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THE VERMONT PI I (EN IX, BRATTLEJ50RO, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1888. iron. wool, llk nnd cotton would, b large ly liiorensing lmKrtntions nf foreign mer rhaiiilis, t likely to profiler on Increase of rVemie rather than h reduction, n the ntithors of tli Mil mint know, ami the real mriK of the Mil I,, therefor, Indicated Ui Ire hostility to the protection of muniifBO tine nml not hostility to surplus rcvenn. Whit any free trade Wow nt iiiomifni tures, in Its relsnind H1 prove not less detrimental to ngrloultiire, ns lioth never full to flourish or lanulsh together, yet thl llemncmtle tariff bill directly. An well ns Indirectly, mnkes loud nml rndienlileliinnds iIm ii fnniipr nml call njion them to pin tunic numerous nml costly norlllces ukiii th altar of free trade thnn any tnrilT re former has eviTliefnreveiitiireilto suggest, l'roin the long list of articles iiihhi which it I, prossed hy the niltninlstrntioii now ill siwer, that nil tariff duties shnll he surren dered, 1 will select mill rail attention to wiine poi tloni of the compulsory ooiitrlbu lion to ho made hy Amerlcnn fanuois ; nml this lint, will he fomiil, perhaps, sufficiently extensive to console nml reconcile our lieighlsirs of tho C'miailian Dominion for their recent loss of n reciprocity trenty. Hero in profuse magnanimity the flee surrender of h11 nur border markets tn those who will not permit our people to Hill or nit hnit uithin three miles of their shores. In mhlitioii to tho free list tho cultivators of the soil will also fiml tho tnrilT is to lie reduced on many nrtlrles which will seri ously touch their interests For instance, the rates on lenf tobacco for wrappers, on rice nml pmMy, on sugar, niulon corn.rico, nml iiotnto stnrch nro nil to he reilueeil. If fnrniers, however, should feel despondent in looking over this Mil, the only relief ap pears to he, "Opium, crude, containing nine or cent, nml over of morphia," which ns well ns wool, is to he free of duty. Kxtrai ts from the free list of tin' Democratic tariff Mil : Wool of nil kinds ; wool on the skin : wisilen rags, shoddy, inungn nnd waste; tlax : lint Imckliil or dress line : jute, Jnte-lmts sunn, sisal grass, nml oilier vegetable fillers ; hemp; llnsissl nrtlavsissl : broom com ; tallow ibrlstlist : Issins: .ase: split ase : legctables In tlielr imtural state or In salt or In hie : crease ; garden ..Is : milk i leswax l fruits; meats, game mid Isniltry ; setsls: hemp and rajie seed, anl other oil needs of like character The lending industrial interests of ninny states, south ns well ns north, on the Pacific const ns well ns on the Atlantic, nro threat ened with ruin under pretense of reform, and a reform thnt is to confer henefits only upon tho homes of foreigners and not our own. If this so called reform tariff hill shall ever reach tho Senate, ns it is very desirn hlo that some revenue bill should reach us, I trust we may lie nhle to nmeml nml make it so much better that even its own god futhers will be glad thnt it fell into our hands, nml glad, also, that nfter our revis ion. thoUL'h it mav take nil summer, the tnrilT will be likely to ho American nml not llritish. Very few of our people comprehend the large nrea of cultivated land which has been brought into recent competition with that of farmers throughout tho world. Kven in our own country tho prodigious crops of the broad prairies of new states nml territories, grazed by immense lierils or flocks, or cultivated upon a grnml scale, witli modern reapers, mowers, and steam plows, have severely alTected the balance sheets of farmers in the older states, nml the fruitful surplus of the great t est w hich ought to be, and soon w ill be, more largely consumed nearer at home, has too often been forced to seek and nccept the terms of distant ami foreign markets. Nearly all of our Western states, with their abundant conl-lields and with continued proper tariff protection, ought soon to have more nmple nml satisfactory homo demand lor their heel, lsirk, wool ami agricultural products, and thus perpetuate their early triumphant progress, there is certainly little vantage ground elsewhere visible. Australasia ami the Argentine Republic, each almost as large as the United States, imlicute a vast future by their present im mense crops of wheat ami corn, and espe cially by their sheep husbandry. Australia exported loo, 470,000 pounds of wool in lHSo (i, and the number of sheep in the At geutine Republic was stated by a traveler in 1SN.I nt 100,0(10,0011 (see Harper's Maga zine of November, 18S,"i), producing nearly an equal quantity of wool, and both togeth er perhaps as much as was produced in the whole world 25 years ago. In llueuns Ayres, one firm, in" 18K0, sold 1200 Ainer cun reapers. The wheat fields of India are expanding with great rapidity, and through tho Suez canal their w heat success fully competes in tho markets of Great ilritain. In Mexico, under the rule of n more stable government, large tracts of land are being sold to capitalists to bo de voted, under the broadest systems of cul ture, to agricultural products nml stock raising. The Canadian Dominions, on our northern frontier, uro also disposing of un limited acres to Isjuuty paid immigrants, which are annually increasing such stock and farm products as they are striving to find a market for in tho United States. Kven foreign-grown iuqsirted potatoes have been conspicuous during the past season in American markets. Already we appear to olTer u steady market to the Ilritish prov inces for many farm products. For seven months, ending Jan, 111, 1SHS, our total im ports of potatoes were 2,922,(177 bushels, part of which came from Scotland. Ijist year wheat from India, with the duty add ed, could have been delivered at New York for 1)5 cents per bushel. With improved transjsirtatioii and increasing crops it is likely to become a formidublo competitor, even in our home markets. No industry has recently had to sustain, or will be culled iijiou to sustain hereafter, more aggressive rivalry from new nml un looked-for fields of production than that of the farmer and husbandman. And shall the only protection hitherto'possible be now begrudged and withdrawn ( Foreign peo ples uro everywhere beginning to furnish themselves with bread and meat from their own resources, and the youngest nations in other hemispheres, blessed with virgin soils, uro bringing forth ntiounding products for which they ore struggling to find even u far-uway market. Are we, while thus sur rounded, to cripple or destroy the home market of American farmers, anil the only market which they possess any inherent power to permanently retain ? In the ethics of nations all adhere to the principle that it is right and sound state craft for each one to tuke care of itself, and no one supports any economic policy which is not claimed to be the best for its own people. Cotton is not raised to clothe or aggrandize a foreign people, but for the profit of the producers. Wheat is not raised to make it cheap in foreign markets, but because it is found to lie remunerative at home. Cuba does not bring her sugar here trout cosmopolitan affection, but be cause sugar here obtains the best price. No other people seek our markets to confer favors upon Americans, but ultogether for their own pecuniary benefit. These mar kets, in thejr wide oxtent and in the supe rior ability of the consumers, dwnrf and surpass nil other markets on the globe, ami should bo guarded by the utmost vigilance of the nation. In the win Id's history our diplomatic arrangements have not always contributed to the maintenance of these markets anil it would be an infinitely great er inistaTe, aniorefar-roaching mischief, if Congress should voluntarily, nml as a free gift, surrender these golden homo markets to those who do not caft for in, or to that empire which, after their unconditional surrender, might well alTord no longer to regret the loss of any American colonies. Our people are united by fraternal blood, confident of their independence now and forover, fearless of any hostile aggression, nml proud of their country that stretches from ocean to ocean, with more and better harbors than are found in all Kurope, and more miles of railroad than in all the world laisides. Producing more coal, iron, cop per, wheat, corn, cattle, horses, hogs, and gold and silver than nny other nation, shall we confess our incompetence to handle nml protect these vast resources created by American labor and leave them to lie cap tured as the lawful liooty of the older and more adroit Kuroiean statesmen I Having resolutely refused to copy foreign constitu tional theories, shall we at last accept of an economical theory imported by the Cobdeu Club ami dismiss all the traditions of an American Klicy of grow th and development regardless of the fortunes of over (10,000, 000 of our own citizens, by the abandon ment nf all hope of reaching that "mani fest destiny" of standing foremost among nations once so dear to the hearts of our forefathers I "Ureatliee there a man. li itll soul ho ilead, Who ueier to hlinse If hath salil, This Is my own, my uutlie laud N run tor Morrill's Mprerh. From the UotUon J on rim I I Vermont' veteran senator, only a few month Him Junior of (llatUtone, brlntt to th uniuidera tluu of puMioqiHteUoiiiiU ltfur uf mind which J eiiualtx by few men in the pi hue nf lite on either nkle. nf the. Atlantic. His tpevi-ll of Wednesday on the luomitdfcteut ami imimtriuiic free trade niMMMageof the rrtldpnl, exhibited the fiulu of a luiiif lamlllarlty with itationul alTaliH, and uu udiuiruhk for lu clwirne of exproloii Mr Mori 111 hax lieeii identilhsl with the wholn hlhtoiy of protection in thU country him the Keitubli uuii luirty entered Into jwmer at the oiieninvof the war. Helmut) iroodliifht In be reirardi ui ue retrarueu an of the American MVcteio, and bU tindiuutiuii of that tfytem and hit exhibition of the jiroKieiiiy which ha ivkiiti ts from it. in bU xrwt Kjntvlt of Wednesday, wyre the u Hera not n of a man who had Iminea ludlii,f part In KeciirliiK for hU country the nuir v v Moot ilelojMuelit which be deMLTllteil After thU iUkiiI(1I und ejtriiect defence of American Industry by Vermoiit'titeueraliteMuitur.the im- ty volti ttau-iilinr ttchwuitf of th 1'iwfeldejit uiitl hu one 01 i iie loreiiuM eiia iiniuiia or iiih a dm fre trade frllow ionitiratortt utiiinarR ktlll more clearly hi lU true tiuhi tu a dtpernliUihle l-t Vllow itnnitiraturw utijinarR itiil more uulnst the irelllltne Aiiteiifuii iulU of nrotts' thm whlcli IwiMwred the coiuilr m.