Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-12-18
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'1'ooo Souls or more, ana church OF over |
100 has just been lolmed among them.
LIoUoR Seizure AT CALAIs.-A DIES.
patch was received by the Mayor, yes,er.
day afternoon, stating hat seizure of fifty
barrels OF liquor had been made at Calais, |
which was rescued by gang of rowdes-
but subsequently the liquor was recovered |
by the Marshal, with posse of the police.
Advertiser, 9Th.
SUDDEN DEATH-Mr. George Baker, of
this village, died on Thursday night last,
under very singular circumstances. He
retired in his usual health, but about elev-
en- O'Clock his wife was aroused by his
struggles She, becoming alarmed, went
Immediately to one Of the neighbors for as
sstance when she returned he was dead.
A post norton examination revealed no
sufficient cause for his sudden decease, but
in the opinion of those physicians who ex-
amined him, it was occasioned by the night
mare-a maIady to which the deceas, d had
long been subject -BrattlebOrO' Eagle.
1t is understood that the President has de-
cided to remove Brgha Young from the
Governorship of Utah Territory. We ap-
prehend no other course was left to the
Executive. His successor, however. will
need to be well supported, if his authority
is to be respected
10 Kossuth has been denounced by
Bishop Hudges, OF New York. TIL, secret
of the Bishops hostility arises undoubtedly
from the fact that Kossuth is protestant
In one of his recent speeches he boldly
avowed himself such, large share Of the
people of Hungary, are catholics.
DEsTRuCrIvE FIRE IN PoRTLAND.-A
most destructive fire occurred in Portland,
Me-, Sunday, Dec. 9TH Twenty.
stores and one hundred thousand dollars
worth of heavy groceries we're destroyed
Nine vessels were burnt or damaged. The
total amount of losses is variously estimat-
ed from SIOO 600 to $3.50, OCO.
The day of human sacrifices is not end
ed. During six weeks stay of Mr.. Be-
croft, British consul in Abomey, the Cap
iloI Of the Kingdom of Dahomy, forty.two
persons were killed as sacrifices. to water
the graves of the dead" So numerous are
such sacrifices there. that the place is char.
acterized as /" the Col Jotha of skill S."
WITH two hundred thousand inhabitants
Cincinnati has a man living in the neigh
borhood, who is considerably older than
the city itself He descended the Ohio,
passnt the spot where Cincinnati now
stands, before tree had been LcUeHed of the
wilderness whose place il now occupies
AMI this Veteran is bnt eIghty-six years Of
age.
The Newburyport Herald of the 2nd
says -" Mr.. Charles Cheney, ON State ST.,
showed us yesterday tankard, presented
to Mrs. Hannah Dustin, of HaverhiIl, by
King William, in 1899, for her courageous
conduct in the massacre of ten Indians by
whom she was taken captive The tank
ard bears the portrait of King William,
supported by the Lion and Unicorn
A few days since the steamer Archer
ascending the Mississippi, aud the Di YER
non descending came in collision five miles
below the mouth OF the Illinois river. The
Archer was cut in two. aud sunk in fifteen
feet Of water. The total number of persons
drowned, as far as known, is 80, including
nine or ten deck hands.
) A man was sent to the penitentiary for
, two years, in Mississippi, the other day,
for stealing thirty cents worth of wood.
We have few returns of the Virginia
; Gubernatorial election, which indicate the
election of Joseph johnson, Democrat, by
handsome ma ority.
> WILKINS, the candidate of the wings for
8 mayor of Boston, lacks 744 votes of being
elected. Bigelows majority last year was
1859
/ The TIDE CT EMIGRATIoN'-Accordine
to the New York Courier and Enquirer
, the foreign emigration into that port during
the month of October was 81 1897. In the
: mouth Of August it was 50,25l. From
E January LIST to October 9th they mum
= bered 25l 500 at the port of New Yorl
> alone.
= BosToN MUNICIPAL ELECTloN.-No may
: or elected. Only four of the board of Al
d. derman are elected they are all wings
The wings have elected 35 of AZ Common
Councllmen.
=. On Thursday night, passenger train OIL
the Hudson river Railroad stopped nea
= Croton village in order to eject two passen'
l. gers for not paying full fare. While de
laying, an extra engine came round til,
! curve, from below, very fast, and STRUCK
> The train, throwing the rear car on to an
k, other lrack.-During the confusion tW
a. other passenger trains ran into the heap q
cars and engines, demolshng three or fou
l. cars, injurn. many passengers some c
T. them fatally,-The collision was owing t.
the careIessness of the conductor of the
v, first ain.
! The GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Gazette, relate
e. the following case OF daring on the part G
o, Mr. Thomas Launders of that place.
He was aroused from his sleep in tn
v middle of the night by call of man in tn
II, street. When Mr.. Launders awoke the ma
= told him that something was on fire in hi
- store. He rushed in and found some boxe
of of papers all in fame-immedlatey owe
which, on shelf set keg of gnnpowde
e. The shelf and keg containing the powde
n had also taken FIRE, and were burning rapid
"a Iy--the keg considerably charred Undt
" these circumstances. Mr.. L. delberatel
h. seized thr key of powder, carried it into II
street, and got water and nut the fire out.
burning his hands badly in the operation
OF The daring act on the part of Mr.. Laur
ders is perhaps the only thing that cou
ri have saved the lives of his family, who wei
" sleeping in another part OF the same buiIt
IN. ing, as we'll as the building itself and all
contents"
- A passenger and Freight train came in