Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1862-06-17
VERMONT NEWS.

hAiS 1T ana RAIN last (fhursday) night, ,
more or less a large part of the night some of
The time very hard 1t has been nearly six
weeks since we have had sufficient rain in this
vicinity to lay the dust. Although not so much
as we need, the rain last night WAS worth thou
sands OF dollars to the suffering crops.
FATAL AccIDgNr.--W IN Sylvester Howard,
father of the editor OF the Hydepark N,ws-
deaier, was so badly injured on the 9Th inst,
by being thrown from carriage IN which he
was riding with his daughter that he died on
the Sunday following
ALMOST 4 FATAL AccIDENT.- workman
named Stephen Bergen employed about the
staye machine Of JAS. r. Langdon OF this VIII
lage, was seriously injured Monday morning by
beng caught and Carried around by belt con-
nected with the machine. Mr.. Bergen had one
arm broken. his clothes torn from ban, and was
irighfully bruised but unless injured inter-
nally SO a. TO induce inflammation, he will
doubtless recover
FATAL ACCIDENT. Joseph Aldrich II year
old lad al WORK for Germ Haven Of Dam uers.
ton WAS 80 badly injured ~ Tuesday, Juno 3,
IN consequence III being run over ny a roller,
that be died the following Frday. lie "as
hltchng pair Of oxen to the roller when
they started, be was thrown down. and the
roller passed over hun. He was Insensible when
picked up.-Argus,
Wilbur Alexander, of Hartland committed
] AM ida i,y tka ni
the q INST
Edward Hines, Of Brandon recently sheared
from one Of his bucks fleece OF wool Of 10
months growth which weg hed 20 pounds.
Az Brattleboro, on the % inst a store con
nected with and forming a part Of the Revere
House, had the oo mostly destroyed by fire and
was badly damaged by water thrown on to
quench the flames
The Woodstock Light Infantry and Bradford
Guards obseryed June Training day with their
customary parade. Each Of these fine campan
les turned OUT some 30 men.
The Caledonian says tina; Moses Huntly Of ST.
Johnsbury has 8 ewes that have given birth
each to pair Of lambs o. lambs from half a.
many ewes look, a li,tc .hccpish
. BuRSLp.- The barn 4 {. + Morry. ,f ,Yh-
tngham. was struck by lightning on the IA
lust and totally CONSUMED, together with about
three tons OF hay. eight bushels OF oats, two
sleghs, wo harnesses, tuggy belonging to
, H. H. Strtson. one three Year, old bull three
calyee, and OH his farming tools except cart.
Two Of the calves aud the bull were killed by
lightning Mr.. Morley was absent from home
at the time and bis mother was the only person
present OF course her efi rts 70 stay the flames
we're insufficient Loss $3.50 to 400 insured
in The Vermont Mutual for Sll0.-Aigus.
On the 30,h ult, the dry house, pattern shop.
aud blacksmith shop OF Aldrldgt X LsIahrook
the worsmen were at dinner. and were COM
pletely burned up, with nearly all their con
tents Loss three hundred dollars above she
insurance.
There was ERE in Troy, Orleans Co, June
consuming Two dwelling houses and one baro
one house and barn belonging 10 ii. 6 Wilson
and the other to Widow Cady, Both worth
about $1,000, and insured for nearly enough to
f cover the os.
Nu1 UEAD Lieut. Hsyw ood Of Company F
lst Vermont Cavalry, IN letter to his friends
in this VI lage, writes that Lorenzo D Reyes
WAGNER in that Company was not killed during
the retreat AS was at fl st reported, but ha, he
was taken prisoner We trust that his inl0r
nation i clrect-I hGHit.
j 4 Union County DaieSata Convention for the
: nomination of senators aad County Officers has
, been called in Burlington County, to assemble
5 at Arlington, July :
Horse STEALING is becoming stale and ex-
ceedngly unpleasant j'kt in TINS vicinity. DR..
r W cbster in Gulliurd. aud NJ. French OF Dam
merston have each lost horses, and French also
, lost wagon aud harness Mr.. Miner Of TIN,
a town has found horse without IN owner Look
t out Tor thieves 49, PhdHT.
FATAL ACunEST.-A man by the name OF
Michael Costeoe OF routney single man
r who owned iarm in that town WAS instantly
r killed at about halt past six o'clock Tuesday
n evening ist, about one half mile west of Wcst
Rutland, On the Castleton Road. lie was Tor.
. mcrly foreman for Barnes and Company, IN tn,
. Quarrying business. lie had no family and
/ was about forty years Of age. lie had been tc
: East Rutland, and became intoxicated, TO which
cause is To be attributed his sad end - Ratlanc
Herdid,