Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-05

The old Danville North Star went out
with 1880, unless a purchaser was found to
continue its publication.
Mary Anderson is playing at the Fifth
avenue theatre in New York, and the
Bernhard is playing in Philadelphia
In Connecticut it appears to be conced-
ed that Gen. Joseph r. Hawley will be
chosen United States senator.
In Maine the senatorship lies between
Hale and Frye with the chances in favor
of the former. The caucus will be held
Friday evening.
The Northern Pacifc's immense land
Grant, after all sales up to this time, is
still estimated at 45,O00,000 acres, OF II
tract larger than all New Eng land.
Edward Richardson of New Orleans is
called here the cotton king of Amer
lea. He is said to be worth $15,OOO,0OO.
He owns ten or twelve cotton plantations,
on which from fifteen thousands to twenty
thousand bales of cotton are grown each
year.
Gen. Geo. H, Sharpe is to be reelected
speaker of the New York House of repre-
sentatives. He was unanimously nomi-
mated by the republicans Monday night
The candidates for senator most talked OF
are Channcy NJ. Depew, Levi ?. Morton,
Congressman Crowly and Vice President
Wheeler.
A SAD CASE OF SUICIDE.-The Lamoill'
Ne,os says The people of Wolcott wer,
startled on Saturday, Dec. 25th, by the re
port that suidide had been committed b.
one of the middle-aged citizens, j. Harvey
Trow. The deceased lived with his aget
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Trow
On Thursday he borrowed Il revolver t.
shoot some cats around IA barn on his owl
place. Early Christmas morning he sho
himself in his own room, the ball cnterin!
the right temple. 1t would seem that b
> was speechess and unconscious from tina
: moment. although he fingered some tw
hours. Deceased was 81 years OF age. ii
+ leaves no children. His wife SEPARATED
from him two or three years since, MI
Trow had expressed himself as feelin
=, very bad, had asked for the prayers {
t Christians. and had complained of his hea
recently. He united with the Congrega
tional church, upon profession of faith som
\ five years ago.
That dphtheria and other dangeror
diseases may not unfrequently be trace
= to the poisonous emanations from hous
) drainage pipes, is well established fact
and the question has of late been widel
' discussed as to what extent the landloI
= may be liable for thus poisoning h
tenant The latter with diphtheria c
:, other disease prevailing in the neigl
! borhood, becomes convinced that h
:, family are suffering or liable to SUITE
. from defective drainage or sewer gas, an
warns his landlord of the suspec {
Z defects Is the landlord liable for dan
y ages in case sickness Occurse A Chcag
o tenant is trying to get an answer to tn
= problem, and has begun an action again!
. his landlord for $4,000 damages O
!" account of an attack of diphtheria froI
l. which his daughter has suffered throug
Is poisoning from sewer gas, and this. to-
after the landlord had been duly notiie
of the defective sanitary arrangement
N about the premises. If the point is we
established that tenant may sue an
10 recover damages from his landlord O
TT account of defective plumbing and impel
/. tect drainage, it will force landlords to
IS more liberal in furnishing their premise
Il with such sanitary conveniences ms moder
n skill can provide and public healt
demands.