Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-08-02
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY

Mrs. John c. Preston of Ripton WAS late
ly confronted by huge black bear while in
the field berrying. She run and bruin did
not follow.
Butter sold in Vergennes Saturday for %
cents. and on Friday for % cents at Wey-
bridge, Bristol and Middlebury.
The students of Middlebury College are
organizing boat clubs and procuring boats,
preparatory to practising rowing.
b.! BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Miss Lydia Nye wears the honors OF
" champion female pedestrian Of Benning-
ton, having walked, the other day, 80 miles
within eight hours, over rough and noun
famous road.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
A little girl Of Mrs. f. Nelson Of Hard
wick was quite badly scalded on the Goth, by
stepping into some hot water. The injuries
are mostly confined to one foot and ankle
DR.. A. j. Carter of Wheelock recently
eloped with the wife of C. W Jones Of that
town. Carter leaves wife and several
children, but little or no property
CHTTENDEN COUNTY
/ One hundred and fifty-seven tubs OF butter
were sold at Milton Monday, at from % 10
p cents. There were $4,000 pounds Of
factory cheese shipped.
Senator Edmundz and Hon 4 j. Crane
have returned to their home in Burlington
from fishing trip to the Bay OF Chaleurs.
They had a weeks glorious sport on the
Grand Caseopedia River. At one spot they
landed l03 pounds of trout, the largest
weighing IA lbs, in less than an hour
They pronounce it one Of the best fishing
grounds they have ever visited
During a severe thunder storm, Thursday
afternoon, tenement house in Milton. was
struck by lightning IL passed through one
side Of the chimney, down the same, and out
al the door on the ground floor. Families
that occupy the house, followed the example
of the FLUID" in the last particular, not in
quite as quick time, but they did their best
no one was hurt, but the inmates were all
greatly shocked. moment later barn Of
L. B. Learned, little north Of the village,
with about twenty tons Of hay was struck
sumed. The Judge has two more well filled
barns that escaped, though they stood with
in three rods Of the fire.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Superintendent Merrill, Of the Vermont
Central left St Adams Thursday, on a visit
to the line Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
The citizens Of St. Adams have contributed
$3.50 for the relief Of the fBmily Of the late
asst week.
A party was given at the house Of Major
Newton Friday night in honor Of Gen. Sher-
and family and Mrs. Colt Of Hartford,
Conn.
Bartlett French Of Georgia. has been
honorably acquitted Of the charge Of making
an assault on young girl at West Bolton
J. W. Reed of Montgomery recently
oou.rbt bear in ataal tran IN cuoh a man
uer as to admit of his being conveyed about
town for exhibition.
A post Office has been established at Ohm
stead Falls in Sheldon. with William NJ
Adams a. postmaster. IL is kept in his store
a few rods from Congress Hall
ORLEANS COUNTY
There Is to be horse trot and balloon as
cension on the fair ground in Barton, Sept.
9th.
At Barton Landing corn Is sold at % cents
per bushel, and the talk is ID 20 lower tn an
even that price.
As some boys in Irasbnrgh were returning
from swimming recently. they ran upon
nest Of 81 snakes and killed them all They
measured from six inches to three feet in
length
Elisha Brown Of Albany has an appie-rree
in its second year, which has thirty-one
apples on it.
A man in Albany has been fined 81 90 for
numerically whipping bis son. a boy Of
eleven years.
Willoughby Lake, though one ol the IN ost
beautiful spots in the State, fails 70 attract
visitors The Lake House for want Of sup
port, is not open this summer. The prop
erty is advertised to be sold at auction
Ira Sturteyant of Barton found colt dead
in his pasture recently, and upon opening it,
oats were found in its stomach although he
had not given it any
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The American mar BILE quarry at Rutland
was sold at auction on Thursday to a Mr..
Russell of Shelburne Falls, Mass, for about
SO 600.
j. r. Faulkner, who has for a little mere
than year past superintendent of the Har
lem Extension Railraad has resigned. Frank
G. White of Bennington succeeds him.
VIM. d. Marsh of Clarendon was severely
injured by the bursting of a gun while hunt
ing on " Wednesday morning of last week.
The dwelling house Of James r. Mclean,
editor and proprietor of the LndependrHt, was
DESTROYED by fire about two o'clock Wednes-
day morning The fire was undoubtedly the
work of an incendiary. The house was val
ued at about two thousand dollars covered
by insurance
Ex-Governor Page, with his wife and
daughter, left Rutland Tuesday afternoon for
Quebec, from which place they will embark
for Europe.
wISDHAM COUNTY.
The apple crop Will be almost entire
failure the present season.
There have been shipped by express from
Putney Station this season $500 quarts OF
strawberries, being about two thirds an av-
GRACE crop.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
On Sunday evening a severe shower visited
Cavendish, confined mainly to the vicinity of
Twenty Mile stream, near It's source The
stream rose rapidly and was some two feet
higher than at the time of the great freshet
of 90. On the upper part of the stream two
new bridges were swept away, the water cut
ting around the dams at Ordway's and
Adams mills, tearing out the road IN many
places, and doing much damage. At Whites
Vile near the mouth Of the stream, the water
carried away a considerable part of the new
mill owned by VIM. B. Davis, and some 2OO
feet of his pen-stock, injuring him some $1,000
or 1Aore Some 80 rods below this mill was
new bridge, erected some two years ago cost
ing about $500, which was swept away.
But little rain fell at Whitesville or Cav
endish during the afternoon and evening, and
the main stream, Black River, az midnight,
showed no indications of high water