Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1846-09-17
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MAINE.-The crops are now suffering greatly from
drought Potatoes to adopt farming idom, are rap
idly drying up'
NEW HAMPSHIRE.-Ma Manchester, elected Hi
Brown, wing, for first Mayor, on Tuesday of last
week. Vote: Brown, 602; Flanders, Loco, 347 Scat
terng, 2O5.
Among the graduates of Dartmouth College, this
year, is blind from the South Boston Institution.
MASSACHUSETTS, house of AnseI Bur-
rill, in North Weymouth was struck by lightning on
last Sunday week, and considerable injured. Loss
estimated at $780, Two men, sons of Mr. B.. who
were in the house at the me Frustrated, and
manned insensible for over two hours.
Efforts are being made in this State to establish an
asylum for discharged convicts Abbot Lawrence has
offered to contribute $780, provided $4,000 are raised
There are 10 manufactures of copper in this State
which produce annually, about two and half millions
Of Copper, valued at $Gl0950.
Altered 800 bills on the Ware Bank are in circua-
ton, and also SIS and sos on the Cabot Bank.
The total valuation of the factory corporation at
Lowell, is So, 222 800
1t is stated that there are 1900 boys who roam the
streets of Boston, not attending school, and having nc
useful employment.
A pond of so acres in West Springfield, has lately
changed from pure transparency to a dirty yellow
color supposed to have been accustomed by the recent
earthquake
! A young colored named Roberts, brother Of
the Governor of Liberia, who to this country tc
complete his studies, has been refused admittance t.
the Medical Class at Pittsfeld on account of the OBJ
lection of southern student.
On Sunday afternoon storm occurred in Boston
during which several houses were struck by lightning
At Beverly sixty persons were Frustrated by stroke
at church.
We learn from Ftchburg that an Irshman nance
Patrick Riley, laborer on the Vermont and Massa
chusets Railroad, was killed in Ashburnham on thu
night of Thursday last by two rshmen, Philin Melvin
and Dennis Shugare.
CONNECTICUT.-There are in Connecticut l31
cotton mills, 1913 WOODEN mills, 81 paper mills, 49,
coach and wagon factories, and 80 clock factories
Sewing silk is manufactured to the amount of Sl73.
600 per annum.
| A'l]W AOAUh'--1HO IldIdSIdpH CiIdL hHkHdul, ult
distinguished grammarian recently died from the ef
fects of ntemperance is positively contradicted by
DR.. Longshore who says; {" Mr. Kirkham died nearly
three years ago. at his residence, in the city oil
New York, surrounded by his interesting family, of
pulmonary affection under which he had been labor
ing for several years"
A Wing paper in New York has hoisted the names
of Clay and Frelinghuysen for the next Presidential
Campaign
The people of Buffalo are talking about erecting
monument to the memory of Com. Perry, the Hero Of
Lake Erie.
J Mr. Smart of New York, lost his life at Niagara
Falls on the 3lst ut He went into what is called the
cave of the Winds" and is supposed to have beer
sutfocated by rush of wind from the cave He wal
found lying on his back, dead
The Albany Argus announces the death, on Friday
4th inst at the residence of Gen. s Van Rensselaer,
of the Rev. David Abeel the first American Mission
airy to China.
During severe hail storm in Wilton, Saratoga CO.
on the Sd inst the wife of Rev. d. jackson was struc
dead instantly by lightning while standing near win
dow,
Governor Wright of New York has declined to in
terfere in the sentence ofWlliam Freeman, the negr
who was recently convicted of Murder in that State
NEW JERSEY.-The Newark Advertiser state.
that Mad Dogs are prevalent in Morris county, and tn