Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-22

Corbin, the Ohio hotel keeper who ac-
cused the temperance people of blowing
up his hotel, has been arrested on a charge
of doing the deed himself.
Rev. Mr.. Hayden is on trial in Connec-
ticut for the murder of Mary Stannard
which was committed little more than n
year ago. 1t is now claimed she was
poisoned
Charles Freeman, the Pocasset murder
er, was indicted by the grand jury OF
Barnstable county last week. No bill was
found against Mrs. Freeman and she has
been discharged.
The Gate City guards ofAtlanta made q
visit TO Boston last week anu were hand
somely received by the Boston tigers "
Gov. Talbot and Major Prince assisting in
doing the honors.
Gen. Grant told the people of Portland
that foreign people respect us more than
we respect ourselves. Our trouble is that
we are SO big we can see only small bit
of ourselves at q time.
The Boston Herald thinks Butler is
just as surely beaten to-day as though the
votes had been counted and they showed
large majority against hin. Rather
consoling for the asprant," to say the
least.
On the night of the 18th there was ter
rible storm in Spain which caused the
overflow of the rivers Mundo and Segura.
There was wide spread destruction of life
and property; in one province alone more
than three hundred people were drowned
The case OF Joseph A. Blair of, New
Jersey, who shot his coachman Armstrong
last June was given to the jury Saturday
morning. After being ont two days they
came in for instructions and again resum-
their deliberations and were still out Mon
day night.
1t is now understood that the rails for
the West River railroad will not be
delivered this fall, and the track will not
be laid until next spring, The fault
appears to be with those who contracted
to furnish the rails, and not the builders or
managers of the road.
The Brattleboro hotel keepers after being
indicted for liquor selling closed their
houses. But as Mr.. Estey and Others said
there should be other hotel accommodations
provided, they soon saw the folly of their
ways. So a petition was circulated asking
them to open their houses and they opened
them.
Mr.. Patrick DOMAIN, one of the demo-
cratic lights of the southwest, says the st..
Louis Globe Democrat, tearfully remarks
to an interviewer that General Grant, as
to the forthcoming presidential contest,
holds San Arkansas hand;" and then he
volunteers the explanation that can
Arkansas hand" consists of four ares and
a Bowie knife.
The non-sectarian school people in New
Britain, Connecticut, have won victory.
More room was needed for school children.
The Catholics proposed an extension of
the common school system to their con-
vent, and that the teachers be nuns. The
school committee favored the plan, but
the people did not and spoke long and
loudly against it with a majority of nearly
six hundred.
The Ute war seems likely 10 be no war.
Gen. Merritt found no Indians at the White
River agency. The southern Utes say they
want no fight and it is thought they will
give up the women and children taken by
the hosiles. They may however try to
make some terms before surrendering the
parties who were engaged in the attack.
The troops have been mostly ordered back
from the White River agency to get out of
the way of winter SHOWS, A guard will
be left there. The Colorado folks want
the Indians exiled or exterminated-al
their land.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT MALoNE.-A de-
structive fire broke out at Malone, N.
T., Monday morning in the large tannery
of Webster Brothers, which was wholly
destroyed, together with the tannery of
Lincoln & Miller, four or FIVE stores, and
large livery stable owned by Pat Clark
Considerable damage was done to goods
removed from stores not burned. Clark's
livery stable was new one. Webster
Brothers employed in their tannery some
one hundred and twenty-five men, who
are thus thrown out of employment. Lin
coin q Miller employed fifteen or twenty
hands. The feed store of Geo. +. Dickey
was burned, but the grist mill on the same
street was saved. The loss is estimated
at Sl50,000. ...