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4 VERMONT WATCHMAN & ISTATE JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891. Mlattman & Journal. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1891. Notlce. Dlvers and sundry Mlll liavo reoently been sent to subsorlbors. Wo have not in currod the expenso of sonding out, these bllls as a flort of autumn diversion. So lo not lay them away t,o reposo tlll an attor ney's Hharp sumtuens arouses tliem from tlielr slumhor, and enlarges tlio amount by adding legal eosts. Ve want tbo nioney, and wo want it now. Thr Puhi.ishkrs. Wiio would not be a prize-fighler? .Tack Dempaey is one, and on Friday evcning of last week he had a benefit at San Francisco, from which 838,000 was securcd. It is atated that " promi nent" men from all parts of tbe coun try sent Ihcir checks. As a gunBs, we venlurc to say tbal at least $37,000 of the $38,000 was niade out of tbe liquor busiuess. Tiik Sprinufield liepuhlican says: "There was nothing Jeffersonian in Govcrnor Hill's paradc through tlie Btreets of U:ngharaton, S.itu 'day evcn ing. According to thc Sun, he ' occu pied a carri.igo drawn by four milk wliite sleeds, each animal being led by a groora.' As a deniocrat of tbe ' good old-fashioned sort,' wliy didn't bc frown upon auch alord-mayor-like deruoustra tion?" " James Pahton, the wcll-known his torical and biographical writer, died at Newburyport , Mass., Ha'.urday morning. He was an Englishman by birth, and cirac to tbis oountry when hn was about five years of age. Ilis first book was a life of llorace Grceley, publisbed in 1855. Ile wasakeen obeerver of men and events, an original thinker and a brilliant writer. Ilis books have oeen read witli great interest, eapecially in New England. Mr. Partou married in 1850 Sarab l'ayson Willis, bctter known as " Fanny Feru," who died sonie twenty years ago. was untrue and wo " would do well to retract " we could have more directly addresaed ouraelvos to tbo task of roak ing the amende honorable. (We employ this foreign phraso in ordcr to adapt our discourse to our contcmporary's comprehcnsion, since he affecta various tongues, cxcepting alwaya the " United Siates.") As to the firat, " Mura'a the word " may atill be his walcbword and expreas hia most prudent policy; but respecting this and the remaiuing four, con'emporanooua records may be in voked, if " tbo truth of history " ia se riously queationed. A judge in Texas refused to givc a man naturalization papers becausc hc called himself asocialist, declaring that aocialistn and auarchy are antagonistic to the conatitution of the United Statea. Suppose John Siuart MUI were allve, and he wished to become a citizen of the United States: would tbe Texaa judge reject him on the ground that he was a socialist? Or, suppose Herbert Spencer wcrc to make application: would the judge reject him bccause he is an anarehist? Mill and Spencer have reflected about as mucb credit on nine teenth century civilizition aa any two men England has produced, yet the former was a socialist, and the latter is an anarehist. The judge in question mislakcs violence and bomb-throwing for aocialistn and auarchy, wbereas in the strict and scientiflc sense there is no connection between thcm. A very sensible and practicable plan of co-operation has been adopled by an organization known as tlie Nortbwest ern Farmers' Protective Association, which has over ciglit hundred merabers in Minnesola and North Dakota, w'.th headquartcra at Grand Forka, N. D. The association has elected an ageut, who will have an oiTice at Duluth, where lie will receive all thc grain of the metnbers, and either sell it there or ibtp it to English markets. It is pro posed to send out a better quality of grain than has been aent by buyers heretofore, these buyers having mixcd the bcat with inferior gralea. Thc association has already a number of elcvators at Duluth, and it is expected that from ,'1,000,000 to 5,000,000 busbela of wheat will bs handled by thc agent this year. Tne agent has given a boud for a large amount, and will be held to strict responsibility for faithful work. There will be no difllculty whatever in carrying out the plan if the railroads do not unduly favor the speculalive buyers. The members of the associa tion 8hould receive the full wortli of their wheat, minus the expcnse of transportation and running the Duluth oflice and elcvators. Judge Tiiompson, who presiiled at thc recent ecssion of the Rutland county court, enforced the liquor law with ex emplary fidelity. Fines aggregatiug over $5,000 were imposed upon twenty one offenders. Oue was