Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-01-31

Sir Garnet Wosley will probably sue
coed the Marquis of Lorne as governor
general of the Dominion of Canada in
| 1885.
| That "grinding monopoly" the New
York Central railroad, has been doing all
the business for the past year at the rate
of 70 hundredths of ii cent ton mile
just one half of what the rate was eight
| years ago.-EE.
Patrick Ready of Rutland, now serving
out his sentence of about IS years in the
house of correction for liquor selling has
| brought a his petition for II writ of habeas
corpus 10 the Rutland county supreme
court He claims the bail on appeal was
so eXhorbitant that he could not furnish
it. The bull on appeal was $1,000 and the
fee $4,000
ATEREIELE AFFAIRS Saturday morning
family Of nine negroes living on a
plantation in Laurens county, 5. c., killed
and eat of goose that had been bitten by
a dog supposed to be mad. About two
hours thereafter the entire family became
sick and were thrown into commissions
Four died Sunday night, and the other five
are not expected to live.
A Montreal dispatch says: The carni-
val sports concluded with grand ball at
the Windsor hotel Friday night. The
wealth, beauty and refinement of New
York. Boston and other American and
Canadian cities, was largely represented.
All VanderbilI's married daughters and
many of their friends came specially to
attend the ball.
The death list of this congress comprises
six representatives and one senator, as
follows; Mr.. Allen (MissourD, who died
April 2, 1882; the next was Hon r. NJ.
A. Hawk; the nextJ I. Updegraff (Onio),
November 30, 1882; Godlove S. Orth
Qndana), December 16, 1882; and then
j. w Shackeliord, January Is, 1888
Senator Ben Hill died August 16, 1882;
John q Smith died prior to the time for
taking his seat.
Six tons of humanity are now placed
upon the platforms of the curiosity hall of
New York museum, where contest for
prizes offered for fat people is in progress.
Some of the heaviest present are Recinnie
Porter of Camden, Ind, $50 pounds,
'C'SN o'ui7o' w IL ho SouilI, oulU, OUf
Frank Williams, Columbus, Ohio, 4S7
Samuel M. Bishop. Petersburgh, Va, 400;
jesse Waldren, Greenpoint, n. Y, 455
Patrick O'Brien, Belfast, Ireland, 367;
Amelia Hill, Brooklyn, N Y, 400; Frank
Rush, New York city, 335; William
Meher, Green's Farms, Conn, $50.
MONTANA WEATHER,-At 8 O'Clock
last night not n man was visible on Main
street; they were all rustling for seat
on a stove.
At the office of the Montana lumber
company this morning the spirit Their.
mometer registered 64e below zero.
In Main street store this morning at
10 o'clock, a thermometer hung up on the
wall within four feet of red hot stove
l4e below freezing point.
In one of the Butte restaurants the
cooking department is a board addition
out from the main building, and
though the stove this morning was made
red hot, the Chinaman was unable even TO
cook some hot cakes. They froze solid
on the griddle and had to be chopped off
with Ratchet.
A prominent citizen wentto the hydrant
this morning to draw n bucket of water
and in returning to the house spilled
little of its contents, into which he acciden-
tally put one foot. Before he could make
another step he was frozen to the ground |
and was compelled to leave his boot in
The road and hop into the house on one
leg.