons. I'liiLAnEMiitA Rulltlin! Garcelony pretty ncarly rhymes with Larceny lmt notqulte. It's a crime that nothtng rhymes with." Genebal Grant is taklng Irlp through the southern states almost as triumphal as was Sherman'a, butof quilo a different character. Ho is now tn Florlda. The excitcd stato of fceling In Malno may be inferred from the unanlinlty with which the clergymen of tho state aro denouncing the There haa been nothtng like it slnco April, 1801.

Mn. (1i.ad9io.ne, in a Bprech at Edln-burg recently, nppealed to the woraen to take their part in the approaching polillcal contest, and so help avert further bloody and useless wars in Asla and Afrlca. Goveiinor GAiiCEt.o.N and Heprosenta-tive Fry, of Malne, are brothera-ln-law, and the governor's daughter In spcnding the winter In Washington with Mr. Krye's family. llut Mr.

Fryo denouncea the usurpa-tion ull the same. Tiik Montreal Slar thinks that it is a need- less extravagance to maintain a cablnet of thirteen minlsters for less thari souls in Canada, while nearly 50,000,000 people in the United States get along with only teven cablnet minlsters. An ex-confederate presented General Grant, at l'hiladelphla, with tablo of Bolid gold, a fac slmlle of tho old-fashloned ma- hogany center-table on which Grant and Lee signed the terms of the surrender of the rebel army at Appomattox Court House. Tiie Iloston 1'ilot calls attentlon to the rapld increose of Iloman Cathollc dioceses in tlils country. During the reign of I'ius IX, thlrty new dioceses were created in the United States.

There are now slxty-one dioceses. At the openlng of the centur there was ouly one. CONCIRESSMAN AlKEN OF SOUTH CaRO- lina. I am amazed at theopposition pre sented by Houthernera to thls negro exodus. Mhynotlet Ihemgo? If they remaln in the Bouth there is no development, no ad-vancement, no occumulation of wealtli by the toiling farmers or laborer3." New York Sun: "Before congress ad- journed for the recess, no fewer than thirty- two bills had been introduced in the hous of representatives tlnkerlng at the tariff There will probably be qulte as many added after the recess and then if two out of the whole number become laws, it will be a remarkable succcss in lcglslatlon." The Greenback organ at Washington con- cludes a long condemnation of the Matne outrage as ollows The present National party was created to puiify the ballot box from fraud and the just odium of doubtful election returns just such as these, aud in Maine a National govetuur will be elected, if at all, by just the means which the party was created to condemn and avoid.

We would ask in all caudor c.n tho party afford to bear thls burden Boston Adccrtutr: Apropos of the reso lutions adopted at the indignation meeting at Fort Fairfield, Malne, that Mr. Brown, a member of the executive council, who re- sides in that town is unworthy of confi deuce, socially, politlcally and wr' may reinark that the president of a proml uent insurance company of this city desired the other day that a list of the councilor might be published, He declared that he would not insure their property on any terms, os they were men not to be trusted." Tiik New Testament company of the American Bible revision committee held their lost meeting on Friday and Saturday, December 20th and 27th, and finished the second revision of the Book of Kevelation. In their next meetings they will consider the fiual action of the British Company on their work. It is expected that the revised New Testament will be finished and pub lished by the English Uulverslty pressei during the year 18S0, which is tbe fifth seml-centeunial of the publication of Wick-liffe's Bible, the first complete translation of the Old and New Testaments into the English language. The Old Testament company, at their last session, revised for tlie the first time the translation of the Book of Tob to chapter eleventh, fourteenth verse.

Uev. Dr. Giliiert M. Have.n Uev. Dr.

Gllbert M. Haveu one of tho bislnps of the Methodist Episcopal church died from a complication of dlsease in Malden, Massachusetts on the 3d inst. IJr. Haven was a man of real and versatile gifts, admired aud loved in the church, and better known, perhaps, outside of it in the wlde circlcs of political and civil, social aud literary, life than any of the other bishops. Ho will be greatly missed in the church and community.

Costlv Govern.me.nt. The New York city authorities havo set thfir olTicial estl-mates for the clty expenstu of 18S0 at over 928,000,000 of which must be raised by dlrect taxation. This enormous amount is dlvided os foilows 91,500,000 for the board of educatlou, 93,282,710 for the police department, 91,307,070 for the fire department, $2,019,000 for the department of public works, 91,318,383.31 for the depart ment of charlties and correctiou, 9825,000 for street cleantng, 43,071,322 01 for the city's quota of state taxes, and for interest ou the city debt. The Ukcoiid. Who is this Governor Garcelon who is robblug a state of its rlghtful administration He is a man who os a candidate forgovernor last year received ouly 27,872 votes out of a total of 125,705.

He was thlrd iu the race, and received less than half the number of votos which tbe ltepub-lican caudidato received. But as there was uo choice by the people, hls was one of the two names sent by the house to the Benate, and tbe llepublican senate elected him rather than the Greenback candidate. Now thls man who received less than a quarter of tha popular voto is again overriding the majority. Serious Loss The reading world, pecially the American portlon of it, are sufferers in commun with Messrs. lloughton, Oigood the popular ltiverslile publish ers, In the great disaster which has befallen them by the late Ibston fire.

Iuxiewof their popularlty among authors as well as readers, and especially in the light of their generous deallug with the contributors to the Allanlte itonthly, there li commeiidable proprlety in tho proposltion which one of the latter makes, through the New York lieening I'ott, that all the writeis for that lnonthly unlte in the preparatlon of a testl monlal volume, the proceeds of the sale of which sball be devoted to helping make the bssgood. Not Deaii. Civil service exaniinatlons for appolntments in the New York custom houso are atea iily kept up. To (ill twenty. three vacancies recently four huudred aud seventy-nlue applicauts were examlued, aud Naval Olllcer Ilurt, who conducted tlie ex aminations, says that he was not aware of the politics of a alugle applicant.

