Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-01-02
News and Gossip.

r., poro,s only remaining relative is a nun
The Italian Senate, by vove OIL q " 90
abolished imprisonment for deo''
a fonr.vear.old boy in MidjletoWn' conn"
smokes and swears, just like his papa
Simon Cameron has settled with his WHO"
Oliver in that breach of promise suit for slOoO'
r.ou o,or,s a reduction of crime more than 30
per cent from the Murphy temperance "o'''''''
there. III
rrrLisb soIdiers have recovered from their
rounds in A marvellous manner in many instances
owing to their strictly temperate lives
Tho ,riol of Mr.. Tilden on the charge Of delraud-
inc ,be Government by making false declaration
of his income tax, will begin on the 9Th Oh J"hu'
airy.
NIrs Cbsoim of Kemper county (Miss.l massacre
fame has accepted place in the treasury depart
mept, offered her by special direction oil the
president
The American workmen who went to New ssuth
Wales. Australia, wish they hadn't; hardly dozen
of one party of 1862 are earning as much as they
did at home
Father Fitton, of Boston, celebrated the compile
ton of fifty years ministry at East bos ION >
Monday. lie was ordained by the first CatnoHc
bishop in America.
Boston woman on Monday testified that man
had threatened to take her life, and he was put uh'
der bonds to keep the peace for six months since
then she has married him.
Fewer railway and steamboat accidents occurr-
ed in the United States in 1871 than in any previous
wear since the introduction of steam Inc LOSSES
by fire have been much greater.
An Ohio paper finds conclusive evidence that
Gen. S. +. Cary has abandoned the democratic
party forever in the fact that he has again take
he field as a temperance lecturer.
The officers orthe antagonis Passumpslc ana
Southeastern railroads are deiberatIng at Boston
again in the hope OF hlrmonizinS the issues anu tue
appearance of things is very favorable
The exasperatng work of putting up a stove
pipe resulted in tragedy III Lancaster,Pa' cheney
and his lathcr-n-aw, Snyder, quarreed over The
lob, and Cheney was killed in the fight that ensued,
We feel justified in assuring the friends of etern
al punishment, that, whoever else may prove
flithless, the New York Sun and the Chicago Times
will not be seduced from their enthusiastic support
Of He'll.
There are over seven hundred vessels engaged
in dredging for oysters in the Maryland waters OF
The Chesapeake bay and It's tributaries during thu
season, and each one gives employment to cap
tain and crew of eight men.
A girl tried to commit suicide in Augusta, Ga. by
jumping from a bridge. She was grabbed and held
by man, who was compelled to use considerable
violence to restrain her. Afterwards she had him
arrested on a charge of assault.
Henry Hickey, the Boston boy who kllled his
play fellow, had read the cheap romance of border
life until he became ambitious to do some bloody
deed himself He told a companion that he intend
ed to kill somebody, and then live in cave as an
outlaw.
careless young business man Of Lockport, n.
Y, lost his sweetheart by making a mistake in
forwarding presents for Christmas. His brothers
wife received from him jewel case and a note
asking her to marry him, while the silver mounted
feeding bottle went to the girl.
The balance sheet Of the New York canals shows
a larger deficit than ever. While there has been
gain of about II per cent in the tonnage the reduc-
by about "a per cent, the tolls beng but $3.50 $50
for the year, as against sl,310,003 in 1876
A gentleman who is sculptor, in a feeble way,
was calling on a lady the other evening " How do
you manage 10 get the right facial expression ?"
she asked, referring to his statuettes. Z" Very
simple" he said; " read poem expressing the
passion desire to portray; then, as my face ex.
presses rage or love, plunge head foremost in to
mass of putty have at hand. This retains the
impression, and there you are"
number of Chinese residents of street. san
Francisco have organized secret soeety which
they tell white men is "allee same Mclean Ma
sons" Merchants and business men declare that
it is composed principally of thieves, and that
their object is simply for mutual protection in case
of detection in law breaking. chinese merchant
asserts that if they attempted TO conduct such an
institution in China the Government would order
their heads cut of.
Harvard has III scholarships, with incomes
varying from $40 to $3.50 year The University
of Pennsylvania now admits women as special
students in history physics chemistry, and music.
Arcadia College, at Wolfvile, n. S., has lost its
main building by fire. The Amherst seniors have
asked to study English literature next term on a
changed plan. Professors Rose and Douglass OF
the University of Michigan are TO have a formal
examination Oh charges of dishonesty in conncc-
ton with the chemical laboratory.