Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-24
News and Gossip.

Gated Thursday.
There is great strike in the Chicago stock yards
somewhere from 300 10 5000 wOrkmen being now
idle.
Eighty pictures were sold at an art saie in New
YORK. the other night, and brought aggregate Of
s3S 600.
A bpIler in Louis Trumbulrs saw mill AT Collins,
Ind. exploded lately, killing Trumbuli, his two
sons and two others
Referee Blake says that he expects the race be-
tween Courtney and Hanlan will take place on the
LIST of May at Washington.
General Garfield is opposed te immediate action
in reference to the legal tenders. He suggests that
we feel our way carefully along.
Charles Francis Adams, for the first time in his
life laughed the other day when an agent wanted 10
sell Mrs. Adams a refrigerator.
A conference of eastern democrats has been
called at Washington in the interest Of Senator
Bayard's presidential aspirations.
1t is authoritatively stated by the London World
that Princess Louise Went to Eugllnd that the
expectant heir might be born there
The cable announces the death, in his 9th year.
of David Haviland, of New Yo'k, founder Of the
firm of IIaviland Co., Limoges, France.
A whale afty feet long got into Lynn Haven Bay,
near Norfolk. Va, Wednesday, and getting out OF
the channel was captured by cOuntrymen.
sara Bernhardt is said to have resumed negotia.
lions for brief American tour next December, in
GLIDING New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
Gen. Grant will not sail for Cuba until the 9Th of
January and nothing definite has been arranged
about his tour through the south after he returns.
Insh in IA, q. T,a
billty Of life perhaps rain, perhaps not" 100 nights
this winter between Eastport Me, and Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Col. Mcclure of the Philadelphia Times writes
from Washington that sherman will be out CT the
the presidential fight before the national vention
meets.
A requsitiOn has been presented TO the Mayor of
Montreal asking him to ca public meetings TO dis
cuss measures for the relief Of the distress in
| Ireland.
Some forty cattle have died of pleuro-pneumoria
in West Chester county, n. Y, the past fortnight.
Rigid measures will be adopted to prevent lis
spreading.
The Presbyterian synod of Long Island has sus.
tanned Dr. Talmage by dismissing the appeal from
the decision of the Presbytery in his case by two
| thirds vote.
| Drew, the temperance worker, closed at Atlanta,
Ca, Thursday night His work has resulted IN
over 0Oc persons signing the pledge. lie goes to
Savannah, Ca.
Rev. Joseph Cook says: "Not a woman sulragist
myself, am yet in favor OF trying tho experiment
of both the temperance and educational ballots in
| the hands OF women"
| Col, Thomas A. Scott, the hea! of the Pennsy.
wanna railroad, is hopelessly il! and not expected
to recover. The disease is one of the brain, and
no visitors are allowed.
Details of the last ChiliIn victory state that the
allied forces of Peruvians and Bovans met with
a most disastrous dele IT, and that he slaughter on
both sides was terrible.
| The new secretary of war never resided in Bos-
ton, but some of the older of the printers of that
city have very distinct recollection ofhls BROTHER
who was one OF their craft.
Benjamin Porter Howe, son OF A. Il. Howe in
ventor and manufacturer Of the sewing machine,
and nephew of Elias Howe, died at Springfield,
Mass, December H. lie was 80 years old.
| The Al bitiators chosen by the trunk lines to adj
Just the differences failed of success and 1t is said
that Vanderbilt will probably bring about disrup
ton of the present pool, and cause another ag-
gre.sive railway war.
Mrs. Mary sullivan, Of Brooklyn, was committed
TO Jail Monday on charge Of assauting nelghbor
She felt her disgrace keenly, and being liberated
on b Ill Wednesday night, droppc! dead in the
street from heat disease.
| II is rumored that Charles Baker of the Evans
vile, (ind) elevator, has disappeared leaving Gus
toners AMI creditors shott from 10000 $4,000.
He is reported 10 have shipped grain stored in the
Lot If ilt,iu IA ~ nj Il
private rcLcctiyo claims the notorious forser,
Rev. E. d. Winston OF Boston, is now in Buenos
Ayres under the assumed name Of W. .. Love
engaged in publishing the Buenos iyras Herald,
and manitests great interest in religious &lItus.
John Hailman, John Davis and john Roberts
undertook to cross the Kentucky river at Cratic,
Ky, in small Nat boat Wednes lay night. The
boat capszel and all were drowned. No trace Of
the bodies has been lnuad, the river beng very
I high
The flticth an adversary OF the founding Of the
Lane Theological Seminary OF Cincinnati WAS cee.
/ brated Thursday by the dedication OF new adj
dton to the building, " hch costs $4,000. 1t con
tans chapel and Museum, OesidGs number of
| lecture rooms.
The will OF Christian FrcleIlch fuaoa, senior
member of the New York shipping firm of Funch
Edye Co., directs that Ills body he cmbalmelput
in an iron coffin and tlkcn to Milan, italy, and
there cremated, his ashes TO be placed 10 AN mn
/ and buried al Copenhagen.
The western lady who read in Il newspaper that
baking powder was a good thing, thought she'd
bake some, aud her old man on arriving where the
cabin had stood said he wouldn't mind the affair so
much if she'd let the dog out before blowing hei self
and the property to glory in that style
Thomas hughes Tom brown us quotel as
saying " DO you know there is nothing that
astonshes us English so much as TO see YOU Amer
leans come over here for lectures? Why, sir, can
name all the orators OF England on the fingers OF
one hand, while you are nation Of orators"
Messrs. Stettaur Bros. & Finsten, of Chicago,
who recently failed for large amouut,are charged
with entering into conspiracy to iraudulently pay
of or secure their Indebtedness to friends ard
relatives and TO dclraud other creditors. Various
other charges of fraud and irregulaiit are made.
Mr.. Lafayette E. Battey, an aged aud quite
weaty man, was found in his yard at North OXiold
Mass, early Wednesday morning with terrible
wounds in the head AMI del at 10 O'Clock. lie had
been called out by unknown persons between >
and O'Clock. His pocket-book, in which he
usually carried quite sum OF money, is missing.
Mr. Tennyson's new play is founded in Boccac-
cos beautiful legend Of the Knight and the
Falcon" SO pleasantly treated by Mr.. Long'ellow
in the "Taes Of Waysilc lam" The play is in
one act, and in verse and employs four characters
only two of whom the Kuisht and the Lady are o.
Importance.
Mary Anderson the actress came near drowning
last sunday evening. she was riding with another
lady and her step.fl'her near Wheeling, West Va.
when the horses away as they were crossing
a bridge, smashing the carriage, when Miss Amber
son Jumped out and would have gnna through a
hole in the bridge into the stream beIov but Tor the
driver, who caught her.
| At least one English paper-the London
: Saturday ReUtew-is impressed with the
; awful might of England, and hints that i
she had not been compelled to use part Of
her strength in other directions ut the time
, of the revolution, the American colonies