Among those eiamined, who are roughly dlvided into men wltha college, an academlc, and a common achool eduoallon, the collegians passed best in tbe exaniliiatiou itself, but in theprobatlonary period which succeeded the examinatiou tha largest )rtion of succeos- ul men was from the acadeuilo class, The last appear to have tlie greatest aptitude for imall detalls, aud this sinall fact, as far as It goes, agrces with the popular iwpresslon that a boy who has gono tlironuli the hlgii achool has got os far as he ought to go be- ioro enwring ou a uusinens iue. Lcttcr from TTIsconsln. MAnisox, December 20, 1879. Mr. Mttor: I am romtnded by a commnnlc.

tion from my old frlend, Spaldlng, as well by a notice In the Watchmak, that a cooplo of dollars your due about thls tlme, which I cliMr-fully cnclose, hoplng to others to follow siilt. Also a paragrnph Irom the Chlrago nffr-Oernn, whleh may prove of Intcre-t to ome of your renders, as followst DiAtn or A 1'ltouniEliT Mas. A Tpry iinrttfn deth ooctirml In Irk rntnlAr morntnf. An ilf. Ony C.

Sfnpvn.ft well-known cttlxvn of tti town, whi AWRlttns ttienrrtrAlof th 1.19 A. v. trttn for town.tn 11,6 tlllncrtji Cfntrtt mllroml ln.l ovtr In th chAlr nnd ImmMlAtolr dlftl. Tlit ftn 014 Sn4 Terr hlghlr iwpatM Mn tnnlii genrrAllr re-srtttnl. II wm ftbout Hnhty jn of Aitv, and wti onc wfll linown in Knltior, journAllnt, nnd ptibllo mo.

lle-fora tlio wftr li ItubtlRhfd on of ttia ntronveot KntiHitATFrr In llionuie. HlndMth rpultod from nnlnrAt And wan ver iMucefnl And qulet. Memory roverts to sccnes In the Vermont legfolA-ture for 1815 orer a clnlm of Uev. Quy C. Sam-son for fcrvlcM rendorcd tho stato under an a-lntmcnt of Governor Slado, but which the gov ernor stoutly contcitcd by mcnns which ho know well how to une.

The governor was very un-popular wltli the Democrats, and not greatly ad-mlrcd by a portlon of the Whhrs, and here was a chanco for fon. After much delay and hard work the blll was favorabty reported on and flnally pajned botli houws bv large niajorltlcs. The victory was supposed to be complete, so over- whelralng was the majority, but the governor dld not glte It un so Oo tho contrary. on the lo.t evenlDg of the reiirtton a from the gover nor, vetoing the blll, was nnnouuccd. WAsn't there a general awaklng, though? To show tho with whtch It was received, wheu the clerk began to read it a member nrove, and In Atentorlan tones moved that It be read by Its tltle.

The speaker (Hon. N. Mrigg) mlldly ruled the motlon out of order, and tho reading went on to tlie eod, amld mtich murmurlng aod Inattentlon. The speaker could scarcely contaln hlniself, and letttherhalr. There was (nn for the boy, such boys as Ilorace Clark, Frel Fletcher, 1'.

(1 Jones, Stephcn Tiiomas, W. W'aterman, N. P. KIer, Uradley IHrlow, S. IScnUmln, Orlando Stevens, le liyiHijtfn.

Harmon, and others. Great was the re-jJBuk0tVhcn the result tho vote showed more mu lusieii'i iwo-uuru4 Ol uolll hounos in faror of the blll. Sothe character of the clalmant was fully vlndlcitod, II voteri could do It. And as he was underxtood not to be In Afnuentclrcumntance tho plxty old dollars, as George llarker ncd to say, was 41 better than clear water." lluthe has gone, leattngagood record bohtnd. Peace to hls ashes.

Dy the way, Mr, Kditor, 1 wonder If you are aware that there Is such a state as Wfoconsin? In late number of the Watciiman, In enumcr- atlng the states that had gone Itepubllcan In the late electtonH, you ommtttod the badger State altngethsr. It was a smsll matter ordlnarlly, but thls year, havlngcarrled the stato by a plumllty of from twcnty-flve to thlrty thousand, we felt tliat we ought not to be overlonkcd or forgotten. Wlsconsln Is west of Lake Mlchlgm, Is about thlrty years old, and rmpno'rtl to contaln twelve hundred thotmnd InhabiUnU, and is suro for Grant ornnybody clne of that strlpe In '80. Sce map of the njrthweKt. liespocKully, etc, J.

T. Maiiston. A Ciinveiilent l'riiiting lleiisc. Nkwpokt, Jannarv 3, 1S80. Mr.

iietm. Canip Stowart, the publishers of tho Newport Kxpren A Standard, havlng just inovcd Into their new buildlng, It oc- currml to mo that perhaps both you and your readers would like a brief notice of their linhment, which, as a country newppapcr oflke, is qulte a model In Its way. ADd the more so as thote brethren of the qullt aro too luodest to blow about It In their own paper. The new buildlng iUnds Uion Second street, a fcw rods from the corner ot Malu Htreet. The ground sluping hharply away from the street at that polut affords a floe oppoitunlty for a b.ii&- ment, which bas been well utilized.

The new buildlng Is forty feet by slzty on the ground, two tories hlgh, with b.isement aud Krencu roof, making it practlcally four The baement Is dlvided trannversely Into three apartment of eqtial slze. That ncarest the street is cellar, wenty by forty feet, coutalnlng a large cUtern, with nmplo room for storage of fuel and other necesttarles. lleirfdes thls cUtern the whole bulid-ing Is pld and supplled with water from the vil-lage water works. Tlie water from the clatcrn la alao drawn by a pljie and faucet directly Into the adjoinlug prcis-room, thus giving a supply of soft as well as hard water for the work of that department. This prcs room has boller and eu- for ilrlving the news and large job prcsaen, and is well fltted wltli every convcnlence.

