Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-05-13

bury, man some seventy years old, com
mitted suicide by hanging himself on Sun
day morning, May Sd. Sheppard has been a
very Incorporate man for years.
The Caledonia thinks this the best sugar
season in twenty years.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
ROBBERY Edmund Fitzgerald of Burling-
ton, had his house entered on Sunday while
at church and robbed of $500 in bonds
ID. c. Linsley, of Burlington, has on his
fine place, young elk, sent him from the
line of the Northern Pacific road
The body of new born infant was recently
found floating in the river at Winooski, and
4 medical examination showed that it was
born alive.
ESSEN COUNTY.
Chas Davidson and Warren Ransom, of
Island Pond, killed huge hedgehog last
week, which weighed 10 pounds, and
measured / feet in length.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
BUTrER.-The attendance on the St. AL
bans market yesterday was quite large, and
though prices ruled lower than last week,
prime articl, generally brought As cents
prevailing prices As to 48. Evidently buy
ers were not ambitious to buy largely, fear
ing falling market.
LAMo1LLE COUNTY.
One of the prisoners, Merritt Learned
who broke out of the Jail in St. Adams on
Friday night last, was captured Wednesday
night at dusk in his fathers barn in Fairfax,
and again lodged in Jail.
On Wednesday last the dwelling house of
Truman Tillson, in Belvidere, was burned,
with most Of its contents. Caught from
burning brush-heap. Loss about 5000 or
800
L NJ. knights, of johnson, is going to
build a nice store which is to be the largest
in the county. He believes in the Lamoille
Valley Railroad.
Mr. Edward Fay and Mrs. Sarah NJ. Dem
on, of Stowe, were, last Saturday, committed
to the county Jail on charge of adultery
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Rev John ~ Farrar of Westfeld. has ac-
cepted unanimous call to the pastorate of
the Congregational church in Knoxville. Pa.
/ On the %. ult Lot Dunn, son of James
/ Dunn Of West Newport, nearly severed his
/ foot at the instep with an accidental blow of
an axe.
/ The carriage shop Of W. II. Rand, Of New
port. was entered, and about $50 worth Of
tools belonging to A. 5. Dewey, were stolen
I hcrefrom
Lake Memphremagog is clear of ice and
the . Mountain Maid, is to run regularly.
T. NJ. Ayers, of Barton Landing, had his
leg amputated, a few days ago, to stop the
bleeding from a blood tumor, and died from
the effects Of the operation.
Thomas Baker, of Barton, has farm OF
seven hundred acres and four hundred sheep,
full breed mcrnoes, that yield a washed
fleece Of about five pounds each.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
CoNNEcTIcuT RIVER MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
The annual meeting of this association
was held at the Bellows Falls Hotel on
Wednesday and Thursday of last week
The following officers were chosen for the
year ensuing
Presidential D. Holton, Brattleboro
Vice President George b. Twitchell Kecne
\. H.: Recording Secretary-F. Whitman
Bellows Falls Corresponding Secretary
A B. Crosby, Hanover, y. II.
Archibald L. Allen, proprietor of the ho-
tel at West ToEnshend, committed suicide
about noon on Friday, May LIST, by shooting
himself through the head with a pistol
causing instant death. The act was com
mitted in his house and in the presence o
his family, and no reason can be assigned fol
the deed other than temporary insanity. liz
was SO years Of age, and leaves wife anC
four children.
The Brattleboro insane asylum, which ha
, been for IS years under DR.. W II. Rock
! well s supcrintendence, has now so inmates
: and its annual expenses are $7S 800. Th'
! institution owns $50 acres of wood anC
, pasture and improved farm lands, and feed
: its fires with 100 cords Of wood annually
Mr. Henry FELTON, of Jamaica, while filing
/ a circular saw in his mill, had his RICH
hand and arm stripped up badly, his lef
t hand considerably injured, and his bacl
' somewhat lacerated, by the starting of tn
g, saw which was done by Mr. Castle, VIII
. turned on the gate.
child of Lowell Pierce, of Jamaica, onl
+ four months old, has been for some week
= cal developments indicating three times tina
. age. The is especially remarkable a
. the parents hardly < halfsaved.''
WINDSOR COUNTY.
j. The WOODSTOCK RAILRoAD.-The &andda
saws Work on the railroad is progressin
# slowly and the force of men employed is in
# creasing daily. a larger number of me
were on the grounds last night than at an
o, time before.
= Martin Bailey, of Ludlow, broke his leg O
y Wednesday of last week. \ similar cast
- atty occurred to him over ayear ago.