sentenced to thirty days in the workhouse, another to thirty-aix days, and two othera to six montha each. Hugh Kelley,a crip j)le, was unable to pay his flue and was gived 300 days in thc house of correc tion. To thc appeal in his behalf on the acore of his iniirmities, Judge ThompBon answered with commenda ble good aense,"that the plea that a man who had been engaged in the liquor busiuess was sick or a cripple would have no weight with this court. There were ways that he could support himself orbe aupported, without break ingthelaw." Iu sevcn cases bail waa forfeited. After the adjourument of court the liquor dealcrs rcstocked their bara, but the sheiiff aud his deputies promptly descended upou them and made heavy scizurea. THBBS is a diffurence of opinion be tween the president and the United States courta as to the very important quesliou of disposing of Chinamen who come to this country from Canada. In the case of two Chinamen who were ar rested at St. Albaus, Judge Wheeler of the district court decided that the men must be relurncd to Canada, his line of argument being that permanent resi dcnce in Canada should be assumed unless the contrary is proved. Judge Coxe of the northern district of New York has made a similar decision in another case. The president, however, saya Chinamen coming to this country from Canada should be sent to China. He believes the whole success of the exclusion lawa depcnds on that inler pretation. The question will be sub raitted to the suprerae court in time. Very likely the two judges are techni clly right, but the position of the presi dent has common aenae on its slde, and it ought to be accepted as a principle. Tbe phrase, " the country whence he came," of the act uudcr which the de cisions were made will probably need amendmcnt to make the inteution of the law plain. It would Becm to be no violation of a Chinaman'a personal rights to return him to China unless be can prove that he has acquired a per manent residence in Canada. If he has acquired such permanent residence, well and good; let him be relurncd to Canada. If he cannot prove perma nent residence, it is fair to infer that he came to Canada simply to gct iuto the United States. To return him to Canada in that case would be nothing more nor loss than giving him another opportunity to alip across the line. Tbe Hritish government ia a party to tbis dispute, but it cannot reasonably flnd fault with the position of the president. " There was another untruthful Btatement as to tbe editor of the Arjus and Patrtot iu the Watciijian of Sjp tember 30, that its editor would do well to retract." ThiB from the Aryus and Patriot of last weuk. Well, let us see what the statenientB were, one of which our esteemed contemporary says is un true. Thc Arqus had been eunploying its custoraary argument parsoual vili fication in discussing public affairs. liy way of re joinder, tlie Watciiman nhowed, in a paraphraae of the Argus'1 iine of " reasouing," that its " virulenl attacks on better citizens than its editor come with bud grace from a man " (1) wbose connection with the Bellows Falls jM.HU.lii.-f is not yet forgotten in thia community; (2) who haB been Boundly tbraahed by U. D. Harris, A. N. Swain, John W. Clark, et als, for offensea against truth and privalechar acter; (3) who was raided duriug the eivil war for hiB rauk disloyalty and bitter copporheadism aud at the point of the bayonet forced to cheer the Union flag; (4) who while befuddled with champague at a banquet in Bos tou in 1883 pledged Vermont's electoral vote toButler in the ncxt national elec tion; (5) who not long eince was abus ing Justice Hinkley, but had recently been defendiug him for his leniency to rumaellers. If the .1,.;. editor had epecified which of theBc Blatemcuts market), beaides putting noarly one hundred articles of Amcrican produc tion on the free list. San Domingo haa made a reciprocity treaty, with flour and pork on the free list, beaidea a large number of other articlea. Othcr treatiea for recijirocity are iu progrcss. Germany, without negotiating a formal treaty, has removcd the prohibition on pork, and our government, in con aideration thereof, left her sugar on the frcc list. Thia opcna to us an entirely new market, and $15,000,000 to $20, 000,000 of Amorican pork will be con sumcd per annura, wberc not a pound has been taken for ten years. The reciprocity provision ia proving very succesBful, eapecially in farm products, and more particularly in the case of Iho two articlea mcntioned in tbe para grapha qu'.tcd flour and pork. I am not, thercfore, an opponent of the McKinley bill, aa the