The comjioslng room adjoinlug is llghted on three iacs and Is furDUhed with all the uiodern conrenteocen. The maiu lloor above is fully occupled by the stationery r-tore in front, (a hall-way to the rooms above being taken off with editorltl and store rooms in the rear. TtU statlonery trade, into hlch Messrs. Cunp St Stewart have worked almoft by aceldent, now rivals their printing aud publlithiug bualuess in extent. Their Ktore Is fllled wltli every sortof goods pcrtainlng to thls line, and an cxtenidre jobbingos wellas retall business is beiug bullt up by them ttiruugh thls and adjoinlng countles.

The tdltorlal ofllco ls one of tho llghtest, neAt- wt aud moHt convonicntiy equlpped 11 sanctums" tlie state. Our frloud, tlie ex-judge, occupies tlie tripod with profesalonal dignity; white the chlef attentlon of the ex-cierk ot the houso Is di- rected to the business department. I tnean, by thls, the statlonery department, for slnce tlie Htandjrd was placed on the pay-ln-ad- vauce basls the labor nnd bother of the newspaper "business" has been reduced toamln-Imum. WTtharrears ofover 9,000 due them, the publishers thought It high tttuo to draw the line; and although the result was a rather boary shrtnkage of the list, there fs no thought of auy step backwards, aud the prospect ld that about all who had any bii'incss on the subscriptiun list ot asolvent jiurnal, any way, will soon have re turned. The tUprrss, havlng so large circula-tion to begin with, was well ableto t-Und the strain, and 1 hope the rule of advance pay will soon become general.

It certainly bas great ad vantages to the subscriber, as well as to the publlsher. Tho uppcr storles of tho rfrcss butldiog are divlded Into two firsclass tenements of ten rooms each, which were engtged almost before the frame was up. They are fittod up with all the mndern conveulences, nnd the locatlou, a little off the uialu street, Is extremely pleasant. Oefore 1 close I wunt to say that Newport has felt tho hard tlmes but little, havtog grown tn buildlng and busluess during tbe past three years more than ln any preilotis six. liesldes the Kjcpress buildiug a very large und flne block has been bullt the season on Maln street, by S.

tields, In which, bosldes some elegaot storcs, wo are at last supplled with a first-class hall, llavlog before abundint hotel accommo-datlon, Newport ls now ready to accommwlate conventlons aud nrass meetings of any stze. Mr. Flelds' hall Is fluely (lalshed, with seats for about ouo thousand people. If. Groton.

Luroberlng seems to engsge tbe at- tcution of the reost of our cltlzons at thls tlme. G. Hlcburdson Co. take the lead, laudlng about one huudred thousand logson the nd dally and many others are dolng as well accordlogto their help. It beglns to look like old tlmes, as every one bas work; wages are very low, but thts is much better than no 11.

M. Gates and wlfe were at home on New Year's day, and as lt was the thlrty.flfth annlversary of their marrlage, someof their frieods were lnlted to make them a social visit. Unknown to Mr. Gatos, In some way the word went ronnd that the InvlUtion was general, and at an early hour frlends began to arrhe In such numbers as would have takcn al most auy uiau by surprlse. llut rulne host gai each a cordlat welcome as they arrived, II Mr, Gates and wlle wero a little surprlsed at the uumbers, the guests were more surprlsed at the rosoiircesof thebost, for tables whtch groancd under their load of the luxurtes ul the season wero sot and reset Ull more than two hundred had satlsfied the iDner mn, nnd, like the (east ot old, basketfuls were left; not ut fragments, but of un broken foud.

Uysters of the best quallty were served to all wbo prcferred them. Valuable pres- ents approprtate to the occasion wero presented by the guests nnd the chlldren, some of whoiu culd not be present. At the usual hour tlie guests deiarted, all declarlug that they uever enjoyed a better supier or a better I'ro-fessor F. Nlchols, eterlurydeutlst from Montpelier, has beeu with us for a few weeks and has treated one hundred and thlrty horses to the entlre satlsfactlon of the owners. Ile goes to Wells lilver soon Sllver weddlog at Orrlu Green'', JanuarybUh.

Kast Calais. About eighty of the frlends and nelghbors of Mr. and Mrs, George W. Whitcher assombled at their house on the aflemoon and eveulng of January 1st tocelebrate with them the tenth anuiversary of their uarrlage. The nantry was soon fllled wltli the nlceit of chlckeu, ples aud eakes.

After havlng rpent two full hours at well spread tables fllled and relllled again, the rest of the eveulng wtu spent ln a socUU good tlme uutil an earlyliour Iu the morulug, when tho tiaity brokeunaiid tho frlends took their leae, leavlng with them a table well spread wltli val-nulila nreseuts. Ueethor wltli a- sum of niouev as a tokeu of love and respect from those who limd came la so surpruungiy upou uieu. Washington Connty Conrt. Court closed last Saturday afternoon, leavlng a large number of cases stlll undtsposcd of, and tlmi Insurlng a long term ln Msrcli. Jlifre are now flvo hnndred and twenty cases upon tho law docket an nmisually large nnmhor and one hundred nnd forty-three cases npon the chancery docket Tlio iat term was forty-four days long, and there wero twenty-four trlals by jury seven-teen clvll cases and seven crlmlnal cases the re snlts of which were os foilows: William Ilou-telle ts.

