Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-09-03

I Henry Forward, driver of st. Adams coal
cart, has fallen heir to $32, 900 BY the death
of an uncle in England. A brother gets as
| much more.
A woman named Emily Tanksrd, alias
Big En-" aged IS, and Of extraordinary
proportions, died in ST. Adams house OF
| ill-fame, and at first was thought to have
| been murdered; but the coroner's verdict
| was g protracted debauchery." Too much
| tankard.
T. H. Leverty who was run over by the cars
at East Georgia, the 25th, died at Milton the
same day.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
| Mt. Mansfield is to have a signal station.
Charles w. Merriam of Elmore, aged i
years, fell down ledge Is feet, and broke
| his arm.
| ORANGE COUNTY.
| Some section hands on the Passumpsic
| railroad at Fairlee recently killed a striped
snake, measuring three and three-quarters
feet, and containing seventy-six small snakes
measuring from three to six inches, and in
good running order
| They steal gravestones at Wells River and
| the inhabitants don't like it and have con-
cluded to have new brick school house
with a mansard." They will have to get
up good one to balance that at West Ran
dolph on the other side of the county.
Micah Ford of Braintree died Sunday aged
81. He had led rather an eccentric lie and
| was well known in former times in that and
adjoining towns.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
| irbo &c hot
90 to the post-of6ce without driver, get the
mail and post the letters !; 60 to the hotel
after the passengers are all in, and when his
master says" good-by to the parting guests
leave for the depot. After the load is out,
he will tart among the cars, plac the wag
on in the right place without direction from
any one, and wait the incoming train,
when he will return as he went
A. j. Meanwhile of Timmouth was recent
ly killed by the bursting o the water gate
to his mill while he was making repairs.
Myron Stewart of East Clarendon, brake
man ON the Central Vermont Railroad, was
knocked from a train by bridge near Bar
louisville, on W ednesday, and killed.
There is to be a signal station on Killing
ton Peak.
An Irishman, while out in boat on Lake
was in the act of drinking liquor from bot
tie when he fell backward into the water
and did not rise again.
The grand state lodge of Odd Fellows held
it's Goth annual session at Rutland on We'd
nesday, and elected Henry R. Dyer of Rut-
land, G. NJ. {; Henry M. Currler of bratlle-
f boro, D. G. NJ. l.. q. Stiles of st. Johns
bury, 6. w. Newman Weeks of Rutland,
| ot q.
Rev. Uhas Woodhouse of Rutland, G. C. :;
Henry Clark OF Rutland, grand representa-
tive. The meeting was the fullest for 20
years the number of lodges in the state Is
l6, with a membership OF 96o, of whom l95
were initiated last year.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The father of James Fisk, Jr., is building
house at Brattleboro. which, with the
grounds, will cost SIS 900.
The Convention OF Universalists at Brattle-
boro was SO largely attended, Thursday, that
3 an adjournment to the Congregational church,
which was kindly offered them, Was neces-
sary A sermon by Rev. George Ii. Der OF
New Orleans, La, in the afternoon. and a
general business meeting and sermons in the
event &, closed the session.
The widow and two daughters of the late
. Judge Shafter, from California, are ST piping
IN Wilmington.
There was quite hustle in the Unitarian
church at Brattleboro, Sunday, or, at least
Charles K. Field thought so when he caught
his foot In one as he was coming out OF that
, place of worship. Several ladies in his i'm
mediate vicinity seemed much embarrassed,
t each probably thinking herself the loser.
e At Bellows Falls sheriff Phelps and posse
! with virtuous impartiahty, pounced upon
the Island house and another prominent es
adjustment, a few days since, and carted of
large quantity of liquor, only to find them
selves sold" the liquor proving to be
water Some think it - turned > SO alter il
was seized.
The monument to be erected by the state
, at Westminster, in homer of WIlIem French
and Daniel Hong hten, who were killed BY
the British in the court house, March Is
l775, will be of Blue mountain granite, 19s
eet high.
/ The Brattleboro printer announces that
his continuation of Edwin brood will be
ready Tor publication in September. The
complete and combined work will make be-
tween 500 and 600 pages.
/ The Bratteboro races were well attended
. but were voted not exciting,
WINDSOR COUNTY.
1t is said that the gold dggings at Tyson
Furnace, are now yielding good pay to the
miners, being worked by men OF experience
in the mines of California.
The White River Valley fair is in opera
tion at Bethel this week.
In Sharon the old bridge" people have
/ triumphed, beating the " new bridge - par
ty by ll2 to Ga on the 23d. Mr. Howe vii
now proceed to mend the ancient wreck.
The father of j. H. Platt, Jr., the Vir.
t gnia salary grabber, dwells in Queechee.