Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-31
Deferred Items.

WHICH naS 10 udlly paper.
Gen. Fremont and wife are at Mount
Desert, Maine.
Miss Cunningham is to retire from Mount
Vernon.
Tom Thumb is writing an account of his
travels.
Russia has now fifteen thousand thorough
ly organized public schools. under govern
mental control.
Hartford is tormented by a plague of frogs,
which infest several streets in great numbers,
and are q sight to behold.
Mr.. Albert Bessemer. the inventor of the
process of making steel which bears his
name, has received the Albert Gold Medal
from the British Society of Arts
The Empress Eugene is i'll, and it is
thought she viii have to undergo a surgical
operation such as viii permanently disfgure
her face.
A wealthy old lady in Detroit has taken
whim to peddle oranges and figs, and goes
about the streets retailing her wares, dressed
in elegant clothes.
Fans made of the scales of fish have
been introduced, and viii soon, no doubt be
all the rage They are very odd-looking,
and are handsomely mounted in gold.
Expensive suits for travelling are made of
cameI's hair cloth, of lighter quality than
the material which was imported during the
winter. 1t Is made into pOlonaises to be
worn over black or colored silk skirts of the
same shade.
The Stokes jury complain that while they
were locked up they were fed on cold meats
n mir MO L. =, ,-1Tv =, h.
ed that they could agree, when such things
were disagreeing with them.
The physicians in New York report an
alarming increase of cancer IN the nose,
caused by the practice of wearing eye glasses
that are held to the bridge of the nose by a
spring.
Fresh efforts are making 70 induce the
Pope to leave Rome. and it Is said that Mgr.
de Merode has offered him vast estate near
Brussels. The Italian cardinals are, how
ever, opposed to the project.
The Leraat Tines reports tremendous
hailstorm in the Province of Adrianople.
The stones were of the size of walnuts,
killed 1000 sheep, so cows, 10 horses, be-
sides partially destroying the crops of IA
villages.
j woman fell into the cellar of an unoccu-
pied house IN Cincinnati, last week, and
remained there four days and nights without
food or water, and in full hearing of con-
stantly passing feet, before she was discovered
and released.
4 Chicago court has decided that it is
imperative upon an insurance company to
give notice when policy expires. A law
yer has just recovered the loss Of his library
under this decision.
The Prince Of Wales, during his late visit
to Paris called on Miss Harriet Lane, now
Mrs. Johnston, of Baltimore, the niece of
the late ex-presdent Buchanan, who did the
hOnOrs of the White House during his term
Of Office, when the prince called there.
A lady who took the cars at Wilton, Mass,
recently, while waiting for the cars to
start, got out to get her baby some water,
leaving the infant in charge OF another pass
enger. Before she returned with the water
the train started, and there was a wild scene
at the depot for a while, until the station
agent telegraphsd TO have the child left at
Milford, the mother joining her child by pri-
Vate conveyance.
YELLOW FEVER This disease was prevail
ing very extensively at Pernambuco on the
l4th of June, the crews of the shipping
having suffered fearfuIly from its effects
The captains and crews of two vessels were
la d up, the cOnsignees waiting orders from
their owners.
RoYALTF N DANGER.-0n the nightof the
18th an attempt was made to assassinate the
King and Queen of Spain by firing upon
them as they were returning IN a carriage
from Palace gardens. One of the assassins
was shot, and two were arrested by the
attendants on the royal carriage. The at
tempt created some little excitement through
out Madrid, but all was quiet at the latest
accounts.
The State constabulary bill has passed the
Connecticut Senate, with a provision re-
quiring its submission to the people for their
approval before it can 90 into effect. 1t is
doubtful, however, whether it will pass the
House. 1t is somewhat unusual to provide
for the popular approval of a statute law.
Sixty young officers have been dismissed
from the Prussian army. They had obtained
their commissions during the war for bravery
in the field, and without having passed the
ordinary sxamin atoms They are now cash
iered for not having succeeded since in sc-
quiring the necessary qualifications for pass
ing.
FLooD IN ALABAAA.-A severe flood has
mated that the damages will reach five mil
lion dollars. The waters in Central Alabs ma
were higher than ever was known at this
season, and the accessible houses along the
streams were swept away by the scores.
Cotton and corn on the high lands were
badly damaged The cotton crop of Ala
bama will be cut short forty thousand bales.
THE MISSING ARMY RKcoRDs.-A Wash
fprr boN "a In
duty with General Halleck, after examining
the printed testimony taken by the Military
Committee in regard to mutilation of the
army records, have ascertained that no let
ters except those of a personal and private
character were taken from the books of Gen.
eral Halleck on his orders, and that all those
taken are now in the hands of his family
friends, and can be produced if it becomes
necessary IN order 20 show positively that no
public records were taken.
ANOTHER WOxAN MURDERER.-SIanderou
reports concerning the character of a lady
named Kenny of Petalma, California, only
eighteen years of age and but few months
married, caused a separation. The scandal
as circulated by a Mr.. Cummings. Mrs
X emmy seeing Cummings riding by her house
seized a shot gun and shot him dead. She
hen surrendered to the authorities. She
as the fullest sympathy of the community.
The National Woman Suffrage Association
has issued an appeal to the women of Amer
lea, urging them to cooperate with the Re-
publican party because it has launched wo-
man on the political arena aud must hence
forth fight her battles, while the other party
gives her no promises in its platform or the
letters of its nominees.
The Cincinnati Commercial, the most in
duential Liberal Repu bliean journal of the
West, thinks that Gratz Browns estimate IN
mis- Yale dinner speech of the majorities for
Greeley and Brown in Iowa and Illinois is
excessive, and adds: '' Possibly Grant will