Westchester Fire Insurance Company verdict for plalntlff, S889.10and cosU; exceptloes allowed, exccutlon stayed and cause passed to snpreme court. Sldney O. Wells and J. A. Dew.

Ingrs. rioncer Mannfacturlng Company verdict for defendant; eiceptlons allowed, executton stsyed nnd cause passed to the supreme court, Mntthew I). Wlllard i-s. James A. Cobiirn verdict for plalntlff for 82012 and costs; jndgment on verdict.

Farmers' Mntual Inurance Company t. D.in Wclls-verdlct for plalntlff for $935 and costs; excepttnns allowed, executton stayed nnd canse parsed to supreme court. George Parmenter 1 1. Sherman Caswell verdict fof plalntlff forSlOand costs; exccptlons allowed, execu-tion stayed and canse passed to tho supreme court. Theron O.

Balley and Isaac M. Trlpp, ad-mlnlstrators of the estate of George lt. Chapman vt Vermont Mutnal Llfo Insurance Company verdict for plalntlff for 92,129 83 and costs; motlon ln arrest ot jndgment filed, executton stayed and cause tiassed to snpreme court. Abble Sleepert-s K. W.

llowo verdict for plalntlff for 841. 88 and costs; jndgment on verdict. Kate Klvers rs. Town of Montpelier verdict for defendant; jndgment on verdict. T.

J. Peavlttu. ColumbnsJ, Ixivejoy verdict for defendant; eiceptlons allowed, executlon sUyed and causo IHiiscd to supreme conrt. II. S.

Thrcsher t-s buclus nnd Klchard Smlth verdict for plalntlff for $108 snd costs; judgmenton verdict and close jill certlflcate granted. Town of Fayston t-s. Town of Duxbury verdict for defendant; eiceptlons allowed, executlon sUyed and cause utssed tosuprcmo court. II. C.

Worthen and wlfe is. Itsnsom Dlckey et als verdict for plalntlff for S22H 50 nnd costs; exceptlons allowed, oiecu-tlon stayed and cause pissed to supreme conrt. Mark lleath rs. tlanlel Klmblll verdict for plalntlff for 932 28 and costs; jndgment on verdict. Frank P.

l'ngo t-s. Luctus W. Scott verdict for plalntlff for 97 and costs; judgment on verdict. boren I). Trow t-s.

Town of Peacham verdict for defendant; judgment on verdict, Homer I). Camp t-s. N. F. Averill dlsagreemeat ot the jnry and cause contlnued.

National Dank of lUrre t-s Town of Montiller verdict for plalntlff for $146 81 and costs; exceptlons allowed, executlon stayed and cause passed to supreme court. State tf. C. Flsh and John Tlbbtts verdict of gullty and a jolnt flne of $20 and half of costs. Stato rs.

Frank Bascom dtsagreement of the jnry and cause contlnued. Stato rs. Mark French dlsagroement of the Jury and cause contlnued. State t-s. Ilorace Warren verdict ot acqultul.

State vi. Itoyal Carr verdict of gullty of murder In the first degree; exceptlons allowed, executlon stayed and cause passed to supreme conrt State ts. Charies A. Illay and Phllander Scarles verdict of gullty as to Illay, and of acquittal as to Scarles. State t-s.

Joseph 1Idy, John IMdy and John Lancaster verdict of acquitt ,1 ns to all. The followiug sentences were prononnced thls term: lldgarll. Vanletten, the young man who robbed the Warren post-otllco last summer, to etghteen rnonths In the houso of corrcctlon; John Morlarty ol Nnthfhld, plei of gullty ol assault and battery, to pay a flne ot $5 and costs; George Hlnkley of Marshfield, ludlcted for nn attempt to commlt rape upon hls daughter, plea of gullty of slmple assault, to pay a flne of $.1 and costs; Charies A. Illay ef Tunbridge, convlctcd of larceny of carpenters' tools worth more than seven jllara (the property ot James Ilowland of Montpelier) from a Ikii-sUII on the Prospect I'ark fair grounds, during the soldiers reunion, last August, to two years In the house of correctiou; John G. lloughton, nllas Glycerlne Jnck, of Burlington, plea of gullty of passlng a counterfeit blll, to flve years in the house of correctiou (two other Indtctmeits for the same of-fencenottobo brought forward); Mark Danlels of Woodbury, plea of gullty of stealing a horse from Samuel U.lnlels, to three years in tho house of correctiou; Joslalt Seaver of Waitsfield, plea of gullty of burning the house and barn of K.

W. Bisbee, at Moretown, on the 22d of Octobor, 1879, to twenty-five years lu tho state prl-oii; Thomas Morlarty of Montpelier, plea of gullty of one first offence of selllog llquor, to pay a flne of $10 and costs, amountlng to Mellssa Warner. laudlady of the Summlt House at Roxbury, plea of gullty of ten first offence of selllng llquor, $100 and costs, amountlng to $110 30; Fred Ii. Stevens of Montpelier, plea of gullty of two flrt offences of seltiog llquor, $20 and costs, limouut Ing to $59 20; Albert Ilewey and Kri Gunutsonof Montpelier, plea of gullty of one flrst offence of selllng clder, $10 and costs amountlng tn John Ueviue of Montpelier, two first offences of selllng llquor, $20 aud custs, amountlng to $30 30; Ilubbard Ourgin of Kast Cabot, plea of guilty of flve flwt offences of selllng llquor, to pay a fiue of S.V) and costs, amouutlog to Lewis Huntington of Montpelier, plea of guilty of oue first offence of selllng clder, $10 nnd costs, amountlng to 2it 0J; Jerome of Waterbury, plea of guilty of eight first offences ot selllng llquor, $80 and costs, nmuuntingto Orrin lUlcy of Montpelier, one flrst offence of selllng clder, to p.iy a fine of $10 and amountlug to $20 30. Only four dlvorccs were granted thls term, ln-stcad of a dozen or fifteeu as was usual a few years ngo.

