Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-18

Gen. Hancock will have very large
soldier vote; the whole of the survivors of
the confederate army. -Netoburyport Her.
aid.
A Young Girls STRANGE SUICIDE-It
is now quite certain that Rose Waterman.
the thirteen-year-old school girl. killed in
New York, by fall from the roof of her
residence. committed suicide in antcipl.
ton of being separated from her liver
boy, of her own age. Both we're PLAYING
on the roof. She jumped from the para.
pet after telling him she was tired OF life.
The following observation of the Peters,
burg, Va, Lnde1- appeal will amuse Yer
monters: " Vermont has sent n statue of
Jacob Collamer, one of her jurists, repre-
sentatives and senators, for the hall of
statuary at Washington, to which each
state is invited to make two contributions.
Collamer was one of the old ouard
republicans, and if alive to-day would
probably be found supporting General
Hancock for the presidency"
A letter has recently been delivered in
France, after being detained in the post.
office for half Il century. singular dis.
covery was made three weeks ago in the
course of the operations now going on in
the general post-oilice at Paris. In
panel near one of the boxes was found
letter which had been posted exactly fifty
years ago. and which by some mischance
had got stuck in the panel instead of find.
ing its way into the box. The letter was
duly forwarded to the person TO whom it
was addressed, who, still more strangely
was alive and received it safely. The
writer. however, had been dead many
years.
The news from Ireland continues to be
of an extremely alarming character.
The police report that parties of young
lrelanders are constantly drilling in the
suburbs of Dublin; and from all parts of
the kingdom, save in the extreme north,
similar reports come, indicating the ex-
istence of widespread organization for the
purposes OF sedition. A number of meet
ings were held in Ireland Sunday, to
protest against the rejection of the com
pensation for disturbance bill. Very vio-
lent language against the landlords wa,
used by the speakers.
TANNER OUTDoNE.- "A young lady
named Dehart, at Port Mariner, Staten
Island, has recently passed through a fast
oil 81 days without food or water. The
fast ended week ago. 1t was not yolun.
tary, but was CARRIE out by the recon-.
mendation and under the surveillance of
her attending physician, for the cure of
ulcers in the stomach. The cure has been
effected. The young lady is now rapidly
recovering and gaining flesh at the rale Of
one pound per day. Her weight durno
the ordeal was reduced from 100 to OK
pounds. During the first two weeks she
suffered severely from lack of fool Al
one time, she succeeded in evadinp orders
through the Ignorance of a new attend
ant, but succeeded only in obtaining
water, which she sucked from wet cloth.
Al another time, when left momentarily
alone. she obtained II few drops from a
| goblet held out OF the window during "A
heavy shower.-Fron The New York
Graphic.
A WINDFALL FROM THE WAR TINE
A Washington special to the Traveller
says The cashier of one of the oldest of
the Washington banks, while searching a
few days ago for some mislad papers,
found in one of the dusty pigeon holes of
the bank vault IA sealed envelope which
was marked with the name of a former
member of congress from one of the New
England states. This gentleman, who
was noted during the war for his unselfisb
patriotism and untiring devotion to the
welfare of our soldiers, died in this civ
during the spring of 1868. His son. who
is now high in rank in the armv was
sent for when the above discovery was
made, and the seal was broken. where.
upon there were discovered several IT 8
l0-4O coupon bonds for one thousand dol.
lars each These bonds bore evidence Of
having been issued in 1864, and. ma the
coupons were intact, it was evident that
the patriotic owner had refrained from
claiming any portion of the interest IA il
malured. However, the son, now that the
finances are upon firLler footing, had no
such scruples, and venting hls way across
the street to the treasury, calmly nsked
the interest clerk To Gu; off and cash 81 G.,v
coupons The interest, even without
compromising, nearly edualed the prinoi.
pal and the surprised and pleased owner
Is now probably looking for IA snitabIa
investment for his wiz ifall.