Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-06-18

BARsux's Great Show has been in Rutlano'
Burlington and st. Adams. They use seven
ty cars to transport the show, ana tfa'e'
wholly BY rail. At Burlington l0,Ooo peo-
pie visited the show in the forenoon, l3.Ooo
in the afternoon and 1000 in the evening.
Phineas 7. did not put in an appearance.
Tue CHOLERA is on the increase IN the
lower Mississippi Valley. Tue weather
Monday was very unfavorable in Memphis
and there were nineteen interments, OF winch
fifteen were from Chicago. There were thir-
ty-two interments from cholera in Nashville
from Saturday to Monday. Yellow fever also
seems to be trying to crawl up the Atlantic
coast.
The GENERAL CONVENTION of Congrega-
tional Ministers and Churches of Vermont
met yesterday, at Middlebury, and will al
iourn tomorrow afternoon.
The New Hampshire legislature elected ::
Secretary of State, B. F. Prescott, OF Con-
cord State Treasurer, Scion A. Carter, OF
Keene; Commissary- General, Charles W.
Montgomery, of Strafford, and Tor State
Printer, Edward A. jerks, of Concord.
RIcBNoND BUTTER MARKET, June To-
About the same amount of butter and cheese
was offered as last week; prices fell of
little for butter; cheese about the same
Butter sold, good 20 to pc; choice %.
Cheese. 10 to l2c. for best dairies.
A tender STRIPPING eloped with an expert
enced - grass widow" from Castleton, last
week, and getting short of funds at Albany
the couple were taken into service by
generous rear admiral of canal boat, the
stripping as driver and his bride In the ca
pacity OF cook The former was speedily
discharged for incompetency, and the woman
had permission to accompany him 1t she SO
desired, but she elected to remain, and the
saddened youth returned to his parents
without her.
A severe hai'stOrm, accompanied by wind
md rain, occurred at Union Village Thurs
day afternoon of last week. Fences were
blown down AMI glass broken in nearly
every house in it's route. Fifty panes OF
glass were broken in J. 2. Waterman E
house, and nearly as many in that Of Harvey
Austin. A barn belonging to Mr.. Kinney
was blown over.
While Blrnum's show was at Rutland
Saturday afternoon, James A. Eison's house
was entered by burglars. They overhauled
things generally, but did not take much oil
value The next midnight the house of John
A. Sheldon was entered. Mr.. S. was away
from home but his family was aroused, and
the burglars, of whom there were three, fled
Their tools were found scattered about the
premises.
Stokes new trial WAS granted by the
Court of Appeals on the grounds that evil
dence as to Flsk's threats against Stokes life
was excluded that evidence was admitted tC
disprove what Jennie Turner, a witness for
the defence, testified 10 on her cross examin-
alton, and that the judge charged that the
killing being proved, it was to be presumed
by the jury that it was murder, and was fol
the prisoner to show that it was manslaugh-
ter, or Justifable killing. The Court Of
Appeals held that this portion of the ctarge
was no. in accordance with the doctrine that
a man is to be held innocent until proved
guilty. 1t is thought that the new trial will
take place 10 October.
FATAL FIRE-DAMP-A serious explosion
occurred on Tuesday afternoon, 10th inst, in
Henry Clay Colliery, operated by the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
near Shamokin, Penn Tne collIery had not
been inspected for some time, but was al
ways considered safe The accident resulted
from old gas exploding in a disused work ing.
L o TO ten O'clock P. N, ten dead bodies had
been taken out.
ILLNESS OF VICE President WILsoN.-Vice
President Wilson has been seriously i'll this
week, causing much anxiety among his
friends and those conversant of bis illness.
His attack was followed by partial deafness
and blindness, and the character of his symp-
toms was such as to threaten life. He is i'm
proving, but is by no means out OF danger.
lie has been sojOurning in Boston for some
weeks, under the care Of Dr.. Clark, distin-
guished physI elan, and has seen very few OF
his friends.
Gen. R0secranz who is now in Washing
ton, has heard nothing in Mexico of the re-
ported annexation scheme, and does not be-
lieve there is any such project on foot.
Thomas Mast arrived home from Europe in
the steamship Manhattan from Liverpool,
Saturday.
The widow Of Gen r )bert E Lee visited
his grave at Arlington on Tuesday, probably
for the last time, as she is an invalid and
growing daily more feeble.
\ son Of Gen. D. Il. Hill E.. Parson
BrownIow many has been appointed to a
West Point cadetshlp- His f.ther gradua-
ted there in 1912.
As to the recent raid into Mexico Of Col.
Mckenzie, the President or members of his
Cabinet do not believe that trouble will come
IRON it, but think that the Mexican govern
ment, while protesting against the invasion
of their territory, will make no threatening
demand upon our government.
The vote on the capital amendment in
Connecticut according to the Hartford
Times, will probably be taken in October.
MURDER IN n II Hudson was thrown
into a commOtion on Saturday by the bloody
deeds of a trenzied lover whose suit had just
been rejected by one Of the bellies of the
t1wn. Henry Jewett is his name, and Miss
Ella Wood, a respectfully connected young
lady, the victim Becoming desperate over
his inability to obtain Miss Woods consent
to marry him, he visited the farmhouse OF
her father on Sttur lay, AMI durin. an in
IeFNleW Win tic IdlUer dul 81 he
suddenly drew a revolver End shot the lady
in the forehead. After the shot was fired
Mr.. Wood grappled with the assassin, when
fearful lie and death struggle ensued.
Mr. Wood finally overcame Jewets and crush
cd him to the floor, when the latter placed
the pistol at his owa head and discharged it.
In the excitement Mr.. Wood dragged him
out Of the house by his heels and left him
4 4
his death was terrible and, bitterly re-
penting his deed, he asked forgiveness for
what he had done. During the deirum OF
his last moments be called for Rev. A. W.
Chaffin, now of Lynn, Mass. saying. =.
leave myself in iyour hands, Some years
ago Jewett married Miss Smith of Nash
ia, but the marriage was an unhappy one
and they soon separated. While in Nashua
he worked in Burke's bakery, and was con.