The beneficial results of the statute of 1878 In reducing the number of those scandal-ous nffairs are already Those obtalned wereas foilows Mary O. Clifford ot Northfield from Alonzo P. Clifford, for refusal to support; HenryCobbof Montpelier from Augusta II. Cobb, for descrtlon; Alferetta Ilodge of llirre from Charies IKslge, for havlng been sentenced to the state prlson for three years or E. Snau of Berlin from Warren b.

Swan, for refusal to siipgiort, and gU en leave to resume her malden name ot Ktu 1 Uill and to receUe all-mony accordlog to sche tule on file. Aroeetlugof thebarwas held Thursday aud Friday afternoons at which the new rules of prao- tice recommeuded by the A erraont Bar Associatlon were adopted, and a comailttee of flve, cou- slstlngof Hon. Homer V. Heaton (chalrinan). Joseph A.

Wlng, Ksq Iloo. Paul DHIInghani, Hon. llenian Carpenter and S. C. Shurtleff, was chosen to draw up resolutlons of respect for the memory and famo of tho late Hon.

Asahel l'eck, aud to rejtort them to the court at the eusulug March term. Tbe state's attorney havlng Informed the court of the action of the bar relatlve to the new rules, Judge Ucdfield ordered that they bo cstab- llshed as the rules of practlce of Washington county court after the cluso ot the March term, 1880, and dlrected the clerk to cause a itiltable number of coples to be prlnted. ls believed that by the new rules trlals will be shortened and the business of the court greatly hastened. They will probably be adopted by every county ln the state, aud thus a uniform system of practlcobe secured thruugbout the state, a consummatlon devoutly to be wlshed. The trlal of the case agalost Joseph IVldy, John I'xldy and Joseph Lancaster, whlcb was stlll ln progress when last week aper went to press, resulted in the acqulttal of all the ressiidents, lt was rcilly an InstAnce ot not proven rather than of "not gullty." It was not that the resiiondents contlnced tbe jury that they were lonocent so much as that the state falled to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, as the law re- qulres, that they were gullty.

Arson la a very dllllcult thlng to prove, slnce It Is comuiltted In thedarkuessof the ulght and the crimlu.il gene. rally makes use of eery precautlon to hldehis tracks. There are soveral other cases of arson ution the docket, and, lt the accused are guilty, it ls to be hoped that the state III have better luck tn them. The crluie ls very prevalent, aud nuthiug but the fear of certaln convlctkn, and the certaiuty of sovere puulsliment lt they are con vlcted, will prevent Its coramlssloo. lUniels aud Blay were Uken to the bouse of correctiou at ltutland to-day.

Seaver will be uken to the state's prlson to-morrow. His sen-tence was an aftectlng slght Hls wlfe, who has stood by hlm falthfully, was present to console hlm, Seaver seemed to reallie that twenty-flve years fur hlm rueant life, and was utterly over- come for a few mlnutea. He Is now thlrty-two years old, aud, svlth all the deductlons for good conduct, will be fifty-soveu jears old when be cotnes out a broken down old man. He has ouly been marrled fourteeu mouths, aud hts puor wlle bocomes worso than a wldow through bls crlmea, Brrrusu Tbechangesln the weather dnrlng the last half of Devcmberwcre so great that Itwaa hard todetermlue wbether we were llvlnglntlie frlgld or torrld sone, but the new jear thus far has been all rlght; nolhlng could be Dr, Terry has been counuod to hls room for a week or uiore from a suddou attack ol a ruoat ter rlble paln la hls left shoulder aud arm Fasset Si Co. have got falrly moi ed Into tbelr uew sture, and G.

Srgent has counnenced rejKilra ou tho store vacated by theiu. aud expects to be ready to open It wltli a full line ol dry gls by the llr.l ot April uext. F. Wlisou basgoceto Hyde l'ark, Maasaohuselts, (seveu tulles froin Boston) where ue inteuas to euutuuau uimseii iu iue urery busbieas lf he tluds aa openlng to sult hlm Tt.e Bethel drainatlo club next week will gtveone ot their popu'ar entertaluments Iu WUsou 1111. Thls club haa earued the reputation of being oae ol tne very new ciuus ui iue cuuaiy, Vermont Slato Ncns.

RocriKSTrin Lowrni Millr Is growing fast in 1878 St, Johnabury vlllsge had no flres. tn 1879 It had ten. l.v Burlington last year thero were 297 blrths, 229 deaths and 69 marrlagos. Tiir Barnes hoso Niys of Burlington are to hold a walklng match at Middlebury, soon. lf, r.t.f.toT, a Burlington confectloner, hss had hls establlshment selted by credltors.

Tiik passnmpsle rallway shops at Lyndonville are rnnnlng on full tlme and employlng extra help. lltni.lNirroN had only flve firrs last year wltli a lossof $.1,000, agalnst elght flrcs nnd alosaof $10,801 In 1878. Mar MuitoitTT, Cambridge man of seventy, shot a white owl lately, after followlng it about twenly-flvo mllcs. Giianiiy's ltal statlstics for 1879 show ulne blrths, one marrlago and four deaths. lt Is tha largest number of blrths ever rccorded In town.

Tiik new woolcn mlll at North Hartland will bo the tallcst buildlng In town. lt has already reachedabelghtof flve storles aud the work Is bclng rapldly pushed forward. Otis J. Lazh.lk of IViat Dover has been troublcd with a feellng In hls rlght slde os though somethlng was prlcklng, nnd last week he had a No. 0 sewlng needle taken from hls slde.

