Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-02-19

Horace F. Clark, Vsnderuilt's son-in-law
and right bower. was one OF the most eio-
ouent lawyers of New York city. One day,
being Door, he went into Vanderbilts Ohce,
and said :. Commodore Vanderbilt, like
your daughter and she likes me. want
YOUR consent to my marrying herr ''Ah"'
laid the old man cynically you want my
money. do you?" Clark turned toward the
door and sad, .'Oh, you and your money be
- Say, young fellow shouted
Vanderbilt, g come back here, you can have
her ., So he married the girl, went into
Wall street. and is worth twelve to teen
millions.
St. Paul hotel keepers are slo" set The
proprietors of the two principal houses late
iy refused to entert lin Fred Douglass. when
ne visited their city on his lecture tour.
rhev lost most of their boarders the legs
lators packing up and seeking new quarters.
general and Just mitigation has visited
the two boobies.
1t is stated that Brigham Youug's son.
John w has divorced two of his three wives
and will take up bis resi Ience in Pniladel-
phia.
There is well founded rumor that the
Mormon agents are negotiating for large
tracts of land in Mexico.
A defeated Democrat candidate for Con
gress in Connecticut two years ago has no
| further taste for public life. He says:
:. The knowledge obtained at our last Con-
sressi Inal election leads me to believe that
am not the man of the period. In my
political journey 10 1871, on the political
| highway, as / went down from jerusalem
to Jericho fell among tn ose experien-
ces which are some of the most cherished of
my life; for | cannot forget them if
would"
| At ten o'clock, Wednesday evening. the
| jury in the Alley trial, BOstol. brought in
verdict of not guilty. While the general be
lief is that Alley murdered Ellis, there is an
equally general conviction that there was not
sufficient proof of it to warrant the jury in
doing otherwise than setting him free. Al
! ley's wife, son and daughter were not brought
on witnesses by the defense.
On the morning of the 10th a most de
structive fire visited the village of Granville,
New York Loss 100000; Insurance,
S35, 900. Granville was the home Of Thomas
Cree, the absorbing Spectator, whose late
deialcations and forgeries foot up to fully
$500, 900. The blnks of POultney, W.
Whitehall, Granville, Fort Edward, and it is
said one New York bank. will suffer. These
loot up fully S250,00O and not less than
| $50 600 is due to farmers and others His
accounts as postmaster are now being inves-
tgated
The slate mill owned by Samuel Raynor of
New York cirv, and situated on the west
side OF Lake b moseen, at CoOkVille, IN the
town Of Castletun, entirely destroyed by
fire Sunday night. The loss is forty thousand
dollars, and is partially covered by .nsnr-
ance. Fne mill was formerly owned and op-
Grated by the Western Vermont Slate Com
pany. The origin of the fire Is uukn
The advertisement, which is given below
taken from the Standard, is said to have ere
ated much talk in Woodstock, on account Of
the supposed " god reasons for selling:
MILLINERY For SALE-RARE CHANCs-
Stock OF Millinery and Fancy goods. situated
il the village of Woodstock Annual sale
about Sl2 900. Present stock low-from
$500 to 22000-very few unstable goods.
Only one store in opposition, aud no other
stock OF goods of this kind within fifteen
miles. Good reasons given Tor selling. For
the next sixty days all goods sold at cost.
/, Address Miss j. E. MARTIN, Woodstock, Vt
Tie steamboat Henry 4. Jones was burne,
in Galveston Bay, Saturday morning anC
twenty-One lives lost.