Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-12-17

thursday m)Euln NeoI &c " AAn EHii Va
Charlestown, Ms killed his wife Miranda G.
Kiuball and his step-daughtcr Orinda Wells.
He smothered or clicked Mrs. Kimball and
cut the throat of the girl. lie then called
down so ne of the men who bJirded at his
house and while they were dressing, cut his
own throat. He was angry at the Wells
girl who wanted to marry some one he did
not like. He WAS a passionate man and no
doubt quarreled VITA his wi just before the
murder. He wrote two or three notes pro-
viding for the disposal of the furniture, and
this was probably done after the double muir
der an / his determination to commit suicide
George Francis Tram is loose again. His
latest effusion is letter to Boss Tweed, in
which be declares himself the friend of suffer-
ing virtue, and the champion OF the lBaas an
particular. You possess ssfcrets, ea&Ain4t
public men says GseEge IFsHs.s: i lhsh z
my h1 n1ace wiz W TIis ssa rs IS
the time that can visit e & eikpf tens
the coming revoiasioBs IS sdss 4i6us a6f
working men will soon be clamoring for
bread. My last letter t. you WAS from the
Bastle of Lyons, France You are the first
victim of the gig lntIc conspiracy TO change
our form of Governmcat. Act quickly, for
des perate men sometimes resort to poison !"
CIVIL RIGHTS FIR CoLDRsD MEN.--The
civil rights bill agreed upon by the House
Judic.ar Committee, and which will prob
ably be passed by the House on Monday.
contains but single paragraph. 1t pro
vides, in the fewest words, that II person
shall be excluded from any place. building
or enclosure, which is licensed by the au-
thorties or is supported by the public. on
account of race, color OF previous condition
of servitude. The penalty for the violation
of the law is a fine of not less than 500 nor
more than 5000 An action may also be
churches, theatres, cemeteries and railway
cars, and comedies everyttiog that any friend
of the negro can ask.
| TIE FRENCH ANBASSADeR.-Jean Francois
Charles Bartholdy is the new Minister oil
France in the place of the Marquis de
Noailles. NJ. Bartholdy is the son of an
Alsatian Jew, native OF Hagenau, in Els ,ss
and about forty-6ve years OF age. In hii
fifteenth year he went to Paris, where be
was a pupil Mt the st. Barbe College, and
afserward studied law at the University o
France. lie was about to graduate as Bach.
elor of Laws when the revolution of 1915
broke out, in which he took a most enthusi
astic part. NJ. Bartholdy became Vice
President of the Anne Marie Club, socialis
organic ition, and during the terrible Jun.
riots, in 1913, fought desperately on tn,
barricades. Being taken prisoner, nc escap
ed being executed on the spot oaly by a rus,
, saying that Monseigneur d Atm, the Arch
bishop of Paris, had sent him to nurse th,
wounded. Nevertheless, he was indicted fo
high treason, and, in consequence, transport
ed to Lambessa, in Africa, where he re
manned for three years. In 1851, a few day
after the coup d'etdt of December 81, h
was set at liberty by order of Louis Napoleon
=, at the request of his aged father. Since tina
time NJ. Bartholdy became Jealous Bona
partist. He was FIRST employed in the Mir
istry of Justice as Interpreter, and thel
transferred to the Department of Foreig
Affairs as translator. In 1853 he was sen
to Berlin as second Secretary of Legation, il
which capacity he remained about two years
Next he was sent to Turin as special diplo
matte agent, aud then to Vienna, where
remained until 1864. In the followin
year he was charged with a special missio
he returned in 1867. Since that time, NJ
= BartholdJ has been first Secretary of tn
D French Legation in St. Petersburg, in whic
capacity he Carried on nearly all the impor
, tans business of the Embassy.
The Dutch government has received inte
igence that 5000 troops belonging to the eS
e petition which lately left Batavia for Atchee
have effected a landing on the coast of tina
country without opposition.
0 Wisconsin can boast of financial posi-
ton probably second to that of np othe
State in the Union. The Treasurer report
: just published, says that the State is practi
0 cally free FROM debt. 1t owes to the educa
tional fund 81, 233 900, and to outsiders onl
SIS, 100, which sum it is ready to pay o.
demand. The current expenses of the st at
the past year were 81 1893 900, while tn
receipts were $l,774,55S.
The Bender family, charged with havin
: committed number of murders, some tim
, since, in Kansas, were arrested at Benings
vile, 5. c., few days ago. Father an,
mother are in custody, and con Joseph an,
his wife, living in North Carolina, arc be
ing sought after. The family name is Webb
: 1t seems Webb was shoemaker by trade
and Ermerly lived near Bsnningsville. IL
moved West, II years ago.
Women who are eligible on School Board
, cannot be logically excluded from other asso
ciated bodies, such as the police and fire de
partments-so that the future 10 full of en-
Observation-Disclosures Telegraph.