Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-09-15
Deferred Matter,

measuring twenty-five lncneS IN diameter.
The proprietor ofa rum shop in Rutland
vent away \ few days ago leaving his sa-
r,an in charge of Il friend. The friend got
J-lnk. and us result. got half the loafers
in town drunk. He placed the pitcher up
o1 the counter and allowed them to step
m and help themselves.
Tie suspicion that Mr.. Raston com
mitted suicide is diSpeled by the chemical
examination of his stomach. which dis
closes no evidence of poison. and makes
9,- death the result of II shock from going
into the water when excited and heated
On the body of Stani,laus Morell. who
WIS struck by lightning at Clay Missouri,
the other dav. was found the delicatelv
traced outlines of 4 tree near which he
was struck, every limb and leaf being i'm
aged in fine red lines on the skin.
An English paper. with the usual knowl-
edge of its kind on American topics, says.
Jefferson Davis, the American rebel. has
been invited to address the Winnebago
natives n B.-The Winnebagoes are a
tribe of Indians, formely of Wisconsin
State. but now removed to an agency in
Nebraska State
TIE NAVAL ACADEMY.-One hundred
and seventeen canditates for admission to
the Naval Aca lemv as cadet engineers
have reported for examination. A large
number of candidates for cadet midship-
men have also reported for examination
ou tie 10Th inst.
The season at the White Mountains has
Ill IL,
and promises to continue through Septem-
brr. The Fabvan House has had over
400 guests for more than three weeks. and
will add two wings. each 100 feet long.
next wear.
\ curious conscience case occurred at
New Port, Rhode Island, the other day.
\ man who had supplied a town grocer
with egr~ for years confessed that he had
cheated him out of five dollars by giving
him "Short count" when the grocer in
turn acknowledged that he had cheated
the seller by passing counterfeit $40 on
him.
In clearing away the refuse from the
ancient silver mines of Laurium,in Greece,
a large number of seeds were found un-
known to modern science. but Described
in the writings of Plinv. The seeds took
root budlcd and LlCssomed, bearing beau
tiful yellow flowers. after a burial of at
least loo wears.
Pemberton. the condemned murderer
At Boston, i rapidly recovering from his
-,Ifintlicted wounds. and has evidently
-ivcn over the idea of escaping the gal
lows PomerOv. too. is conducting him.
-,lf we'll since his futile attempt to escape.
AMI seems to be entirely Indifferent a> to
what ! done with him.
William Pangborn. the man who chop
ped his wife'> head off with IN TX at Me l.
way, Mlinc Il few weeks aTo.-and then
claimed that he did it in dream, suppos-
ing that She was n bcar.-pleaded guilty of
manslaughtpr ut Bangor. Thursday. and
was remandel for sentence, the @raver
Indictment for murder being quashed in
consideration of his age. - years.
\ letter from Germany say Jenny Lind
Goldsmith recently volunteered to play
the mcl0dcon in the English Church ut
Carlsbad, which she WAS attending un-
recognized. She appeared to be n women
of fifty or upward, with nothing about her
10 attract attention, and was dressed with
treat plainness and simplicity, without
ornament of any kind. Her countcnance
~ LONGER beautiful. SCENE marked by
sorrow. sadness and care.
TEAMrs.-I.ast Wednesday evening, rs
Nj Henry Strectcr, Of Farhaven, was
driving along the roa |. he was accoSted
~ 4 couple of trtmps. who fire | on him
three pistol shots before he whipped up
m rs.toal NJ S.reeter hll Il mar
rDN r,.tp.. Olr billet plS>ing through
ta I,i- hIt h1-alE = his
head.
James Lick, who is staying at Cali>toga,
Cal, an old. superannuated, ,lichcn-covered
Nort Of Il watering place, is described as
thin-vi>agcI, sharp-angled in forehead and
rhin and nose. with full shock of matted
and tangled blacl, hair slightly sprinkled
with grav, covering his head nearly down
60 his eyes. His eyes are cold, pale,
blush @rlv, and CLASSY, and :; long strag
C.iuy under beard covers his throat.
Rev. NJ. CDp,lanl, the clerical i'm
poster. formelv we'll known in this State.
WIS tlrrrd and frathere1 in Knoxville,
Tenn, recently. not because Of his own
shortcomings in the ministerial line. but
bt'uI~e, ~ :; correspondent of the Chica-
- Times. h. hl asserted th,t ex-Prcsi-
dent Johnson die drunk and IN absolute
atheist, AMI that Il women of loose
rhtrt'tcr at Gre-nville ha killed herself
On account Of h 5 DEATH
New York physician htving written
'1 the Utica Ueru'd, offering to bet a thou
-.tHI dollars that Governor Tilden has suf-
f'.rel a stroke of paralysis which partly
d'>a..es his left side, the New York Hera}d
thinks that if bets are tO be made on sucl