-II for mme liiu a ipuiter f aivntur bc Ocvmont Ijhcciu. rmATTi,Kiioito: rmiUY, At'KU, 30, 189. Smith C'n roll tia nml Hon tela IfeiH.Mtcniifl an fmrornM to the itomltttitkm of Si-iifitov Shf-ttmti. The Senate vntat ThurfclrtV nftprmwn, hy a strict (wirty vtt ti afltnlt Smith Dfikntu at onco Into the Union. The deljrttf In tho Hoiine on tho MI1U tnr ilT Mil hftn TtiMnlay, Mr. MtIN lending with n peech of an hour ati l n half. Tho "Alger club nf Detroit" U "work ing" n vigorous and enthuniastie Ikhiiii for (Jen. Ituwdl A. Alger of Michigan to head tho llepuhlioaii presidential ticket. A fptotl many iM-optc ainl soTiie uf th ItepuMI- tflii nwfitrtin'M are ilhitliiuM to take .iir. iiarrw nt liU vwinl ntnl drop hN tmiue front Die list of uiNTiiHitti'iiU enniinmieH, in mien in- miuuim leruMrUvn; "When a man nays by lifinwlf or hi fil-tnK that lie ulll not 1m a candidate, the public takes him at hit word " Thnt l Just what we hate Urn hh)Iii allaluiit?, nnd we mnrKeat to the Herald to hike nuin of Its own medicine In the enwuf Mr. Itlame. U'tHhttck sltimlnnt. We cordially indorse tho suggestion und commend it to the Herald' attention. Minister Phelps nnived in New York Inst Krulay hy the stennier Alter. Ho told a lepnrter that ho idiould return on tho namo vc.el Juno 111, "I have," said he, "come overon purely privato bushiest, nnd there is no iHiliticnl significance whntever nttnehed to my return home." Mr. Phelps, when told of certain minora connected with his visit, replied : "I have not been recnlled, and the chief-justiceship has not been off ered to inc. I hnvo no aspirations in that direction." Ho thinks tho fisheries treaty "a fair, jut nnd equitable adjustment." nnd hopes it will bo ratified. The Knglish people, he says, do not want free trnde in America hcenuso "they think that n free trnde meas ure would bring Americans into greater competition with them, nnd drive them from the markets of the world. No, they nro certainty not in favor of free trade." The ItotiUlnini Klecllou It is no surprise that the Democrats car ried Ixmisiana in the state election on Tues dny by n majority of 20,000 or more. It is true that when tho campaign opened, (iov. McKuery, becauso of his dislike for ex-Oov. Nichols, tho Demoeratio nominee for governor, promised ex-fiov. Wnrmoth, the Iiepublican nominee, that there should bo an honest election and n fait count which meant a Iiepublican victory, tho slate being Iiepublican on n full nml free vote by at least 2."!. 0(h), But as tifne w ent on and the licpuhlicans began to show such nctivt ty as indicated that they would redeem their promise to carry tho state, the MeKn- ery nnd Nichols factions made up, and Mc- hnery went on the stump with a declara tion tliat, "While 1 propose no aggression against tho rights of any man, yet before this government shall pass ugnin under the domination of ignorance and vice, I would wrap this state in revolution from the Ar kansas Hue to the Oulf." "The laws shall be suspended until the danger is past," he nftcrward added, und later he wrote to the leturningollicersof elections : "Wannoth is developing too much strength. We must beat him. See to it tliut your district ro turns n large Democratic majority." That fraud was intended to be used in aiding the Democrnts to keep control of the state was shown by the appointment of all the commissioners of election in New Or leans from the Democratic ranks. Among these, commissioners weto nt least eleven men who wero indicted for stuffing tho bal lot boxes nt a previous election. Tho lie publicans immediately applied for an in junction to prevent this Hugrnnt violntion of the law, which requites that Iwth pohti cal parties shall bo lepresented among the commissioners. The hearing was had be foro two Democratic judges, and the case was. so plain that they were compelled to grant a writ of mandamus, and n new set of returning ofiicers was appointed, con taining a Republican member, us the law pioposed. Tuesday's election was n "ipiiet" one, and the Democratic ticket was elected by about 20.000 majority. As between Wnrmotli nnd Nichols, tho result is of small account; its chief significance lies in the fact that it fumbles one more instance of the subver sion of the will of the majority by fraudu lent means. HUH IliiriiNiiiiu the Kuruiy There was a very lively tilt in tho United States Senate on Tuesday between Mr. Kd munds nml Mr. Vest of Missouri. Tho bill for the admission of tho state of South Da kota was under consideration nml in tho course of his remarks opposing the bill Mr, Vet took occasion to say that '!akota, neither In nor out of the Union, i-lalm-ii 1 to exist as a state, in suite of law sand In dell net of Oonjjrem. if any Southern community had undertaken to do w hat the tieople of Dakota lud dune then would time lieu an outcry home- I dUtely only evt-eeded by that lu regard to Port Sumter: and the senator from Vermont would ; have proiHsetla ol iv of legislation equivalent to that celebiated legislation which h carried In lsti whkli put Hayes into the presidential chair: I and "to arms' to arms" would have leen the cry all over tlie North. I Mr. Edmunds answered promptly that "lie wished to sav with emnhasis. that he be i lieved, and that nine-tenths of the people of the l linen MUies wuo kuew aiij uuiik auoui it. lie limed, he thoiiuht. that I'lexident Hayes was law fully ami fail ly and justly elected by the votes ol the states, according to the constitution of tin cotintrv: and that the onlv evil v. hteh had exist ed lu regard to that matter was the attempt of a liodv of men at headouat ters In New York to buv the electors of the stau uf South Carolina: and those men hail not men itepuiiiicaus. ' In replying to this pointed thrust Mr, Vest took occasion to lug in the name of lEoscoe Conkling, who then lay at tho ioint of death, saying that "He did not now choose to Imse his assertion that Mr Haves was not elected on Deuioctatic opinions; but on that of the foremost man of the Republican luity, who was now l Iiilj stilckeii to death lu the citv of New oik. and who had lei heard to say In thu Senate i-hamU'r that Tot be r fraud Haj-es claitnd to Im l'resideiit of the Unit ed isiaies.' Mr. Edmunds answered 'Mv kindlv and sincere filendshin for Mr. Conk. litiir. In his uresent uuhaoiiv condition (which 1 am glad to nope Is improvlui leads ine to say nnw mm .nr coniiiiiiff was one oi me loivmosi men In the committees which con ferret I on pre sen in the lx-ace of the CniUst states In settling the disniite hv the ebftoral commission bill. And my Whef U that Mr. Conkling U!ievel tan 1 did ami now uo) mat Air iiayeswas lawimiy eiecteo, lie iH iievetiuis 1 out tnen and no now, mat tin onlv fiaud In the business was the fraud of a oer sou of the uaitv to whhh mv friend from MUsou ri belongs, ami to which my filend himself never woum nave neen a iersonai itarty. a nu my i te ller Is that, whatever Mr Conkling may have U'en said to hav e Haiti, If he ever said it ( which I do not lielleve) niose from cei tain dlnlctllties ami ihlTi'ieuct's, which arose later on, after Mr. Hayes had come In. It Is due to 1 'rest lent Hayes, to IViuocratii and Republicans, and to Mr. Conkling luiuseii, io say mac mine, i repeui mat .nr. Conklhu; was one of the ablest (of course, we all know tluiti, ami the foremost of the people- who engaged with good Demociats, Senator Thuiin.iu and others, In tiyfng to preserve the jeaoe of the l iuuhi Mates ny Having some lawiui way or ue- ciuuig a uispuu'uquesiion In his reply to this Mr, Vest denied tho alleged suppression of Republican votes at the South nnd read oxtracts from Itepubh can journals detailing the hardly disguised and wholesale purchase of vote in the late election in Khode Island. Mr. Edmunds answered that "He bad )cen Informed that for every dollar which any misguided and wicked Republican paid for otes at that election, $10 were paid by a mis guid.sl and wickeil Democrat: and he sincerely o'ueved mat inai was true. It was evident before the colloquy was ended that the Missourian felt keenly the in cisive comments with umch Mr. Iuuuuud pursued him, and nt the first opportunity he made haste to close the little passage nt arms with an abrupt declaration that bo confident wero the Democrats of Mr. Clevo laud's triumphant reelection that they would not think of opioing South Dako tn'u admission to tho Union from any fear that her three electoral votes might turn the scule against them. i ol "NIiouiIuk for litnluc." rFrom the Rutland Htiald ) The Chicago Times Und Rep ) flmU food for it nVc tion in tlie shouting for lllaiue that 1 going on In Vermont "Kvi-n Ijody knows the effect of the tirst yell In a ciutvd or a convention, " savs the Tillies. "R ht very kingutar that the llrst elt should come from eiiuont, where four year ugo jtiaiue wax noi in inu aMeiidaui ail limon nlod Republican state that ought to know that Rlalne has declined, if that Iw the fait. Politi cian with these (act Ix-forn them may retire und niiioe ujHJii iiiviu nun iiuui rrtftmtijr. There i no "lioutiiig for Uluine" in ermoiit. A icmjIuIioii regretting his let ter of withdrawal fell perfectly flat fu the recent ItttpuUicuii stutu cMJitveutiou. HU name was npplaudod vvith others, and n little more thun otliers, which is natural after hi magnificent cauva as tho candi date; of tho lMirty. Thousand would be glad to have liitii the cumliduto this) ear, but the) ure nut shouting for him, because 1 they respect hi letter. Vermont Henubll I -iti n rM itrittmHxl tn nrwWif tm efltldidftte whom the convent km shall present . Thty will higiti theil- f!ioiitliitf then. Tb Hitrftl Vermont! nptly retunikion the nlmre thnt Tliis i true and fair ns to the conven tion and the 1 ironic, btit wmipvthnt helated, coming lmut n eek nfter the Hernld had jftveii H (ptflfd conilrnmlinu to the inlM! re ort(t by publishing them without contrn dictlon. It would ben more clfrering omen of party unity nnd final triumph, if the Herald mm some other papers oi us cias wwild 'rentwt his letter.' dons the conven tion did, and stop 'shouting' for a candidate after Ills uithdlnwul from the canvas." U lll .Hi , I'hrlp. be I'hlef .lnsltrr t Vestetnlay's Washington despatches make it appenr thnt the President has it strongly on his mind to npioint Hon. E.J. t'helps to bo Chief Justice. It is said that ho has talked tho matter over with several Deino- ratlc senators, nnd that the leading objec tion in his mind is tho fact thnt Mr. Phelps is fin" yenrs old. According to the Adver tiser, the first earnest presentation of Mr. Phelps's name cimo from