Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1878-04-03
News and GOssip.

Cardinal McCloskey presented General Grant to
the Pope Saturday.
Mrs woodruff and Der sister, Tennie {. Claim
will reside permantly in England.
Apple blossoms, with the fragrance OF June
about them, have been plucked in Massachusetts,.
The Catholic schools at st. Louis are closed, and
the pupils, Is 900 in number, will attend the public
schools.
bio Lewis says man need not snecze mlers he
wants to, and that by not sncezing man can save
nearly sll ayear
Ten thousand seven hundred dollars were paid
for horse in New York Friday. Blood will tell
even in hard times.
woman caught the high French heels Of her
shoes in Meri'len, Mimi, and held fast while train
cut of both her legs.
The other day, the lightning thunlcred upon a
Georgia negro and took OF his boots without in
jurlng him in the least.
The British army in India Is composed Of l4f,
900 in antry % 600 cavery, 5000 engineers, 1900
artillery, and 400 Geld pieces.
Mr.. Dickson, of Palmcrston, Oltario, died few
days ago at the reputed age Of liz years. He was
native of Armagh, Ireland.
The people of Searsport, Me-, were surprised ard
amused at spelling bee b. a tall tramp SPELL
ing down the entire assembly.
The Portland oregonian says the beating of the
ocean waves in the last great storm could be
heard a distance of forty miles.
man named Silence was fined s. in police
court in Washington, several days ago, for loud
and bolster Gus language on the streets
1t is curious fact that sixteen corset manulac-
turers failed Tor large amounts this last year.
Another evidence of woman's waistfuness.
More than $4,000 were expended by the last
Democratic House in investigating the affairs Of
the Executive Departments of the Government.
Miss Mary Hampton, pretty school mistress Of
Memphis, has been indicted by the grand jury for
series of clever 70 geries, and has disappeared.
Mr.. Larkin Turner of Merriwealher county, Ca.
took his first dose of medicine when he was 100
years old. Fatal stepl-iIe only lived ten years
after that.
Samuel Goodwin (colorcD was hanged at Live
Oak Fla, Friday, in the presence Of 1000 people,
for the murder of cIlored man last May. He
died with nut Il struggle.
In New York city, sunday, Mrs. Van Colt de!iv-
cred temperance address to an audience of -four
thousand persans. Many signed the pledge, and
much enthus a5m prevailed.
Neil Hortin, Boston doom keeper, has been
held in s. 600 for beating rh)mts Lacy 50 severely
with bludgeon that he Will probably die. The
men quarreled over % cents.
Rev.John rwigg, popular colored preacher OF
Giles county, Va, was brutdly murdered on the
highway last week, his throat being cut from ear TO
to ear and his pockets plundered
There are II 900 rooms IN the Vatican, which is
not a palace, but city COMPRESSED. An army
$4,000 strong could be lodged it its actual lnhabi
tants number but a few hundreds.
Another international walkn; mitch takes
place at Agricultural Hall, London, April Bids
trnce fifty miles. Among the competitors arc
O'Leary, Richardson Of Massachusetts, and sew
eral English pedestrians.
A London Times dispatch from Rome says that
the forthcoming encychcal letter of Pope Leo
XIII Will dwell upon the desire OF the papacy TO
unite with Italy, secure position better suit
ed to its ecclesiastical character.
There is some pleasure in noting the shooting of
| Col. Dexter ii. FoIlelt, of Boston. lie had a re-
volver said that he duu't know it was loaded -
ami gave 1t to his little son to play with. The
It little son " soon showed his father that it was
loaded by hitting him with ball behind the ear.
The Colonel was not killed-:nerely made sadder
and wiser man.
| Briyandage is again very prevalent all along the
| frontier between France an CLtalonis, and travel
ing by road is now attended by such serious risks
that the few public vehicles which ply between
france and Spain enjoy but scant custom. Tht
members Of the gangs of brgands are bound by
the most solem oath not to divulse anything whiih
may compromise their comrades, and inlraction!
of the rules which they have laid down are inyarl
ably punished with death.
Baltimore paper rep Drt5 that a woman, whC
eight years ago was light muatto, gradually
changes to a sable hue, at the time of her death
last week, was of the blacklist type OF her race
The whole system of the woman underwent a com
pete transformation. From stout, pnrty AM
unwieldy person she dwnlei away into 4 thin
spare and angular form of the typical spinster.
physician who attended her the last four year
could not discover any cause for the singula
change.