Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-11-08
News and Gossip.

Gen. Sheridan is going buffalo hunting on TIT
,,o;ns VI it'll divers Austrians of II ost mountainou!
rank.
James K. Ford. editor of the Irish World. died
Friday. at Brooklyn. lie was a native of Boston
aged 20.
+. Barnum estimates that s. ,4f4 600 person:
have inferred his different shows in this country
and Europe.
A little boy in a Milwaukee public school. died
of nervous excitement, on receiving 4 slight whiI
ping, recently.
President William orion has been seriously Ill
for two weeks with of the liver. lie
is slowly recovering.
1t is painful for a poor man to reflect that the
amount of fractional currency lost or DIES 'royed Is
about sl4, OOO, 900 up to date.
In a hospital at Milan, Italy, where there are 400
beds in a long and narrow but lofty 6 llery The
rate Of mortality is extremely low.
The small pox seems to be dying away in san
Francisco, but a severe type of %diptheria has sue
ceeded it, which is extending over the State.
Twenty-eisht men applied for the privilege OF
lashing a negro who was sentenced to be whipped
in Santa Clara county, Cal, for beating his wife.
The rails on the Por land and Ogdensburgh Raj
road are now laid three miles west of Johnson
The work is being pushed. The lani damay e.
are settled.
The cod fishery in the gulf Of st. Lawrence is
very unsatisflct)r Dry, this year, the catch being two
fnhs below the average, and the smallest known
for % years.
The population of Peru is , go. 49,. This is said
to show a large decrease. which is attributed t.
earthquakes. diseases, civil war and brandy. es-
peclally the latter.
A London special says a private letter from
from Berlin mentions that hi mlrk' 5 nervous sys
tenn is seriously impaired; that papers. pamph lei.
etc are denied him and inssnity is feared.
A letter from the ,dirondacks says lhatIeer tins
autumn arc more abundant than for IN any previous
years but that they keep away from The Likes
finding more security IN the second.srowth timber
Siie-Now, Charles dear, do be sincere an / tel
the truth for once in your life; don't You love babs
just u little bi , He Veil. Mary. | cant say ex-
actly that | love the little beggar. but I've i sort Of
~sneaking respect for his fathers sake.
Hon. J Hammond Trumbu Il. of Hartford Conn
has In pre- SIS a volume on The Blue Lars Of { an
~necficut, which will be exceedingly interesting II
he is able to clear away the ccclesIastIcal ami lit e..
AIRY darkness that has SO long covered them.
over two thousand million cislrs are anu lily
consumed IN the United st ties. The. cost i. not
ess than one hin lie | N illpl lbIItr-, ann ali
ends in smoke. THINK of this, young nan. and 90
lack to the sweet fern of younger and happier
days.
Frederick Pru,su'e, an oil an well known
jcweicr, OF Milwaukee,, WAS show nS some valua
be goli watches to two well-!ressci young men
Friday, when one of The men threw snuff INTO his
eyes, snatchel the watches, and escaped with hi-
companion.
The will of a deceased Israelite was deI in
the >urroSate's office in Brooklyn not three months
ago. in which the following appears: Item. /
do order and direct that there be given TO my body,
upon It's lecease, decent and Christian bullal'
The JriSh Messenger asks whether The lawyer
who drew the Will was sarcastic. or the I=raelite
who signed ii stupid"
The Chinese soldiers are 4 poor set of trash.
The Off ers of a guard station III the northern sub
arb of Canton, after receiving for many months Il
subsidy from a gambling den, recently endeavored
10 wiring more ~hush-money out of the gana. They
made a rand upon the den. captured one of the
players and demanded a heavy ransom for him.
The gamblers proceeded to the station, attacked the
soldiers, released the captive and retired in
triumph after woundrng several men. Ar average
thief can whip TIN ee Chinese soldiers.
Bnt one more game of the series for the baseball
championship remains 10 be played-ii The games
with the Atheletics ami Mutuals are lhlown out,
as they probably Will be,-anl that one W Il be be-
t een the ST. Louis and Cincinnati mines. This
can have no influence on the relative standing OF
the clubs, which IA now: Chicago. B games won,
l. lost; Hartford, 81 Won, II lost. | draw II Loui,
81, Is. Boston. -. Is; Louisville. IL, 81, /; Cncln-
matt. :. II. The Hartf,ris beat the Boetons, II TO /
at the Hub, SATURDAY..