Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-20

the present month, by Professor Petty
observations at Burlington, was ga very
low average for any week of the year. The
mean of the first week of March, 1871 was
800. In other words, the first week OF
March this year was over twenty-five degrees
colder than the corresponding week last year
Some of che historians Of the welther
have found d parallel t. the resent dreadful
cold snap 10 Merch, by g,ins back 40 years.
They say taat during the winter of 1912,
the weather WIS not uau 3ually severe until
the > day of March, when the cold was SO
intense that Ia ,me portions Of New England
the mercury Tell to A. below zero
Good railroad routes are accumulAting aui
we don 'u see where VermJn has any IJcali-
ties thar are MT ailpte T. AMI req l're the
construction of railway But the narro"
gauge must be aloptsd u save too great an
absorption Of lands. Here is whit al ad-
vocats Of more western route for the
Montpelier aud Black r yer Valley Railroad
says;
Now we clajn that % far as this enterprise
Is c,ncernsd, Montpelier Is central, and
=
me power Ia pus lag forward the work
and that thy will buIld the road by the
must teislb route. an tue me tItt wall nc
likely u pay the best when CO npleted. We
tlsO claim, aud next summer propose to sh1"
hy actual survey, JI4J the best route Is from
Jne Canld + ,ad u Troy, by way of West
field, Lowell, eden, uyieptrk and the 10
terveuinS r,gas 10 MOntpel,er-
We certainly have the advantage IN nat
ter OF Wy ire ght, owing To the vast amount
ri luln 1er manu- acturcd, along almost the
entire route
/ a careful estimate shows that the freight
from the lI-t.e town Ot LIw-H alone,
amounts q more than nine hundred tons
7 pr year wIscl amount would be doubled D.
/ The uu,iinS ut the ad, aud the towns OIL
IJty, Troy, " -sthe,d AMI len are equally
/ rica iu t5n Der, waiting an easier way Ot he
NJ ma keJed, than hauling fifteen OF twenty
mites toy horse power, at tns start
Tue stockholders of the Rutland Railroad
( held an adi urnei meeting at Rutland on
tue 18Th msc. lhc report o. the advisory
committee was pre-eltei, Recommending
an issue Of 81 .5UJ 900 bonds u be secured
. los a first nJrJtsage IN the road, station
Hoarc-, machine Shops and property OF the
company O. pay tae A1atiGg de5J IaIs and
other p ..us we're discussed d length final '
AT 80 evening" session. with bu5 little Opp0sI-
ZION. a plan y - decIiei upon waich em
bodies tuc IDEAS o. bJtl Governor Page and
tie advisory committee, ADD by whlca the
. Governors plan Tor relic, by sale Of preferred
-,ock viii La.c trI1l during the next siA
weeks, alter winch the pan ot the commit
tee can be tired ID the Jt ec fails.
There was a 5a,lroai accident near Spring
field, Mass, au the l6-l inst The 7-l5 fore
noon train from Springfield 10 Boston wac
thrown iron the track about mile and a
hdf east of WIbraham, by broken rail
The engine ami baggage car passed over the
spot ia safety. but the smoking ear, IN
which were ABOUT thirJy-hye persons, ran
down an cm5t kHent aud turned part Ia :
ove- All the other passenger ears ran OF
tie track but not OF tie embankment.
Fifteen OF twenty persona, mostly those ~
. the sn0aiuZ car. were more or less injured.
but probably none fatauy. Conductor John
i. Clark. wao was ia tie smoking car, had
rSo ribs broken. and although IN great PAN
himself insisted on havIn, the Of ers care
ION before hi1self Warren Hoe brake
man had one arm bruk- u while answering
the cali tote brake Michael Kennel '.
Tue nev-toy, was seriously, per laps fatally
hurt, las lulIry being conclusion Of the
BRAIN
Tus Missouri RIVER EslDGE -Un the
l3u INST. tlt Missouri River bridge of thu
In'sH P.s'h- h'.Lr'4l @t ON ana "a7
'se-tu- - 'l'iu' '">'7-i1a "a 81 ie@' -I' - y &
ana yea q 4 cars ii"--d "lNh stones sac"
car ring 'i.' '1'S : ~ W IA d = Us
'-e ~ va
Ou tie sane day Tie las; span OF the
ara,e AZ l..svenw5rtb va c}mple-cd. The
track ,gll. re ttd and trans running over
.ae bridge w.tn % tygs IS, cks The ChIc4gJ.
RICK lsliai and Ptelic, and tnsas Pacific
Kat e.d Companies prop se to baud a large
'''e''' '- @'i "''''i''-s7 d '''''' pa. T.
Iuc 81. LaNrCrcg river at OLdtns bursb l.
frozen clear across 80 Ju-y were urawIus
-r.iu over On ne Iee. s5lzeJn.ns that has,
uaPf ,u,u tTI-- p stio IN tile last century II
: e4II.
- ~ - =. 81 -
proves nft serious, AID Mrs stove i NJ"
. 40 ID pursue % sl1i hr-IiA- her usuai
dV0cations.
The S..rir.t.I4 Rsn.B7,-,q s.vs i. rho Ros-
IN U.'~r..Ti NM, FrI.. t..lr.,.5 and ~.
\.,r,,--..,.,r,i M Yrs Tr-,,sr,rI.rl-,,, -,
nave i,A,,d -, !. Her,,r. ,,s.irr... R lr...,,.
tor about 500 Per m 'ntA' the whaFves
~ad depo- ''r Ne" London Northern T.
H. at Ne" l. 'nd.n, "'ta TIE r'Sit TO run
/ crane o''r t-t road
/ II 8. rsn.rr,d There i a r-,is,t an toot
/ ot h,.sti.- Isr., .-r..r al, v,t,Is M New
t.,i.d ~. b., v-..i.l T. a,r.6 q 1n,, ,r,,,n Trad
I reason y Inc oi steamers j. also talhed
he iuneiai "a the late captain v Iiilam
7 r q. dNIu. Y. ;. A who died at Concord,