Mr. Edmunds, whoso strong ndocncy of his old friend nnd tow tumnit at once raised In Mr. Cleve land's mind the thought that, in case of Mr. PhelpVs nomination, there would bo no loubt of his confirmation by the senate. Some of tho cortespoiidents hnvo already got James Hussell Iell picked out to suc ceed Mr. Phelps in the English mission. Vetaril IV n -I on III 1 1. The President vetoed three pension bills t Monday, one of them being tho act granting n pension to the widow of Henry 11. iJtugilon, who was assistant surgeon or the Tth Vermont regiment in lMli', und who resigned nfter six months service, on account of chronic acpulitis and diarrhea. He was allow ou n ieusion m January, iwl, nnddied of consumption September 'J 1 of the same year. In n message returning this bill without his approval the president snvs ; 'The claimant's niitiliciitlon for a itetwlon was rejected by the immikIoii bureau on the ground that the cause of her liuslmnd's death was not known to have len cntimitml lu any degree with the disease on account of which he was ensioii' ed, or with his militurv service. I am entlielv satisiled that this detet initiation was correct 1 am constrained to disapprove the bill under con sideration. te-nue it Is thus far our settled and avowed jHillcy to grant pensions only to widows vvnose uiisoauus nave uhm iroui causes reiaieu i military service, and because the proitsHl legls lation would In my opinion result hi a dtsciiinln-i-tioii in favor of this claimant, unfair and tuilust toward thousands of poorwldows who are eoual ly eutittel to our wj miulhy and U-iievoleiiee Doth the other vetied bills were in favor of women, one n soldier's widow nnd the other n soldiers mother. With reference to the bill In fnvor of Mrs. Iangdon, the Advertiser says : "A ear nro a sltntl.ir bill for the tension of a nlilow of a Vermont soldier was slimed bv Mr Clevehmd. This soldier had drawn a eutdou for i ne losaoi an arm . ne was etnpiojeu aisiut in house of representatives at Washington, and disl from the elTects of piiemnonia at a coinimrative Iv ad, a need aire. It Uiiiir clear that his Illness had nothingto do with his military servbt A bill granting a tension to his widow was paws I and signed by the Prwldent This widow was Mrs Stannard of Ihirllngton. Vt Roth these ladles live in in sutne town as rsenator h.dninnM, and it is not st ranee that he. knowing all the circum stances, should have expiesscd his surpiise that the discrimination should U tuaile and express'd his Udief that the second bill should U luissisl over the w to," tlrnth of ItOKCoo CoultliiiK I Ion. Itoscoo Conkling sank day by day under tho disease which was tin him, and Ins death took place at his apartments in the HofTniaii House, New York city, nt an eaily hour on Wednesday morning. Mr. Conkling was bun in Albany in 1821 He lid not have a college education, but studied law with an eminent firm at Utieu. Hu first entered Congress in lN.V und with the ex ception of the terms l.Sfi'J-fil ho wns contin uously a member of the House until in lWt ho was chosen to succeed Judge Harris in tho Senate. His abilities placed him in the trout rank ot the men then in public life, ; though his brilliant qualities wero felt more often in the voik of the accomplished, fur seeing, and ever-watchful politician than in the achievements of statesmanship put e and simple. One great exception, however, was ms strong advocacy ot the electoral com mission hill, when ho stood stanchly with Edmunds, Dayard and Thunuan in its sup twit. He kept himself clean-handed and above every manner of suspicion during Ins years ot public lite, ami lelt the benute n poor man. Always nn admirer and personal friend of Grant, ho displayed chivalrie devotion in his splendid though futile championship of the third term, nnd his leadership of the lumous .list iirant delegates in tho national convention of lv0. His term in tho Sen ate, to which ho was elected in 1870, would not have expire. I until ItS., but in IHol camo up that noted conflict over the right of advisement of tho President in the mat ter of patronage, and the result was the ending of Conkling's public cureer. Among the appointments of 18S1 President (iarfield selected Mr. Kobertson to bo collector of tho port of New York. Hobertsou had been u strenuous fcuptiorter of Mr. Blaine. and against tho latter Mr. Conkling had ul- ready come lortli as n ersoiial oponent. He determined to appeal to his state to see whether his constituents would support him in the demand ho made for right to advise, nnd on that issue tendered his resignation. His colleague, Senator Piatt, did the same. Doth went to Albany confident that Mr. Conkling's grip on tho machiuo and ou the support of his constituency was such that Ins reelection and vindication would speedi ly follow. Hut they w ere disappointed, and InUli wero rejected uf tor a long and hitter contest. Mr. Conkling never returned to public life, but since that day hns pursued the study nnd practice of the law with emi nent success both in reputation and finan cially. Political Independence, Jr. Editor: The Springfield Hepublican professes to bo independent in (Hihtics. I have been a constant reader of that paper for the last thirty years, but dining the past four or five years it seems to have lost its independent character and has hecoiuo u lault-nuding, inconsistent, snarling, par tisan journal of tho very worst typo of "iJouroon democracy. as n specimen of its partisanship, and its desiru to belittle Republicans whenever it sees nn oportuu ity, notice tho following copied from its is sue of tho 14th inst. : "The Mai viand Republican commit t.v have had a hoin-ful meeting, and have called the con vention tor choosing delegates to Chicago for nay it. ine memoersoi wie committee expiTss ed themselves as greatly pleased w ith the paity's ptuspects lu the state. One ineinlier saw a sign of the tunes In the fa t that some of the towns in West Virginia have JHiif nf ttttlli tn tnirn tertian tntither ittittn in ime of tltr httmoiH V rtuirdf lifjtutilnim mlt tun. In iU issue of Suuiluy, the 15th, I clip tho follow iii : "Conirn-miimn Mi-Klnnt-v of New IIatm.hfiv h'tfunU Hie recent town elcUloiu Iti UN htate iw nn liitlimtiuii tliat the Ilemoerau will Ih uljle to earry tliat htate III the prevlitentlal electlull Tow lis that lieier Ijefoie In their existence went any wav hut for the Keimhllcans had Im-cii car ried thl Kiirlnv hy the IiemociaU. JVmocrattt throughout the state, he said, were encnuiHKcil to inaKe renter ciiuiih. Is this piunint'of faith to town elections, also, ono of tho humors of current Demo cratic jiolitics I If not, why not I "(J, consistency, thou art u jewel." Moro anon. IXOEI'KNIIKXT. I'l-ohlbllioit nt the IVcw llnnii.lilrr Cupilnli The capital of New Ilainpshiio is under going tiio greatest excitement ou tho liquor question it nas ever experience, l. a young county solicitor named N. K. Mai tin, a Democrat and a total abstainer, is causing tho prohibitory law to Imi enforced accord ing to its letter and spirit. He has caused thu indictment of saloouists, druggists, hotel-keepers, nnd real-estate owners whoso buildings uro in part occupied by restau rants or drug stores where liquors are sold. This has throw n leading citizens and church members into tho same criminal list with tho most abandoned characters in town. Instead of allowing venders to produce a now- clerk at each prosecution to pleud guilty und tuko tho penalty, this Concord attorney summoned all the clerks of a pros ecuted concern, and by them proved the existouce of the business. Ho summoned tho saloon men themselves, am thus learn ed tho names of their landlords. I Io says ho belioves in the uw because it is right, and that it can bo enforced if tho authori ties do their duty. As a consequence of such vigor, the despatches reiort Concord 'as dry us u contribution Ikjx." Ni niilor .Hon III'. Ilirllulii). ills olisenaii'i' last Satuotay evening descril.Hl in a Washington desiuitcli. Senator and Mrs. Morrill on Suturday evening gave their accustomed annual wel come to their large circle of friends on the occasion of his birthday. Seventy-eight years of life have been left behind him. but lie looks gorsl for uuother senatorial term after this ono hus ended. The elder broth er of the senate is a wcll-presorwsl and ei eguut man of tho Charles Sumner typo. His handsome home ou Thomas circle was fragrant with musses of How era that hail been ruined in iihiii him in honor of his na tal day. One design Uui u table in the rear istrlor was ingeniously devised as a horn lllled to the brim with roses, among which nestled a caul waing, "We uro all here, ami next year there w ill he iU of us." Thp senator was nenr 10 at his marriage, atnl hi wife, nho is materially younger, stonil by his side to receive the guests of tlt evening. Jtlsn rtwnn, her sister, nnd , James Morrill, who Is nn only child, com jileted the reeeUlnjc grfup. Inst year this 1 annual reception wan omitted owing to tho senator' delicate henlth, nnd within tho i year James Morrill has passed through n i lingering and well-nigh fatal fever ; m the ' greetings of last night had a pathetic earn estness in them on tho part of tunny, who had feared that they might never enjoy an other such reunion with this beloved family in its unbroken state. A flue bust of tho senator in nim ble adorns one corner of the I raw! ng-n win i. .Illnl.lrr Phrlpn Ailtl.nl lo t'nlm llln. elf. (From the fprtiiKrieM Itepubtkmn. T.lkilitr thejo remarkii In connection with the fai t tlmt Mr. l'heliu wears a unit of went of Knclnnil twcoil with hat and over- traltcrn of the mnio material, one is led to lear mat .Mr. I'lielpi is Ktlng the usual notion that the Uiitish fashion is important to America. Let him and others ilisahuso their mind, of this notion. America has her own life to live, and not another's, and what opinion Knil!sli society may have of our country is of no real conseiuence. It falls to us just now to take in, put to work, tench, civilic and often to entertain In our jails, poor-houses and insane asylums thous ands of Ilritish subjects who ''have never lwcn in America" liefore and the liko of whom left over tho water are unfortunate ly littlo likely to ho deterred from mining liecnuse Mr. Arnold thinks our civilization is not "interestine;." Don't Iw anxious on that uiint, Mr. l'helps. A Clinlli ur far Ihr H'mm the ltutl.ind Iteral.l, April 13. -l-'or a man w ho w ill celehrato hi seventy eighth liii tlnluy to-morrow eVeninc;, Senator Morrill makes a tnrilT speech that lioys of fifty will have to practise a good wlulo to