dtlHOCntto pa pers of Ohio are conBtantly alleging. On the contrary, I have corJhlly sup ported itever aince it was perfected." Some persons affcct to be unable to understand how a reciprocity treaty can bc consislcnt with the protective policy, but they are either insincere or have not given the subject mucb thought. The protcctiv.; policy does not involvc the prohibition of all im porla. It aima to protect what in tbis country needs, or is likely to need, protection. It wishes to import large quantitlea of products which cannot be produced in suflicient quantity hcre, but it does not proposc to allow these importations to be made freely and re gar.llcs of our interesta as a whole. If there are ccita:u articles, like sugar for instauce, which we must obtain from nbroad, tbe policy of protection does not invite all the pro.lucers of tbe world to pour their supplies upon ua to thc injury ofour own producers and without giving tome cquivalent for the privilege. On thc contrary, it makcs a tradc with Germany, as Mr. Blaine has pointed out, by which the beet sugar of that country is admitted free, in con sideration of a market for our pork. We protect ourselvea by makiug a bargain which ia mutually advantage oua. When two countrice euter into a reciprocity treaty they know exactly what they are about, and each thinks it is beneflted. It is a wholly different operation from opening ports to what ever a foreign country chooseB to send. Iu one case there is conscious aud in telligcnt regulation; in the other there ia llupid iudifference to opportunities for securing subslantial bencflts. Blaine and tlie McKinley Bill. The democratic papers in Ohio have been trying the dodge of representing that there is a radical differencc of opinion iu the republican party aa to the McKinley tariff . They have charged that Stcretary Blaine ia not a believer in it, and, to make the proof of their aaBertion complete, they have kept this familiar remark of the sccretary etand ing in their editorial columns: " But there is not a aection in the eutire bill that will opcn a market for another bushel of wheat or another barrel of pork." The miBreprcseutation was so uujust to one who has becu mdefati gable in preaching the wisdom of pro tection that he has addressed a letter to an Ohio editor on tbe aubject. The letter is one of thoae forceful uttcr ancea for which the secretary is noted It transforma the remark quoted above into a boDmerang of the iirst order. Mr. Blaine in the Urst place poiuts out that he uaed these words iu a letter written on July 11, 1890, while the tariff law waa in proceBa of construc tion. Wheu it was finally paesed in September, the reciprocity clause had been inaertud, and some very exten aive markets for wheat aud pork had practically been eecured. The detaila of treaty-niakiug came later, and Mr. Blaine su.nB thcm up in the following clear aud dellnite Btatemeut: " Bra.il some mouths since entered into a treaty by which many American articleB are admitted free. Flour is admitted free, and pork is admitted at a nominal duty. Cuba and I'orto liico have re dueed tbe duty on flour from $5.80 a barrel to $1 00 (which gives us the President Harrisoii. General H. V. Boynton, the distin tinguished Washington correspondent, contributes to the Century an interest ing article on " The Press and Public Men." Rufei'riug to the relations of the prcss tolbe various admiuistratious, he saya: Of President Harrinou it is empbatically true that be has seriously sufTorod from his reluctance to bave the promiuent and intiu eutial part which be bas exnrcisod over public affairs from tbe first days of his ad miniHtration made known tbrougb tbe press. White no queetiOO of public policy bas en gaf;ed the attention of congress since he took tbe oatb of ottice iu wbicb be bas not taken personal and active interest, and in wjicb be bas not been signally inlluential in sbapiug results, tbis fu. t tbroupbout tbe first two yearH of his administration was known to but few, and these never felt tbemselves at liberty to commeut freely upon tbe subject. Heuce it resulted that, uutil a very recent date, tbe iiupreHsiou bas been wi.le.spread in tbo country an imprettsion wbicb dllMtiefled public men have not been slow to encourage that President llarrison imply sat tiuietly in his ollico exercising tbe routine duties of an exticutive, witbout mucb further effort in tbe direction of original... and sbaping tbe public policy tiii tbose grave queettoni of national con cern wbicb have been so QUmerOUI ll.rougb out his admiuistration. Tbis false impres lOD, sbared so widely by tbe press