Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-01-08

Since he came into the employ of the Found
ry Company he has been night ssoatchmdn,
Of steady habits, Industrious, and his en-
ployers thought him trustworthy. He mar
ried about one year ago, in this village. a
girl of Irish parentage. They had no chill
house on Thomas street, belonging to Peter
Ward. Mr. Ward and his family resided in
the same house on the first floor. III
Mr.. Bishop was not in good health and
had been off duty since Thursday morning.
Bishop was with his family during the
forenoon. On the evening previous Mr.. and
Mrs. Ward had called upon Mrs. Bishops
sister. Bishop, it seems, was displeased,
and jealous of his wife Mrs Ward was
again in Bishops rooms about noon Satur-
day. Upon Wards return to dine with his
family, Mrs. Ward called him to Bishops
room to assist in caring for the sick. Bieh-
op thereupon suddenly seized his revolver
and threatened to shoot Mrs. Ward if she did
not leave his rooms Immediately Mrs.
Ward closed the door as she left, and met
her husband on the stairs. The reports of
the revolver followed instantly, and Mrs
Bishop, though wounded, fled frantically
from the room and house. Upon going to
the room Bishop was found struggling upon
| the floor in his own blood He had shot his
wife and himself and intended to have killed
Ward.
Bishop was a man of temperate habits,
and was not known to doubt his wife's f.
deity until within a day or two, and although
this doubling seems to be the cause of the
tragedy, there is no evidence of any occasion
for it.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
George Stoweil, Hydepark, thinks he was
followed by a catamount on the night OF
Dee Goth, Perhaps the mate of the one re-
Gently killed is lurking in that vicinity.
ORANGE COUNTY.
ACCIDENTS AT CHELSEA Nicholas Gilman
was recently kicked by horse, and had his
wrist broken. Mrs. Hannah Atwood, in go
ing down cellar, fell and fractured her thigh
bone in the hip. The axe of E. NJ. Smith
glanced aside when he was chopplng wood.
making ugly wound in his leg.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
For violation of the liquor law, Andrew
Vemire, of Rutland, has been fined 800
and costs.
On the 9Th, the wooden block at Rutland,
occupied by W. c. Iandon and others, was
badly damaged by fire Fully insured.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The Grand Lodge of Vermont Independent
OEuer Oh bOOu VIII meet III Drdl-
tleboro, on Tuesday, Jan. 18th. 1t is expect
ed to be the most interesting meeting yet held
/ by that body, and that about one hundred
and fifty delegates will be present.
/ Some of the young men of Bellows Falls
propose to organize debating society some
time during the present week.
4 cow and a horse belonging to Mr. Willis
! of West BrattlcbOro, have their stalls adloin-
ing. The COW, when her manger was empty
would reach over her tongue, and draw back
some hay from the manger of the horse
This he would not stand, and one morning
Mr.. Willis. on going to the barn, found heI
minus three inches of her tongue.
\. W. Stowe. while saving in mill il
/ Centerville, was struck upon the forehead by
piece of timber from the saw, and rendered
insensible. His scull was laid bare to the
extent of four inches.
A little son of Frank Richmond, of West
minister, was recently very severely scaldec
by falling into and upsetting pail of boil
ing water
Elisha F. Reed and wife, of Brattleboro
celebrated the twenty-tifth anniversary O
their marriage on Wednesday evening, Jan
LIST. About forty dollars in the shape of F.;
tea set, chamber set. and various articles o
silver and other ware, were presented.
Probably the oldest book extant ever pub
lished in America. is now in possession o
Gen. j. W. Phelps, of Brattleboro. 1t is
dictionary Of the Aztec language, and wa
printed in the city of Mexico, in I57l-near
" fifty years before the landing of the Pill
grims Of Plymouth, and more than thirt,
years previous to the establishment Of tn
colony at jamestown, Vt 50 says an ex
change.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
On Saturday morning, Dec 2sth the vii
lage of West Hartford was seriously threat
ened with another deluge.