Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1854-10-12

been overcharged by some older boys ah,. tie
Lashus lad WAS induced 10 fire il TIC lsi0ll
was such as 30 produce complete paralSs, ui lie
muscles of the arm and OF the right Side Of he
neck and throat There was also supposed to be
rupture or S fiuus injury to the right lung
The boy died from suiiocalion; being unable, on
account of the paralysis of the throat, 10 throw
the accum lating matter from his lungs This
case is a warning 10 boz S. WatergiHe Mail.
A pumpkin vine spruuting out Of manure heap
at Pit s6eId produced thirty fur pumkins whose
aggregate Weights Ave hundred and two pounds.
These mast be what people call . some pump
kins"
DEMocaATIc SrAfk CoNvENTIoN. Boston,
Sept. DC ! he Democratic State Convention
met in Lowell. to-day, About six hundred dele
gates were pressnt. Henry N. Bishop, The can
ddate of last year, was nominated for Governor,
and Caleb Steison for Lieut.. Governor.
Resolutions were passed endorsing the admin
isration, the Nebraska bill sc,
Great confusion petvaded the proceedings and
only LAG out of the 225 towns of the state were
represented.
A man formerly belonging in Salem, Mass
returned home IN tuesday of last week. after AN
absence OF forty two years He left wife and
child one year old behind, and when he return
ed he found his daughter the mother Of twelve
children, some of whom are married His wife
livel widow, as was supposed, over twenty
years, and married again some twenty years
since, and now resd's in Salem.
AMERICANS IN Squa,ters from the
United States are settling upon the mineral lands
j, north shore Of Lake Superior the 'rovn
.F.'tri.inent Of Canada having passed an act
y ,itiig 10 aliens the right of purchasing and
O. ve,iig lands to the ext ut of four hundred
Zach. Large tracts of land in that region
r. hr4i pnt into market by Government at
tn toi'tr alll quart per &C e, without rssery
!1;,nite.s! lads tn yankees have pros
ye ~ f'r copp'r aud iron, and, having made
rich discover s. squat upon the lands enter their
Ct Inns, and jo'ally OF sepa 'ately purchase them.
North American
Boston and Charlestown Mass, are to be uni
ted into one city. The p ople of Boston took a
vote on the annexation question on Monday of
last week, and gave 1910 minority fer the union
Charlestown voted last Monday and gave 1916
majority for annexation This is but the begun
nng it is said. Roxbury Cambridge and he'll
sea, with the rest Of the suburban group, may
follow suit, and Il become part and parcel of The
great New England metropolis.
STEAM FIRE ENGINE FOR BosToN The steam
fire engine for the city Of Boston, NOW making
at Latta & Co. S fire engine works, says the
Cac!nnaH Gazette of Wednesday last will be
finished about the Goth of November The EN-.
gne is on the same principe as those in this
city, except that it is about seven feet shor'er
and shout four thousand pounds lighter 1t has
only one pump, but will throw the same quaint,
ty of water and with the same fo ce as those al
ready finished The frame work of the engine
is completed and nearly all the machinery. All
that is now ecessary is TO put them together
A TIcsLisH NglGnRoR-A W days ago,
says the Niagara Mail an enormous serpent as
discovered in the gardIn Of Moaat's Hotel, Nj
aoara This most trucu'cnt looking reptile was
about IL feet long and as thick a mnst as a man S
leg After sundry straaeems he WAS taken alive
by Mr. Mnifa', and safely barrclled up. turn
cd out to be All Anaconda, which got away from
an exhibition that had en- held ON The Common
a5uat fortnight previous: since which time
his snakeship had been enjoying himself atlarg9,
and feeding iuxuriousIy on chickens, of which ID
considerable number had DISAPPEARED very mys-
teriously froa the neishaorhood.
II REFUSED TO STOP The Judge, now sit
ting in the Court OF Common Please, in Dcd-
ham, b ing annoyed "Wednesday, by the ham
Inerng of man who was at work or the fence
that cncloses the Court House, requested an
officer, IA Ia he late Judge Wel!s) to order him
to deslsl work, daring the session of the Court.
= Tell him will see him Did first =
exclaimed the stone cutter to the officer, IS he
hammered hader than ever faint eoiag to
lose days work to oblige Jim, ! can tell ye .
1t is said His Honor " consulted authorizes y
with a view of committing the man for 8 con
tempt Of Court, but finding no similar ease"
on record, all he could do was to request the
the council and witnesses, "to speak up louder.n
BOston Herald.
A MAN HANCIHG MS OWN SoI.-Tks follow
Jog, from the Ro'oin Nv. CO. Wig, is des-
cription OF one of the most brutal deeds on 1e-
cord
We learn i'll Cabarrus County last week, a man
by he name Of IIolbrooks hung his own son
lIolbrooks had sent his son off to some neigh
boris house, TO procure sonething to cat, who
returned without it. Hobrooks then sent HIM
back and threatened that it he returned without
it, he wond hang him. The boy returned again
as before whereupun his father took him out to
a tree aud hanged him. ! he murderer hiss been
arrested.
Tne GaETrowN AFFAlR--The Washington
correspondent Of the New York Courier d En-
9uirer writes that Mr. Champion has made Il
representation TO our Government in conn yion
with tn Greytown affair, and it adds -: 1t has
given MIR. Marcy occasion for preparing state
ment Of the case, in which he will define the
position which this government has assumed, and
means 10 maintain in reference to the occurrence.
|, is stated hat the Secretary will justify the
bombaidm mt as an act Of necessary severity for
" hich the United States can be held responsible
oAly to that G3vernm ut possessing the right OF
jurisdiction over San Juan, thus cutting off ali
claims OF. idemnity proceeding from any Euro
p.an government. This decision may prove
mater of importance. 1oi it is admitted that
property TO very large amount was destroyed
T. 'oaging 10 he subjects of England and Spain,
ranct, Ilcll'nd and Germany.
NExico Alvarez is reported to have entered
the City Uyntla,. and was pushing forward
through the Guener, intending TO march npon
the City Of Mexico.
An EDUCATED CniNAMAN RETURNING HOME
ON Tuesday passport was issued from ths
State Department at Washington, for young
, Chnaman named Young Wing, wl'o has iaat
graduated at Yale College with the highest
honors. d Who, after a sojourn of eight years
in the United Stares, is about returning to ChI-
ma on a first yist to his friends. lie is desc lbed
as person Of fine talants and great arnlng.
Thu Universalist General Convention, in ses
sion at Philadelphia last week. passed resolutions
condemning TIL sin of slavery, and deplorlne The
violation Of the Missouri Compromises by Con-
gIess in the passage Of the Nebraska bill
RALwrmoaE, Oct o New Orleans papers
of Monday have been receiv d The deaths BY
Yellow Fever at the harity Hospital for the
We k ending Sept 26,h, were le5, AMI the