Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-06-25
News and Gossip.

Nofth Auatns suffers u loss OF $lJO,OOO by the re
cent freshet.
The dory Nautilus at London, will return to Bos
ton with one man and dog.
The legal rate of interest in New York has beer
reduced from 10 per cent.
General CODY has Gepose the President of Pa
ragua and seized the goveln ment.
The coliseum Theatre was burned at Lealville
Friday and one man persisted IN the flames.
Four tramps were killed by the ditchlng of {
freight tram in Iowa. and the conductor was fatal,
Injured.
Inc h ennebec Journal says the yreenbackers art
wing it their own way in Maine and the demo
cratic parts il" gone up"
| Gen. Walker, who Is to superntend the United
States census Of 1880, estimates that the population
will be between foty.six and forty seven m Hons.
Another stormy scene occurred in the French
Chamber of Dupties Monday, when Paul de Cas-
sagnac, the originator of the trouble was voted ou
| Of the Chamber for three Jays.
The second sale Of Queen Christmas jewels has
produced s130J,O0O. One broad gilde Of sapphires
and brilants sold for $500. aud a mig1id;ent
necklace, containing 500 pearls, brought tll, $50.
The inventor of shoes for walking on the water
gave an exhibition at Memphis, Tenn, recently
lie stepped boldly off The levee, but INN edat, |,
sank into the river and was nearly drowned when
| rescued.
| An encouraging sign Of the better times in New
| Enelind is the increased business at the Boston
Custom House. The collector says that the receipts
for May were $!100UO larger than for the same
mlnlh of last year.
The jury in the case of" .Jonnny Hope on tria
at New York since Wednesday week for completely
in the Manhattan Bank robbery, Saturday gave a
verdict of guilty. motion was made for a new
trial and arr est ofjudgment.
| The South has no use for feeble trickster like
Mr.. rilden or a mere politician like Mr. Hen.
| bricks. We know exactly what sort ofa nan we
want and we ousht to be making out the requlsi
tim now New Orleans Times.
| City MAJ shall liucher of Westport, Kansas, re.
Gently in attempting 10 arrest VIM. q ossard, a
Lelegrapher, for fast diving, was severely wounded
ny the latter with cane. sunday Grossa rd called
| Butcher from the house and shot him dead.
| The safeguard fire insurance company has deci,l.
ed, owing to the unprUft ibe rates now ruling to
discontinue business. The company organized in
1871 anu has pad the stockholders 81 Der cent in
dividends AT the last sale the stock brought ILL.,
| Mountain, N. C.. Saturday, Edward Wilson was
kIlltd HIS body lay exposed where he wa y shot
down until Sunday when peace having been re.
stored the combatants resumed their spree over
his b, dy.
The reason Gar'b1l seeks to annul his mar
rage with ne Ramonit, is that a pension OF 3D..
ooo francs annually granite | To his heirs, would
other"i Use go to Nine. RIlmondi's child, though he
q fs fat bor ,thi
lllegitimate, would get nothing.
In the baseball contest for the League Champion
ship, The Chicagos have won 81, Providence IV.
Boston IL, Buftos u, Syracuse Ii. Uincnna It's IL,
CIevelands q, rroys6 The Chlcagos have lost but
games and the Bostons Ii. In the National cham.
plonship the Albanys are ahead.
dispatch from Vienna reports that fresh inun.
tatlons have ttken place in GallIcla Slles,a and
Hungary. Half the town of Troppan, in Austrian
Sllesid, has been submerged. The hay harvest has
been destroyed Several iron bridges have been
demolished. The Danube is still rising
Charles Dickens home, Gads Hill Place, is now
fIr sale. He bought it tor $500, but improved il
so much that 1t will now bring five times that sum-
When he died reserve price of SO OOO was put on
the property, at which price II was securel by his
eldest son Charles, who now offers it to the highest
bidder.
Philip Lynch, a laborer, while at work on a LARGO
factory chimney at Long Island city, Sundty, du,-
ing the thunder storm, was hurled 10 feet to the
ground companion namel Penlergrass was
lett cllnging to the top OF the chimney and rescued
by sailors when almost suffJcated by heat md
smoke.
Near Syracuse, NY, Saturday, Miss Olive C.
Holmes, daughter OF Judge 5. n. Holmes of that
city and niece of Hon. lien C. Beach and Alfred
L. Stanford, son of Prof. II. II Stanford of Chicago
University, were diow ned IN Onongada lake. They
were rowing and in attempting to change places
the boat was capsized.
Herald'5 Montreal special says that much spec
ulation exists over IL ,nlan's next opponent. Court
ney is thought to be the coming man. Ten ipau.
entail gentlemen are reported to have offered In
guarantee one thousand each for promoting n re-
galta at Toronto next tall for prominent oarsmeu OF
England, Australia and America.
correspondent Of the San Francisco Bulletin
names score of men prominent in public lie in
that state who are natives Of OHIO, and applies to
lhat state the tile of mother of modern states
men," lie further says these men descended large
ly from the intelligent and well educated class of
people who went from New England to Ohio,
At Philadelphia, Saturday, Dennis o'Sulya n
cut his wiies throat, after cutting two terrible
gashes in her arms. Mrs. O'Sulhyan ran from tho
house but INK down on the pavement optsida
anu died in half an hour She leaves a f,muv of
eight children, the youngest IS months old, O,Sul.
Ivan says he committed the deed In a lit of mas.
sion.
boiler explosion occurred Saturday morning
at the ore mites on the land Of stephens II SAWYER
tlna a. EEnun
terrible force, kiling six outright and 8, riops,v
four others. One Of the killed wa. the
who lett statement that he h III notified
The contractor lhr ee months ago that the boil, was
unsafe.
Lilly Duer, Snow Hill IN ~ girl who has MANY |
qualities and who has been on trial ror
ne murder of Ella Hearn, with whom she was |
Dlsslonately in love and whom she shot because
'he said she loved another gill better than her. has
'een found guilty Of mans lau ghter and recommep
led by the jury To the mercy of the judge, who
fined her $500.
French Canadian named j. Blptiste Cham.
,agne, "a years old, in attempting to leave a tram
While in motion at Cowansville, Friday morning.
ell under the cars and was badly crushed, one arm
icing entirely cut of. He also sustained seyere
INJURIES about the head. The arm was amputateJ
II the shoulder and he is sti II alve but with faint
opes of recovery.
Carlos, an Italian gymnast wel.known from His
eats with charged WOO len cannon, was lifting II
rom its stand during recent exhibition In Ce,yia
Then 1t fell, mouth downwards. The gymnast
nth the rapdity of lshtnng ,eudeavored to b, esk
he shock 50 as to prevent the weapons exploding,
nut he was uuS successful; the conclusion fired the
lece, and as the charge could not emerge, the
annon burst. Carlos died almost instantly. The
onsternat'on and horror among the spectators at
bis frishliul scene were intense ouly one of them
'as wounded however, although the splnters of
be cannon were driven about IN every direction,