Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-09-27

EhSines mas been purchased, capable of for
eng 300, 900 gallons in ten hours to the res
ervolr, located on College Hill. The laying
OF the pipes has commenced and the whole
is expected to be completed and ready for
use during the month of November.
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.-There was on ex-
hibition at Brattleboro, an eight day clock.
eight feet high, constructed entirely by Bur
rell d. Munson, of Williston, an old gentle
man seventy-eight years old, and who him.
self made all the castings and mouldings.
fashioning the hands even, out of a plated
saw. The clock is built on the most mod
ern plan, and keeps not only the hours, min
utes and seconds, of the day, but also the
day, the week, the months and the years
through the present century. 1t took two
years to complete it, and it is valued at $500
BURGLARY.-W. c.. Stowell's store in Bur
llngton, was entered Sunday night, and a
small sum of money and goods, in all val
ued at about ten dollars, taken
The Chittenden County Court commenced
session at Burlington on Tuesday of this
week, Judge Pierpoint presides.
On Saturday the grand jury of the United
States District Court in Boston, brought a
bill Ofindictment against George D. Nelson
OF burlington, VT, for carrying on the bust
ness OF distiller in dwelling house, with
out paying United States tax
ESSEX COUNTY.
Last Monday night George Drew, of West
Concord, died almost instntly in bed When
he retired in the evening he told his wife
that he could not live long as he then felt.
and soon afterwards threw his hands over his
head, seized the head board drew himself up
To 1t, and Immediately expired. Mr. Drew
was about seventy-fve years old, and was
the father of Jerry Drew. the stage propric-
tor and hotel keeper at North Derby
An Agricultural Society is to be organized
in Essex County, lot of twenty-five acres
has been purchased near West Concord vii
lage, and track surveyed.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
On Tuesday of last week, the house and
barns of Baptiste Lombry, of Montgomery.
were destroyed by fire. Loss about "a 900
\. II. Danforth, of St. Adams. has sold
his mare for 81 400; also fine bay gelding
for $3.50.
GOLDEN WEDDING-Hon. Harmon Nor
throp, of Fairfield and his wife will celebrate
their :. golden wedding on Tuesday. Oct.
18th, the close of half century of matrimo-
NAL joys.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
The railroad survey through the Lamoills
Valley is progressing at the rate of three or
four miles per day, the surveyors having
reached Morristown from Danville, and thus
far the route has been found TO be very
feasible, with light grades, hardly TO be sur
passed in the New England States The
people in the valley are alive to their work.
and one of the first bills to be asked for at
the opening of the Legislature will be char
ter for the proposed road.
CAMBRIDGE. Cambridge has five post Offices.
viz Cambridge, Jacksonville. South Cam
bridge. East Cambridge and Pleasant Valley
GRAND ISLE.
Ties were piled upon the track Of the Yer
mont Central Railroad. near Alburgh. four
times the 18th The first train discovered
the ties IN time to prevent any accident and
notified the next passing train. which found
the outrage had been repeated The third
train found the ties had been replaced upon
the track and put off two men to watch Al
ter the train was out of sight, an old man
and woman came out Of the woods. made an
inspection, and seeing nobody, gave a signal.
and youth came out and replaced the OBJ
structions upon the track. The Williams were
arreet"d though the boy fought desperately
The house, barn and outbildings of Grant
at Alburgh, were totally DESTROYED
by fire on Saturday morning last Loss be
tween $4,000 and 3 600. The property
was partially insured
ORLEANS COUNTY.
TEAM SToLES.-Abe1 Shonyo was arrested
at Barton, lately, on suspicion Of having
stolen team which he offered to sell for less /
than its real value After little coaxing
and threatening he owned up that he stole I
the horse in Duxbury the harness and wag-
on Of a widow woman in Waitsfeld, was /
bound over to county court and carried to !
lrasburgh to board and the team returned to |
the owners, his statement proving true.
Rush Chamberlin, of Irasburgh. caught |
a fine specimen of hen hawk, in IL steel /
trap, last Saturday, which measured four feet |
and four inches from tip to tip of wings.
Four young students from New York lately |
brought up at the Memphremagog House,
Newport, having made the entire Journey on |
foot and intend returning the same way
AccIDENT.-On Saturday last. while Rob
ert Greaves, Of Irasburgh was hitching a |
young horse TO wagon, the horse started
and ran over Mr.. Greaves, injuring him Sc
verelv. The horse then ran TO the barn. and
there dropped dead, is supposed to have rup-
tured blood vessel. Grcaves will recover.
LAKE MENPHRENAGOG.-Ihe new steamer .
. Lady Of the Lake, was launched on Lake
Nemphremagog, on Tuesday of last week
The - Lady is an iron vessel and was built
On the banks of the Clyde. The pieces were
sent out to Canada and put together at Ma
cog. She measures 80 feet in length by 6S
in breadth
ORANGE COUNTY.
IL AND AROUND BRADFoRD.-The Repubi-
ans in Corinth and Bradford arc contesting
The election and are now engaged in taking
testimony. In Bradford some of the leading
Democrats have threatened all sorts of evils
20 the churches in case the election was con-
tested, and have already requested their
names to be taken from the subscription pa
pers But they, tthe churches) ''still live
Messrs. Shepherdson & Davis have opened
1ne of the finest hardware stores in the
country. Including Agricultural implements
md housekeeping goods, in fact almost every
hing that farmers or their wives, or mechan-
cs want.