Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-04-04
News and Gossip.


3 900 spitz dogs Ill., ,,o,.o snr.
'' Two hundred and sixty three Indians nave sur
rendered to General Cook. .,o,
Tbe Secretary of the Treasury calls IN jus
omountiDg to 10000 900 dollars
r,oro ia intense excitement and warIRe ieeilns
oo,ono the Democrats at New Orleans.
They saw there is not enough frost IN an "c'o Vi
oound now to make an ice cream with
e Goldsmith Mail beat " Rarus >" at San fIan'
cisco on Saturday; time, 222%, 2l6I ana 9do4'
BENJAMIN Johnson of Chatham, N. c. died re-
Gently aged 12O. He lived to see his grea''gre"''
grand children married.
A Young Philadelphia, threatened with Ofeach
of promise suit, says: Sue away. Contract ma"e
on Sunday amt legal.
The Postal Department estimates that one DlIiIon
D )stal cards will be needed under Ine ne" 'o''
tract in the next four years
A citizen of Minneapolis, Mimi says 'na' Il ~
ia ever to be Mayor OF the city the once must 'oo
him. the same as his creditors do
Hipbwaymen on Sunday shot stage driver III
the Black Hills, but the team ran away and Inc pas
sonpers escaped with their property.
A Buffalo special to the New York Sun says that
Rev. Martin Hoernlein has been convicted oil arson
in setting his house on fire to obtain the insurance.
In Quebec GOOl children receive gralutous in-
struction in the Catholic religious establishments
and 1000 INDECENT sick arc cared for during the
year.
An exchange has seen man who says, Every
bodys talking about the hard times They're the
easiest times ever knew; haven't had anything to
do for MONTH"
A list OF cergymea who have fallen from grace
within year, In the United States, is published in
tbe Jewish Times. The number of convictions for
crimes is given as forty.
A vermonter in Utah writes that since he went
there in 1859, the average depth of the water in
Salt Lake has increased about II feet, and the salt
has lessened nearly 50 per cent
Reports to the Post Office Department show that
within the past three months l33 detections and
arrests have been made for robbins the mails and
other violations of the postal laws.
The White House is to be honored by the pres,
cnce of one of them literary fellows" as guest,
the president having invited William Cullen Bry
ant and daughter to make him visit.
Somebody of statistical turn Ofmnd has figured
out that As of the Il candidates on the democratic
ticket for the Chicago municipal election are Irish
men, Il Germans and but 10 Americans.
Sister Catherine Forbes, Mother Superior of ST.
Patrick's Orphan Asylum at Montreal, died in that
city on Friday. She had worn the habit the Gray
Nuns for flty-four years OF devoted life.
Joseph Tngrar was confronted in The Peoria
(Il court last week by 1--WE OF his wives, who had
gathered from various parts of the country, and
there are as many more who failed to appear.
A tramp who slept in a station-housc last week
startled the sergeant with the exclamation: 4" am
like MOhammed's coffin, suspended between heav-
en- and earth without any visible means of sup
port"
Parsians arc fairly bewlcrcl at the tcegraphlc
dispatches sent to the French Government from
the Weather Bureau at Washington announcing
the probability of storm in Europe. And 1t
comes.
The Ohio House has passed. a int resolution
proposing an amendment to the Constitution, abol.
ishng grand jures, and providing for direct action
by courts upon information filed by prosecuting
attorneys.
The New York Herald states that General Nc.
Clellan got out of cab at Twenty third street,
week ago, meaning to walk down Broadway. He
has not started yet because there are two sides o
the street.
Capt. Bogardus in shooting his great match at
Gilmores Garden, New York, Friday evening
broke 900 glass balls one at time in the air, il
II minutes and 40 seconds. lie only missed .
balls out of | OPS.