ecunl. A Hit Joliu.burr nuvgr.tlu H'rom this week's Caledonian. ) Why not dispenso with the Hepuhlicau state convention this year anyway I Mr. Dillingham has already iH'en tioiuiiiuteil Kovernor A letter froin lirother Henedict to the various aspirants for the second place on tho ticket will prohahly brine; withdrawals from all hut the one that is satisfactory. Col. Clark's platform passed hy the llurliiiKton convention is amply suf ficient for state purposes, and Col. Korhes cun whoop 'em up in the lloston Journal. There is a tirosnect of the recent Ktin'tiir. Hold, Mass., Union ollicc lire hecoinine; a matter of investigation heforo n jury, as tlm outgrowth of a suit for civil ilannj;cs to he lirouftht hy II. K. Thoinps father of (icitie Thumsoii, the youi: lady proof reader who wns humed" to death. When Mr. Thompson applied to e.t-Oov. llohinsou and Hon (Ico. Stearns, ho found they had 1 1, ,11, I,,.,.,, r...,ii,...l l.e tl, It, ami he therefore retained for his counsel o.t-tlov Huston Those interested in hav nur a case of this kind shown up have smrieu a suoscription paer amone; the business ami moneyed men of SpriiiKileld, nnd liberal sums are being suhscriled to ward the prosecution of the case. Mean while the I'nion company has reorganized on a capital of f'J.I.IKJO, and has notilled its lawyers thnt property to this amount is open io nttacnmeiit nv any one who wish i's to ImiiL' suit for civil damnce. which Deacon Shipley says they will light to the outer eon. mixoTs NOTKsT hv-dov. Proctor, who has been iiuite ill for two or three weeks in consequence of a severe cold, is improving. He sits upmost of the day, sleeps ami eats well, and is gaining strength. Matthew Arnold, the distinguished Eng lish author, critic and isiet. died suddenly of heart disease in l,ior)ol Mouduy morn ing. The Now York assembly has passed, by a vote of sfi to S, the capital punishment bill which substitutes electricity for hanging as the means of executing criminals. A bill was introduced in tho senate Mon day granting a pension of $5000 a year to the widow of the late Chief Justice Waite. A subscription in her behalf in New York and Washington has already reached $'.!.-,-000, and it is expected to amount to $50,000, The New Yoik state, senate passed Mon day, by n vote of IS ltopublicaliH to 10 Dem ocrats, tho prohibition amendment already passed by the assembly. It must now waft to pu the legislature of Ik'JO before it is submitted to popular vote. llradfonl people have completed negotia tions with Tlios. II. Chubb for the removal of his llsliiug rod factory to that place, and the Opinion cheei fully blossoms out into a page of illustrations, and displayed headings over the happy event. Ilradford people raise s'JT.IHH) to put against Mr. Chubb's $:10,0i!l)of m.ichiuer , gissl-will, etc., mak ing a total capital "stuck of .57,000. The concern employs 50 hands. hTATK NK8. A lire which burned Utile's block at Miildlebuiy hist Kriday night was caused by the breaking of a kerosene lamp in W. II. Nichols's job printing office. The build ing coutoined live stores, occupied by Iluuud llros , Iwsits and shoes ; K. N. Kgus, tailor: K 1L Clay, dry gouts; C. 1) Karle, druggist, and J. K. Marshall, jeweler: loss lictwcen 15.00) ami JIS.IKW; insurwl. Samuel McCnughey of Australia, who has !ecn in this state some time buying merino sheep tnship, lnis lought IW5, w hich he will send this week by way of Ioiulon. There is to lie a reunion of the survivors of the old sixth Vermont regiment at llurl ingtou the '.'nth of next June, nnd 250 huvo nlready piomUcd to be jireseut. Ilev K. 1). Mason, who recently resigned the pastorate of the Haptist church ut Moiitpelier, has accepted the call of tho Winter Hill Baptist church of Soiucrville, Muss. He intends to tuko charge the lirst Sunday in May. Tho Weldeu House at St. Albaus has been Isnight by Thomas Ijivender, who mniiaged tho house for a number of years before tho death of its owner, Iansiug Millis, who was Mr. lavender's brother-in-law. The piice iiuiil for the house was $'15,000. Tho Rutland county court of chancery has ordered the Howe scale works to l sold by auction at the oflice in Itutland Ini fore July 1. TlIK XKWS-IN UUIKF. It is uniierstiKsl tliat a new pipe line is alsiut to oc cniistrui-tisl hy the Standard Oil conqiany fruui Lima, oliin, to Chicago, to carry crude oft, des Unci! to Is twsl for lite! in larire manufactories. A ciiiistiuction train nn tlie Kansas City, Mem phis ami lln iiilnirliaiu railroad was wrecked to miles west of llirniiinfhiiui, Ala , last week Tliurs. day eteulng. Four workmen were killed, one In jured fatally and nine others seriously hurt. The train was Kicking at a high rate of sjieesl and struck a cow and wns ditched. ltutiU rs secured an entrance to Hie First Na tional bunk at St Juhnstille, N. Y., one uight last week, and reinnt Ing some of the brick woik around the vault blew oieli the safe. They s. cured ttlsait 10,110 in currency, $KJU in unsigned bills unit n quantity of jewelry left there for safe seejiniK J lie William Alison ttootl mower aisl rentier woiksat Akron, iHilo, were liestrntcd by lire last wiek. The eieiei 111 Miqilojcd Ms) men and the MissSainh ChelHs. aired 10 vears. a leAi-lier h, n puhlic m-hisil at Watertown, N. Y., sueil Jotui II. Chupiuaii, a fanner, aged 73 tears, for breach of pruuiisi f inaiilaKe, and the Jury testerday rendeivd a tenlict in her fat or for SMOOO. Tin feud Is-tween the Ilankses and Monrts-s In Wirt couiit , W -st Yii gluia, broke out afresh last vtcek. Silas Hanks, arimsl with a Winchester rl lie, met the three Monroe brothers, tt ho hadie tnltel-s. At letist twenty shots were tired. The three Moiuoes were killed and Hanks received four wounds, mine of them fatal. A WlnnicK diatchreiitsthat William Cain eron. teller for the Union hank has left for the C lifted slates, hating appropilatcil JJVI.uwiof tlie hank s funds The Hi itlsh steamer lliela, had her bowsstote and as otherw Ise seriously damaisl In n col lision oil Peal in a fug with the steamer Vena. The Vena sunk and sixteen of the iktsous on liuurd lost their lites. The lingliton Ile.ieli hotel on Conev Island, M) by Jnlfis-t,wilghtS,ll tuns, was safely nioteii ."Wfeet Inland frnm Us exKsed sisitiou on the l.'ttih. Six lotsi.nntites furnlshtsl the tuotite I.iwer. A Plltsburglilnill has just flnlsheil the laigcst steel rolls eter made lu tlie country. There are six uf tlieui and they weigli 3U,noo ihiuuiIs eocli hi the rollKll. Drulli of lion, Clurk II Clinpiuiiis, Hun Clnkll Chapman, formerly of Proctors tiile, died at his rcsulcuiv in Detroit, Aplll 1st. He was the son or JaU und Auiltta Cliapiuun, and was Lira Kipt 1(1, IKtl His gruntlfuther, Si las ('hapuiati, euuie In hlscliildlKHsl with his fath er's rauilly to Ycriuuiit flom Hebron, Conn. Clark II Cliapinau leeched his education from the Tiotnsbeiid and t'hmter ucadeinies, and In IS!! went lo Marlalid to tuach one of the private si'hiMils in which tlie planters of those dasiirt pareil their suns for isillee Iteturniiig to Ver mont in IKII, he was pilnclml lu lllack Hiter acadcuiv In Isll ' In IstMie entertsl the oftlce of Jiidhe Hultiiu of Cavendish, us a stu lent wlieie he rem.iiiusl mil II ls.'Al,wheu he began the practice or law lu ikirtnersliii with Hon. K. U Itohblusut buillow. The llrm of Kuhhlns Chaiuiun tsiu llnuisl fin the next eight or ten years. In Is." Mr Cluipiuun lis-ated ut Proctorstille, where he uasa suissssnrloJudKe French, lie remained there nut!! 1HM, when he remotisl tn Detroit. lie was usfUtuiit secretary of the Vermont senate in ItiVl ; then seeletaty of the tteliate until ISTJ und he was senator fiuin Windsor county hi psil ft Ills many years of practice at the liars of Wludsnl, Wlliilluuiruild Itulland couutlesgate him a wide acquaintance and lilaliy waim Irleiids. J lis lemiiiiis weie brought to Vermont by his sons and bulled U'side his two daughters ill the prltatu celueteiy on the 8herw iu homestead - Tiuuru, HOME NEWS. .Urlreielenlrnl ftrreriit U'KM Kxmw Tncn.tiAt Kvinnxo, Apr. 19, 18S8. Wind. Pi SI Hale an.!' v I 41 i s. w. ) 'jiiTi, so t in yi s.K. "so inn na a ii SK0.HH 3 IS )W M to SI N. w. To" to iToi1 ii I 1" n. TfT it i'wiai1 jlT 15" n. w. la" tS l.t.l 10 I IH 31 R. To 2J0T3 (1 Kim 418,08.0 839 . 19 Inooii: in ! m 31 i. w. an AnnoiincrmrutM, Hheep shears at tlltsison .i ltotihlns'8. Magazines Imuml for SI and jl.a. W. Y. (loliiiAlin, Flat Ktreet. Artistic 1'ictcrx Kiukino nt Clapp & Jones's. Hit-line Insurance now, nml the time will come when you will sny lo voum-if. "I inlirht. isnil.l and should hate insured." Ho not wait for that time to come, hut sihi Taj lor llros. nnd hate them show 'you the National Life Insurance coinsiny's Instalment bond The National 0u.,-ok1, tried, true; asm.H.sssfutcoinHiny withagoisl record. llarlssl win at (Itensou ,t ltohhliis's. flloicK Wmterx MoHTuiom, Is'niintf r ivrct. Interest, an Kliarantissl (Isitli in Ineloal mid Inter est) hy n lloston Ismk of $KK),ll0 capital, which Is miner supcrt i.iuu or .llassacluisetls sat lugs lunik tsnnnilsslonei-s, Kor wiitlculnln inquire of Cud worth A Child., agents SuHolk Trust and lineal- inent company Also agents for the New ling land Iinn , Trust (uinpniiy nnd their 0 r ci nt I)iNnture Ilonils. roullry w lie at llleason Itolihlns's. ricTfiit rHAMasare cheap at t'lapp Jones's. Iluy l'lvture I'rainesof tleildls. Mrs S. M Chat lit Id has Just revived a mirlfn. Ho of Hue etehlnirs, satin and Jauiu prisifs. Call and sihs them nt her new ait loulns in Itjther's iiiot'K, up stairs. Picture rraines In tarlety at A. K. Wllder's, Also academy Uiard. Klmp ns-n etciiings TtoB. Ilrartlng wax at llleason Itnhlilns's. The regular quaiterly mis ting of the Windham County po nn (linage will I. held at (I. A. 11. hall, llraltiel , April Willi The morning ses sion w III In. fur liusinets, including lirth degree. I'riends ma) lielntlied to dinner and the arter msm session C. W. Sakokst The inemlicrsof Hie Kilscnui luirch and mx-l-ely will hold nsiN-liilile at Ihr lower town hall next Thursday etenlllg, when llev. Mr. Collins w 111 Kite Ills lei ture oil (jlli-en PliJats-th. Cake and tsilTee will hesertisl. The pulille n lilt itisl. Aihnls sioli l.i cents There llll. a meeting of Windham county I'n, hll, ill, ml, Is at the town hall. Ilrattlelsirn. on Tuesilay, Apillal, at .3ll I. M , fur coliferelic. At l :vi r v . address hy lien. W Peniiluian. Kiery Is.ly iiiiilisl e W. Wvkan. Ilrnlllebere Tho spring examination of teachers for the town of lirattlelsiro will be held in tlie high sclnsil building, Saturday, April i!, at 0 t. M , sharp. l'rof. W. V. Sherwin, tho well-known musical dliector, couisiser ami leader iu Sunday sclnsd work, who died at lloston Inst Saturday, was known by many lirat tlelsiro people, ami n visit which he made heie sevtral years ago, conducting a praiso service at the Haptist church, is well re membered. There has been a largo advance sale of seats for Margaret Mather's appearance here to-morrow evening, and there is no doubt that the eminent ul lUt will have the inspiration of a full house. There is also no doubt that tho event will lie one img to bo reinemliertsl, for ,nfiVf is the mrt in which Miss Mather has won her greatest success. "Since Neilsou ti.nl the California stage," said a critic during her recent tour in that state, "wo hate had no JulM like Margaiet Mather. She is a phenomenon. piurently there is no physical or intelletnal requirements lacking. An analysis of her JiifiVf is so rich iu returns as to wnrrant the most prislinl praise, she is a girl after the bard's own heart." The Ceutievillo sclnsil will begin next Monday. The (Ireelilield (iazette of this week says that arrangements have been completed for the teachers' excursion to California, leav ing Huston July lith. Stops uro to bo made nt several jsiintsof interest, and many en joyable trips are planned, both eu ioue and iu California. Hates of round trip tickets from Hjston to San Kraucisco and return have been lixed at '.') 