News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-22
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

LOUIS KossUTH declares that no pow
er oD earth will make him believe that
Gregory did not betray Hungary, and
that all the newspapers in America can
not convince him that he himself is dead.
Most of the people of Lee, Ind,
firmly believe that James Lyman was
struck dumb as punishment for bias
phemy. He was a notorious swearer,
and one of his TRADES was cut short by
complete paralysis of the vocal organs.
Miss MAUD Read owns a good ranch,
we'll stocked with cattle, the whole of
which she superintends herself, in Wyom-
ing Territory; she is one of the shrewd-
est cattle owners in the country, is a
good shot, and is respected by the cow
boys.
SOMETIMES a rare book has a value
upon 1t that-is- wonderful. AT the sale
OF the Syston library, in London,
"Psalmorum Cordex" of 1859, printed
by Faust and Scholtfer, brought 94, $50.
Nearly s25, 900 for book is certainly
handsome sum.
A BULLET with which Henry Southern,
of Greenville, s. c., was wounded in the
neck at the battle of Gettysburg, has
lust been taken from beneath his collar
tone by surgeon. The bullet was not
disfgured, and looked as new as when 1t
entered his neck.
No FORM of amusement has ever had
in this country so great popularity as
roller skating. 1t is said that no town
of five thousand population is without
its public rink, and in the larger cities
such establishments absorb SO much
time and money that little is left for the
travelling entertain Lents.
ST LOVE my country" says Peter
Brush in Charcoal Sketches" "anl
want an Office. don't care what, SO
it is fat and easy. I have genius for
governing-for telling people what to do
and looking at 'em do it. I want to
take care of my country, and want my
country to take care of me"
A KANSAS editor makes the following
announcement in his paper ''Lest
week when we were coming home from
Topeka, we were held up by two road
agents who took all the money we had
left. We hope, therefore, that our d
Iinquent subscribers will pay their sub
scrlptions promptly, as we are mighty
hard up"
- 10 s n
estimates the cost to the Board and to
the coal companies of the recent strike
in Hooking Valley at ST., 900. The
loss to business men outside of the
Board has been estimated at $3.50, 900,
to the railroads centering there at 81
100, 900, to the furnaces in the valley at
1925, 600, and to the City of Columbu,
at So, 511 900.
CANADIAN merchants and manufac-
turers who have large mails save third
in their postage expenses, it is said by
sending their mail 1t er in nodes 30
The nearest Post Off5a On the Uuie,d
they mail it at the two cent rate, whereas
they would have to pay three cents il
the matter was mailed on the other side
A MIsMAIED Canadian couple wish
divorce. The first judge they applied
to declined to consider the case, mas
much as he had married them. And an
other judge declined because OF some
business relations which had existed be-
tween him and the husband defendant
in years gone by. They are hoping to
be more successful with a third Judge
before whom their appli cation has been
brought
aNr WARNING left Chateau. NJ. T.,
short tims ago to get logs from the
mountains, and not returning within a
ew weeks, search for him was ma le by
friends, when his body was found be-
neath a great tree, which hal fallen
Ipon him and held him prisoner until
eath ensued from starvation and cold.
after the accident he had written note
md tied it around the dogs neck, tell
ng the particulars of the mis- fortu e,
out the faithful animal would not leave
his master, and was sitting on the body
when it WIS found, nearly famished,