Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-13
Vermont News.
ADDIsoN COUNTY

ADDISON COUNTY.
Mr. George Basclm of Orwell, was kicked
by horse few days ago and injured seri-
Ously. Two Of his RIB, were broken, besides
other internal injuries
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A large building, occupied as a grocery
store. and photograph gallery, in Bennington,
was destroyed by fire Wednesday night. The
hre was discovered at ii O'Clock Two
streams were playing on 1t until : o clock
thursday morning, when it was extinguish-
ed. 1t Is supposed to have been the work OF
an incendiary. Loss 50, 900 insured for
$500.
The wool house connected with ). Wrlghts
wooden mill at POwnal, took ire on Monday,
10Th, and was entirely consumed The room
was also destroyed. but the mill was saved.
Loss about $50 900 well insured
Nearly half the wells in Bennington are
dry. This instance Is scarcely ever known
Benz. Webb, an old and much respecte
citizen Of Bennington aged about ninety
years, on Tuesday, the 25th fell ard broke his
hip.
/ We hear that party OF Benningtonians
\ intend starting for Minnesota in the Spring
The colony will number about thirty, and
/ they intend to chr;sten their settlement Ben
nington.'
| The milk producers convention at Ben
nington on Tuesday voted to expel any
member adulterating or - extending milk.
CRIyTENDEN COUNTY
Friday AN the barn and Outbuildings of
Peter Blood of Essex Center. were entirely
destroyed by fire, with ali their contents,
except the stock, which was saved Partial /
ly insured.
Mr.. John Turney of Underhill recent /
bad what appeared 10 be a corn removed i
from one OF ms toes, but Instead Of obtain
ing relief, his foot and Lex began to swell, F
and finally the leg had 70 be taken off below +
the knee.
FRANKLIN COUNTY
The ST. Adams butter market was dull n .
Tuesday last week, at 81 to Soc for fall made.
and p to PIC for winter
At meeting of the French Catholics Of
st. Adams, on wednesday evening, it was
voted, lo6 70 l40 to buIlI a new church on
the lot east OF the Convent, on Fairfield
street The majority favored the Western
Reserve location.
Mr.. Charles Jennie OF Berkshire center,
was found frozen to death on Tuesday morn
ing. in the door yard of Mr.. Feno Wells
lie had walked To Richiord Monday forenoon,
returning at night and IL is supposed that
the storm and cold coming upon him 50 sud
denly caused his death
LAVoILLs COUNTY
The temperance candidate for County
Commissioner was defeated in LamoiIe
county
ORANGE COUNTY.
J. ". Smith, Esq, OF Chelsea. has been
town clerk iOr thirty i've years There Were
100 votes cast for temperance candid tte
for county commissioner, n5 opposition
votes.
The an ual town report Of Tuub.il,e gives
a balance in favor Of the town OF S22~.lN.
The annual town meeting 10 Verslire was
a pretty warm time, although the mercury
was nine degrees below zero outside. Ihe
two antaglnistIc parties tins year are
railroad and anti-railroat The officers were
elected by the railroad party.
The depot at West Rudolph caught fire
on Tuesday D. n, from the chimney, and was
under pretty good Roadway before the fire
was discovered, probably, in five minutes
more had 1t not been seen. 1t would have been
past saving
oRLEAN- COUNTY
The old starch factory owned ana occupied
by iward Hatch OF Greensboro. rs ma
chine shop was entirely consumed by fire
last Friday, the LIST inst, together with quite
a lot VI 10 OILS and machinery in the shop
Insured for 5000
Zebulon Burroughs Of Coventry, - years
old, and j Mrs Clark OF Newport, IS years
old, were married IN Concord on Friday last.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
In Rut,ani County Marshal (temptrluee)
has majority tor County Commissioner,
over Pitt w. Hyde
The Leicester Junction bridge winch was
burned Tuesday. was l6D feet long The
loss was 5000. auI was fully cDverel by
insurance.
r4, - " tV5fI-f t..- It'll r..-..r... "a
Castlet1n for $500, and will remove to
Boston this spring.
TIE wrestlin. match at Eu-I4nd. on Mon
day evening Between John McNah4n Of
Rutland, AMI Ezra W Titus of East NaIln.-
ford, tor the ch tmpiOnship % the State was
won by McM4htn 10 htlf an hour, Hrgs
being disabled.
wNUHAN COUNTY.
Whltingham j. free from deb, and has
surplus OF Sl4j9,2 - in the treasury
Hon. Homer G,odhuc is elected County
Commissioner for WIndham c panty.
The expenditures 81 the town of Bratrlc-
boro for the year ending February 3, were
So 80.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Woodstock reports an Indebtedness OF 81 10
s11,35 Raised 81, 10 on the dollar, with
one half payable by the first day of July
and one hall by the first day Of Dccem Der, ,
With ten per cent discount.
The weather was too much for barnard =
town meeting, and it adjourned one week. E
IIartland town Indebtedness is S60.974 IS .
tax raised ) on the dollar Of the grand list Z
a fire broke out in the picker room OF u
Ftton's wooden factory at Cavenli-h about
IL O'Clock on Thursday night, 29Jh inst,
but by the prompt use OF the fire pump, the
flames were extiDguished, with but tridng :
loss.
At Hartford last Saturday, small boy
placed metallic cartridge upon the stove :
where his mother was cooking. 1t exploded
and the ball entered her face near the nose
lodging Immediately under the eye.
Leap year asserts its rights at Wcathers- |
Geld by the marriage OF a widow Of sixty to
a boy of twenty The few young men left
are rapidly packing their trunks for the
West.
The wife of Otis Robbins, Esq. oil Cayen- :
dish, last week fell upon the ice and broke
her leg.
YEAS AND NE!GHs If horses could make
themselves understood in human language
they would signify BY universal . Yea r