A son of Albcrt Durkce of Strafford, nged fonrtecn, while carelessly handling a plstol which he snppnsod to be unloaded, shot hlraselt Saturday, the bnll enterlng hls heart, kllllng hlm Instantly, TnnCentral Vermont rallroad shops at St. Al- bans have just tnrncd out a new mogul englne, the largest ever bullt there. Its cyllnders are elghteen nnd one-half by twenty fonr, and welghs forty-twotons. Tiik woolcn mlll at Proctorsville bas put In flve new broad looms and an eitra set ot cards. Nlnety hands are employed, and the company In-tends to enlarge the bulldings and incrense the machinery to elght set.

John G. Jrnnk. hardware mercban' nt r.noa- burgh Falls, has falled. Hls llabllltles unsecured are about assets unknown, but supposed to be sulucient to pay a good perceotage. Several llabllltles amount to seteral thousand dollars.

WniLKslatlngthe roof of a house ln Burling ton, Jules Desjardlns was thrown to the ground by the brcaklngofthe staglng, breaklngone thlgh and cuttlng bls hend and hand. Fortunately bls Injurles, though severe, are not dangerous. LARdKquantltlesof woodarebetng cnt on the burncd dlstrlct south of Charlotte. The II re of lat summer was very dlsastrous to property owncrs ln the western iortlon ot ruinlng tbe finest wood lots in that vlctnlty. A conliFJSl'ONnKNT of the Middlebury Journal clalms that the rccent terrible aceldent near Or well was tho result of negllgence.

He says that the road had no ballast, that the tles wero rotten and were ralsed nbovo tho road bed by stove wood drtven under them. At Brattleboro recently, as a traln neared the depot, the atr brakes were put nn, but refused to work. The had burst and the brake was consequcntly ineffectuat. The traln was stopped Jut Iu season to prevent Its throwlng the Valley englne, which had scooted ahead from tbebrldge, thus of course savlng horrlble aceldent. It Is sald to bo settled fact that the machlne works of the Bennington Rutland rallroad company will be removed from Rutland to North Bennington.

The headquarters of tho company are at North Benningtiu. The presldent, the tro-is- urcr, the general frelght agent, with their repec llve ofllces aro located there. The superlntendent resldes nt Ildnuington only flie mlles distint. A new depot Is to be erccted In the spring. Gold minlng operations were commenced last Situidayon land owne.1 by Sllas W.

Ilazen of West Hartford. Tho artles lnterested are G. Howe, Dr. I). A.

Morse and Mrs. Chester Djwner of Sharon. Dr. Morse has been prospect-lng for two years past In that nelghborhood, and ls sanguine in eipeetations of success. The com- p.iny bas auiple moaus to ronduct operations to the fullest extent, and will push work energet-loally to dctermlue the value of their investmcnt Mr.

Ilazen is to share one-half the proceeds In conslder.itlon of land Uken. Mit. Danikl Giuui.niis of Hartford, Llcking county, Ohlo, bas just st-wted home with one of the finest carloads of sheep Uken this season from Vermont, cunslstlng of two rams bought of Silas rlght of Weybridge, a ram lamband fire ewes of J. T. Mlckney of Shoreham, and of John Stlckney the famous ram Fremout, Jr," and a flne lot of fllteen cwe lamb from the flock of John H.

Meiid of West Rutland; also three year- ling ewes from Chorbino Wltliamson of Coin- wall, aud sli ewes uf II C. Ilurweli of Bridport; two of the Stlckney ewes and five of the Burwell ewes are the prlze centennl.it sheep. AlkyaniikuMcLkou, constructlog englneer on the Passumitslc ralIro.id and a former proprietor ot the Mount Garducr House at Woodsville, New II.impshlre, has been urrested on a writ ln favor of Chester Huutund wlfe ot Mclndoes Falls, demanding in images the sum of $10,000. The plalntlff nllege that while the defendant was ln the Mount Garduer House, and when Mrs. Ilunt was a guest at the bouse, McLood weut into her room, closed aud fastened thedoor nnd after hav lng done so, sollcttod lmproper ftvors from Mrs.

Ilunt. She ts about forty-fii years of age and a memberoftheCongregatlon.il church. McLeod is about thlrty years of age aud has beeu marrled but ashort tlme. Johnnv Mi'llkn, twelve years of age, whollrcs with Us parents on a farm on the Castleton road about two mlles from West ltutland, went to the latter place Saturday eveulng with jin elder brother, to skate. ilte late ln the evenlng the older sent the younger home, but on arrlvlug home hlmself found that Johuuy had not re turned.

1 ilhout alarming any oue he linme- dlately wont back to West Rutland and organlzcd a party wblch spent the nlght searchlng for the lost chlld ln the swamps and woods. The first the iiarents lctrned of the matter was when they went to church Sunday luornlng. Another band is then made up, and at last accounts were en- gaged in the hunt. Mr. Gkohok B.

Noyks of St. Johnsbury, aged nearly twenty-one, bad qulte a number of badly decayed teeth wblch he wanted extracted, and Dr, II. S. Calderwood, a practisiog physiclan of the place, was called to aduiiulster chloroform aod also remove the teeth. Young Noyea' father was present aud asslstcd the doctor, After two or three teeth bad beeu removod the young man came out from under the Influence otthe drug, when more was glven; but before uny more teeth were extracted, and iu a very few raoments from tlie tlme ot the second Inhallng of the chloroform, the young man sank away aud died In hls father's arms.

Other physl-lans were called, and every efTortat resusciutlon was made, lucluding the use of a galranlc battery, but Ithout arall. He was an only chlld, and Mrs, Noyesls almost tn-sane with grief. Woodiiurv. The bouse rccuplej by Wlnalow Roltlns came near being cousuraed by fire the nlght of the 4th. The pareuts being away, three small childreu were the only occupants.

