Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-16
Items of State News.

building in Windsor owned by l.. w. Hubbard
and occupied by l.. G Fay & Sons, for sale OF
goods, and A. G. Ansden, billiard saloon. TIE
alarm was Immediately given. but before a z
en- persons could be present, the whole building
was enveloped in flames, consuming all 1t. cor
tents except the books and papers in the safe
which taken out O. the burning embers
The heat was intense, and the fire was commu-
nicatcd to store owned by the Snubael " ard
.aie, aud occupied by White Iuxbury.
but which was Immediately cleared OF colsii-
cradle part of the goods. The building vas
nearly destroyed, and the new brick building
owned by l.. e. W bite was injured to the amGuni
OF two or three hundred dollars. The Vermont
Journal aud Chronicle printing Office building.
owned by l., j. Mclndoe, was also somewhat
injured.
The building owned by NJ. K. Paine, and &C.
cupied by [. B. W inp, jewelIer, was slightly
damaged. The ire caught ON the roof OF the
OLD Constitution building several times but was
soon extinguished.
The Gu Ire loss WAS about S35 900 par;ly
insured. L.. e. Fay q Sons loss was S2000U:
White i Tuxburys loss was from $4,000 u
Sl2 600. Fully insured.
MAsoNIc.-At the annual comm uDicatIou OF
the Masonic Grand Lodge OF Vermont recersls
held, IN Rutland, tbs following officers fyr tue
ensuing year were elected
Leverett b. EngIesby, Burling on, Grand
Master.
Geo. N. Hall. Swanton, Deputy Graud Mas
ter.
R W. Clark, Brattleb TO- Senior Warde.
Benz. H. Dewey, Waterbury, JUNIOR WaIqeu
William q. Saw, Burlington, TREASURED.
Henry Clark, Poultney, Secretary.
Samuel Brooks, Mlddlebury, S5nIor Deacon.
ii. II. Poners, Morrstown, Junior Deac9l
k4v. Israel Luce, Springh= Id, Chaplain.
Rzv. Edwin heeiock, Cambridge, Assistant
Chaplain.
G3mallel Washburn Montpelier, Grand Lee
turer.
j. K. Edgerton, Norwich, Assistant Lecturer.
PITT ". Hyde, Hydeville, Grand Marshal
George l.. Demlng, Shoreham, Sword Bearer
" III. Brnsmaid, Burlington, ALERT ID. Dew
ey, Montpelier, Grand Sentines.
UzI PIerson, Burlington, Grand Tyler.
Al appropriation va. made !OF the erection
ga monument al the grave Of the late Hon.
Horstlo keedhaln OF Bristol
The next session OF the Grand L0Jge viii b.
held At Montpelier o. the second Wednesday u
January 1867.
ST. ALBANs-Ihare was run on the
5. Adams bank la-t week, owing TO reports
the. IC was Involved with the MlsaeQaoI BANK.
and had suffered losses by the raiders. / here
wac no foundation tUE the alarm, and the public
SON becoming convinced Of the entire SOUND
ness OF The bank, the - run came end.
ST. ALBANs-The Rutland Herald says that
- y seners have recently geen examined before
j uat.ce Randall Tor attempting 10 esclps from
tie al in this place, and fge OF them have
oeeD bound Tor irIal IN the sum OF 5000 eacl.
Their names axe john Jones alas Godfrey,
George Sanders, alias Samuel Wheeler, Val
liam Wright, John Seymour aud Augustus AL
bro, Giios Nelson, the mulattO.
TnE GREAT CoLD SNAP OF Is66.-Prof. Pe;ty
reports to the Burlington Free Press that tie
recent cold spell was entirely without precedent.
y 8 have had as cold days, but never four sucn
together. The mem temperature Of last FRIDAY
the 5:h inst, was, describing fractions, ii d.
gress of Saturday. "A degrees of Sunday -
deg.,ee, aud Of Monday, l. degrees. The mean
temperature OF the four days was sixteen degrees
below zero.
MrLIrn.-By special order NJ Il, We learn
of the resignation, By Brig Gen. John L. Bars
V N. Col. JED. p. Ladd of the First Reg
meGt IS ASST med 20 the command OF the Brig
2de, and the Regiment comes under the com
mani OF l.. col. Leach
MUSTERED Crr-Maj. Gen. William Well.
and Brig. Gen. james NJ. Warner are honora-
bly, mustered out - date from January 18TH.
1866
Captain Charles c. Gould OF Windham, the
brave captain of the 9th regiment, who was the
nFst 10 enter the reOel WORKS at the capture u
Peer burg, has received an appointment as
clerk ia tie Peneion Office, at Washington.
RAILROAD LoAs.-The Vermont Central rail
gUad lately placed upon ths market per
c Mt Loan for 500 600 aud $500 900 of it has
been s,iready AIKEN.
Der Ct SERVICE DR.. l.. J. Dixon u Milton
arrived hume = few days ago, having been
tered cut after nearly i've years of professional
service in the army.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARkEr-The shipments
OF butter and cheese from St. Adams, as shown
Oy d table iurn'shed the Messenger by Mr.
Hobart, In lster of transpor alton, have steadily
Increased from 599 tons of butter and 245 tons
of cheese IN 1851, 10 1917 tons of butter and
5o7 tons of cheese in 1865 The grand total
for he fifteen years amounts to 33 603, GA lbs
Of butter, and 10 62S 1877 lbs. of cheese or about
seventeen thousand tons of the former, and eight
Thousand OF the latter.
correspondent writes US Lyndon raises
200 cents on the dollar of the Grand List which
pays the entire indebtedness OF the town
FIREs.-Rutland has been visited again with
most disastrous fire. AT about 5 o'clock on
Tuesday evening fire broke out in the grocery
store OF Simonds Il Eison, south par. of Un,on
Block, and soon extended through the entire
block, burning it TO the ground The fire RACED
rendered the efforts of the fireman almost usees.
Union Block was The finest block in Rutland,
ana embraced uany vi the leading stores. Luss
: 100 900. The fire originated from kerosene,
a spark from lamp ignltiu5 the ol Daring
the fire, the St. A bans and Plattsbursh mails
were stolen from the mail car and carried f.
SKNTENcED.-At the recent term of the Or
cans County Count joseph Hobart was sen
tei ced 10 lie ate Peni1tntiary fer Two years,
and George {. Fletcher a tenn OF i've years,
both ior Stealing.
Examiner OF NATIONAL BANKs-Asa r.
Camp OF Stowe, has been rendered by the Sec
rotary OF the Treasury, and has accepted The
position OF Examiner OF National Banks, ia the
state OF Vermont. Mr. Camp is the present
State Bank Comm issIoner
FROZEN To DEATn.-Mr. Moses S5eVeos Jr
OF D4nvIile, irCze 10 death last Saturday morn
ing, While travelling from Cabot to DanvIis
ofeen. The Lyndon Union says he was cod
"hen he LETT Cabot, and had very slow horse
TO drive that he called ut a house 70 warm
ana died III fifteen minutes after he got before