75, which includes memliorship fee in the National Kducationul Association, those leturning nn Portland, Oregon, will be charged $15 additional. Ac couimislatioiis at the hotels in San Francisco can be secured at greatly reduced rates. The tickets, which will goon sale July 1st, w ill be gissl for ninety days. A card receited from Mr. .Stedmun, dated April b at Pasadena, Col., mentions the im proving health of Mrs. Stedinan, and says "We are taking iu tlie spring glories of this beautiful country ; no discount on those adjectives!" Ilu has evidently "caught on" Ui the spirit of tliat "wonderful climate" at last. Another letter is promised for publi cation sisiu. A Denver. Col , subscriber, writing un der date of April U, says : "We enjoy read ing The Phii-inx iu our western home. We think of you buried in snow drifts while we are having a lovely winter, .jfalfa is now nearly two inches high, making the lields look green for miles around. Colora do beats the world for climate." The real estate sales for the week at Halley A; .Simnuds's agency ure us follows : The Kstoy Orgun Co. prowrty at West Dummerston to Krattlelsiro parties for $l!0OO ; Silas Itichanlsoir.s building lot ou the corner of Ouk nml Chupiu streets to an out of town psrty for $1000 , Dr. Webster's building lot on Ureen street to K. K. Stock well, who will build this spring. The situtoos which now supply tho lirat tlelsiro market come largely from eastern New York Most of them are shipped from (ireenwichliyO. I,. Miner. They are worth at wholesale '.HI cents, and at retail $1.10 n bushel. Choice lots of (Hitutoes bring $1 at wholesale, and will command a correspond ing advance at retail when planting time arrives. Tlie failure of the local crop lost year has made necessary the inqxirtatiun of at least 1,1100 to 5,000 bushels of potatoes, and one estimate places tho amount of money which ltrattlelsjro has sent out of the county on this account ut $?(XK). Uev. K. J Parry will give u magic lan tern entertainment for tho Isiys in the V. M. C. A. risniis next Thursday evening. Manager A. Pettee has secured the Aiden Henedict company iu .Monte Cluisto for the Uth of May. The lust Masonic sociable of the season comes next Wednesday evening. The Sons of Veterans' unifurms have ar rived, ami the lsys will don them for the Memorial day exercises. Tho basebull Isioin is growing. The "kiiowinu ones" have matters well under way, and it is expected that next week some definite resirt may bo given. S. Duncan has opened n meat market iu the Lof the Hliss House. (leo. A Hliss has taken from the Kstey organ company n bond for a deed for the purchase of tho HrattlolHiro Houso, The sum named is $1 1,000. W. I'. Ilichurdson und Dr. Sholes return Monday from a two weeks' trip to Ken tucky. W. I., liipley had his hand badly bruised Wednesday while at work tearing dow n the old buildings on the fuir ground, Tlie ceremonies attending tho institution of (uonektncut tribe, No. 2, Improved Or der of Ited Men, will be held at O. A. It. hall this evening. Tho grand council from Massachusetts will bo present, and several members of the llellows Knlls tribe w ill as sist iu the orgunUntiou exorcises. Sixty members are expected to join. The investigation by the railroad commis sioners into the cause of the recent disaster near Rockingham station, licgan at Ileilows Kails Monday. No new facts were devel oped. Tuesday the commissioners visited the scene of the accident. They found wa ter percolating through the soii, and ex pressed the opinion that there seemed dan ger of the slide extending further north. The rejiort w ill not lie given for several days, A large gang of men have been at work ou the narrow-guugo trestle to take tlie lilace of the ono carried out at the salmon hole, and the foundation lients have been completed, with tho exception of two in the centre ; but it is said that the work will not he completed just yet for fear high wnter w ill again undo it A large Issly of snow still remains in the woods, which two or three warm days may make quick work of at uny time. There is plenty of room for the water, however, iu both tho West and Connecticut livers, and anything like u freshet is not probable. It is said to be the pui ise of the railroad company to put tlie new bridge across at the salmon hole us I sisiu us danger fiom high water is over. It J will ho a stundurd gauge woden bridge, und the Vermont Construction smipniiy i huve the contract for it. Transfer over the break is now muile by means of a large feiry Iniut or raft un it wire, the delay caus ed being alsiut 110 minutes each way. I James II. Williams, president of the Pel- lows Fulls National bunk, 1. II. Dudley thu : cushier, and John II. Williams, treasurer of 1 the llellows Knlls suviilgs bunk, were iu j town last Sal urda investiguling the mutter I of Colliss sules Theriiioin ! eter. Hill jlll M'lll f1 Sociable nnd 15-cent supper at the W. C. T. V. coffee-room, Wednesday, April Sftth. A conimliy of yotniK people drure last evening to J. Howard nuiuiuer's nt the West village nnd jmrtook of n sugar sup per. Later progressive euchre was played, seven tables being occupied. The Injury to Archie Day, the lioy who had his ham crushed last week nt Smith .St Hunt's. Is not ns serious ns first renirled. Ho will probably eventually recover the use of the wounded member. The Kstey (luard voted Wednesday ovon Ing tn hold an exhibition drill some oveniug next month. A second edition of Cant, Childs'a post oflice directory is wsm to bo Issued. Hawloy bought in Now York this week several special bargains which are likely to interest his customers. See new advertise ment. Mr. Adnnis of N'ewburytKirt. Mass., whose wife and children nru now at Mrs. Houghton's for the benefit nf Mrs. Adams's health, will occupy II. A. Clark's Ames hill place during the summer. Col. Hooker took time by the forelock, and as simui ns tho time nnd plnco of the Hepuhlicau national convention were decid ed on, telegraphed an order to the Idand House, Chicago, for twenty rooms to bo re served for the Vermont delegation. Hy this means all Vermouters who wish to nt tend the convention nreVuruof nrconunoda tions, Mrs. Chatfleld is now located in Hyther's block, second fhsir, where she has a pleas nut, well-lighted room, flnejy adapted to show oil the etchings, engravings, and va rious treasures in the fine art lino, of which sho has nn uttrnctivo stock. A telegram was received from Col, Kstey last evening, tinted at Denver, and stating that he should ho in Chicago on Sunday. Postmaster Cliilds has secured nn allow ance of $250 a yuar for the use of homos by the letter-carriers, beginning May 1st This will permit the extension of the col lection and free delivery service so as to In clude the llrtsik road, the w hole of Kstoy ville and Piospoot hill mid other remote Iiarts of the village. Carriers Harbor and (night will each use a horse, and the work of Taskor and Lynch will be equalized ami somewhat lessoned by the means. The April number of tho Woman's Maira zino, issued yesterday, couluius as a frontis piece n very rfect and excellent sirtrait of Mrs. Hoiish. ltev. 1' J. Parry will deliver tho Memo morial day address here. Col. Hisikcr speaks ut llellows Falls, Col. Fuller at Fuir Haven, Hon. J. L. Martin at Midillebury, and Col. Iliiskius at Cambridge, N. Y. Mr.dodilis's attractive new advertisement will not be ovcrlisikcd by those who nre alsmt making their spring selections of new wall papers. Arrangements wero fully made for a hearing nt llellows Falls Wednesday, before the railroad commission, in regard to the exorbitant fares on tin Vermont Vuiley railroad. A. II. Harris, president of the road, gave notice that he would lie present with counsel, ami I Ion. J. L. Martin went up Tuesilay night to appear for the Prattle Isiro fompluinauts, but at tho hist moment Mr. Harris telegraphed that ho could not come liecallso he had been called suddenly to Kin ope, mid asked for n sisisineiiient C June 1st. June J'.'d was dually fixed upin ns the date, and the hearing will then bo held iu lirattlelsiro. Mr. Herriek has not yet decided ou a farm for the town, though two or three nre under favorable consideration, if neces sary the four charges at the present farm will be Isiunhsl for a few weeks. They can bo well cared for nt Wet lirattlclmro for $12 a week. Dunham Hi-others have an attractive announcement this week iu regnrd to their new spring stock of Issits and shoes. Mr. Clary ami his assistants hate made us rapid progiess as possible this week in repairing tho damage done to telephone wires by last week's storms Tlie most im sirtnnt connections have lieen made in the village and communications huve lieen reestablished with (IreenHcId, Vernon and Chesterfield. Wednesday momitur Mr Clary went to a ilnt mi the Wilmington line two miles als-ive West lirattlelsiro, and fliuliiig the connection perfect has since lieen working this wuy, ami lnqies to have tho lino iu working order by to morrow night. A very heavy jsile, two" feet through at the lower end. 10 indies at4he small end and II) feet long, is now on the ground to take place of th broken ile at the junc tion of High and (Ireen streets. Four hun dred and fifty feet of