of tbe country, bas not resulted from any reti cence on his part iu talking with its repre sentatives, for tbeyalways tind ready access to bim, aud sucb as be bas learnud to trust invariably lind bim a free talker upon all (..estions of public policy, but it bas arisen from tbe undue reluctance wbicb be bas exl.ibited from tbe first to have his own part in public affairs made tbe subject of free discussion. Of late there has been a wbolcsome change iu tbis respect, wbicb has resulted at ouce in its becomiug gen erally known that iu overy proinineut ques tion of party policy, President Harrisou bas been from the beginning of his admiuistra tion a most active, iutelligcnt and iiirluen tial promoter of tbe resulta that have beeu attaiued." Tbis is a pleasant view of the presi dent and a merited tribute to an un assuniiug executive, perforraiug hia duties quietly and without osteutatiou, taking a leading and directing part iu an administration that ia one of ih wisest, the cleanest, the most BUcccssful, the moBt advantageous tt the Americau peoplo of any that has for a generation been inslalled at Washington. As a matter of wisdom aud aafety, aa a mat tcr of mere policy, the republicau party can hardly fail to make this man its Hlandard-bcarer in the ncxt national campaigu. So it appears at this dis tance from the time of the opening of the canvuas, and eveuts will, we be liove, make this clearor as the timo for deciBive action draws nearer. Workings of the Tarirr. Tiik Faiimeii and the Taiiiff. A democratic morning contemporary, re ferring to the almost ccrlain prosperity which thc farmer is about to enjoy, aays: " And thcn we shall have our pro tectiouist frienda pointing to the pros perity granted to us by the hounty of tbe sun and soil, and saving: 'See what our tariff haa done.' " As8iiming that thc protrc'.ionistB will make such a claim, would it be lc-is logical or reaaouable than the nb.-ur l asserlion made by the free-lradcrB tliat the depression wliich our agricnltural intereals have suffered from during Ihe p ist few years was due to the protective tariff? San Fran cisco Chronide. TlM Cans CHBAPBR UlfDXB the New Tariff. 1 wi'l read a letter that 1 h ivc reccived from Norton Broa., tin plate maktrs of Chicago: " We have shipped durinj; the past ten days more than one hundred carloads of No. 2 and No. 3 cans, such as are used in c.tnning I .ctories. ihe iNo. iJare for corn, tlie N j. 3 for tomatoes. The prices have in no cases exceeded $2 15 per hundred for No. 2, and $2 90 for No. 3. Iu S-ptembL'r, 1890, we sold the 8ame cans exactly or rather, cx ac'.ly the aame siz kind and quality at $3.15 to $3 25 for No. 2 and $4 00 to 14,36 for No. 3, and these were the regular market prices both licre and in the East a year ago." Major McKin ley, at Delpnos, Ohio. WOOLOROWINQ BZPAXDINQ Un DERTHE McKinley Law. lucrc ise In the ll cks in Ohio has been noted by thc return of the personal property assessors of that tat', aud it is shown that whereas from 18R5 to 1890, both inclusive, a aubstantial lois w as yearly sustai ied, yet thus far in 1S!)1 an in creaBe is showu of .'(02,241 shc. p. It ia Cl llmed that this gain is owing to thc increaeed duty upon wool in the new tariff, and that the increase in shcep means 1,318.446 pounds more wool t market in Ohio, or about $375,000 worth in excess of that sold in 1890. If the sarue gain has been made in other We.8teru states then there are now 2,420,892 more sheep in the coun try, capable of yielding 12,134,000 more pouuds of wool than last year; this means as well a gaiu to the grow ers in the value of their sheep of not far from $0,000,000. The B0$Un Com mercial lixdletin. How Sugar Bounties Benkfit tiie Nation. In the Urst place, if we pro duce our own sugar we buy from our own people and not from aliens, which is distinctly a benefit, aince it does what is commonly called " keeping the money in the couutry," meaniug not a rctention of 80 much money or cur- rency, out tne mcrease oi aomcstic tr.illic and exchange. Sccondly, the mauufacture of so much sugar must furnish employmeut to thousands of our own people directly and to hun- dredi of thousands indirectly, and tbis opens a vista which it would requirc a volume to diseuss. Tne proposition must be so plain a9 to neod no discus sion. Thirdly, the trati8portation aud distnhu'ion of all this enormous pro duct woul.l ueccs arily be a great iu dustry iu ilself. As it bas been here tofore, we have paid for bringiug sugar to thia country, but we have paid etra'igera for it. With the product a domestic one U would be moved by our aelves, and our own steamboats