Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-06-26
News and GOSSip.


News and Gossip.
Labor troubles are feared IN Montreal.
The president will attend the Wyoming Centen-
NAL July and 4.
A Montreal judge rules that Yankee courts can
not annul Canadian marriages.
Two murderers were hanged in Chicago, Friday,
one in Chilllcolhe, o. and one at Paris, Ill.
At Easton, Pa, a two-y ear-old son OF Ms. Werk
heiser drank a bottle Of turpen Ine and died in |
great agony.
A sale of 49, short-horDs, in Clark county, Ky,
Wednesday. the property of B. b. Gloom, rea lied
over 100000.
The daily Evening Herald, the srcenback paper
started at Elmra, n. w. last su inner, has suuspen-
ded for wat of support.
The failure of the amendment regarding the New
Hampshire senatorial election will leave that state
without a senator several months next Congress.
Texas claims TO have thee millions of inhabit.
ants and 10 he The third now in population and
the first in size among all the states i'll the union.
Potato beetles are blown out into lake Ponto osuc
Mass, and eaten by perch and bullheads but they
poison the fish, which are dying in great numbe.s.
Little notes from creditors,
Little bills on slate,
Make the average bank cashier
Rehypothecate."
Ben Butler is at the tail of the investigating com
mittec; but it must not he forgotten that the ntc
gence, enterprise and ability Of hornet are in his
tail.
Boston common will be somewhat shorn Of its
beauty. The placing Of too great quantity of
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trees.
Ten selected head of three .year-old CATTLE Of an
average weight of2,47S pounds, have just been
shipped from PARIS, ky, for Paris France. to take
part in the show.
"See mamma" exclaimed a little one, as puss,
with arching spine and elevated ruller, strutted
around the table, " see, kilty's eat so much she
can't shut her tail down."
| In Brcokheld, NJ as, barn took Are from mat
ches igntlng in the pocket of coat that was left
hanging on peg where friction was caused by
| the coat swinging with the breeze
| All OF Hon. George Judges family and others
poisoned a few days since at Pittston Pa by milk,
are recovering. The cause of the poisoning is
traced TO pail which had contained Paris green.
| Parsou vosburgh ofJersey City, who was &C
quilted OF poisoning his wife, finds his usefulness
in the ministry nevertheless gone, and is gong to
take vacation" which will probably never end.
| AT Newport, r. l., the 2Oth George Tiffany aged
| H. son of a wealthy New York gentleman while
hshing stepped into the water. WIN. Smith his
tutor sprang in to save him and both were drown
| ed.
| Capt Lyons of Boston, who WAS shot by Charles
| Ii. Lanman some time ago because he opposed the
young mans attentions to his daughter, has COM
petely recovered, and the couple have been mar.
ried
| The Secretary OF the Treasury has issued the
siAtieth call for the redemption of so bonds of
| 1865 The call is fIr i've millions-tvo and half
millions coupon and two and half millions regist-
cred.
The Michigan suprame court has just decided a
s25 900 suit in which Mr.. rilden is Interested. 1t
was brought by the laborers in some lake super or
mines, in which he is large owner, who want to
get some back wages due Them.
Here in an extract from little boys first com.
position: Wen cats is a swearn' and blasiemn
and tryin' the cages of their steam oilers in the
back yard at mite it makes Teller ole Trade, if he
isn't a sleepu" with his big brother.
Good old Gra'ther Cooper is much disappointed
that congress dni not" egiSlle IN the interests OF
the people" lie thinks things aye in very bat
way he has to employ a man jut to attend to the
letters he receives asking for rs 'istince.
AT Yagervillc. Ulster county, N. Y, on Tuesla!
Frederick Kimble klei his sons wife, whom h,
dis liked, with an AK, while she was asleep in bed
Her husband awakened by the blows, fired two
shots at his father, wounding him in his face.
During an interview III. 18th, between Bismarcl
and Gort'chakbfr the large Danish dog of Bismarc
made a ferocious attack upon GoItschakoG and
was only through the herculcan strength of HI
master that the dog was taken Off and Gortscha
kofT's life saved.
William X. Peabody of Massachusetts is the vic
, tim of his own ambition. lie was consul at ri
Grande, Brazil but resigned last year and cam
to Washington after better place. Failing o e
, one he Concluded 10 go back, and was nominated
for his oil place, but the senate failed to confirm
: him, and SO he is lief. without any office at all.
The Centennial anniversary of the evacuation
Valley Forge by the Continental army was celebra
ed Wednesday, with imposing exercises. ThiIl
u thousand people were present, among them Gov
s. Hartransi, ten. Hancock and other distinguish
gentlemen. Poems were read and an eloquer
Grafton was delivered by Henry Armitt Brown,
Philadephr.
" The will u Nm. Cullen Bryant, has been place
= on probate at Jamaica, l.. |. The document /
~ dated d &c. 8. ISL! and is in M. Bryants own han
writing. lie, les his two daughters, one the wi
OF Park G Ddwin and the other unmarried, only tw
e persons get any portion of the estate which is es
J. mated al $3.50 600. Bryants share in the Evenir
Post and cupyIight of his published writ ings a.
also jointly bequeathed to daughters.
. When 'ightning Pacific express train reacbe
n Reno one night last week, some sounds comm
= lrom box, two and half leet square, cause Il
10 baggage master 10 have il opened, when 1t wa
found TO contain a live Chinese woman, double
10 up and nearly suifJ1ated. The woman had bee
IS Kidnapped by Chinaman Spectator, who wishe
To ship her to Auburn, Nevada. Hs had probabl
- drugged her and put her in the box, as the cheal
- est way of making tho transfer.
+ John u. Brown sent secretary sherman the POI
sc dram for SSl7,o3 rs his share OF the expenses
h. The Louisiana commission, as he hal ascertaiue
that the senate refused to pass the bill reimbursir
the amount expended therefor. President Tay,
III directed Secretary sherman to return the DRAFT u
o, collected, believing that congress will yet make
in requisite appropriation as the president believ,
that IN requesting the commission to 60 TO Lou
o lana and by their Influence prevent cOsio an
es civil war, he but performed constitutions du
In II the next congress does not make the appropr
ton the president will pay it himself, and not a
low Mr.. Brown TO bear any portion of the expens
N
At the business meeting of Plymout
is church on the evening of the 2lst instan
!. the examining committee reported in {;
vor of communicating Mrs. Tito
~ from the communion and fellowship
d. the church, and their report was unan
y mously adopted. The members had