A dress caught flre from the stove, In their attempt to put lt out, the bed was set on fire aud was burncd nearly through before lt was put out, The trial of Joseph aad Mary Rouche was held at South Woodbury, Dv'ceruberlUst. lt was the ruost intereetlug trlil ln town for two years. The p.irtlea were uken for steallug a ring belonglng to Mary Wells, but It was proven beyond a tbat the ring that the resiondents had in their lMssesslou they had owned for the jury gave a verdict of not guilty, making an ex pense to tbe town of about $50. W. Thoinas has bought a very flne thorough-bred White Chester boar from the Malue lusane hospltal at qulte an expense.

People 111 do well to patrontze The Good Templars Lodgoof Woodbury, No. 10, have rented O. D. Towu's hall for the use of the order. Kxi'Osition ok 1870 A correspoudent of the London (Kuglaud) wrltes as foilows Wandertng through the United States sectlon of thls truly wonderful exhlbitlon, hyperornamented and ovr-dlsplaod as the most ot it Is, I come irpon an elegaut glass case, whose modesty was the more couptcuous from Its uelghbor's finery, surmounted by the motto Dlynit rrutnta, and dlsptajlng ln neat parkagea the roedical prepara-tlons of tho house of Dr.

J. C. Ayer A Lowell, Massachusetts, I was aware of the world-w Ide repuutlon of thls emlueut tlnu, for the character and quality of their goods, and reuiember well their agents in London, Messrs. Newberry, Iu St. I'auVs Churcbyaid.

llavlnga lelsurehour, I determined to examlue the contenta of this case niTselt, and I was surprlsed to see tbe dellcate perfwtlon to wblch they have brought their household remedles. 1 was chagrlned at the ro-llectlon that, while we have at home the most skillful aud pre-eiuluently the best physlclans ln the orld, these Yaukce doctors disUuce us so far In the line of (wpular mediclnes for family use. They have tho sliarpness to Uke adrauuge of the hlgh scleullfio dlscoveilea among us, and make pllla and potloua os ialatable aa they are aaluUry, 1 was told by a leading drugglst lu l'hiladelphla, that Dr. Ayer's manufactory was the largest i Ainerlca, giving employmentto bundreds. 1 mus go to Lowell and see lt, on my way home." Weekly Jfcws Hunimary.

Tiik guests of Mrs. John Jacob Astor dlne from a service ot solld gold. SoMpnonr hss contrlbnted $875,115 to the treas- ury consclence und." Tiik state prlson of Connecticut last year paid Its expenses and $092 besldes. Waiik Hampton wants a rcnnlon of soldiers ot the two armles of the late war. A visitor to Qneen Vletorta hss to be an- nonnced by flve different rsons.

Ir Is sald that Mr. Goush haa saved about $100,000 and glven away much more. Tiik decrease In the public debt during tho month of December was $4,231,217,110. It Is expected that tho nett censnsnt thls coun try will show a populallon of $18,000,000. TiiKtrcasury department paid out $1,727,620 ou account of pcnslon nrrfars during Dccemtsr.

Tiik Rothschllds of I'arls have glven $51,000 to charltable objects wlthln the past two rnonths. Wm. II, Vanheriui.t sent $20,000 to hls family relativcs on Sutcn Island as a Chrlatmas present, Fuwu.the bonanzl klng.dlstrlbuted SC.OOO In Chrlstmas presents among San Francisco charlties. Amono the passcngers on the lost steamer Bo- russla was ono family ot niue persons named Holden. Tkn Inches of snow In l'arls demorallzed the two mlllion lnhabltants qulte as muchasa l'rus- slan army.

Tiik Meslcan government offers $100 for the scalp of every lndlan kllled lu the state of Chlhuahua. Thk newsboys and bootblacks of Boston now rejolce In nn elegant readlng-room, wblch was dedlcatcd on Christmas day. Tiik Blshop ot Achoury, Sllgo nnd Mayo In Ire land, states that he fcd 309 sUrvlng people Chrlstmas eve out of hls own funds. Oi uav, tlie Indlants worth $200,000, and the Denver(Rocky MounUin) thinks he isa greater dlptoroat than ever Schurz was. Tiik late Dr.

I-e Moyne's crematory isatthe service of the public, and fltty people have ar ranged to have their bodies buried ln It. GoVF.iiNou CoitNKLL of New York will algn bls first messago wltli a gold pen lately glven hlm, made from Kgyptlan colns 4,000 years old. Thk late l'eter Goclet, the mllllonalre bachelcr ot New York always gave as reason for not marry-Ing that he was too iwr. Ho left $25,000,000, IlKriiKsKTATIVK Williams of Clnclnnatl, the flrst lored man ever elected to the Ohlo leglsla-ture, was feasted by hls colored brethren last week, GKvriiAi. Shkhman wason Chrlstmas made a grandfather in tbo fourth degree by hls dangh-ter, Mrs.

Fitch, who now bas twosons and two luughters. Miss Kckhahut, fArmer's daughter ot Sute Center, lowa, pitched "eighty acres of wheat from wagon to stick," nnd was marrled a few hours afterward. Thk Kugenle ls so tlmlng her vlslt to Zululand that she may be on tbe epot where her son met hls death ou the annlversary of tbat sad event, tho first d.iy cf June. Tiik South Carollna legtslature has forbldden the loadlng or runningof frelght trains on Sunday, and the runnlng ot moro than one passeoger traln for carr) Ing mail aud eipress matter. Tiik Leadville Chronlch says that a common varant and drunkard, now lu the chain-gang ot that clty under tho assttmed name of Stormont, was formcrly a United Sutes senator from an eastern state.

