Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28


brary worth $50 CO.
a body found Tuesday morning in the North
river, New York, was identified that of the mis-
sing Colonel Groesbeck
At Terre Haute, lad, VIM. Nelson (colored) was
sentenced to the pcnitentiary for year and fined
o., 0J0 for marrying white woman.
At Norwich, Conn, Wesley W. Blshop,implcated
with Mrs. Cobb in poisoning his wife and her hus
band, was sentenced to state prison for life.
VIM. Van Alstyne, the Little Falls, NY, vault
robber and burglar, has been sentenced to fifteen
years in state prison. He made a full confession.
The New York Herald says: "1renor W. Park
has been elected a member of the commission for
the Worlds FAIR to be held in New York in $780,"
Conciliatory remark by Ben Hill, of Georgia
" Those twin curses of the south, secession and
slavery, we're both transplantcl from New Eng
land
The ice mountain below the American fall at
Niagara has been lessenc but little by the hot
weather, and still looms up some seventy feet in
the air.
Cork, Ireland has had big riot, with much
fighting AMI many wounds; and number of
houses were destroyed. Two rival bands made
the row.
The New York board of education have accepted
the resignation of the city superintendent of public
schools, Henry Riddle, to take effect on the first OF
September.
The Waterloo Observer says ;-Tramps would be
more numerous than ever were it not for the self
sacrificing women of the land who marry and
support so many men.
| Four boys were buriedby the falling of a floor
of an old building in New York Friday. Three
were rescued without serious injury but the oldest
named John Donovan will die.
little girl in Somerville, Mass, picked up a
ball which some boys were playing with, a nd re-
fused to let them have it. The boys petcd her
with stones, causing her death.
The musical author of Pinalore" wears his
hair parted in the middle, and people say will no
longer regret the fact that he gets no pay for the
production of his work in America.
Robert Harris. aged 80, and Dell Shaw, aged Is,
while attempting to cross Black River, at Water
town, n. Y, in row boat, were carried over the
Big Falls and drowned. Harris had been drink.
| ing.
The Chicago Evening Jonlnal says that one
hundred thousand copies of the recent speech of
Ben Hill have been ordered by the republicans Of
Wisconsin for circulation as Il republican campaign
document.
An Illinois paper declares that it ceI taiuly pre-.
fers monarchy with Grant at the head of it to the
rule of confederate brlgadiers; but there is less
danger of having either than the alarmists would
have us believe.
| The state of Virginia has scaled down its debt
and new bonds have been issued, but it Will have to
borrow the money to pay interest on them. 1t has
not enough funds in the treasury to pay for the
| printing of the bonds
The Chicago Inler-Oceau of last Friday was
probably the largest daily paper ever publish.
ed. 1t has 1876 pages of which all beyond the usual
number were occupied with and a lverliscm mt OF
delinquent taxi payers.
Now that the plain people are found in line he
fore postotlice windows till after midnight to secure
the chance of buying few ten dollar cert fcates,
the cutlery against III jate banlhol lers is growing
rather faint and feeble.
| Mr.. ID. Webster d iXon, for some years past as
sistant editor of the ST. Adams Messenger is fore.
ed by delicate health to take long vacalion from
his laborous dutlcs,and will leave St.Abans about
June list, for his former home Grand Isle.
Capital punishment haSaSail been decreed in
switzerland after a long experiment of its abolition
The popular vote, whose complete returns have
Just been received is I9l, 49, in favor OF the death
penalty and III ,2G3 against it.
On Monday, the Denevcr, South Park and Pacific
railroad reached konosha summit with its track
and the first passenger train rcache the summit,
1911 10 feet alb the level OF the sell the highest
point yet attained by a railroad in America.
A wrestling match for 800 under the collar and
elbow rules between Chales Murphy,the NewYork
I, Il. ~
place at New York, Tuesday, in which the Yer
monter was victorious in three straight bouts. .
A decision has been reached by Judges Bockes
and Learned, at Albany, az inst the apple alton
for letters Of admiration on the estate of Anneke
Jams. 1t was claimed the estate inc'u led the res
ent Trinity church property, worth upwards Of
fifty million dollars.
In 1862 congress levied direct tax of $4,000 0OC
for war purposes. The share of eleven states TN
gagged in the rebellion, now remaining unpaid, is
s2,72j, l0I. Secretary Sherman has called the at
tention of congress to this matter, and urges tina
something should be done about it,
Accord ing TO Mr. E. G. Ravensten, of the Lor
don statistical society, the Irish. Gaelic language is
still spoken by 500 persons in the British Islands
the ManX, by 12,jOO Scotch Gaelic, by 500 ,2j6
Welsh, by ,(O), making total of ,, l95 49, OIL
nearly seven per cent OF the whole population.
While General sam Cary, the champion green
hacker, was speaking at New Haven, Conn, tn,
other evening, Judge Hitchcock. of the superior
court approached the stand aud cautiously asked
sevora. questions At first he was unnoticed, bu
finally the speaker made Il savage reply, closin,
, with, There, take that, you hard-money cuss."
Oystcrmen are rejoicing at lin ling an enormous
bed of oysters between Sands point and Eaton's
neck, Long Island. James Stockings, commander
of the sloop Pioneer found the bed and sold it fol
$500. Already $50 boats have averaged forty bush
els a day for twenty.one days, 10000 bushels
and the probabilities are that the bed will yiel for
month longer.
In Windlall, Ind, recently, man and his wifi
got to that point Of disagreement so gra phically
described in Betsey and Are Out."Thcy decided
to separate and the assets OF the partnership were
divided up until only the baby was left, when tn,
father said: If you will leave the baby W it'll me
will give you good cow" The mother considered
moment and decided that good COW was worth
$25, and a baby was-well, pretty poor property
So she took the COW.
Last Sunday night horse car left the track OF
Haledon avenue, Paterson, j., and about TWEEN
ty passengers got out and walked. When they hat
gone ABOUT 2uO yaruS lhey were attacked by party
of masked robbers. The passengers defended
themselver vigorously and drove the robbers away
One of the robbers caught Mrs. Jcnitti wife o
a silk manufacturer of Paterson by the throat and
choked her until she tainted, and then robbed her
Of gold necklace.
William Storey of st. Louis, elopcl with Jennie
Atchey, wife of farmer of Batavia, Ono, a few
days since, and was captured on Wednesday and
placed in Jail. mob entered the jail, seized
Storey, placed a rope around his neck and hung
himlto one of the tlmbers of the bridge over the
Little Miami river. After hanging few minutes
the rope broke AMI Storey dropped in the river He
succeeded in gaining the shore, when he was taken
to hotel where he now lies in bruised condition
AT Cincinnati, last Sunday. a fouryears old boy
who was leaning out of the fourth story of tene.
ment house, lost his balance and fell whirng down
toward the brick pavement, fifty feet below On
the porch of the third story, Immediately below
him. stood little girl 10 years old, and by an in.