and railways and cauals would got the benefit of it. San Francisco Chronicle. Vermont Bnr Ansoclatlon. Tbo Vermont Har Association held Its anuual meeting at tbe court house on Tncs day nvenlng. Tbe following were admitted to tbe association: W. I,. (juliuW, St. Jobnsbury ; K. A. Il.iar and .lobn V. ( i..r don, Itarrc; W. A. I.ord, Montpelier; Krank i,. Fih, Vergenneai k. D. White, K.niand; W. H. Preston, Fair Haven; K. O. Arcbl- bald, Mancbester: J, A. Brown, Burlington, Tbe addrcss by tbe president, HoU, James K. Batohelder of Arlington, on "TlieHystem of Trial by Jury " was a strong and Oleai defente of tbe jury syttem, n. adeojnate substitute had been propoeed, The lottle mont of causeH by refereo was tbe subslitu tion of one man or tbree men for twelve, witbout any of tbe restralnt against errors of fact or law that existed in tbe jury systeui, and if twelve come to one conclu sion in a matter it is quite likely to be a right conclusion. J. II. Mlmma Bsq. of St. Albans, read a blgbly IntereHllug and appreciatlve " Sketch of tbe I.ife and T.nies of Homer K. Kovce," and was followed by Judge Taft in a papcr on BtepheO Jaoobl of Wind sor, one of tbe carly judges of tbe supreine court. He was one of tlie commissioners that setlled tbe (daims of NewYoikwben ermnnt became a free and sovereign state, and was tbe first district attorney of tbe new state, his career as judge of course coming later. He was a party to a famous law-suit of that time involving the rights of slaves, and was lUCOeeded on tbe bencb by j iicopi.ii. is uamngton oi oiu oi saie fame. After the conclusion of Judge Taft's paper, tbe meeting adjnurned for the annual l.anquet. 1 he banquet was at tlie hxchange hotel, aml it began at about half-past eight o'elock. Mr. Batonelder preelded at the post-pran-diai esereiiea, wnloh Inoluded a spoech by Judge Thompaon, in wbicb he strongly sus- tatned Mr. Batohelder'i views on tne Jury system. ,1 udge Thompsou's speech was in a pleasant vein and was waruily applaiuled. Iliram A. Iluse I0II0WM m a hrtef l.ut nist and appropriate eulogyof ex-Oovernor Paul I i.llnigliaui Qeorge H, Ilarmon of Bennington aud Danlel Koberti of Burlington, patrlaroha of the profession, ind.ilged in pleasant romi niscences of the har aml bench ..I Vermont Iliram Atkins of the Ar'inn rttitl I'atriot was oalled up to speak for the press. The gem of the eveuing was tbe speech of E. II. Fl.vnn of St. Albans for the new meuibers. His wit and buu.or, his apt allusions and pat tories, oonvulaed his aadltora. Hrief addreaiei were made by J. C. Baker of Rut land and (I. M. Wilds of Middlebury, the latter speaking against delays in trials of cases. Judge Darliug of Bennington sug gested the wisdom of a bospilal instead of tbe workhouse for tbe victims of intemper ance Ex (Jovernor Farnbaui of Bradford, W. W. Stickney of Ludlow, Secretary of State Browuell of Burlington, aml Mr. Hayesof New York city, spoko felicitously . One hundred and Bve members of tbo bar gathered around the tables, tbe largest num ber in the history of the association. Presi dent Batohelder presid.-d very happily, and at miduight the festivitieg closed With the singing of "Auld Lang S ne," under the voteran leadership of Mr. Hoberts. We can evade rcspousibilily, but not accountability. l)r. Parkhurst. Cleveland and Mills in tiie LlOBT of " TnE Sun." Tbis well 8atisfied and thriving country, thc Cor 8icana Cobden aud the Claimaut have underlakeu to perauade that it has been ruined and still is being ruined by the protective tariff. These two singular compounds of ruountebank and crank want the democratic party to 8hut its eyes, stand ou its head, and say to tlie farmera, whose barua are bulgiqg with grain, "Your granaries are empty on accouut of the tariff;" to the jobbers and country store keepers, whose stocka are being sold aa fast as they are ordered, il You are prevented from doing businesB by the tariff;" to tbe laborers, whose services are in greatcr demand than ever. "You can find no work, on account of the tariff;" to the well dressed, " You are naked on ac count of the tariff;" to the wcll-to-do, " You are paupers on account of the tariff;'' to a nation digesting its dinner with enjoyment and peace of raiud, " You arc starviug ou account of tbe tariff." If the democratic parly were suflicient ly far gonc with paresis to be scared by the croaking of these ridiculous crows, it would be laughed out of sight iu 1892. Hired weepers are not in demand at a wedding feast, and crows are huuted with Bhot-guns. The Sun VlSIHLE AND PALPABLE l'ROOF OF Amkiiican MadkTin PLATB, If any man now doubts the ability