Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-01-25

my ia kho"u rs w aldeLfed) was
uta ~ destroyed by fire t O'Clock this morn
iGg ih'ee of his daughters Mary, Sarah and
grace Haven, lost their ives One persisted IN
,he names and two were suffocated The fam-
~ retired to rest about eleven o'clock last night
IN good hea tn The young ladies' sept on the
second floor, and the first intima,ion they had
lhat the house was on fire, was by tn. smoke en-
'eflhg Their apartment. The two who were
smothefed had mad III ir escape from he build
ing nut All rwards returned tolt again, it is said
10 get some NOR clothing hey were in their
night dress and fe upon the floor insensible
from the eiiei is of the smoke.
While the house = as bu ming, soma Of the
nelghbors entered the upper story aud saw The
two latlcs lying on thu floor They instantly
pick them ap and rushed ont of the house, but
1t was too late-hey were past recovery Al
though their pulses b at, they died soon after
being taken inip the open air The other daugh
Ter was not recovered. 1t is supposed that she
was also sulfocated and burned with the house
The neighbors succ eded in rcscuing Annie and
taking her from the building awe though nearly
suffocated by the appicat on of suitable RENE
dies she was restored
/ Mr. Hav'n is IN mber of the firm of Haven
" % one the largesl commission houses IN
this city The house, to which he has recently
made an extensive addition, was all bnilt of " ood
ii" supposes the fife to have originated from the
registers OF the furnace getting Overheatrd -
Others have surm sed that it resulted from the
careessness Of some German servant girls in his
employ, who were frolickng in the laundry up
to "A late hour asst night, and long after the rest
of the family had retired Ehey were met, all
DIR ssed and hooded, on the road by one o. the
neighbors, who was on h. way to The scene of
the disaster very soon after the al RIM was given,
from VIII CHI is inferred that the fugitive domes-
ties had not been TO bed at all, but that the fire
had occurr d through some care essness OF theirs,
and they became frightened and ran away
Mr.. Haven house was an irregular structure,
built of wood, about 1876 { ell front and 40 f~et
deep 1t was situated o. an eminence, at dis
lance OF quarter Of a mile from the Hudson
river The house and furniture, al of which
were consumed were valued at twenty thousand
dollars The iremen hlve been coupled all the
forenoon in searching for the body of Sarah, but
up II twelve o clock without success. Mary and
Sarah were twins, and about twenty years of
age, nd Grace WINS alb ut seventcen-N. Y.
Ere. Post, Jan l3.
A Destructive FIRE-rhe mills of the
Dorchester (dass Cotton Factory Co.. one of
the oldest factory corporations in this country,
were set eil ii'e on Sunday evening and consum-
ed. Two hund ed p rsons were thrown out of
employ. The loss in buildings, machinery and
stock is SIPS, 600 without any estimate of the
damage by the soppage Of operations. lnsur'
ancc $4,000
The JACKSON GUARDS The Jackson Guards
of Lowe have resolved to legally resist the late
+ order of the Governor dsbandmg ali the Irish
mill AIRY compani
Ar BELLEoNE, N. ] 4, a week ago, lad of
nine years, was choked to death. by 4 piece Of
she which few into his throat from hickory
nut he was cracking
| Mr.. RICHARDSON is again before Congress
| with his invention Tor transmitting the mail by
, atmospheric pressure.
The Dwelling house occupied by Walter Car
penler, about one mile from tho village of w,
, Randolph was stroyed by fire, few evenings
I since, wit its contents
DEATH OF MARTIN VAN BuREN.'--lt is
with no small degree OF regrel that we ANNOUNCE
the death of the celebrated lion Martin Van Bu-
rem He died few nights since in the Menhgerle
Rooms of Raymond Il o.. who are wlnterlng
their stock Of animals in this city, The hon
wa, presented to Ma tin Van Buren,, during the
time he Was President, by the Emperor of Mo-
rocco WIN also sent the President. at the same
time pair of full blooded Arabian horses. AS
the P esd mt of the United States is not allowed
to accept any gift from a foreign government,
these animals were cd at auction, in the City Of
Washington, soon after their arrival.
Raymond & Co beca the purchasers of the
lion, and CIV since that time he has b en- known
only b, the name of Martin Van Buren,. his
lion at the time OF his death, was about thirty
years old. H. was doubtless the best trained
animal that was ever xhbit d in the Unit d
, States.-AuJurn (N " Advertiser.
FASCINATION. The Mobile Tribune Sd s.
A gentleman of that place, who while hunting
;, in Clark county, was great su Use at the Gu
rious freaks of squirrel, that with ha ruflled
, tail thrown back, and seeming alte nately in a
= ecstacy Of fear, pleasure and rage, was car yng
on furious race among the branches of tree at
the foot of which his dogs were barking, when
h. discovered an enormous ratilesnake with tail
4 elevated aud giving the omlnous warning. To
save them ON the bite, he shot his snakeshp
when instantly the squirrel fell from the tree
perfectly dead
/. A MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY ENTERPRISE -
, Our readers have no doubt heard Of Professor
HOLLOWAY, for whether we 60 to the confines
n of India, he digglns Of Australia or California
the wilds Of Oregon the empire of II lna or, il
fact to any other part OF the w'lld, - H0lloway'i
Medicines are known, for in every language
and III every newspaper in tn world OF any note
D. his pills and ointment are advertised 1t woult
scarcely be be ievcd that his advertisements ap
j. pear i'll thir cen hundred papers in the UnoI
| alone; and again, few w0u sea cey credit lha
H. l.l - 49, ia
two millions of dollars for advertising
Hulloway's establishment, in the 81 and is
= one of the lions of London, and should be viset
by every sojuurer in The modern abylon. Tic
has now one in Maiden Lane New York, where
his medicines ale manufactured, the Professo
=. himself being there for few months and a.
I'd they are no longor imported from his house ii
r. London Qhus saving tn" duty to the American
ee public), he has reduced the prices from three Il
IN two shll ings PER pot or box.
as AS proof of the great celebrity of the Pro
u, lessor, we may add, among other things that h
tn has been great traveller, and last year vslte
N, st Petersburg, whore he had the honor of b, I'M
d presented to the Emperor. aud obtained permls
al sion for the sale of his medicines throua hout tn
II, Russian Empire A few months before this h
,ot had audi noes Of the Queens OF Spain and Por
nd tuGal, which resulted in roya orders being grant
IN ed for the introduction and sale OF his medicine
he in those two Kingdoms.
he A sm ar honor was conferred upoA him b
he the King of Naples and the HI of SARDINIA =
nd II has bee TO all the courts of Europe, ohtair
Ing aImest everywhere special privileges for tn
ain sale OF his IN dicines
M 1t must b. ADM ted that Iiol'oway is the grea
Mt. eat advertiser that ever lived, and as made
- FAT The largest fortune in tina, line of any o'ht
IF man N Y. SIM
n. THE PtRILs OF THE LuNGs. - With the exrel
~ ton of the eve The Lungs are the most decaie
w constructed organs ia the body life is III per