Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-03-25

Charles Page, of Brandon, S. D. Winslow
of Pittsford, S. &. Bassett, of Castleton, j.
P. Perkins, of Fairhaven, and Charles d.
Brown, of Rutland, have recently been adj
judged bankrupts.
Quite a number of the friends of the Rut-
land and Woodstock Railroad met at Rutland
Wednesday evening last Besides many of
the citizens of Rutland, the towns of Chit
tendon, Sherburne, Pittsfeld and Rochester
were represented On motion of Gov Page.
vote was passed unanimously requesting
the commissioners appointed by the Legisla-
ture to organize the Company as soon as pos
sible, and also to employ competent eng-
neer to make an immediate survey of the
route.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
y rascal and swindler has been about
Windham county recently. He imposes him
self upon the clergy, offers to preach for
them, and sells church libraries He left an
unpaid board bill at the hotel at Saxtons
River, and another at the Bellows Falls
House.
Seth Green, of Mumford. n Y, packed
one hundred trout eggs in moss, enclosed
them in a small tin box, and sent them by
mail to j. ID. Brdgman, of Bellows Falls.
The eggs were taken out and there 1C0s on2y
three days on the route, and so far advanced
that the whole formation of the trout could
be seen in them.
The bridge connecting Westminster with
Walpole, n. IL. was partly carried away by
the breaking up of the ice on Thursday last
Mr.. Ambrose ii. Burgess, of Grafton, was
severely injured last week while choppng in
the woods his axe glancing, nearly severed
his leo St al hove tho NH 10
Miss Jennie Reed, of Putney, has a canary
bird thirteen years old, which seems as well
and spry as it did ten years ago.
Levina 5. 4. Pratt, of Jamaica. mas been
bound over to county court in the sum of
$1,000, on charge of assault, and also with
intent to murder her infant which she left
upon 5. \. Bailey's door step, in Townshend
last fall.
Mrs. Huldah Castle. Of Jamaica, seventy
four years old, has since last August knit
fortyone pairs of mittens and socks, besides
spinning all the yarn for them and doing her
homework.
The morning freight last week Monday ran
off the track about one and Il half miles north
Of South Vernon, and four of the cars rolled
down an embankment, killing about 20 sheep
out of the $50 the cars contained. \ horse
anu IL COW also NcnI uONu WITH the WTeck X,
but came out alive.
ssTINDsOR COUNTY.
The recent extension of the marble quarry
ing business has prompted the Windsor man
uiacturing company of Windsor to making
quarrying tools on large scale. Among
them are Lamson's channelling machine,
which can do the work of 90 men, and Case ;
diamond pointed drill, which is soon to be
tested in the Hoosac tunnel This drill is
driven by small rotary oscillating engine,
and is operated by single person. One drill
has bored nearly 1000 feet of rock, and the
most powerful glass discover no wear of
the cutting edges.
A reward of one hundred dollars is offered
for the recovery of large diamond lost in
the snow between Ludlow and Proctorsvile
This will prove quite gold mine to the
finder.
A destructive fire occurred al Chester on
the 10Th inst 1t originated in the meat
market of Hall Il johnson, which, together
with the furniture ware-room of Atherton K
Hall, and the dwelling house of F W. Marsh
were totally destroyed. The loss of Atherton
& Hall is IS, 100, insured for 50 400 Marsh
81 .00S, insured for $500 Hall & johnson,
about $500, no insurance.