News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-01-17
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A new thing in convlctS is the SlnS
Sing guest who, before arriving, took
off all his outer clothing on the train
and handed it to a friend, saying that
the State should not have it. He
walked from the railroad station to
the prison, more than mile, in his
under garments only.
Indian Inspector Gardner, who has
recently returned from the Indian Ter
ritory, reports that the Usage Indians
are advancing rapidly towards a civil
lied state. They have compiled and
printed a constitution, passed laws for
their government and made beneficial
changes in their tribal relations. The
Sisseta Indians in Dakota, and the
Quapaw and other tribes in Indian
Territory are also reported to be NOV
ing in the same direction.
New Orleans, where burial in the
ground has never been practicable,
furnishes good field for cremation,
and strong cremation society has
been organized there with DIR. Felix
Pomento as president. The last
grand jury recommended cremation
for the dead of the charity hospital as
sanitary necessity, and the Jewish
clergy and people are strongly in
favor of it.
Frank Z. Wright and G. c. Depuy,
of Syracuse. n. Y, were arrested
Thursday of last week for sending OBJ
scene matter through the mails.
Willie Briefly and Eddie Connors,
each five Yeas old, broke through the
ice on a Taunton, Mass, mill pond,
recently, and both were drowned.
Frank Sherman, a son of re-
spectacle resident of Louisdalc, r.
l., was arrested recently in OlneY-
vile. for q number of small Tobber-
les, of barns, stores, slaughter houses,
etc., in Blackstone Valley towns. He
confesses to many of the robberies,
and much of the property which he
stole has been recovered.
A sheriff's posse searching for a
desperate negro, Sandy Robinson,
surrounded his cabin in Bannerman,
Texas, recently. Joseph Lathrop,
one of the posse, opened the door and
was shot dead by Robinson, who
seized Lathrop's gun and escaped.
The postal authorities are moving
against lotteries in Louisville, and
two men concerned in the Henry Col
leee lottery of that city, and the
agent of the Louisiana concern have
been arrested for using the mails in
their unlawful business.
A company of militia sent by the
governor of Texas to stop fence cut
ting in Karnes county has returned
from the expedition with 10 deer in
their game bags, and now citizens OF
the locality have fitted out private
force of ten men 10 catch the fence
cutters. The deer cost the State SIP
a head.
A notable wedding was that at
Montpelier on Thursday of last week,
of Hon. James l.. Martin, Of Brattle'
boro, Speaker of the House, to Miss
Jessie Lilley Dewey, daughter OF
Hon. Edward Dewey, of Montpelier
The nuptials were solemnlzed ny Rev.
Howard F. Hill, in the presence of
large and fashionable assemblage, in
Guiding a number of prominent per
sons from various parts of the State.
The bridal couple were attended tc
the chancel by four bridesmaids, anc
the bridegroom's best man was Johr
G.. Martin, Esq, of Manchester
: After the ceremony was over .the
couple and their immediate friends
partook of wedding breakfast. The
, presents to the happy pair were nu'
merous and valuable.
The Jacksonville, H., journal
, wants to see PostmasterGenera
! Gresham nominated for President
. and is seeking to precipitate boon
E for which that sensible man will no
/ be grateful.
: The New York Sun advocates thu
} keeping of mastiffs and bull dogs by
unprotected people, like those who
have been nearly or quite murdered
, on Long Island.
The camels brought by the South.
ern Pacific railroad for service i'll Ar
iona, have all been bought by 81
: Australian farmer named Shirley, who
will use them for carrying purposes OF
4 his cattle ranches. There are about
800 of the animals.