Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-09-18

Pres t of NJ. and W r. RI
Boston, Sept. II, 1872.
Vermont News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
a son Of Thomas Powers of North Ben
nington, aged seven years, died recently from
injuries received at the hands of boy aged
twelve years, the son of a neighbor The
lad who committed the assault discovered
that young Powers had some cherries in his
possession, and thinking they had been taken
from trees belonging to his father, assaulted
him, inhictiDg the injuries which have since
proved fatal.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The CaledOHlaH says There was a little
attempt at excitement at Paddock village
last Sabbath. One l. 3. Gray, had been
missing from home a week, his family not
knowing anything Of bis whereabouts As
be had been out of health. some anxiety
was felt for bis safety; and Sunday being
sort Of broken day y with "a good many,
and no Camp Meeting or other amusement
Tor them, they organized a company and be
gan search IN the nCighbOring fields and
woods. They did not find Gray, but he
came round Monday Of his own accord,
saying that he got chance to ride, and
Thought be would 20 over TO Montpelier for
a visit lie was gone eight days. The next
time he disappears the neighbors won't
worry much.
And now comes Josiah 5. EMERSON of
PcacHam. with a liberty pole which he says
he = raised " in Barnet, Che calls it a corn
stalk 10 measures thirteen feet ia length,
and is a new variety. called .. Grant corn
warranted to mature the first week in
November
Ia sutton, Thursday. Aug. 10Th, T. l..
Wiley, baptized five persons who united
with the Free Baptist church Ten joined
by letter, making forty nine additions the
present summer. The church now numbers
about two hundred.
RAILWAY FArALIIY-A Frenchman about
twenty-five years DID, by the name Of Oliver
GOdIltt, was run over and killed by the cars
Friday morning, while walking on the track
of the Portland and Ogdensburgh road be
tween 81. Johnsbury and East st. JOhnsbury.
lie was employed in tannery at the latter
plac., and leaves a family.
cHITrENDEN COUNTY
e. utsley gradual. Of Williams Col
ieEe in the class OF 1854, and for the last
seven years associate principal Of the Can
cndaigua n. w. academy, has been chosen
principal Of the Burlington high school
Last week, child Of James DAILY. Of Bur
Lngt9n, fell from an UPPER story, broke an
arm and cut bad cash IN its forehead. The
child was about six years old.
G. Patton of Colchester, has raised twin
musk-melon of the pine apple variety
yeritl5le Slamesc twins, precisely alike in
size and shape. The stem was about six
inches long and divided al the junctures with
the melons but the melons themselves were
airly grown together at the side.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On the afternoon of the 18th, the dwelling
house and barns belonging to Calvin Knight,
Of Iunenburg, were burned to the ground
But little of the furniture was saved, and
none of the clothing. The barns contained
only about six tons Of hay. 1t Is not known
how the fire originated. The loss is esti-
mated at ( 900. Insurance amounts to
$3.50.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
John King, aged 40 years, an employe at
GJrdJn's saw-milI, in Georgia, was drowned
recently, while rafting logs in the miIl-pond.
Typhoid fever is raging in the Northern
part Of the State. and in many cases it is
proving fatal Five members of the Searles
family, Of Franklin County, were attacked
with the fever, and four have already died.
LAWJLLE COUNTY.
p Hogan, a blacksmith, at work on aledge
near the Wolcltt | ne for the K. K. cOntrac-
tors. got one arm badly broken on the 18th
by IA falling stone thrown up by a blast.
His arm was terribly smashed to pelces, but
hopes are entertained that it can be saved.
ORANGE COUNTY
Rufus L. Moses, foreman Of a steam mill
at West Randolph, dropped dead Of heart
disease, Monday. lie was thirty years old ,
and leaves a wife and child.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The house of H. Atwell, in Westfeld,
was recently broken into and $500 stolen.
The County Court is now in session at
Irasburgt, Judge Ross presiding.
There was lately a cotilion on Lowell
Mountain, in which two men and one woman
were successful in whipping one man. The
man that got whipped was fined i've dollars
and costs. and the two men that did the
whipping were fined ten dollars, each, ana
costs. and the woman that took an active
mart in the plav. was fined FIVE dollars and
costs.
A savage fight took place in Newport re-
Gently. between Robert d. Scott and Peter
ConaI. about line fence. Hard language
was used by both parties, and Scott, VINO
was moving commenced an assault upon
ConaI with his scythe, and inflicted consid-
cradle injury before the cOmbatants could De
separated.
Henry Titus of Jay died lately from the
effects OF a sore on his knee that had bat1ed
the skill Of the doctors His suherlngs were
intense for weeks before his death. Sores
on his back and hips had spread so the hesh
was eaten from the bones, leaving them
/ bare.
The dam at the factory Of George Schulz
ton in Derby, gave way during the recent
freshet, doing damage to the amount 81
$4,000.