Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-02-26
News and Gossip.

very large immigration from 1rea' oi'''" '''
The continent is probable this year
young democrats in Iowa are forming Thden
clnbs. They evidently have faith in the bail
proc Tvndal leans strongly to the opinion That
tae electric light will soon triumph over gas
WINNING is the punishment for tramps provided
IA, IN lin now before the Wisconsin Legislature
Connective cIvil.servIce examinations are
rromised in the New York custom house amer
March.
In suite of the talk of noreste parties, virginia
decides to keep the bell punch IN her drinking
saloons.
bill granting the right of suffrage to the women
Of Dakota has been introduced in the legislature
of that territory.
Down in Georgia. during the cold snap Of few
weeks since, they stored quite large amount OF
ice four inches in thickness.
A Chicago dispatch announces the death there
Wednesday, of the Right Rev. Thomas Foley
Catholic bishop of Chicago.
The eloquenco of the averge con gresham in
spires the Chicago Tribune to wish that mankind
were endowed with earlids as well as eyelids
Judging from the tono of the English papers,
there can be little doubt that beefin cremation
Is Snfeaung aHlDnB lulHhluS CidoSNo IA 5NAi''
The risin' gnerltion is it ye call 'em y says
Mrs Moloney, " begorra, the lazy young shpal-
poems II lay in bed till they wear through, so they
will"
Ira Cook, a laborer q years old, attempted 10
scale high fence in northampton, Mass, and his
foot caught between the pickets and he hung thcIe
Till lie died.
Henry Williams, his wife and little girl were
drowned in Mad river, Ohio, on Saturday by the
upsetting of a wagon, in which they were lording
the stream.
A well known henchman Of senator Conkling
has so lost his discretion as to write to Maine
paper that the next president will not be tccto-
taller, like President Hayes.
The Wilmington tN.C,) Star, commenting on the
defeat of the whipping post bill by the legislature
of the state, says there is a growing public senti
meut in favor ofthe measure.
report from Calcutta, asserts that the King of
Bugmah has murdered all the royal princes and
their families and rem)vel the new Ministers and
restored the former despotic government
The courts of Wisconsin and Illinois have Decd
ed that where there is 4 difference Of opinion be-
tween teacher and parent as to the studies Of a
child, the wishes of the parent shall prevail,
Out of 80 republican members OF the Oli1 lcgis-
lature, an interviewer louui IS who would he to
put Garfield in Thurman's seat in the United
States Senate. Stanlcw Matthews had one sup
porter.
The ham5ter, is a small rat-like animal, with a
pouch on either side of its mouth, VIII ch 1t finds
very convenient for secreting grain. 1t abounds in
the sandy distric S between Northern Germany and
Siberia.
The Princess Louise held her first drawing.
room reception in awaywhich dssipated the grow. |
ing anxiety about eXclusivenesS and dress. The |
ladies appeared to have worn high necked dresses |
il they pleased.
A large number of prominent and wealthy capt. |
tasts of New York will hold meeting in April TO |
make arrangements for holding worlds exposi-
ton in that city in 1880 the Centennial anniversary
OF the foundation of the government
The Pullman car people are buillms special |
car for party OF titled Englishmen who propose |
hunting excursion far west as they can 60. The
car contains bedrooms, kitchens, diniug-room and |
game compartments, and will cost SIS ,0JO
The Philadelphia Times notes that the Grant |
movement is getting along so well that some ar.
engagements will soon have to be made to stop it,
if we are going to have Blaine and Sherman and |
EJmunds and some Others for next president.
James DAILY, of Marathon Mich, told his wife
to go out and cut some wood She refused. He |
tried to whip her, but failed ignobly. She threw
him down, tied his hands behind him, and drove
him before her to a Justices conrt, three miles
away.
The examination into the sanity of Jonathan T. |
Wells, the mser millionaire and his ability to take
care of his own affairs, was finished Thursday in |
prooLlv,, spd tho i,r,, c,,,I n vor,h,,. -, ,,,.y
Mfr Wells AnonneaI ia nroh,hIo IN tho Sn,,,o,o
Court
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"a - 'oi ~ '''e - lte' Man
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nn', 'o' '"''e N""Ao'e n'f'e
'"" "oo"' 8''OOO III CASH
'"oC ",''t "0' F,'to''e' "o ie'' renowned than
N'"'7 "''" W." ~ "'"'" glory ON the
" o"' u"eo '''''"s ''e 'eoe'loh Us bnrnsie,
I ""''o ~" Pc'So"ai abuse was the
-, ~, I Nv '',0 Sono'" 10 'etreat'
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tr'uce h'n!"h tefo''7 hlVl1s mi Il vision Of
''e i"'uo "o'''' ne I'll It" see any winged an
gels or hear any haps play ing, but there's lots of
young Ia lies working out aIrebr ME
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"'' N's''" ""'' ""'e oeeh conhncd to the Massa-
'""'o''' "ei'"''"'ch'S'
The Louisville Courier journal il olrc,lr ,ot.i,
against the sprinp RIM of noo,y,, ,1'
1t offers a prize of $1,000 for thn hast ,o,,,, 49,
spring. An competitors are tn onn.or il, go
with their manuscript, and will be Ioo,.,l 49,, T..
the Louisville ia,l for keenirc urt, tia '
Whenthe prizt is given. ulI pnerc.ossr,I,.
to be drowned, as per urevious v,itton
,rho ,.o,,, ;,,r,, ,.-.-.,... ''''''
inson, who is believed to have been thu ono c,ion,,
in wreckin. the Merchants ,,I w.
chanics' Bank of that CITY +, tbn in,,i.,o,o,, ~
is charged with abstractng eight notos If ~, r,o
value of 100000, after the c,iIuro or ,ho ,,a, ~
order to save the inlorscrs. Ano,h,r in,i,,,,,',
was also found against ID. Thomas Vail .r,ana,i,,
hun with consprinp with RohiDson o'"7
Al, honda. ,,,to..,,,.
r,i,too' ~, ,,,a ,,,1a,,t,', Wv T"'n "u"'"Se Com
nos1a,, STATURE on we'd
a,a,a ~ All SAM mat 'he present
to the fact that men thopgb, ina, - tho. 'U0
en- that thew wouId not care to vo,o uias WV, "ON-
l,ollins so;d :, I -, oro - 'S' 'S"hlc