of our manufacturere to produce tin plate, in conimercial quautities, of best quality, altogethcr from home-madc materials, be must surreudcr his doubt before tbe abundant proof at haud, else arbitrarily, obstiuately, prepostt'rously hold to and maintain his uufounded doubt, and tbus make a foolish exbibition of his own BlubboruneBB aud lack of judgment. MesBra. Johnaton & Co., 231 Lake street, thi8 city, received, on 5th iustant, upwarda of a car-load of tiu plate of various sizes, thc cases being a epecial sbipment from the Apollo Iron aud Sieel Company, at Pittsburgh, Pa. This consignment was corded up on the sidewalk, in front of the Lake street premiss, where it prescntc 1 visible and palpable evideucc of American-made tin plate, In consid eratiou of the facts placcd at our dis posal, we are able to assert, iu the most poaltlve and direct manncr, without any mental reservation whatever, that the aforeBaid casee contained tin plate, every individual aheet of which waa tbo product of Americau labor from Americau maleriala. Thc plates are American plates from ore dug from Americau soil, aud worked up iuto the black sheets by American skill, at a plant built and operated by Ameri can capital. Tbe tin which coated these Bticets came from an Americau miue. Iu all respecta at once, thcre fore, the above conaignmeut wbb thor oughly an I conspicuoualy Americau, auu il affords bucIi proof aa should put "tbe tlu plate liar" to the blush, eup posing him capable of such. The In dustrial World. Farmers' Leagnc Meeting. The annual meeting of the Vermont Far mers' I.eague was held at Capital l.all yes terday. The meeting was called last week by tbe secretary, who waitcd as long aa possible to hear from the president, who has been in New York for some montbs. Tbe time between the day on wbicb thecall was issued and the day of tbe meeting was too sbort for tbe necessary amount of-ad-vertislug, aud tbal fact and tbe raiu united to make the attemlance very suiall. Hardly a dozen persons were preseut. Congress men Grout and Powers and other speakers were on hand, but it was thought advisable not to' have any speaking. The executive coiniuittee met in the morning aud made several iuinortant changes iu the constitu tion, wbicb were subse.piently approved by tbe league. The principal of these was that by wbicb tbe Vermont league is bereafter to be independent. Tbe dis aolution of tbe national league bas made this action necessary. The county leagues are abolished, so that now there are but two nnita, tbe town and state leagues. Another importaut change is tbal wbicb permits workers of industrial classes other than tbe farming class to become members of the league. The iniliatiou f, o for local leagues bas been reduced from tifty to twenty-tive ceuts. Tbe committee on resoliitions re ported resolutions rcatbrming the platform of June 5, welconiing to luembership all workers who are iu sympatby with the moveuient, aud who promise to co-operate iu promotingthe objectsof tbe league, stating that reform from unjust and uuequal legis tion is sought through existiug partieg, en dorsiug the extension of free postal deliv ery to the rural districts, and commending the immediate organiattion of local leagues. These resolutions were adopted. Tbe fol lowing ofticers were elected: I'resident, George P. Board of St. Albans; vice-presi-denta, P. S. Chamberlaiu of Bradfont and C. D. Wbitinau of Brattleboro; treasurer, O. E. Stone of Charlotte; secretary, J. A. Chapin of Middlesex. These ohi ers will GOnatitUte the executive committee. Washiiigton County Court. AsKistant J udgtt. How. Hknry il. Start, Pretiding Judge IIon. II. W. UY70RD, ( Hon. T. H. Lanck, M. E. Smilik, Ckrk. E. W. H.jwk, sheriff. Zku. S. Btanxom, sttttc's Attorney, John H. Mimms, Reporttr. The court was in session on Thursday of last week. Iu tbe case of James S. Mackie & Co. in. Cable & Cassie, to recover S"' for labor performe.l ou a monuuieutal spirc, judgment for tbe S.I'J was given in favor of tbe plaiutiffs. In the Wilder divorce case theoivoroe was granted ou the ground of Intolerable aeverily. Saturday afternoon tbe grand jury re poried thirty more true bills, uiaking a total of about tifty . About twenty Infor matious also have been Died by the state's attorney. Aitiong the iudictments are the following: S. S. Ilallard, for impcding of Qoen while makiug a liquor sei.nre at tbe Wells Itivur freight tation in Barre; bail, ?L'ou, fnrniabed. W. A. Briggs and 0. DeP, Bancroft, for iiijuriug buil.lings of Joseph Poland aiUl Joseph Kisber of Mont)elier on the eveuing of July 3; bail, $.100 each, fur nUhed, t'Tark