Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-05-10
CALEDONIA COUNTY

At the Special Stockholders meeting o
the St. Johnsbury and Montpelier railroad
held on Monday of last week, it was yoteC
70 Join with the Essex County and Lamoill,
n valley Railroads in joint mortgage, eacl
r corporation to assume only it's rate per milk
S of the mortgage, and the stock subscription
OF each road to be expended upon their ovr
road. The following gentlemen were chosen
Directors Messrs. Hatch ), of New York
Horace Fairbanks, Calvin morrill,. St
Johnsbury. S. s. Gould, West Concord. and
VIM. ii. Hartshorn, of Lunenburgh. We
: CLEAN from the Times.
PosToFFICE CHANGE.-F. G. Batchelder has
been appointed postmaster at West Danville,
vice q. w. Harrington, removed.
Work on the LamoiIe Valley Railroad is
proceeding One hundred and fifty French
men came from Canada last week, fifty of
whom went to Danville. A large amount
| of rails is contracted for, part of which is
to be delivered at st. Johnsbury early this
month. Two locomotives are to be put on
to assist in laying these rails and it is be-
lIeved that cars will run to South HardWick
this year.
The last Hardwick Reporter SAYS: There
was considerable excitement created here last
| Monday night by the disappearance of one
Of the railroad employees, it being the man
that let the dirt down on John Harris when
| he was killed. 1t is claimed that he has not
acted right since that he would stand for
minute or more gazing heavenward that no.
body knew what he saw then he would look
| towards mother earth as though he longed
| TO be out OF sight Last Monday night when
coming from work and when near his board
ing house he kept on toward a swamp in rear
of the house, instead of going to his supper
I fDC.Y HON 10 h,
clock, and not being found, the inhabi-
tants turned out in masse to search for his
body, not doubling but they should find his
dstigured remains hanging from tree or
lying in some Out-of-the- place. They
searched the swamp thro' and thro, tums-
ling around in the slough holes and over fall
en- trees till nearly exhausted, when the
search was discontinued, and the party re-
turned home to dream Of bleached bones and
grinning skulls. The next day he sent for
his clothes from Greensboro.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
ST.. ALBANs-Thursday evening the Yer
mont Central express train had on IA cars
loaded with French emigrants on their way
to the brick yards near Roston.
The sleeping cars running north from
Springfield, which have heretofore stopped
at St. Adams every morning and started
southwark from there in the evening, will
hereafter run through Montreal.
Governor Smith has just returned from
visit TO the finished portion of the Northern
Pacific Railroad line and reports it as most
thoroughly built, and the work on the ex-
tension progressing rapidly.
PAINFUL AccIDENT.-Henry Campbell, sec
ton man between Swanton and Swanton
Junction, got on the wrong train Wednesday, .
and in getting off fell so that one of his feet
had to be amputated
ORANGE COUNTY.
The - Opinion " establishment has been
sold to the Bradford Publishing Company
and Mr.. Cobb, the editor and proprietor,
gives his valedictory in the issue Of last
week.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
VIM. F. Barnes. Esq, the widely known
marble dealer of West Rutland, met with
terrible accident Friday afternoon. While
engaged in experimenting the work in one
Of the quarrles Of the Rutland Marble Com
pany, block of marble weighin z about one
hundred pounds, which had been lying in
pile at the top of the quarry, became under
mined by the rain and fell distance of over
sixty feet, striking Mr.. Barnes on the head
and crushing the skull so terribly that the
pear, Mr.. Barnes retained his CONSEQUENCES
under the frightful injury. lie was at once
to his residence IN carriage, and
special engine on the Rensselaer, 4 Saratoga
road was sent to the village for medical
sistance. Dr. Allen res pended to the sum
mons and Superintendent w ilsou dispatched
he engine in return to convey him with all
possible speed The Herald says that Mr..
B2rnes was still alive at one O'Clock Satur-
iaY morning, and there was some encourage
nent that he would recover lie was form
srly a Methodist minister, and was represen-
-ative from Rutland in the State legislatures
IF 1855 and 1856. Mr.. Barnes died Sunday
morning
wINDHAM COUNTY.
BELLOWS FALLs-They have had a juven-
lie John Henry Cardiff on exhibition in Bel
Ows Falls under the name Of q" petrihed
indian boy The Bellows Fall Times thinks
{ is " nearer petrIiaction than anything
most Of our people have ever seen before
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The next General Cony ention Of Congrega-
iOnal Ministers and churches in Vermont IL
70 be held in Springfield, June Goth, and not
It Newport as announced in the Minutes.
This change is made on account Of the dis
mission and absence Of the Pastor at New
port, and the consequent inconvenience o.
making the suitable arrangements.
The contractors Of the convict labor have
arrangements for the employment {
If a part of the men. Labor on the new
work it is expected will he entered upon
next week.
CAvENDIsH-It is stated that Rev Geo.
J. Guernsey is engaged to preach in Cayen-
fish one half Of the time for the ensuing
rear.
Charles Barton, the alleged Waterbury
Bank BURGER, arrived at the Prison last
week, for safe keeping and he Is now in
ell, once occupied by = John Ward" from
which he Will not be likely to emerge with
)ut license
SUDDEN DEArH- the 3 st ult., as Mr..
Nathaniel Greedy OF Royalton was passing
through his meadow, he stopped to light his
pipe and carelessly threw the burning match
Ipon the dry grass. which instantly ignited.
VI Greeley Immediately made strenuous eff
orts to extingush the flames, and while 50
engaged suddenly fell backward to the ground,
md when assistance arrived life was found
% be extinct. A post norton examination
vas made, and:it was found that death was
.aused by OssitcatiOn of the valves of the
leart.
Paris news is becominO what a student Of