Michigan university has now HI students, o.
whom 1853 are in the literary department, 300 law
2sj medical, 81 homeopathic, and 30 in the denta
school. The faculty numbers 80, three professor.
ships having been added within a year
A Kansas farmer purchased revolver for hi
wife, and insisted on target practice, SO that sh,
could defend her house in case of his absence AT
terth bullet had been dug out OF his leg, and the
COW buried, he said he guessed she d better shoe
with the axe.
note from Butler county, Nevada, says
Chilly, backward spring, but the hoppcrs ar
Matching out in the sunny southern slopes. A
the better for the farmers. II they will SOW ratbe
late the hoppcrs will freeze and stalve before the
wheat is up"
| The \. Y. Sun continues to scream " lrlul - an,
nobody listens worth cent. We arc inrormc
that some OF the Suns stockholders eXpress fin
opinion that this thing is getting monotonous, an,
besides, what is worse, that ii is Improbable an,
dcuced foolish.
Inc fast mail train from scotland for London
know as the " flying ) ,O,chmiun ran Off the ra
on Saturday. near Morpcth and the engine teudc
ana tJrw lrd Coaches We're dashed to pieces. Fiv
persons were killed and many injured, 10 sc,iopsl,
iwohld their legs amputaled
ST. ALBNNs BUTTER MARKET April 3.-Tho,
was good attendance at market, Recpints i,
creaslng; no change to note in prices. We oaot
Iohs dlrles, Is to 20 cents; fan ends, % CENTS 9,
ectlonS, % cents; new butter 20 to % cents scloc
TONS 2i to p cents per h., with higher nrico mi
for fancy diaries.
England draws enormously on the continent 70
"ef snpphcs OF vegetables and fruit. A corr,
spondent OF the Phdre de Loire, writing from Pom
LaOoe, mentions that last year there had hecn 60,
% Ems GIANT from that district II, 7OpGOo ku,
Srammes OF potatoes, an Increase of 3,OJlOolkif,-
grammes over 1875.
Versailles, o., is in fair wav o( sco,,i,
tame through duel between two of its ci,izar
Livery SttbIe Keeper William, challcproI nan,
'i'''"ay oil 'he independent because he woul1n
letract some statement The G litor is n do,l sr,
"o'n men nave mate their wills and the nn,nI
confidently expect bloodshcd.
man in Fryeburg, Me-, got so disgrs,o,, 49,,
MS WIG because she discharged n urcttv so.,,a,
Sl'' IN III oil Jeaousy, that he sent 10 Chco,,o -
"'oree papers, The wife got wind of his r,on,,
"io' Ill oruer TO insure Its entire success. cIo,o
with another man. The laws of Mo,nc win ,,,i.,
AMY now be sufficient to the husbands nrr,,,,,
II no" appears Ihe' Alice Wren, the vonr
american actress reported murderoi H.
SaFaSes at the Cape of Good Hone. u,os r,aIi
s''ahSied by Nine. Cora, the chief of tho tro,,,a
NJ oI jealousy Miss Wren belonged IN p,T'i
AZ > anu was sister of Fred " rem. tbc co,,oI,a
""u ner murderer is now serving out A sontonc,
o'Iee years solitary confinement.
Chamberlain has sent another Icttort, ,h.,
dent covering II pages orle.,, can ! 20
'. -" ''''" SITUATION, with a prediction en-
oornns inc Presidents southern policy. rho 10
''' 10 s"'u ID oc remarkably able, anil il, ,,,r
p"t"c'e an severe. Some friends thml, , si,,-,,
ue''y would settle the louisiana case, aod samc =
r"cA"ruS legislature are going over tn Niohor
VINO may soon have legislative quorum
0ohn r. Phair, doomed to cxecntlon -, -,
next is confined in a double.barred con oI,a.|
guarded day and night. Few visitors sco h,n,
cept by request Numerous luxuries oro saa,
uaiy by his many sympathizng friends ~ p'" M
thlng is done by the prison Officials =, "a EVER.
o "ss uays Sneeriul' lie strongly asserts his inn
Cence, verbally and nv n ,,,i,. w. 'S lhH