Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-07-24
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY
Henry W. Clemens, of MiddleburY and
Merrill w. Clemens, alias Nourse, Of Boston
were lately bound up in the sum Of $500 for
attempting to pass a stolen check, with a
forged endorsement at the Middlebury Bank
Conclusive proof of their guilt has been OBJ
tanned
BEAR kILLED.-A few days since a bear
weighing some 275 pounds was caught 10 a
trap in the north east part of the town Of
Lincoln lie dragged the trap some ID
miles before they found him. He was shot
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
An Irishman named Maloy, sub-contractor
of the Glastonbury railroad, ran away recent
" with eleven hundred dollars which he had
rece we'd 10 pay of the men and bills con-
tractci ia that vicinity.
The Bennington and glastonbury railroad
is rapidly progressing through the &" Hol
l5w The question Is being discussed where
Us the depot going to be located?
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Some rascals at St. Johnsbury. on Satur-
day night, cut down a Greeley and Brown
dlg that Mr.. A. NJ. Cook had raised on his
dwelling house. The people are justly in
dignant at the insult thus offered Mr.. Cook
and his hag.
During the heated term " the Congre-
gatloualists of Danvlle will have only a fore
noon service on the Sabbath, with a Sabbath
school TO Immediately follow the morning
service.
COl. franklin Fairbanks celebrated the
Fourth by moving into his new house on the
bluff west Of st. Johnsbury Plain. Il is
ehri-tCned - L nderclIfs, from the rocky
cliff Just north Of the house, and is one OF
The most elegant places in Vermont, and
with magnificent views and surroundings.
St. Johnsbury is growing rapidly. New
houses are going up on every street. The
now Academy building, the gift of the ven
cradle Mr. Ihaddeus Fairbanks, is IN pro-
cess Of erection.
During heavy shower recently, the light
niuz entered the dwelling house of j. L.
Woodland. OF South DanvIle, and shattered
the internal part Of the dwelling somewhat,
doing. however, no serious injury, all
the Inmates Of the house, with two excep-
Jious. were in another room, and the fluid
passed down into the cellar. Willard Brown
aud a child some two or three years old, were
sitting very near the electric current. They
we're rendered insensIble by the shock, for a
moment, but soon recovered
Rcy. o. F. jenkins, late pastor Of the NJ
f. Church in Sheffield and Wheelock, (ior
merry Of D4nville) IS preaching for the Con
5regatiOnalists in Kirby, and expects in tho
fan 70 20 u Philadelphia to attend lectures
on Homeopathy.
The farmers IN CALEDONIA County are com
pl aiming Of too much rain. 1t Is with diff
Guilty that hay IS properly cured. Only By
tue use Of moving machine, tedder and
horse rake can this be done. The hay crop
is excellent, cereals are looking finely.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
uOratio SchooIcralt, of SwantOn, was ;
cidcntly shot, July 4th, by his brother, who
was engaged with him in trying to secure a
squirrel IN a pile of boards The gun was
discharged by accidentally hitting the hammer
of the lock against the boards. The contents
Of the gun en- tered the hand and fingers,
with the exception Of about half a dozen
shot which entered the ankle.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
During thunder storm at Stowe, on the
4tn, the Baptist church was nearly destroyed
by lightning. 1t struck the steeple, then
passed down into the interior of the build
ing, tearing up the pews and doing deal of
damage.
Excitement was created in East Cambridge
last week by the sudden death of Mrs. Hen
~ Holmes. She wac apparently in her usual
health until within few hours of her death.
4 post nl9rtem examination was had, which
resulted IN nothing TO justify the suspicious,
and IN a measure quoted the public excite
ment.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The roar passenger car, on the Passumpsic
Road. was lately thrown off the track mile
Or two below Bradford. The accident was
caused by the breaking of an axle. The
engineer, warned by the bell, reversed the
i engine, and the train was quickly stopped
The car was smashed considerably. One
woman was severely hurt in one arm, back
: and head Other passengers were more OF
. less bruised, but none of their wounds are
of a very serious nature. The injured Wo
man was left at Bradford.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
There have been about sixty cases o.
measles in and about Newport Center with
in the last two months. The disease has
nearly subsidized
Geo. w. Bryant of Irasburgh recently
; shot bald eagle which measured eight feet
, rom tip to tip.
During the shower on the afternoon O
Monday, the 9Th, the house of Leroy Scot
: in Newport was struck by lightning. Int
bolt struck the chimney, completely demol
lshing 10, passed down the pipe to the stove
+ threw of the rimmers and door, passec
down the stove legs to the floor, and follow
in, the cracks in the floor found its way TO
e the ground. No one in the house was In
jured. -. rscertl,
{ been discovered on land belonging to IL. b
, Hoyt in Newport. 1t is very free from al
floy. and is found in large quantities i
pronounced superior to the Brandon pain
/ TO hQ 1nd0eS.