B. Koberts, for keeping a nuisance and selling liquor; bail, Sl.ftOO, furuisbed by E. M. IrUh, Horaco E. Bliss, for selling liquor aml keeping a nuisauce iu Mont ielier; bail, flliOO, furuisbed. Charles Wade, keeping a house of ill-fatue; bail, 1900, furnlsbed. John Evans, for selling liquor and keeping a nuisauce; hail, $tMX). Btbert (). I.evauway, for assauli with ln tenl t. ktllj bail, S1,IKK. Jami s Lynoh, sell ing ItqnOI and keeping a nulaaQOej bail, S.VK). I.angdon .1. Davis. for selling Uquori bail, .100. Bernar.l A. McKeuna, for keep ing a nuisance; bail, $500, Timotby Lyncb, for keeping a uuisai.ee; bail, $.100. J. A. Looklln, for selling liquor and keeping a nuisance; bail 81 ..WO. t'l.arles Howe, for lar cenv John tllinuey, for keeping a nuisauce; hail, $.101). James II. Kelley for larceny. Olln ton Town, for keepinga nuisance; bail, $300. Peter O. Dewey, tor keeping a nuisauce; bail, - James M. VauDusen, for sell ing liquor; bail, $00. Frederick M. Col liiis, for keeping a nuisance; bail, $-'00. Wllltatn Ree.l, for selling liquor and keep ing a nuisance; bail, $100, furuisbed by F. K. Stevens. Eluiira K. Fisl.er, for selling liquor aud keeping a nuisauce; bail, $1100, fiunisbed by V A. I.ord aml J. II. BeDter, Bdwln M. House, for selling liquor. Dau Buyce, for selling liquor and keeping a nui sance. Charles Siiaulding, for keeping a nuisauce aud selliug liquor. I.arry Mc Mahou, for keeping a nuisance aud selliug liquor. Jubn J. Eagan, for assault and b.n tery. Charles Nichols and othera, for a breach of the peace. Walter Sborey, for larceny. E. J. Holden, for rape. Henry W. Wheat, for rape. I.arry M Mahon has left towu and hia whereabouts is un kiiowo. The court a.ljonrued on Mouday ou ac couut of the sessiou of tbe supreine court, and it will assemble agaiu Noveuiber 10. From Town Corrcspondents. Barre. Wlllls Oale will opon his slnging-sohool noxt week. Oeorge W. Perrln's pension bas been in crease.l from $8 to $12. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. IIowo on Thursday of last week. The flrst. concert and dance of Court Oranlte City, order of Foresters, is to be held at Music ballon the evenlng of Novem her 0. Mrs. Martln Andrnws, who formerly kept a hotel bere, died In Massacbusetts on Mon.lay of last week. ner remalns were brougbt hero for intorment. Tbe Cbristian Emleavor Society of the Baptist church has chosen Oeorge ' San born and Btta Bassett as dolegates to tbe state convention, to bo held at Brattleboro this weok. A meeting of the Universalist church will be held on the eveuing of the 20th ln stant. The questioii of repairing tbe ves try, as well as other buslness, will be con- tdered. F. A. Eaton, clerk In the drug store of Charles A. 8mith, is at his hoine in Han dolpb, preparing to appropriately celebrate Ihe attaiuiuent of his majority on Friday of this week. OffloSf Cook and Fred l,ong raided tbe place of Natban N. Carr, last week Monday nigbt, and tbree quarts of wbiskey were seized. Carr was tlned fU.ll by Justice .1 i.'i- n. ... A good sum of money was realizeil from the Catholic fair. The gold watc.h was takeu by (iracie Page, tbe gold-headed cane by J. W. Connell, and the barbei's klt by Bert Caybue. At the meeting of the Vermont Bible Society at Enosburgh Falls, on Wedncsday of last week, Charles A. Btaltfa was elected treasurer, Frank McWhorter ainlitor, and Kev. J. A. Sherburn one of tbe directors. Tbe leaaon tlekata for the laotura course have been selliug like hot cakes, and nearly all of the ,100 will be disposed of by tbis evenlng, when the drawlng will lake place at tbe opera-house. Over S'.MIO has been taken in already. There was a " barvest festival " at the Oongrngatlonal church l ist Sunday oven ing. The children of the Sunday-school gavo reotatloiuii aeleotioiu of mnaioi etc. The ohnrch was filled, and ull were greatly intercsted in tbe service. Charles Beatty and Donald Mclver were arrested at Graniteville on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, respectively, for selling liquor. Both were tried before Jus tice Jai ktiiau by Grand Juror Barnev. and the former was tined $10.51, while the latter was aoqnltted. An eleotrlo plant for Bopplying power at the quarries will be put iu very soou. A meeting for the organization of tbe com pany was held last nigbt. Tne best of water power can be secured for the purpose. The use of electricity will undoubtedly prove to be a great convenience. The attendanoe In school district No. 8 coutinues to increase, aml it is probable that there will be as many as 525 scholars before the terin ends. Seen new scholars entered the schools