Faraday cable, the liest made, was ordered bj telephone lu-t night to lie used for the pur'iose mentioned ill another paragraph. Canton Palestine, No. II, 1. (). (). F., nre to celebrate the (illtli anniversary of (kid Fellow shin on Thursday, April Ullth. by a drill and msHctiou in the ufternonu, nnd a concert and uniform and regalia dance in their hall iu tho evening. All ineniliers of the order are cordially invited to appear iu uniform or regalia. The invitation is gen eral. Mr. Harlow Nash died at West Ibanou, N. II., last Sunday from paralysis. Mr. Nash wus a brother of Mr. Ile'nry Nash, formerly proprietor of the He vera House, and of Mrs. itiifus Haw sou of this place. He was formerly well known iu Prattle Isiro. The services iu St Michtel's (Kpiscopull church next Sunday, the third after Kuster, will bo: 10a m., lie, rniug prayer and ser mon ; IS M., Sunday sclnsil ; ? i. m., even ing prayer. Clias. Miner has traded with Herliert J Clark for his faiuiiu llinosburg, the sale I I.. I: .1 . , i . " . iiiciintiiig tue stocK umi lurmuig tools. The following is a Springfield item I nun Wedtlesduy's Hepublican : "A novei con cert w ill lie given ut Tuylor's music lioiiae Saturday eveniiiL' ononeof the Mechanical orguinet company's new instruments. Tin orgun is of the Curponter make of Hruttlo Isini, Vt , uud'a gissl iiistruiiieut of itself; but its novel feature is tho nsilian organ attachment, which is a siqierior orguinet." Frank Shearer, one of Hinttlelsiro's Ust musicians and a tuner ut the Carienter Or gan company's winks, has accepted a sition with Doherty Organ culiipnuy of Clinton, Ontario, mid will soon remove to that place. Mr. and Mrs. Shearer will lie missed byu largo click of friends. Tlie executite committee of the High sclnsil alumni held a meeting Tuesday evening nt II. II. Thump-on's and decided hold a leiiuion next June, immediately following the commencement exercises. All former pupils of the sclnsil uro requested to cull ut II. 11. Chamberlain's store ami sign the constitution, as invitations to tlie reunion will not Iw issued to those who nei'lect joining tlie association. Tho committee having iu charge tho sub scription paper to raise money for tlie Con gregational church repuus have met with excellent success, having already receited over $1000. It is now hoped to raise mon ey enough to make further improvements than was ut first contemplate,!, mid the ud vice of an architect will heuskisl in regaid to chuugliig the .it riiugemeiit of tho pews, The contract for the new risif hus lieen nwurded to liyau llros,, who wili use the best Pennsylvania slato. U.K. linker will do the jMtintiiig. Dunham Druthers have established a branch store ut Wilmington iu charge of II. K. Harbor, who isu lssitund shoe maker und dealer nf long experience. A full va riety of tho Ilrattlelsirn store's hestgtssls, fresh from market, will always lie kept there. Dr. Gale has been in lloston this week a. an expert witness in tho case of llagguge Master Frank Sue!! nf Northanmton. who has sued the Centra Vermont railroad com pany for $o0,000 damages for injuries hich he claims to hnvo received in the accident Ui tlie White Mountain express train iu tho Ilrattleboro yard, a half mile lielotv the sta tion, in August, IhsJO. Tho a-cident, it I will be remembered, was caused by a Hat car 1 running down over a switch ou to the main : track, derailing tho engine ami two or three cars, Hejwrts from different sections differ as to the uiuount of maple sugar that is being mado and tho favorable character of the ' year, but we judge that when tlie seasou is over the average verdict wili be that it 1 has been a "fuir" one without being culled ( "gotsl" in many cases. Something liko tw o tons a iIhj' comes down over the narrow gauge road, the uiuount reaching 21 and II tons BOine days. A good doul of this comes , from U)ndondeiry. Tho shipments from the express oflico are alsiut two tons u day, j reaching now ami then -1500 Hiunds. A large amount is being received at the ina , ile sugar exchange, nil that can bo taken euro of with the present facilities. Most of j the orders for sugar are fiom southern I New Kngland dealers to tell again. Or ders from a distance, especially from the I west, are not us many us was expected, nr , its many as they will bo uftcr the exchange . gets better advertised. Furiners from tlie central nml north put t of tho state are put ting their sugar into the exchange iu liber al quantities. It is n fart worth noting that tlie sugar from those sections dies not compare favorably willi that madu iu Wind ham county. It is not so gissl in color or Mayor, and us a rule is not so attractively put up. This is not said us casting any re proach on its makers, but us showing that Wiiidhaiii county sugur iuakeru ns u whole hnvo kept themselves iu thu lead ou their pnsluct, Perhups they have felt tho force of conqwtitioii more sharply. It isevidout that the exchunge has an educational mis sion before it iu addition to its work us u me ilium for advantageous sales, flissl aver nge sugar now sells nt 11, 12 nml 111 cents ; ordinary At 8, nnd 10. A retv choice lots in small enkes nr rrnlls nre bringing 15 nnd 10 cents. Ilev. Mr. Day will preach Sunday even Ins nt 7 o'clock nt the Conereimtionnl church uimn "A Citlnen of the World." II. M. Trussell Co., nt the Klliot street variety store, nre closing out some lines of gissls nt special bargains. See their adver tisement. C. H. Walker, n prominent Chlcngo com mission denier, wns iu town the first jinrt of the week nud will probably bring his wife hero for the summer. Mr. Wnlkcr is tho son of C. I. Wnlkcr of Chicago, n promi nent lawyer, who wns formerly associated with J. 1). Ilradley iu the prnctiro of his profession in Ilrattleboro, Although In his Tilth year, he Is still ono of the active law yers of Chicago. Supervisors Uoodhuo ami Johnson made their regular monthly Inspection of the nsy ium Uslny. Dr. Hiitler, thu secretary, was detained nt home by illness. Ill Ids six years' service he has been absent from these meetings only thrco times, Mr. (1. 1). tjttliner of the Cambridge di vinity school, who supplied the Unitarian pulpit last summer, will preach in that church next Sunday. Owing to the large shortage which has developed III tho iast year's crop of corn throughout the country "a sudden advance of eight cents per busliel has oerurrod ill the last ten days Tho Hrnttlelsuo telephone exchange, iu rebuilding its lines, which were bndlv wrecked in last week's snow storm, wifl uso n 50 line cable to carry tiio net work of wliesfrointliecentraloniconcross the space III tear of Crosby block nml the llnsiks House to the foot of High stieet, from which iHiint individual wires will bo dis tribnled. dipt. Cliilds has been invest! gating this and other telephone matters iu lloston this week. One of the cheerful probabilities of the near future is tliat within a year the long distance lino will be extended to llrnttlelsiio, so that direct and easy communication may lie had with Ikis lon, New York, Philadelphia ami other far away points. Yesterday's papers speak of the use of such lines iu the west over UK) miles of distance, conversation being car ried ou with as much ruse and distinctness as over our liMul lines only n quutter or half mile long. The annual meeting of tho Isiurd of tins Ues of the nruttleboio freo library was held Monday evening Mr. Collins r'esirt cd for the Is.ik committee that not exceed ing $1150 of the A1000 Pratt donation had Is-en expended. It wus voted to reduce the price of catalogues to 50 ami 25 cents, iu order that tin patrons of the library may be supplied ami thus avoid unneces sary trouble and loufusiou when Iss.ks are taken tint. These officers weie ehn'toil : President, K. Haskius; secretary, II. 11. Chumlierlaii! ; trensurer, A.C. l),iveiirt ; coniinittee of library room, Dr. Dnqier, Col. Fuller and Col. Hnskins; committee on librarian, Dr Holton, Itey P Cunning ham and A. ('. DaveujHirt ; Issik commit tee, ltev. W. H. Collins, Dr. Conland and Hey. C. () Day. At the prices at which the catalogues hate now been placed it is hoped and eTioctisl that every family will buy and own one. The former prices ouiy covered the iswt, but is thoui'ht best tii make the reduction. Isith for tl.o lieuelitof the library putrons ami to save uunntiiig lelays at the desk. ' The anniiul ooncl u e of Ileauseunt Com iiiandery. No. T, was held Wednesday even ing and the follow ing officers w ere elected and installed : Sir Alfred t, t'l.rk. K cninninnder: Sir AIL-rt i .net rare, geiicrillsliun: Slrjainm :. llisslwin. captain general: Sir Klltlvilue Haskius. i.i-elnte sir William II Union, senior war leu: Sir Willis ii lan. junior warden: Sir Kdwie F Drunks, ii-asurei , tt iiuaiii UIIIIU. isssinler: Sir .1 Uls'lt Tiitlnr. standard Issuer; sir (Villus I. nr. sword lejw: Sir lleiiiamlu F llliiiiliaui. iiraer i-ir i itunnn r. Itaii.lnll. captain 1st Ktiar.1. Sir Kterett (Ireene. ciinlaln 1.1 in.ie.1 Mir I i.mu.h. II Jefls, .ni-taln id iru iol; sir Kms-li I, i'.sir. nine, 11-1 nil.l Mt'lllllH'l. The following is the list of letters re maining in the i.t oII'kv April 20 : women Mist II Hull sk. Sarah II llarrv. Mrs .uiun ...inn.,;.. NU,.. MUK.-nild. Mrs Ileils-lt llnlhchtnu. Mrs Joanna MueL. lln f toll-.. M II I'ri-tl or Prnll, Mrs susle Wilder. Helen M lieen ICS Men K II lluldslu. Ileorife II (Vsik. (' V. (inr mail. IIerl.