Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-07-05

iuuNh 60 PoSoipiS'
Eliza Frey, brave girl of Gotham
was awakened from sleep about o'clock
the other morning by man placing his
hand on her throat and threatening to
choke her if she made noise. She,
however screamed Justify, frightning the
burglar so that he incontinently fled
through the window She sprang out OF
bed and caught his coat tail, as he was
disappearing. After some kicking and
swearing on one side, and pulling and
screaming on the other, the coat gave
way and the burglar dropped into the
arms of a policeman. Miss Frey pro-
duced the trophies of her valor in court,
and the rascal was committed for trial.
= Washington had irst-class sensa-
ton, Saturday evening, in the sudden
disappearance of Capt. F. F. Buckley
of Natick, who was to have been one of
the parties to fashionable wedding that
evening. The gossips say that the cause
was his discovery that his intended bride
instead of being worth $4,000 or $780,
000-as he had supposed was compare
lively penniless. 1t is singular circum-
stance that the lady was once engaged to
be married to the surgeon of the same
regiment in which Capt. Buckley held
command, and that on the very day the
wedding was to have taken place the
surgeon died.
1t appears that the Greeley candl-
date for Congressman-at-La in Alaba-
ma, Col. ]. ]. Jolly is leader of the
infamous Ku-Klux Khan. He was in
dicted in 1871, by Grand Jury of the
United States District Court, at Mobile,
for participating in the murderous out
RACES of the Ku-Klux in West Alabama,
during the campaign of 1870 for State
officers, but escaped punishment through
packed jury of Ku-Klux sympathi
zers. Room for the reformers.i
= Sixty-one Democrats in two small
towns of Wayne county, Michigan, have
signed a paper saying that thew will new
er under any circumstances vote for
Greeley. One of them says they have
meanwhile diligently inquired in the
county for Republicans who have for
saken Grant and will vote for Greeley,
and they have found but one.
The widow of James Fisk, Jr.' attends
the trial of Stokes. On Wednesday Of
last week, as she was about entering the
court room, some malicious person start.
ed the story that she was Josie Mansfield
The crowd believed the story and sur.
rounded the lady, hooting at and other
wise insulting her. Finally an acquaint-
ance saw her, and drew her into the
court house, where she tainted away.
Frederick Douglas, whose house
at Rochester was lately destroyed by fire
during his absence, reached that city at
one o'clock in the morning to look after
his family, but not knowing their where
abouts applied to two hotels for lodgings
and was refused. He finally got lodg-
ing with personal friend
= The Andes are said to be gradual
ly sinking at least later measurements OF
distinctive mountains fall short of the
old ones ; and travellers who wish to
make the ascent of the highest noun.
tains in the world should start quick.
~" Death" said Santa Fe paper,
with fieshless knuckles raped at the
door of Mrs. j. N. BIS soul, and obedient
to the inexorable call, the spirit of that
loved woman foated up to its creator,
leaving her husband, children and friend
to mourn over the mortal casket."
A Louisville (Ky.) opium eater "a
well-known citizen, by the way,) was
supposed to have died, the other night
in fit of intoxication produced by his
favorite drug, and preparations for his
funeral were going on when he returned
to consciousness. He has "sworn off, /"
and his friends rejoice.
Edward Pringle a young man be-
! lnnninn In CALAIS has hnor nrro..oI- j.