Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-04-05

business and sold gallon of rum which
went far to liquidate his fines.
There is a movement on foot in Vergennes
to effect change in the line of the Rutland
and Burlington Railroad, and have it pass
directly through Vergennes, by the falls.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Hon. L. w. Park and Ii. w. Putnam of
Bennington, have purchased $4,000 acres Of
timbered land in Woodford O,000 acres
were formerly owned by Major Atwater.
Hon. VIM. 7. Horrobin of Bennington
sailed for Europe on Wednesday, to be alb
sent two months.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
As Mrs. Esther Hutchinson of St. Johns
| bury came home from prayer meeting
| Wednesday evening, she mistook the door
and fell down the cellar stairs, breaking
both arms.
The Touring mill at Paddock village has
been sold to two Ogdensburg men, who pro-
pose to erect new mill below the present
one, with capacity for turning out two hun
dred barrels of flour per day
We understand the next State Fair is to
be held at this place the second week in
September. There will be no county fair
here the coming fall.-CaledOnian
j. NJ. Stevens of East Hardwick had the
gar and two sap pans last week. They were
burnt up while he and his hired man were
gathering sap. Mr.. Stevens probably has
the largest sugar orchard of any man in this
county ,itappiug some $500 trees, and cannot
be beat in sugar making.
DANvILLE.-The railroad company has
laid out site for depot south of the Green,
on the land of Ira Brainerd. paper is in
circulation to get funds from the residents
to build it.
The Caled0niaa says A second passenger
train put upon the Passumpsi road to make
close connections with the Grand Trunk
Railroad, proved last season a failure. so far
as local travel was concerned and it is
question among railroad men if a second
train, run at hours to accommodate the local
travel of the valley, would not be a good and
profitable thing.
CHITTESDES COUNTY.
St. Mary's Hall and school building for
merly known as St. Marys (Catholic)
Church, Burlington, was burned on Thurs
day last. The origin of the fire is unknown.
Insured for IS 600 in the Vermont Mutual
The building was the second Catholic church
erected in Vermont.
On Friday morning the Berean Mission
School building on Champlain Street was
also considerably damaged by fire. This is
supposed to have been an incendiary fire.
In 1871 Eben Baldwin married Rachel
Bunndage at Willist0n, Vt, and a few days
ago they celebrated the Goth anniversary Of
that occasion in the same place, where they
have lived ever since.
G. II. Bigelow has been invited by Post
Roberts to deliver the address on Decoration
Day IN Rutland.
The town Of Essex voted in town meeting
on the 2Sth, to rescind the action,of the town
in adopting the town system Of schools. This
last action is believed to be wholly nugatory.
On Tuesday of last week eight packages
of liquor were seized at the freight depot in
Winooski One barrel Of alcohol was claimed
by druggist and given up, and the balance
" woodbined. "
Rev. A. D. Barber, late Of Williston, Vt,
has accepted a call to the Presbyterian
Church Of New Milford ,Susquehanna county
Pennsylvania.
William " Mobbs has been appointed
Postmaster Of st. George, vice Ira .. Lock
wood removed.
Gen. W W Henry has been elected
President Of the Board Of Aldermen for the
city Of Burlington.
Mr. 6 5. Appleton, the popular agent Of
the Central Railroad al Burlington, has been
rendered the SUPPLEMENTARY of the Rutland
Division, but declines the same, prefering to
remain at his old post.
rRANkLIS COUNTY.
Benjamin b. Hopkins has been appointed
postmaster az St. Adams. Mr. Hopkins is
a brother Of Col. II D. Hopkins Of Mont
pelier, and the appointment seems 10 be .
highly satisfactory. judge Barber, the
present incumbent, had sent in his resigna-
ton.
ORLEANS COUNTY
LOwELL.-The sugar house, two large
holders, boiling pans, 100 pounds Of sugar.
a quantity of syrup. wood, etc, belonging
TO Frank Sanborn were destroyed by fire
Sunday night.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
In a suit for damages against the Rutland
Railroad, Myron F. Marshall, who had his
wife and child killed and was himself injured F
for life by his sleigh being struck BY loco
motive at railroad crossing in North Clar-
endon, received a verdict Of SO, 900. Gov /.
Stewart made the closing argument for the
plaintiff, and f. j. Phelps, Esq, for the
defense.
The town tax Of Shrewsbury the coming
year is one cent on the dollar, and for high
ways twenty five cents.
Mr. E. A. Billings of Troy has nearly
completed the foundation walls of a new
slate mill at Hydeville, which is to replace
the one burned few weeks ago
Operations are about to be resumed in the I.
marble mill Of the Hyde Brothers,
A son of John Williams, East Poultney,
seven years Of age, while playing near the
bank Of Poultney river, fell over a rocky
precipice, thirty-tve feet to the rocks below,
rolled off into the river, and was carried by
a rapid current two hundred feet down
stream, where he was rescued. lie was
badly bruised but is doing we'll.
Father Boylan administered the temper
ance pledge to over 200 boys on St. Patrick's
Day at Rutland.
The Brandon National Bank took one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars Of the new
government loan.
Rev John P Demeritt, formerly of Mont
pelier, goes to the Congregational church at
Pawlet.
Mrs. Scott Siddons is to give dramatic
readings in Rutland on the 10Th and 18th
inst.
WINDHAN COUNTY.
Henry A Willard of Wizards hotel at
Washington, d. c., has bought of Henry
Devens the q John Stoddard place y at
BrattleborO, one of the most desirable resi-
dences in the Connecticut valley, price $685.
600 which includes the furniture. Mr..
Willard is a native Of Windham county, and
will use the place for summer residence.
Mr.. Devens, the late owner, goes to China
for year 3 absence.
The newspapers have been shipping five |
tons of maple sugar per day from Brattle-
boro - for the last two weeks
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Hon. Ex-Chief Justice Redfeld has just