-rt lli.lien. Ii ,.,...r. Arthur II Jen idsoll. A II lilngstini, Charlie Mav. ,Si, , r rhoinjs.ui ,. Mlsisdlaiieoiis - A Iietingsloii A llro., Ivloul. t. I'clton A Co PEllSONAb. The niitriiiige oi .ii r. r;. A. Ktarkev, tho firm of Starkey .V; Wellninn, and Mis Klla (irace, daughter of Mr and Mrs. II P Smith of New ork city, takes plain at the tesiiieiico oi ine nrnles pnicllts oil .Til street next w clnesdat evening. Mrs. Car olino Higgins of Centroville, formerly of Wnrdsbiro, suffered a stroke of puruljsis ingot .urs. r. i. liarrett has re turueil from Huston and Worcester, Mass . after seeillL- lier daughter. Mrs T A P..1 lett, settleil in her new home in the latter city. Mr. Pellett, who is a lirattlelsiro boy, lias ilone himself credit in building iu ti orcester a lour sUiry brick block, con taming eight tenements finisheil with all i;leril veulei s. Its l,K-ation is oil Wellington street, less than live minutes nunc i mm .Mum street. More is likely to lie Ileum trom Mr Pellett in this diiectiou .Mrs. K V. Nichols is seriously ill with pneumonia -Tlie venerable Win. K. llvthcr ol liernaril.toii is very low. K. C. Cne.by and family are now in their new home, the Hall house, on High sti oct. -L.F. Ailamswilloiovetohishoiise. whicli Mr Crosby has ju.t vn uteil, in alsiut two wtvks, after repairs .in. , o,ni,li i,sl -Mr .in, I lr Clary will iu,,tHto.Mr Fleming's new house on oak street .May l.t. Mr. MaoDonuM ami .Mr. Ijtini. who hate occnpie l the iv. terbrook hou.e ii ll.gli street u hiell is In lie movt-il Isick and repaired, have moved, the forniei int., the Waller llaytii..! house on Oak stieet nud the latter into .Mr. Stone's house on Prospect hill. -Mr and Mrs. Ar thur Pratt will is-cup thu Wilder Harris house ou High street. '-.Mrs Hon, I, ami her son will sisiu move Ui the Steams house on O.tk street whicli they have lecentlv Isiught I' K. Young of Suxton's Hite'r lias nuivtsl into K II niiigluiin's house on Wiishingtiui street. Hubert Hughes now is'tupies M. II. Ci.ik's house ou South Mniu street, wliich tlie latter vacated ou hi, re iiiovol to Fitchhtirg. s. II SliHi-iniin is pre paring to occupy his new house ou llih street, and Frank 1.. Hunt of Cuiiiden, N. J , hns rented his place ou FoiestSquaie A. II. (iisslulo has looted from Ksteyville to Central street. I '. C Clullcey is the new iH-cuiiniit of L. II. Iliehardson'a Klliot street property. MISS MAUDE BANKS. Only a unslerute sizisl audience was pros ent mi Monday evening at the npiieuriiiico of Miss Maude Hanks in "Her Kvil (Jen ins." Of the iiluy itself little thut is gissl can lie said. It is doubtltss skilful iu its plot nud it is certainly rapid iu its succes sion of incidents, but it is filled with sug gesUons of gross iiuinor.tlities whicli huve stninod the lives of its characters, ami the liiiul net of self-destruction on tlm pint of its heroine does not seem to the average uiinil to furnish a siillicieut uulidote to the vices of high C) sis'iety, which hate been so plainly intinialcd. To say the least, the play is not one to exert n healthful iiillu enco ou the minds and imagination of the young. Of the acting, however, there is only good to be said. Miss Hanks unques tionably possesses decided talent in her chosen profession, and her portrayal of all the phases and attitudes of the mind ami heart of llonum r'unvsec was often charm ing, always vivid and lealistic, und at the climax terribly impressive. Her support was for the most part excellent Mr. Fled W. Sidney, who wrote the play for Miss Hanks, wns present Monday evening and then saw it ou thu Isiards for the first time. Wo understand that Mr. Pettee, under whose management Miss Hunks appeared here, hopes to secure a return engagement for May IU iu "Joan ot Arc." We feel sure that iu that play Miss Hunks would re ceive a cordial and generous reception from our people. THE BAND PAIR AND CONCE11T, "If the townspeople will only turn out us they do in summer to listen to the opeu-uir concerts, tho fuir will bo a grand success," remarked n public spirited young woman in our heuring on Tuesday evening. Well, the townspeople didn't do us well as that, but the fuir proved quite n success all tho same. The ladies provided un abundance of tisithsome edibles, tho tallies wero tusto fully arranged, and the service was excep tionally good. Add to this a table of at tractive fancy article, to admire and pur chaso, and a goodly coiupuny of social peo ple, und you huve the necessary elements for u pleasant evening. Tlie apron table of the W. O. T. U. ladies brought alsiut $211 into the band's treasury, and the jocal mer chants made generoiiscoiitributions f !(,. er gtsuls or orders, A silk hut given by Kdwards & Lilliswus mai'o by H. K. Ta lor, it ho took it in t barge, Ui jield n hundsoino sum ($1 1 10) by being hung up on a pole, the hat going to thu man who guessed nearest on the length of tho polo. Will Hoed was the lucky guesser, but it ought to lie said, ierhops, that ho won by adopting as his own Hie figures til feet 7j inches) of u fiiend, who, as ho said, hud been "clerk in a fcuw mill" and there fore know all uliout It. The length uf the Jsilu was 11 feet 7 .'I Hi inches. A Holmuii baby carriage, given by Smith It Hunt, was voted to the little sou ol Mr. aud Mrs. C. L. Hrigham , a patent rocker, given by Heltmg llros , was voted to lr Hruce ; ntul A small organ imh.i , ... lnter orifnii coiniMiiy to Kdltli Fnrr. The nudlenee which ntlendod the eoneert latt evening wns of fair sine nml tlniroiwli lv appreciative. Its verdict, ns honrd to- 'I . .1 1...1I..1.I...1 ,iiuMinni. nay lurougii ninny iiniivniun cai -.-... -, Was that, IIIO linilll Hits oevei neon mi drill or Iweii more true to Its old-time pro gressive spirit, ivuinuers which ct delighted thine who listened were "Ihe Waysjdo Chapel," nnd the solo for trom bones, llOWIl ill n neep '" - Pratt nml Mr. Willis wero cordlnlly recelv ed in their vocal selections nnd warmly en cored. It Is noedleiw to say that the mine wns true of Mr. Mitchell's xylophone solo. ., i i, i t I. ...il.... iit!t.iMiel mm tno iiniiu s ciosmg seicciiiin, galop," (nit the audience iu the best of hu mor lor n nismissai. I lie gross receipts ioi tow vim. :., Ings were rfi00 and the net piecewls will . t l I.. 1 . 1 i 1JU pronniuy no nisjnt oon. VILL AO EAFFA1118. rl. fnt. thu niiniint vlllmrn meet lliu ttun.1111. I-it v.." ........... n- ing, which occurs on Tuesday evening. .May 1, has boeii s)sttsl. In addition to the us uol routine business there are articles to seo If the tillage will mote lire engine No. 0 to t teyvllle and furnish a house for It If the bstev vine Ismple will organise u tsnii.tiij i,nuini. machine. If the tillage will accept the prnKSieil nkoll Prosect street and sty lliCi for It with one car s '''lfThe'tillagit will InslrutllhelslllilTs lo Inciease the nuililr or eleetrlo lights. If the tillage will vote to iuy Ihe IsillllTS for their senll-es. It Is uniierstiKsl that the financial shotv ! txf 1 1 in vlllnvn will bo n verv favorable one, JI.500 having been paid on its in- . .: . i ,i . it rAloou nolilooliess, nesiues paying an item oi jimo for repair on steamer No. II, which was not contemplated ill its estimates for tho year. There will also be something like ?:'i00 cash ou hand. MKIlltY MAHQUKltU. A very huge nml delightful musipieraile iiirty was that given at the town hall hist Kriduy evening by Dennis (Hebekah) hslge, I. O. (). F. (Ivor 1 10 tickets for the dance were sold, nnd Isith stage ami gallery were lilieii w ith interested spectators. A huge prosrtion of the duncers wero niaskisl,und the vurious parts wero assumed with uu usuul lidelity, tho humorous decidedly pre dominating. Alsiut 100 couples nppeured iu the grand march, which was led by Maj. II. II. Hond mid Mrs (I. W. llis.ker. Ice cream and cake were sorted by tho "He heknhs, who are said to hnvo netteil over ilOO, with nn evening of thorough enjoy ment throw u iu. Follow imr is as full nnd correct a list of tile personations us tlie scrilie is able Ut give : Yum Yum Mrs (I W. Ilisiker. Ciihmihli Mrs Wnllais. 1'iatt. Mary Oileen of Sciilts Mrs Wlie Moore, Night Mrs W W Cis.mlis Morning Mrs Oscar Drurt. Miss Carrie lieach. (IrauduiothiT MtssClaru llnpkliison. I'alrv Miss Itnbinsiin I'liurth ol .lul) Mrs Siciiist Knight I'eitsants Mrs c F Itetsl, Mrs C. Hur. tirs j. a Ainiiioii Milkmaid Miss F.lia Kennel tjuis'ii of Ilealls Miss Sophfe Foster. Neirress Mrs ltol.-rt Wheeler. Darkness mid lu light Mrs Nnyes While, Mrs A A Knitrht. Miss luuntSletens, .ulterllontoli Ye Ancient ltdje Flnreuis Willie. Sailor li.iv -.Margery White. Indian (llrl .Insle lie.. I. 1iuestriemie H.tltle Williums. Hill or tie Perils! -Fannie llowker. The Kite llllranl - Mrs. Flunk ti1lanl. Samantlia Allen and JiMiah W C Curlier aiel N II. White Slstnisli l'ai;e Julius l-neh lllicile (inlse -Wiley MisiM Fnt iseliooll.iy Sis-iavr KnlKld. Indian Frtsl Ibipkliison Mexican W W CiNimlst Detils Will I'err, .Mesers. Isnutnl, Kteteiis and Itissl Jiskes Julius Tiiiison, Harry Uecd Coiliraile Mr. Heels. Clowns James MeNiilly, Jnlui Undsay, Frank Heed. Fmiik llrackttt, Fnsl Itnliitison. 11 -nr Krel Itritsur Count MoiiUtulstii Mr Vassar. FiMilisli IUi)s -J. A Alnldon. C I. Ssar. OH iJt l liol.-lt Whe. ler Farmer Irom Way Hack Frank Wlllard TUE METHODIST CONI'EIIENCE. The closing session of tin Vermont Meth odist confeiellce nt West Randolph was held Monday morning The riqsirt of the statistical secretaries showed the iiuuilierof piniKiiioners to ho l.n'.'; full member. II, lll I; local preachers, 51 . deaths, '''J'.' ; Imp tisms, liTli : churches, Hi'.l ; value, 1T0, tMKIj parsonages, 100. vulue, jloj,.!:fi ; Sunday schools, 15'J; ollicers and teachers, ISM; scholars, l;i,H7:l. W. A. IViyce, Chuuucey Temple, ltev. S. L. Heemuii and Hev. W. S. Sinithers were upKiintl con ference trustees. Closing reniurks were made by Hishop Foster, and the conference udjourned sine tlie after hearing tile up Iimtments. Following is the list for the Springfield district : Presiding elder. It Morgan, lb-How s Falls. Athens and Caiuhriilgeirt, supplied. Haruanl and Fjtst lktrnaril. A l! Austin. llellows Fulls. W I Ti.ld lloudlllle. stll.pllisl hj W F Felell lliadriiiil and Faulis. A. J lliaigli lirattlelsiro, W S Suillhers. Itriiwnstille, siipiiliisl by I. F. Sargent. tliulronl and llahrax, supplied by (J. A. Arm strong llnrtktiiil. (' M rariuvr. Jacksoutille, supplied Ijllldglote, Slippli,.! by F. W Iewls. I.lldlos, K. K. lie Holds. Ms haiil,s.,ean.lCutlliiKtllle, F. D llaiidt I'erkliistllle ami Wcathersllelil, J S. Ijllle I'ri.-toisitille, w. It Wight Putney, i F Forrest Smith l.in.lniiderry, W A Hitant South Itenduu'. silppllisl by It c' Vail. South Itojallou. tv M lliflis Sulllll 1 llhlirlihte, Sllpl'llisj. Sl.lllifllel.l. It I, llntcc. Thetruisl tVntiv and Ninth Tla iroril.c I" 1'ait lldire I'nion VIILim. S I, Hedges Wurdslsiru, (' II Walter W est Falrl.s. and Kly. C W. Mors.. Weston. F. W l.wls. tl)"'1"'' Hlter Juiiclloii and Oineles, J. Uanul st'jll' "utille and litst s,t, r, supplied by J A Wilmington, I, 1 Tucker. IV uidsor, supplied. Wi.slstis k ami Pomrn-t, Utac Meiui. I D His iiian. iinnid-iit or V.iuniiit llelhi.lu sciim.ail and Icuiale college and niei.ibri r .Monlieli..r quaiterlv ismreivms OAK OltOVE KANOE lltX'llltll sfHIIK, APItll. 1 I. Cobb. Fivnch, Fls-neh, ii io 9 u v iu iii r r io tt stereo spsciJtL nnooHi. '. t V III a 10 9 10 10 H T B 111 r u 7 !i v .s I. io io r b a i io ii s 7 a y ! s lo ti to s i r n ( 'i,l,l. I) 'J T S s III in 8 in t) If II 7 III 111 7 ii r ; S V 'J !) U 5 M t ohli s ini.il, r.t shois, m: Frinch's, all. At a snciul meeting of thu club held last evening, Article xx.or by law s was amend ed to read ns follows : sl.'.S'r.'