of tbe district tbis week Mon day. Superinteudent Waterman bas been visiting in this dlatrlot. and on Monday tbe teachers of Tiiwiugville and Gospel Villaxe also made a visit. At tbe couvention of the State Medical Society at Burlington, last week, Dr. J. H. Jackson took a prou'inent part. An address was given by liin ou "Some European Lessons," and be also opened the discus sion on " Heart So.imls and Cardiac Mur inurs." At tbe banquet, Thursday evening, he acted as anniversary chairman. Dr. G. B. Nichols also had a part on tbe pro grainmc, and be was elected councillor from Washington county. Dr. C. F. Camp reported upon tbe medical examination at the Uuiversity of Vermont, at which he was present as a delegate of the society. Among the newly elected members of the society was Dr. J. E. McSweeney. The latter was also elected a delegate to the meeting of the New York Medical Associa tion, and Dr. Jackson was chosen one of tbe delegates to the meeting of the Massa cbusetts society. The bicycle race between White of Brat tleboro and Sherburne of Barre took place on Thursday of last w -ek, over a course from Barre to Montpelier, to North Barre, to Montpelier, to Barre. The course covers a distance of twenty-tive miles. The race was for $50 a side, and it was witnessed by a large number of persons. Up to within tbree miles of the tinisb it was very close, and even then the result would have been doul.tful had White not fallen from his machine in attemptiug to pass Sher burne. The latter had the lead, however, in tlie last turee miles and won the race fairly. His time was one hour, forty-five minutes aud five seconds, which is tbree mlnntee lower than the previous state record. Sherburne is tberefore tbe state cbampion to day. Tbe observation train wbicb the Wells River road ran duriug tbe race was made use of by a large number of interested spectators. The reason for Mr. White'sfall from his bicycle is stated by bim to have been that his foot struck Mr. Sber bnrne'l machine. Mr. Sherburne, however, did not feel it. liarnard. Tbe Universalist society i meeting-lioiise. repairing its O. 0. Smith has nur- ohaaed the Fred Ohandler place at the vii- lage. - Farmers all say that fanu crops are much above ihe average tbis season probably the best ever known, takeu altoget her. Some farmers who held their wool, are now selling it for last spring's prices, twcnty-tbree aud twenty- tunt oenta. West nerlin. B. S. Sylvester of tbe Watchman force was up last Wedneadag to visit Mrs. Leon ard, his sister. Itev. Mr. Drew an.l family of Stowe are visiting with Mr. aud Mrs. Danlel Ohandler, parenti of Mrs. Drew. z Apples are coniing in quite plenty at the cider-mill. Ninety barrels of cider per day is tbe usual amount made. Wilbur Brown bail a cow killed by tbe cars, a few days ago. The house on tbe Leuox place was brokeu iuto, a sboit time ago, aud a quanitiy of household goods stoleu therefroui. r C. A. Stickney bas the frame of his new house up aud well under way. Danlel Hewitt is having a new piazza aud other repairs made to his house. Rev. W. B. Wortben and family are in Oah t. Mr. Havford bas engaged iu the meat business at Moutpelier. Corinth. Mrs. Hyde, who bas spent tbe lummez bere, has returned to her home iu South Dakota, taking her mother, Mrs Joseph Bauks, with her. The property of tbe George Banks estate was sold at auctiou, the 13th iust. Hay sold at $5,50 to $0 50 per ton; potatoes, twenty to twenty four cents in the cellar; cows, $17 to $28 eaeh. The fanu of 100 acres of good land, with buildings bctter than the aver age, but in a retired looatlon, was sold to J. M. Kichardson for $4.W, but even that is probably considerable better thau it would have sold one or two years ago. Sueak tbieves have been troublesome about bere the present season. Several famillea have had their pork-barrels relieved of their coutents, and clothes lines have also luffered, Johnson Moulton's family (ageil aud sufTering from sickness) had the gieater part of a large washing stoleu iu oue nigbt. Soine people practiciug such tliievery are kuowu, and would do as well to'live on the labor of their own strong liands, as they may yet come to grief if they puraue their chosen vocatiou of pilfering from otbers. Farmers are rejoicing geuerally over lMuntiful crops. Grain when thresbed meetB the expectutious which were raised higb at tlie time of cuttlng. Coru was very uueven through the suiumer. That planted on ex ceptioually warin and favorable Bpols did well, while all other was very backward, owing to the . ..1,1, wet suuiuier; but the hot weatuer of September bas brougbt all up to