Focr huudred and slxty fallures were reported In New York city for 1879, ith toUl llabilltiea of $10,000,000 ag llnst 917 failures In 1878, with $04,. 000,000 llabllltles, aud 817 fallures aud $51,000,. 000 llabllltles In 1877. An enterprlsing man in I'liiladelphla hlred an unoccupled hotel for oue day, ln order to Iet out the front wlndows to those who wauted to see the Grant processlon. He paid $800 and is said to have made a profit of $1,000.

It is nice when a wife glves her husbnnd a box of cigars on his blithday, but it soraebow Ukes the romance all out of lt when she quietlyob-serves next morning: "You'll hase to glve me some money to p.ty for those cigars; 1 spent all mtne for other things." ATa New York weddlng theotherday the brlde wore a pearl necklace with a dlamond pendant and a buttertly with wings of dlamonds and a bodyot rubies, and each ot the bridesmalds wore a diam-jnd pln and a diamocd buttertly with a pearl cres't, the glft of the bridegroom. Tll largest divldend ot thls year Is that of the First Nstional Btnk of Nesr York. Ou a caplulof $500,000 they lune ditlded 120 per cent for the vear, aftor adllug $530,000 to their surplus, making the surplus $1,500,000 and alter leavlng 84 undivided ln profit and loss accuunt. Tiik New Orleans mlnt has turnei out 2,887, 000 sllver jllars and $89,000 worth ot gold double eagles during the elght rnonths It has been run-oiug. The south ls absorbing thls sllver greedlly, faster th in the ralnt cin coin lt, and the New Orleans 77me thinks that the tlme ls at haud when fie demand will eiceed $1,000,000 a month.

Tiik triennial conclave of the grand encauip-mentof Knlghts Templar of the United Sutes will be held nt Chlcago August icth-19th, and promlses to be the grandct masonlc event which ever occurred In the Uulted Sutes. The presence of 25,000 uniforraed knlghts Is and It Is estlruated tliat over 200,000 straDgers will seek accommodatlons ln Chicigo during the week of the conclave. Somk luteresting rellcs ot Burns have lately been sold ln Kdlnburgh, They were hls masonlc apron and the mallet and mlnute book ot the lodge ot St. Audrews, Dumfries, of whlcb the poet was an atllllated member. Tbe mlnute book bears bls signature to the by-laws.

The rellcs were purchased by Slr Mlchael R. Shaw Stewart for S100, and will be presented to the grand lodge of Scotland. A littlk boy sUrved to death at littsburgh, In couseqnence ot a throat dlsease that prevented hls swalhiwlng auythlng. He lived four weeks without eating or driuking. Hls pleadings for food were pitlful, and he freqaently dreamed ot enjoylog suraptuous repasts, ouly to awake to dreadful hunger and thlrst Just before he died he asked hls niother if they would haseagood dlnner for hlm in heaveu.

AccoitniNO to the governor of Vlrglnta the bar. tenders wbo handle the bell punch apparatus have dlscovered method of falslfying lts regls-try. Ile thinks that lt corrupU tbe morals of the who throng the b.irs In quest of beverages, anl makes worso men of those who serve the thlrsty Vlrginians. Ho urges that thls system of Uxatlon be abollshed and some other substt-tuted. lf the bell punch has falled ln VlrglnLa It ls not for waut of practlc.il trlal.

Richmond. Last Friday evenlng the slngers met to make arrangements for gtvlng the canUU of "Queeu Crandall, the Jonesville blacksmlth, was klcked by a borse which was being led out ot the shop, and got hls elbow YMoia was arrested Saturday nlght about nlne o'clock for beatlng his wlfe and was brought before Justlce Hall. wlng to the late-nessot the hour, the trlal was postpoued tlllMon-diy. Complilnant falllng to appear at the trlal, 1C iton was set at llberty Sunday's raln carrled uway what little snow we had and left the roads rather rough, It freezlng up Sunday nlght Oramik. Capuln Carr Richardson, an old and much respected citlzen, was strlcken with paraly.

one week ago last Tuesday nlght. He llei ln a verycrltlc.il conditlon; he has not spoken slnce, and has taken but very little nourlshment. lt Is thought be cannot Ile many days; hls age ls about eighty-lhree years The funeral senlces ot George, only chlld of Mr. and Mrs. P.

Camp, were attendod at their home ln thls town last week Tuesday. He was carrled to Plainfield for intermeut. 11. A. Rogers of Montpelier, otltclated.

Mrs. l'erklns ot Burlington occupled the pulpit at tbe Unlon church lu Orange, last Sun day, preachlog twosery Interestlog sermons to the Unlversallst soclety. She also dellvered an excellent temperance lecture ln tho eveulng at the same place Claytou, son of Fl Camp, who ls pursulng hls medtcal studles at Burlington speut the holllaya In town and returned Monday last The New Year's dance at tbe town hall was better attended that any of the precedlog ones, about forty couples being present Mrs. S. M.

Curtls, aud her slster Mlss Oilre Marlln, are In Williamstown vlsittng their parents and many other relatlvea wbo reslde there The mlte socieiy will lneet next week Friday after-noon and enlng at the bouse ot Homer D. Camp, An UrouTANT Pkrsonal Itkm. Charies S. l'reutlce of Toledo, Ohlo, ent to I'arls and theuce to Knglaud to be treated for Brlghl's dlsease, aod after the best physlclans ot both countries had done what they could for hlm, gave up In dospalr and returned to Amerlca to dle, Here he received further treatmeut frum other skillful physlclans without while 'Mlallessly llngeringln palu and auguUb," as he says, heard of the Safe Kldney aud Llver Cuie, took it, and was com. plet 'ly cured ln A few wteks.

He glves clrcum-stanttal detalls of hls polntul eiperlence and as-tonlsblDg cure ut a long lettex to 11. Warner wulcli will le lorwardsU oa applkatlon,.