Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-02

amuse themselves. They did, and one killed.
At Clarksburg, Olt., Friday, two boys. nine and
eleven years old named stoutenberg, took shelter
under a tee from a storm. A limb fell and killed
both.
The excess Of exports over imports for the year
ending May 81 1879 was s26o, 7J9si6 an increase oil
uearry 100 OOJ,ooO over the same period expiring
May 81, 1873.
The t,ustees of Dartmouth college have cOnsid-
cred the complaints Of the students and unani-
mousy expressed satisfaction with the pr esent ad
mnistration Of the college.
ex-governor Holbrook has been for 40 years a
member of the Congreg itional choir, in Braltlebo-
no, and for the most oil the time cholister, and he
| sings now with no trembling 10 his vOcs.
In Indiana an Illinois, the winter wheat crop is
pronounced the fines. g. own since the famous one
Of 1894, while the acreage is larger. Corn promises
a full average yield, but grass and oats Will be
small.
William Savage and Louis synder, machnsts
while being lowered in u 81 Ipe of the Williams
town (penn.) collIery were precptated to the bot
tom, over 100 yards by the breaking of the chain,
and Instantly killed.
| F. a. Grim, who ran over and killed Emma
Danish, little girl in Chicago, Friday night, was
followed fourteen miles by the Police and aptured.
tie and hired man in the wagon were indicted by
the grand jury f,r criminal careessness.
| Two sons of Charles Rhinehardt, aged and 6,
| were drowned In the canal at Syracuse Saturday.
| The youngest was reaching for dog in the water
and fell in. The Oldest, went to his assistance IAN
they were drowned in each others arms.
man and woman are travelling across Iowa
pulling a two-wheeled buggy in which are a baby
| and other household al ticles. hey came from
Luzeine county, Pa, on foot and pulled the wagon
| all that distance, and their destination is the Black
| mills.
i, A marriage ceremony was performed by tele-
graph at Newark, Nd, last week, between D.. +.
NJ snow OF Los Angels, Cal ami Miss Margaret
Wright of Albany. lhe certificate, however, was
not given by the clergyman, but will be obtained
| from the munster in California.
| l.. e. Woiden, & Co. of Albany, have contracted
with the Delaware and Hudson canal company to
build new passenger STA ION and freight house at
Rouses Point. at a cost of 81 500. Its dimensions
will be 2OxyO feet. rhe loca llou will DC north o
the site oi the building burned last year.
A dispatch from Cape Town says the latest ad
| vices are rather encouraging. Tue advance ui the
b, fish into ZIluland has continued, aud once more
tits asserted that the teg diepos ltion OF the
British columns Is sufi :ient TO prevcu the unnap'
ny surprises which previously nave resulted IN
such serious disaster.
A letter from Beaconsheld's private secretary to
| Frey TurniIelli is published stating that Lord
,iacons1eld cannot accept the golden cath which
has been purchased for HIM by penny subscnp.
tons Of 81, so poop The letter hints that Mr..
iurnirelli is place hunter and got up the atrtlr
from personal motives.
jesse Owens, saloon keeper, living at Coesse
Ind attempted 10 murder his four mo,heiless child
rem. lie first assaulted his son, aged I years,
tearing of his ear, then stabbed his daughter, aged
., INJECTING TN &c wounds He next took club
aud beat all four children until their bodies were a
mass OF wounds. He was arres ted.
| Marcelno Guiot, young Frenchwoman, has
just been condemned 10 death by the court assize
Of the Vienue for one of the most abOninabe
crimes on r,cnld. She forced her step'dauSht IL
girl Of eight years, to eat IL pins, two needles and
pieces Of wood with her soup, which caused the
chlld's death after horrible torments.
| The Rev. Canon Frederick Beadon, the oldest
Clergyman in England, died the 10th, of June al
MS residence. North Stoneham lieclory. He was
ordained IN 1870, and or62 years was manager Of
| the Southampton oavIn-s Bauk. When he attained
his one hundredth veal he was l04 when ne died
| the queen wrote hn n letter OF congrLtulatioh.
| Gen. Grant is en- route from rientsin 10 Picking
rhe latest advices indicate considerable change in
| his future movements. 1t is nov believed pIoba-
BILE that he may return TO China after visiting Japan
and proceed to Australia. Ills plans are su, J.ct to
30 many sudden alterations, however, that nothing
| nhSOuplv cartain la known Il month advance
A few days since, Abram Uoty, SIS years old, Of
Clifton Park, Saratoga county, while saving of
| the limb of tree upon which a swarm of honey
bees had aghted was precpi ated to the ground by
the falling OF the ladder The TALL rem ired him
sensible, art before assistance could be rendered
he was attacked and stung in frighlful manner by
the Infatuated bees. Ills recovery. is said to be
| doubtful.
The boys OF the old 18th who knew and respected
| Captain Geo. q. rilden, who was breveted m jbi
for gallant and mertoriols conduct before Pete s.
burg, will regret t. hear that he has lst had the
misfortune 10 lose his little daughter NJ tu 10 or II
year old, who was beloved by all who knew her
Major TIlden resides in As'es, Iowa, where he is
successful merchant and prominent and induen.
| tiai man.
| A wonderful cave has been discovered near La
Crosse, W is, on the farm Of D avid Samuels. II is
81 feet long by wide, and its walls are covered
with hierogyphics and rude carvings of men, ami
mails and various Indian implements. The cave
had been covered long ago with landslide, and
the number of coous caught at a small hole left
open led to the search for the cavern where they
hid. A poplar IS inches in diameter had grown
out OF the land slide aud rotte away, which is
considered conclusive proof that men have not &C.
cupled the cave during the last century or 80.
| Considerable sensation has been caused at Lille
| and throughout the north oil France by tie escape
| of a nun from the Convent of the Sisters of ST.
| Claire, who are known by the name of Les Claris.
| SEES. This nun hail been detained in the convent,
the rule of which is tho strictest, for twenty hve
years. Her escape took place I'm Ter remarkable
| circumstances. rhc sisterhood hal bought house
contiguous to their convent, and bricklayers were
| Q nployed to pull down the wall between the two
buildings so as to make them communicate. After
| the fashion of French workmen, the brckiayel
went to sleep AFTER their dinner. when the re'rac-
tory sister stepped through opening in the WALL
and, walked out, proceeded to her fathers house in
the town which she hal len gu after Of century
before and where she now remains, She is suirei
| ing from the effects of her long seclusion.
| One of the most extraordinary natal events on
| record has recently occurred in South Australia
| where five children have entered the worll at one
birth. and bid fair to remain, as all strong and
healthy. The father Is a German settler named
Jacob Schiller, and the mother weighs 2lt pounls
and Is SIX feet four inches high, and has before
| given birth to two twins and trpets. The conster-
nation of the father on seeing the last wholesa le
addition to his family was lurlicrcus to with ss
lie sat stupidity down, and gaEed mechanics
from child to the other 81 cutting at intervals
Mein Gottl Mein Gottl" as expressive of his
emotions. contribution for the family has been
started in the colony, and has already assumed
generous proportions. A Snowman has offered
SCHUYLER $3.50 week and expenses to travel with
his family, but he has declined to accept.