Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-10-16
News and GOSSIP.

Never stop to argue the point with an excited
hornet.
Gen. Grant has JUS. LETT Paris for Spain, Poru
gal and Alglers. The tour will cover abouta
month.
A seven-year.old Cincinnati boy, on whose'hreaI
his mother would not put butter, went directly 10
the river and drowned himself.
Courtney is about to bring libel suits against
some of the papers that accused him of selling his
race, the Auburn Advertiser being the first - be
taken cnre or.
VIM Darn the convict at Auburn prison, who
murdered keeper Caster two years ago aud escIp.
ed the death penalty the plea Of insanity, hung
himself in his cell Sunday.
Two men 20 10 farmhouses in Illinois, pretend to
be gatherers of statistics for the Agrcultu,a al De-
partment stay all night insist on paying for their
Entertainment and depart with good change Tor
bad twenty dollar bill
| In regard TO the Illicit distillery troubles n
| Arkansas, the attorney general has rendered an
opinion in effect that the civil authorities must ex.
haust all their means to enforce the laws before
the military can be called on.
Mrs. Edward Curtiss aged about 81, wife ola
Woodbury. (Lt.) manufacturer, committed suicide
Saturday, by shooting her through the heart. The
cause is unknown. A neighbor prevented the half
crazy husband from shooting himself
Eleven men were waiting tor railroad train in
Franklin Tenn. A negro was caught in "A seious
crime close by the station. The eleven men chased
him mile, caught him, hanged him, and reIunei
10 the station where the train had been kept waiting
for them.
The selectmen of Wales, Mass, published the
following official notice: " Owners and keepers vi
dogs must Shet up chain up or If running at large
muzzled IN such manner Will not allow oGthem
opening their mouths for the next 80 days. The
! law will be strictly enforced"
A wealthy but drunken farmer in Hincsvilc, Ga.
stood up in a camp meeting and asked to be prayed
for. Clergyman made the desired prayer in
which he characterized the farmer as an exceeding
= ~ wicked man. The farmer resented that descrip
ton OF himself, ami has sued the Clergyman for
defamation.
" Mrs. Kuntz, a German woman, of Woodbridge,
Conn, caught fire from her kitchen stove saturday
md rushing into the barn in her frenzy and rolled
upon the floor, set the hay blaze, from which
,s me ran ard threw herself into well, where he
4 was drowned. The barn was burned, and the
house saved with difficulty.
workman.in Wlnona, Niun mill saved his life
o by main strength. HIS coat was caught by swift
IS revolving shaft, and he was quickly anl fprcIby
irawn towards wheels tn It would have manged
: MN death. lie was a powerful man. Braclng
lie us hands AMI feet AGAINST two posts, he literally
u struggled for life. Ills clothing torn from him
it eaving only few shreds, but he successfully re-
a sisted.
g. a special from Edenburg, Pa, gives particulars
u If a destructive nre IN that place Saturday morn
[r ing. The fire broke out at halipast three O'Clock
q IN the rear OF Wber's livery stable on Main street
,preadng rapidly and soon swept over the entire
4 dock The fi'emen were promptly on hand but
their efforts we've paralyzed by an insult iency o
As water. The total loss is estimated S5iOOOO t,
r. 100000, largely insured Two hundred and TWEEN
ed ty-fve buildings were burned and the town wa
=, lmost completely destroyed There is much sui
erlng among the losers.