.fV'i'.f1'" """iUt "f ' 'en HOi shots uru-rthe lissmlsisiivutitlHIie l.rltileg.. f one re entry), tl... stsus to I- recorded Crc,l,uo.,r Four new ineniliers were voted in, und it was voted to hold the annual spring slusit on Saturday, May 5, beginning at 1 o'clock aiul to omit the iccord stsires on that day OBITUARY. I Alouxa fliurrli. The death of Mr J. A. Church. Ihe well know,, n ai.ufaelure ,virsiiler ami builder, tilileh i ,k r',d kI, T'."L',i "U'-Ui "W- came win, tl,e till sli.sk to the oiiiuuiuinly and tailsisl u genuine and wlde-spnsel fc-llngof g.lel .Mr Cl.un- was ir. "! 1 1 mnonla ou Frlda nlghl, aud tlnre Vie ie. i ' ' 7 I"" netrtrl riinii the llrst Mr lliur.1, wus l.,n, eurs ago hi West llnillle. lio, on ilu farm win re Tlust Akley now hi "'"Il'ns-g. iieralloiisof his iinccslon, had ii.sl l-fuiv hi,,. He le.irn.sl the cui -iiU-r nV';. '" '"'.'t l u:!'' l-egan life for lilis..ir at the s.,.e tliue SIS "He ivnm't.sYtoV,' t air, upward of ai,ears ago. building ,.,,, a" ter Ihe simp on I lost stns t. For lu eifrs or mo, V he was ,ssn,y Ait, d,,,. n,.!,.-, b u for he post -. or iiituv j.ars has .niri. d on ll," llVsluiiSt .V l'! '.'-ir "' ,ku "" "r '' l ac fw I t T. V. :l"T 'IT 'l",rl,, 'lon g Iwltvtliewwkor nil ordinary limn, on the uleil lio.il j. sir's end to j ear's emf, u, slrX-gi ug it ll, oddTViriiill isi.is. lie had giien emplot inent. llrst and I ist is -IT?: "r ''' '" i'er.s WMSIIOW ,he iv tloii or numerous dwellings uls.ut town lie ad lu hand a s.-heie rr hulldTng lite ne," nius. I his season, as mentioned ur J ii w cue', ;t",'.'; lY" ''V'","' """ 11 hi- """.. , "l"! 'o,l" '"l".jvss or spn It when he was ho suld -illy cut doan IlehaslVeu ,lei.,l,, n Ms care or un Intnlld wire, and in n any " a kliidin-si, of heart was shown. Hi, sister Mis p.i. p:...; v,rvll,'f cv'iHh.i s a resident r l.i le, I'enn. Iheiuolheror Out family is iVi lie ing Mr. Church's ruueral like. plZ. to inor. mv alleru.Ju at his late resldeu.v ou (r. "tAvl! nitATTIiEBOno APTERTHOUOHT3. lx.lle Houghton hud thy end of the inlddl.. n.', kl'ilies rflh!1 '""t'1 ""." IhN fiile, s lo-'lhe knlies or the trucker much iieat Thul.-r's liaterv Am lutntlon was necessary at the lliw j, The wire und children of lmls Crliau i, ii.,1. niiuu clgar-liiuker, living on CI laseVl ' Sr.. I. oi hi a sad .illghi ,v ), r,,wiz&&i?Z;,Xd? tlon U. ban has wo, ketl f,,r Usmar i7oV" Keternl years und has l.vn an In.luslrh.i s l."r man. He has complained of his l.eu I ,i h... for two or time ea!-s ui.,1 has' ts.ns , (" , i' T,f ho .Ua-lors In tow,, wlihout getting ,"r1,' ! X, nl"W "Vi1 ,UK"" " 'l' ''I " letltlug I s le pi-unlless. Mrs UrUta think, lie u ? Vftt . $ ...m' 1V A,5l",v""r Willlainstllle will leach 11... "I'l-r delsolineutor Q.e C. lilieyille s!'!,,.;. " "" arlautl.N.I.Ier.MuU Vhrlr llrl,. Kt.ldl.-w ami llalr 1 lu WIL. mm.xth la ins. or ho Ish to apply for ,,,,lo,,,, erlale or l.iunty, should cull on Mr. J. II, Counter retT vseiitlugthe well known li.mof Souledil at ornoy. ,,f Wushlngton. U. v , wllu ,1 liew.iiutW.tW '"I"-Ke- und all ttlrnflen. As yet but little sugar has been made lrla!.1t- not more thnn hnlf the liwkerii in town will try to mafeo nr this semnoti, ots-iliK lo tlm (front ileith of snow. Mrs. H. 1). UoiihiiI Is very low from nee yoiis prmtrnllon. Iter. II. H. Adams of Westlield nil iirnsel, at theCoiiurenatlonal church nxt Hnndav. Mrs. A. Porter wns in Intvn Inst week ami reirt Mr. Porter hs rmrnliiltig his jienltli since their removnl to Hnleni, Mnss. Mr. A. M. Wright of Chiciuro Is nwki,,.. a short visit ill town. Miss May Hurgess of Fllchbtirg, Mass , who has been spending the winter with b..r grandmother, has returned home. Mr. Amos Palmer, a life long and resneei isl ritircu, died quite suddenly last week Wednesday ut tiio nge ol 1 1. We nre rarely callml uhiii to reconl so Mid nud sudden n death ns that of 11. Fred Wenthcrliee, which occurretl Inst Salurdat On Tuesday ho complained of a slight iu disposition, nud on Friday ho suddenly he entno Unconscious, remaining mi until his death. An aubqisy lovcaled it lo lie n s cullnr case of ncuto congestion of the lirain. Mr. Woalherboe was n member of the Hap list church nnd Sunday sclnsil, in whose welfare he nlivnys manifested n deep nud sincere interest. The attendance nt his fiinci al on Tuesday guvo pnsif of the high esteem iu w hich he was held by all. He leaves n w idotv, who has the sympathy of all in her deep nllliction. . tfJrrrn ICIvrr. There will bo n May dance nt Union hall on T'mstdny evening, May 1st. A general invitation is extended to all, and a gis.t time guaranteed, Uilllfai.l. Kilsou Staples of Marllsiro has touted Into Win. Hoyden's house. Mrs. Staples nud childieu nre visiting iu New fane. Miss N'ellio flilbert Is ill Putney. Chits. Alexander has gone to Chicago. Mud is king of tlie highways just now. CSiiilferi! tt'eulre The (liillfonl Springs farm hits lost a val liable horse this week. Frank H. King, who is moving ou to the Thayer place, has a creamery and intends lo-keep n dozen otitis. The clangers aru talking of n dance in the near future. L. O. Thayer has gone to his work in Wilirheinlnli, Muss., this week. iioiirni. The mei chant at thu Centre has retired from business and gone to the sett shore for the summer. Sugar makers are making tpiite u little sugar, but they will earn all they get. ilu er should not object to paring a good price for the maple sweets this spring. Fayette Niles has the tnwnshiia of llnli fax. (luilford oml Hrntllekoro for the sale of Hurt's patent farm gate. Furmer in tending ko build new, or repair old one, will do well to wnit until they seo this gale. .i lli.llri... There nre several cuses of pneumonia in tow u. Knos 1)1,1, 0 lias moved on to tho farm frnieily ottneil by Mm Joseph W.sslward. As is wsll known to coin collectors there were but three silver dollars coined iu the ryear 1S0I, of which two are ill the hands of collectors nnd the other is missing. We read n great deal alsiut that missing dollar iu the papers lately, and it hits cuusud u greet deal of hunting lip and overhauling of keep-gtkes and heirlooms. Mm. U. L. Stacy sisscsses ail American dollar of the yeur lfjltl, whicli was given her when a lit tie girl, so it does not hnvo the apiearaniv of a spin ions origin. It is attracting con sideruble attention among the "lesser lights" of the numismatic world annuel here, Jttrltseurlllr Freeman Ilagerhas been engaged to make ll.u I.,,..UH ut l.u .. I. .. .... ' ..... nt. ..ic . .eao.ery ttueu .nr. Ielltp goes away, the llrst of July, ami has Iwgun taking lessons of him. Miss Klin Illancbitrd is s.,u to open a new milliner's .hop in Stetwin's block. The V. L. W. club will meet witli Mrs. C. II. Wast? on Friday, the '.'?th. All are iuvito.1 iu the evening. Our sugar makers complain that tlie nqi does not run freely this year when the weather seems to lie uliout right for it. S. W. Hishop, our reliable teamster, hus lately lost a valuable horse. In oddition to the business of this village, Mr. Hisholi has engaged todo the teaming for West Halifax. Miss Angie Hishop has gone to Nortli Adams to remain through the mining season. The public examination of sclnsil teach ers for this town will take place nt the sclu.il risuii in Jacksonville nn Saturday the '.'Sth just., U-ginning at !) o'clock a. ii. Citizens uro cordially invites! to attend. JtHiHiilrtt. After u long and painful illness lsitiently Is.rne, Mrs. H. L. Ilichurdson quietly pass" eiluitny ast Tuesday. Funeral services were held on Thursday ut 11 o'cl, k, at the Haptist churt h, Hev. Mr. Whitney ofliciat mg. Mrs. Willis Tuft attende.1 tho funeral of Mrs. Hichardsoii yesterday (Thursdat I, and played the organ. On her way home she topped ut M. L. Hoynton's, where she sunk uisMi the ll.sir, stricken witli paralvsif. Dr. i.iy was called, but was unubl. t.. ,h, any. tlnmr for her, and at II ..'dis k .do died Mineral services it ill be held iu Ihe I ,ngre gutional church Saturday at Vi .,Vlt.k i l'u estimable woman. wh.e.e lss will Ih, i, Vettl B ( IMlr coiumilliity. .Sotillt l.eu.loudcrr. J. (I. Weutherheud of Vernon has lieen spending it few thlys with his daughter, Mrs. .V. p. W...1. John Howard of Northampton, Mass., is MMtmg his cousin, F. II. Howard. Oru Ithisules' family will remain for a time with his father iu law, Seth lta.iul.ill, while he goes to Massachusetts iu search of work. ltev. W H. Wight removes t IMttirs yille , and ltev. W. C. llryant of Union vil l.ige takes Ins place here. i..-.,1''1"," I'1'' k,r" Sl'duy evening, 11. M. ilknis broke his lantern and set some hat on lire. He tried to smother the ll .ie"s with his coat, but was unsuccessful, and his bam and house were entirely c,,,iine,l. luiiely assistance from neiglilsirs savtsl tin. furniture und some provision, from tl, house and tho horse and cow from the bam. I ho loss is partlycoverecl by insurance. Mtlrlburo. The death of Mr. D. p. Warren whl. l. gi'lvm!' n.l tt. l' ?' f-'lellt of his nelihl.i, h.ssl a lhe s.intliwest part of the tow u if. w" o. one ol our lst ranuers. a man or hlgi, cbarue ler, and wus held In uunersul esteem II is a "Insular lact, for tile middle of .Tril that .. a.ssiunlor u,e ,le.tli of renul iui I , 1'Utvs, ut.,1 the condition of the nsl' lslhat we.v bteVrn"" '"" ,,"r""f ""' '' s mi i aVtl.e'.'errdrner;'"1 pl.i.v was ree-l,o,l where a horse ,.td Mrirfiine. Itov. Stewart Sheldon ot S,le,, Mass Ti e I , r t",";,:", l"-"-'HB the cause of tl.o America,, Congregational I'ni,,,,. 'i','ls sik lety ass.sts feeble churches, .,U, ..t mid west ,1, bil,liB mllM.a Mr. Sheldon is an able and interesting poker, and it will rejs.y all . hir him! I .1 if"" H'c","ilmli'J'i f leucheis, , Sutur hit- .SH8" U"'! 'T vlll-K. o. Sut u.lay, Jsth. begiimim; at 11 a. m ouslv'.iet 'I"."'!"' "'! 'n '"' us ick at Putney, is ,, u, in. Mrs J. J (Ju,,,,, )m, nrteutisl f, th,. U .i.ilhan. County savings 'l,:,k an ad, , ira Mt. crayon portrait of her late liusUm M r 0. J. (treeii, who was fatally hurt in the narrow gauge hridgo .lifter in lU d who was a trust.... r .i.. . .. . " ! it. r..if . . oaiiK ami one ol udvisers '"I'l""!"" ' t and ? Pillar). stiilreno!,!,"","l",'t,0f f'0 ''tifl I. st i, m " ' Vi"' ,lie. ,UU-k r""'U ' ' sv iT r' l'' SuB''i'-makers are still taSflmfaM1" H,"n."r J'l"-".ville. who No I u n, w',"tor u'"' '""l' ''1 I ''l.,g to the bad walking ,,u",0'""'' rio'r" LleooT,t,'U,,,.,,i,'u,''' car 'ess' u ,ulU"!.l!ol" iMo '! '." '-:ttas'' """"""" 1 Hoe I,' 1. I ... . ..' U exn... i . Jw,,,, Nw Haven, Conn , ii . ,!,",, Piiluer. n..iimgatc:'.1!V I)f afternoon, April X , ' ' " ha '"'''" i the evening ' '"' k,K,"l "'"' 'rusUrutl. i I lueai'r, U..KI,,M0"' "f '"'. " ueu'aduy'' h" ''Bregatlonal' church 1 ounuay. He come, t0 pi.6,SIit th