Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-02-02
News and Gossip.


y There are about so daily newspapers in tn
:. | United states.
=, There are l,333 blind men and s.977 blnd womc
~ in the United States
Tho animal convention of the Fenian Brother
~ | hood is in session at New York
n The House post Office committee commenced IN
investigation of straw bids Tuesday.
III An artist, sign in New York bears the following
t " Bruised Eyes Restored at 81 each
5 Tho democrats have introduced whi>key at th
i House restaurant under the name of" cold tea
, The yi..toria tn 5uar bridge, at Montreal, is to b
e altered to admit of double railway tracks and
i footWay.
LONDON. January 30.-A despatch from Eerll
announces that Bismarck has suffered arclapsc
and il Is feared his illness may prove serious
A western physician cures scarlet fever witt
warm lem ,nalc in which gum arabic has beer
, dis solved. and hot baths applied to the stomach
Members of the House committee on revision
!, the laws say that new edition OF the reVlset
statutes will be necessary owing to the great mum
Der OF errors.
George William Curtis has to the conclu
sion that when one party nomination leads to
,iamnaton and the other to pcrItion good citizens
viii take to the woods y
1t i, SAID that the House judiciary committee is
in favor OF changing the time of Inauguration OF
the president to May st. on account of the inc lem
ency Of the weather in March
A nroposjtion to elect the Governor and State
officers once in two years, and no Il biennial Leg
lsativc sessions, has been Drought bclore the
Legislature of Massachusetts,
| Mrs McKcnzje whose cnlupement Tom Montrea j
- ,,nrf
last week. left Portland for Liverpool in the steam
| er Samaritan, Saturday night with her iour chill
lrcn
| A Russian corrcspon lent writes to the st. Louis
| GIobe Democrdt that there is TO be great Euro
| pcan war, with, enc slc, France, Austria and
RUSSIA, and on the other Germany, England and
| Turkey.
Eight prisoners in the Athens. Ohio. jail attempt
| ell to escape by burning one end OF the building,
| but, the heat becoming intense they were Obliged
10 cali :ti TO help cNtlnsu,h the fl unea and save
| themselves.
\ well laIl III IN To rob the express Car of the
night eNplcs, tram east from Chicago. Wedncs day
night was discovered, and the parties thereto, fouI
| employs, arrested. The So fc in the express
| car contained Sl25,poo in bullion.
Lowell'- programme for the celebration of her CEN
| tcunia March |, is Grafton by Gen. Blu Tier and
speeches by Judges Abbott, Lowell and Amcs, DR. !,
EIson acting chaplain. The forenoon Will be
devoted = children, and the afternoon TO adults.
| \ despatch from Springfield states that farm
laborer at Wilbraham, Mas =, crazed by religious
excitement, tried to of his right foot because
1t offended him and after fcarfully mutt a ting the
member WAS restored to reason by the consequent
loss OF blood.
BY the careless hammerins Of a frozen plug al
the nitro ylycerine factory at North Adams, Mass
on Wednesday,, key of ro-Slycerine was eXplod
ed, two workmen were blown 10 atoms, another
man severely wounded, and several buildings
more or less demolished.
Rev. George f. Ellis Tor orator at Boston's eel.
ebratlon of the centennial OF the city's evacuation
by the British troops, March 18th, and Robert {.
Winthrop for the next Fourth Of July orator. are
Mayor Cobb, happy selections. There Will be |
two very clever historical monographs.
Here's enterprise for you; Is the story 4 wick
ed hoax - dispatch from Mllf,r saws that two |
sporting men have hired jimmy blanchard alias
Charley ROSS the yo1n, liar VINO rec cn;ly pulled |
the wool over the eyes OF the It. Alabns people,
an propose to eNhb, tim through the country.
The -allcet individual case of loss by Winsou'.
forscrles Is that OF man who recently loaned the
plausible swIndler 5000 which was about all the
money he had in the world, on what purportcd To |
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Recently the Duke OF tambrI.e sentenced 81, l.
h-''HI ON cr /" wear hl> uniform a, All tlmc. -
men IN ruhlic Tor one ca cnIar year. as a chas "
''"t'' ''' SOM offence |sr contra. the French i,
mister ot War. General Cis,sy has ms. , Ell
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clr uniform IN public unless lnon cc,t.,, .,, III
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