Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-01-28


when they lived in Gaena " in small brick house
and kept one servant"
Seigcr William, at Cave Spring, Mo-, Tuesday, in
u playful mood, pulled a chair from under his
cousin JENNA. The young lady got angry, seized
a rae and shot him dead.
The crop reports of the state beard OF agricul-
ture of Illinois shows that the winter wheat acreage
now sown in Illinois is 1858 s2j, or twenty-five per
ceut greater than last year.
The house Of Chas. Brown, at Windsor, Conn,
was burned early Saturday morning. Brown,aged
Is was burned to death. 1t is supposed he set fire
to the place while into x'cated.
We are going out with tide, said young man to
friend, as he flew down the aisle after wedding.
In that case said lady in front, you can afford to
get of my train. And he did.
Over 600 paintings, the works of distinguished
artists of the sixteenth century, have been discov
cred in government buildings in Florence and are
to be placed in the Ufizi gallery.
Mrs. Frances Il. Beard of Audover, is charged by
the coroner's jury with having set the fire which
caused the death of her two sons, Horace and
Arthur Beard, several weeks ago.
The distress in Irelan is intensifyins under the
influence and frost of the biting cold, which during
the last four days has succeeded the mild weather
which had prevailed since Christmas.
The supreme court of California has decided
that indictments found by the last grand jury
against Charles De Young and others are valid and
that the indicted palties must stand trial.
The charges against the Indian bureau manage
ment, which have created so much talk lately have
at last been brought to the attention of congress,
and tine Senate has ordered an investigation.
Judge Colt at the dinner of 1.-THE Alumni of Will.
Jams college took time by the folelock and nom-
mated Senator Garfield of Ohio, graduate of the
college, as presidential candidate for 1884.
Preston Wood, Editor of the Clarendon Press,
Columbia, S. G., and the son of a distinguished
Methodist preacher. blew out his brains on Thurs
day, because beautiful Jewess refused to marry
him.
Tine Troy, N. Y, papers announce that Detective
Markham, Wednesday, discovered and secured
President Lincolns walking stick, stolen from his
box at the theatre on the night Of his assassina.
ton.
The consolidation OF the Union Pa cilc, Kansas
Pacific and Denver Pacific railroads was accom-
plshed Saturday, and the consolidated company
will be known as the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany.
The Wesleyan Methodist connection of England
has just sustained great loss in the death Of Rev.
John Rattenbury, one Of its most distinguished and
successful ministers, aud president OF the confer
ence in 1861.
Gov Blackburn of Kentucky has pardoned 81
conv lets from the state pcnitentlary, because the
prison, built for 600 inmates, is overcrowded with
nearly 800 and lis unhealthy from dampness and
bad ventilation.
Constantinople dispatch asserts that terrible
distress prevails in Adrianople. Fifteen persons
were found dead from hunger there in one day. In
mouth OF the corpses.
An indianapolis dispatch says that people in
Hancock county, Illinois, opposed to negro emf
grafton, have threatened those employing negroes
that have property will be burned. One or two
flies have already occurred.
DanforthS bank, at Daniurth, ILL.,, was robbed by
four masked burglars Wednesday evening. They
gagged and bouDda MIR. Web6er, who WAS as
work in an adjoining room as cabinet worker,
| blew open the safe stole $4,000. and escaped.
| Club and society circles in London are greatly
shocked by report that the prince Of Wales two
sons, Prince George and Prince Albert Victor who
tare serving on board man of war, have been
| taliooed on the nose with India ink,
| The wife of Wendell Phillips has been an invalid
ever since she was girl, aud never leaves her
room. 1t is said as Mr.. Phillips was leaving hei
| to make speech IN crisis Of the anti-slayery
movement she said: " Don't shliy-shally, Wen.
dell"
| Mr.. j. Z. Flood, the San Francisco millionaire
has just bestowed pleasant little amount Of pin
money upon his daughter, Miss Jennie Flood; be
has registered 81 100000 in United States bonds in
| her name. This gift provides for her an income
| 100000 year.
| special dispatch from Trinidad, Colorado, says
that several hundred cowboys irem Panhandle
| Texas, are said to be camped between there and
Los Vegas Fifteen en- tered Los Vegas Thursday
night killed The city marshal and two citizens, ant
wounded five others.
The mild winter bas caused the people all through
the interior of Missippi TO lose much their saltet
pork. They have had such winter for many
years. The loss from spoiled bacon will BIO larg
one. Reports come of the same disaster havn;
overtaken the planters in portions of Alabams
aud Georgia.
Some members of the Ute del cgation express
the opinion that good many Indians Will be will
ing to settle down in severalty upon agriculture
lands, on their present reservation, and yield tn
balance of the land to the government, and thos
who will not do this i'll go peaceably TO the Utal
reservation.
The novelist rurgeneI has excited the wrath o
| the government journals of Russia for assisting
nihillst, who had been bounded out of Russia TO
some triling political offence. Tho poor fellow
was in sore distress in Paris, and the novelist len
him small sum Of money and put him in the wa,
OF earning living. For his Immunity Turgcnef
ia attacked in print with acrimony and ferocity.
On Thursday night at Los Vegas, New Mexico
James West, William Randall and other roughs
rode into town to kill Marshal Carson. They foun,
him at saloon and fired at him, hitting him fy,
times. He empted his revolver at Them firing unit
he died, killing both West and Randall Seyera
persons were wounded by stray shots, some o
whom will probably die. The rest of the gans
| led.
Dispatches from st. Petersburg give details O
the recent arrests in Moscow. The secret polio,
| first discovered depository of the revolutonar
| proclamation large quantity of dynamite anG
| some electric batteries. From the preliminary OK.
| animation to which the prisoners haye been sub
jected, it would appear that plot is on foot ia
blow up the car on his next journey to Moscow in
the palace of the Kremlin. When this intelligence
was communicated TO the car his emotion was AZ
violent that those Of his cour,iers who were pres
ent were in fear of fatal nervous attack.
One of the most unfortunate serenades by which
an unfortunate statesman was ever harassed was
that which the Ohio Association of Washington
rendered to senator-cect Garfield, Thursday night,
The festivities open cd by the breaking down of n
platform which had been erected for the occasion
In front OF Mr. Garaeld's residence precipitatinp
MIN and 20 others 0ncludine number of ladies) to
ne ground Thls trining interruption having been
1got over 'he serenadeIs proceeded to business,
when tremendous rain storm came up, putting \