Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-17
Nnus and GOssip.

Saratoga claims 70 have hau WV
this season than ever before. $500
( ssvsn men. charged with the murder OF 0is"'
,,ou,ep. are in the ST. Louis jail awaiting Via"
s,.,,., esver is so prevalent in Indianapolis lnA'
~ aIvi,ability OF keeping the public sehoos e''s
al for time is being discussed
7 ,,ouse won first money in the seveniy'AVe houl
90 .s.vou.please match at Boston. lie made -
wnss. heating Harriman's seventy-nTe hour 'eo'''
in Providence by NILE
The total number OF immigrants arriving +"
castle Garden from January /, 1873 10 sa'uiuay
I.et. was 50 AS, an increase over the same urne
last year of 2s, $50 immigrants.
According to the London Town Talk, petition
has beeu aed in the divorce court by Mr.. Langtry'
ais ROYAL Highuess the Prince of Wales and Two
other gentlemen are mentioned as correspondents
The exeess OF receipts of the patent Office for the
asc.I wear ending June 2OIh, over expenditures
was slssI 1885, This amount is the largest IN Tue
history of the office, with the exception oil 1879
when the excess amounted to s2OO.YOJ.
An,rtv Of farmers and their families, from Dur
ham England, numbering "a persons, arrived at
New York on Monday. They LETT England on ac-
count OF the agricultural distress, and are on their
way to Texas, where they intend to settle They
have money and are hopeful.
Tie Manchester, England, Guardian, says it is
estimated that 20, 10 persons are out of work in
Glasgow. The iron trades only are doing we'll
Building trades are in the worst condition, and il
will be necessary to make provision to assist the
unemployed during the winter.
The August report of the Agricultural Bureau
will show that cotton has been somewhat damaged
BY the cold nights and rains. The crop prospects
| hn
been wonderfully improved by the recent rains.
The crop will far exceed the average.
Blocks IF granite are now being prepared for the
monument which is to be erected to the Inflated
crew of the Fury uice, which was capsized of the
English coast some time ago. The blocks are to
he polls he'd and 10 have the names Of the drowned
seameu engraved upon them by the labor of cor
victs at Chatham.
An estimate of the collections already made for
the ben, fit of General Hoods children in Georgia
jusules the belefthat the Georgia fund will reach
80 900. The Atlanta Constitution fun is already
about g. 900 and increasing rapidly. bale Of
cotton sold for $500 in Atlanta has been sent to the
New York exchange TO be sold there.
Archibald Roane, an old aud successful lawyer
Of Washington, died suddenly in that city last
week II was TO him that Caleb Cushing gave
letter of introduction recommending him to JEFF
erson DAVIS for position in the Confederate civil
| service, and the discovery and publication OF the
i letter prevented Cushing's confirmation by the
senate as Chef Justice Of the United states Su-
preme Court.
| Miss Nellie Thurston made balloon ascension
from the lair grounds al Carthage \. y, Saturday
afternoon. Nothing was heard OF her until sunday
evening, when she came out of the woods, having
| al lAr MtzsT
ton is the only part OF The ascension heard from.
| The balloon got away from her and carried every
thing else with it, Her clothes were badly torn
| and che somewhat, though not seriously, hurt.
At Centervie, the other day, Willie Alden, ten
Yeas of age, son Of l.. +. Alden, was in boat on
the mill pond, in company with Clarence Matthew's
when the current was found too strong for them,
and they were swept over the dam. Clarence
cluug to the boat, which after turning over severa
times carried him the shore that he escaped
with only slight bruises. Willie thrown
violently upon the rocks and instantly killed.
The humane citizens of silverton, Col, are erect
ing houses of refuge at points their toll
road between that place and Antelope Park anu
are importing large number of ST. Bernard dogs
which will be kept for the purpose Of rescuing
persons who get lost in the terrible snow storms
that continually occur the range during the
winter months. Rope tenders are TO be placed at
the numerous places exposed to snow-slldes these
the risky traveller is to keep in his grasp. With
these preparations it is hoped that the terrible loss
of life which has occurred on that route during
past winters may be averted.
Those sand lot politicians in San Francisco got
together the other night and passed. lot of reso
lutons scarfyng the De Youngs and extOlling
Kaoch as " the great, the good, the great-hearted
broad.brained, Heaven gifted" etc. The last
90 whereas " in the preamble to the reso lutions
concludes with the following fine burst of elo-
quence A." Then did he (Kalloch)in his great wrath,
arise, and the lightning cleavng the black
heavens in their downward path to the fields might
| blast and consume an odious skunk, so flashed his
| wit, so burned his eloquence. Therefore be it
resolved" etc. The rest Of the olu tons abound
in SINH lar flights of rhetoric.
The British mission to Afghanistan consisted Of
Major Cavagnar; his secretary Mr.. Jenkyns; DR..
Kelley and lieutenant Hamilton, commanding the
escort which consisted OF twenty.slx cavalry and
; dny infantry and sepoy guide. All those fell in
the Cabul massacre, with the exception OF nine
troopers who were on a foragpg expedition and
thus escaped. The troops OF the embassy weie
lodged in two houses in the city, joined by quad.
, rangle. The houses spacious but uufortu-
nately chiefly constructed of wood The mutt
neers finally burned down the doorway of the
: embassy and swarmed in and slew the British who
fought hand 10 hand until they were overcome.
The British died lighting to the last with the brave
{ ry of desperation, and before they were overpow-
cred they killed more than 100 of their ASA ilants