Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-09-12
pa rsouaI and ImDerSOnal.


sion of $3.50 year.
The Bell telephone company have a
capital of $21 100000.
The salvation army propose to "preach
the gospel at Rome also"
More tb an half, or 96S,05S. of the
Christians in India are Roman Catholic.
Miss Frances E. Willard has organized
w. c. T. U. in 80 states and territories.
1t is esl mated that the late Thurlow
Weed consumed $4,000 cigars during his
life.
1t is now believed that books from Cir
cllating libraries spread the germs OF
disease.
The state Universs.list convention was
held at Richmond, last week Tuesday and
Friday.
Rev. DR.. A. G. Haygood says that there
ought to be thousand negro physicians
in the south.
Jay Goulds tomb costs $4,000. 1t is
in the form of mortuary chapel and will
hold sixteen persons.
Queen Victoria has nearly or quite
entirely recovered from her fall on the
stairs at Windsor Castle.
Premier Gladstone of England, recently
spoke at temperance meeting of the
Wesleyan Methodist conference. at Hull
England.
Five Roman Catholic, three Met hodist,
one Congregational and one Episcopal
church edifce are now being built in
New York city.
Surgeons church has 1921 members,
515 Sunday school teachers and 6,54S
Sunday school scholars. He has been
pastor twenty nine years.
Prof. Stuart Phel bs, professor in Smith
college, son of DR.. Austin Phelps and
grandson of DR.. Moses Stuart. accidentally
shot himself in Maine last week.
Rev. R. G. Sewell, a Methodist minister
and agent Of the American Bible society,
was shot down on the street In Luing,
Texas. recently by Lawrence Denman.
Lord Chief Justice Coleridge of England,
and party, dined at White River Junction,
last week Wednesday. He declared New
England scenery to be beyond description.
One half of the four hundred thousand
dollar debt on the Philadelphia Y M G.
A. building has been raised through the
efforts of Mr. Moody and Mr.. Wanamaker.
1t is expected that the Connecticut will
be damned at Brattleboro. making from
the canal eleven first-class water privl-
leges. Brattleboru seems destined to
grow.
The little island of Atafu, in the South
seas, said to be the only purely Christian
country in the world. Every adult on the
island is member of the church on con.
fession of faith.
A national Methodist camp ground has
been laid out on the Catskll mountains,
and $4,000 worth of lots have already
been sold to parties who will erect cot
tages thereon.
Phillips Brooks was very popular as
in England, immense crowds
to listen. His sermons preached
in English churches are soon to be pub
ished by the Mocniellons.
Report comes from Manteno, H., that
Rev. John Fassett, formerly of the Yer.
mont conference, is very sick. Mr.. Fassett
has been sick for some months, but it was
hoped he was improving. He has Bright's
disease of the kidneys.
The liquor sellers, the cigar dealers and
,arbers of St. Louis have each held public
md private meetings in which they have
together to defy and resist the
of the Sunday law Both their
and their actual violation of
he law render them liable to heavy pen
lilies. If this is permitted by the author
ties what may we not expect in the near
uture.
Score one for Gen. Grant on behalf of g
public morals and Sabbath observance. A ,
hort time since Gen. Porter tclegraphcd
o him in the Catskill mountains that ,
liz ector Car was at his disposal for a trip
O Long Branch on Sunday. Gen. Grant {
politely declined it saying: 81 have always t
ried not to travel on Sunday when l held
,ffice, and there does not seem to be any ,
reasonably excuse for it now" c
The Northern Christian advocate says: '
Rev. E. w. Parker went to India just
s the last shot was fired in the mutlny
That was twenty five years ago. He has
,een one of the wisest, ablest. most devoted
nd most successful missionary workers
n that field He is to favor parts of the
Ienesee conference with addresses and a
ectures between the 10th and 25th of
September. He will lecture at the Roch
ster district conference in Walworth.
september 18th. in the evening. The Il
people of all the surrounding churches
houd avail themselves of this opportunity q
o hear this able and excellent worker. :,