Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-07-07

One of Gen. Garfield's characteristics is
is great fondness for children. He takes at
Decial delight in their society, and has '.
ften said that their ideas were to him a Vi
and their questions a spur to al
erpetual investigation.
Garfield is left handed, but he applied d.
imself SO diligently TO learning to write II
nth his right hand that he largely mas t,
ered his natural peculiarly and became II
n accomplished teacher in penmanship n
lie still writes II pretty copy hand and =,
hrows off manuscript with great rapidity.
The toy pistol that harmless little
Weapon" which parents place in their )
hildren's hands with rs much unconcern
IS they would bit of wood, caused the y
leath of one person and wounded eleven 4
,thers in New York. all in one day. The 4
,olice of that city have ordered it ban
shed. The abandon with which this
firearm is used here causes no little
that accidents are not more S
requent.
1t seems to be generally understood in d
England that George Eliot will not write
any more novels or anything else. She {
mas, it is said, definitely announced her
to retire from the pursuit OF
literature altogether. She has often said
that MIR. LOWS was great mental slim
illus to her, and that she could not have
done .Middlemarch" or "Daniel Deron-
ia" without his encouragement. Since
his death she feels her incentive and
gone, and, as she has long
been i'm delicate health, she considers her
literary career over.
The latest recorded collision at sea was
between a Philadelphia steam collier in
the Boston trade and whale. When off
Cape Cod several whales were seen sport
ing at the surface, directly in the course OF
the steamer. All disappeared except one,
which waited until the collier was almost
upon it before diving, and then did not
dive deep enough, for shock was felt
which shook the steamer from stern to
stern. A few days afterward the captain |
of "A schooner that ran into Massachusetts |
Bay reported seeing a large whale of
peculiar species, for it had decidedly q
bumped back Several of the iron plates
of the hull of the iron steamer were
pressed inward by the collision.
A TRIBUTE TO Mrs. HAYEs.-The New
Haven Register, Il democratic paper, APP
preciates the good influence which Mrs.
HAYES has exerted in Washington society,
and offers this tribute to that noble lady:
As for Mrs. Hayes, every American
citizen should lift his hat in respect to her
womanly qualities. She has removed
from the white house shoddyocracy, and
established therein typical American
home, and this great service has rendered
the atmosphere of political life in Wash
ington sweeter and better. 1t has fallen
to the lot Of no other American woman to
accomplish so great work, and she has
done it nobly.
State elections will occur this year rs
follows: Alabama, first Monday of August;
Arkansas. first Monday of September;
Vermont, first Tuesday of September;
Maine, second Monday of September;
Colorado. first Tuesday of October; lndi-
ana, Ohio and West Virginia, second
Tuesday of October; California, Connecti-
cut, Delaware. Florida, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, kentucky, Louisiana. Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Mis-
Sissipp, Missouri, Nebraska. Nevada
New Hampshire. New Jersey, New York
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Car
olina, Tennessee. Texas and Virginia,
November 2d Georgia, November 3D..
A Quincy, H., special to the Time
saws intense excitement prevails in The
portion of the country inundated by thu
breaking of the Sny levee. This embank
men, projected an extent of country n
miles long and from to II miles wide
Fullv ope.thrd of this area is unde
water. the crevasse at Cincinnati landing
IS half "a mile wide and other breaks hav'
occurred Horses, cattle and other stool
were drowned, houses and barns sweep
Inway and crops destroyed. The state fist
ponds near Fall creek are obliterated AM
several hundred thousand fish washed out
D No estimate of the damage done by tn
Hood can he made at present, but it is sal
to state the total loss in this vicinity to b
upward of million dollars.
ARAILRoAD PRESIDENT AND LADY
u KILLED BY THE CARs.-A sad occurrence
happened on Thursday in connection will
the New London regatta, on the Northern
Pacific, and resulted in the death of Presi
. dent f. w. Lincoln of the Boston an
Albany railroad, and Mrs. DIR. VIM. Ap
pleton of Boston. Mr.. Lincoln and Mrs
Appleton were seated on the rear platform
e of the private car of Mr.. Lincoln, attache
l. to the moving grand stand, watching tn
race. The car was next to the forwar
j. engine of the train. Soon after the trai
u, started, when the first race was begun, tn
~ coupling pin connecting the private ca
IL with platform car in the rear broke
10 The engine, released of its heavy weigh
Is shot rapidly ahead The shock threw Nj
ID Lincoln and Mrs. Appleton upon the rail
>. forward of the wheels of the platform ca
~ witch passed over both, crushing thel
u terribly. Mrs. Appleton died in fiftee
u, minutes, and Mr.. Lincoln lived nearly n
~ hour.
he The republican rally at Faneuil Hal
lis Boston, on Wednesday night. was clea
AT affair, Astounding in healthy enthusiasm
i. and indicative of the rousing victory whit
will be achieved this fall by the republ
cans of the old Bay State. Hon. Geors
f. Hoar made the leading speech of Il
evening, in the course of which he ss
i" there are many republicans who admir- re
VI Gen. Hancock, but did not like the crow
III he had about him. He spoke of d
IN general rs brave and honorable soldi
eS but the party which nominated him is n
IS. acceptable to the people. Senator Ho
tth closed his able speech by saying: "B
10. we should be up and doing, we shou
drop all our dissensions, should cease fro