Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-12-10
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY,

ADDISON COUNTY.
The annual convention of the western YER
mont musical association opened at Middle
bury the Cd and closed Wednesday, The
chorus numbered 100, and star singers were
present from Boston aud elsewhere The
convention of the northern Vermont associa-
ton will be held at St. Adams, commencing
December 80.
Middlebury college has IL seniors, 10
juniors, 10 sOphomores and Il freshmen
total 81
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
| The body of Mrs Ann Shay of WallOomsal
was found near bennington, Tuesday morn
ing of last week, frozen stiff, and the woman
had apparently been robbedI and outraged
She was employed in mill at Walloomsal,
and had been paid off, Monday, receiving $50.
| and was seen on the cars somewhat intoxicat-
ed. Monday night. She left the train at
State line, and started back for Walloomsal
followed by fellow named Charles Green,
who has been arrested. His face was found
to be badly scratched and there is other evi-
dence against him. Green has made con-
fesslon in which he says the woman was
drunk and he was with her and assisted her
but left her alive and uninjured.
A young Bennington farmer named
Amidou and his hired man, after a trip to
town and good many drinks apiece, had a
little shooting scrape in the barn, Monday
night, lait week. The hired man got bullet
in the hip, but the wound is not serious.
The Bennington Gazette says that Dr.
Mclean of Troy performed another opera
ton on Saturday, upon John Z. Gates, from
whose cheek he cut an immense tumor some
weeks ago. The doctor cut some flesh from
the arm of Mr.. Gates son, Henry Gates. and
engrafted it upon the fathers face.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Capt Horace K Ide and family, and
Frank Mason of Passumpsic, go to Florida
for the winter.
Charles K Chadwick of st. JohnsDury is
building steam saw mill in Groton purchas-
ed by r. W. Peabody The mill is nearly
completed, and will soon be ready to
run.
John Carrick at Gro.on has complet-
ed his Job of trestle work for the
Montpelier and Wells River railroad and the
Steam Mill Companies, and has now taken a
large Job of the Wells River Lumber Co.,
chOpping wood. lie is hiring all the help
he can find, wants to cut 900 cords this win
ter. Here is chance for all who can swing
the axe to advantage. lie gives one dollar
per cord, and pays every thirty days. None
need be lurking about stores and taverns for
want of employment. Good board near
work Oh reasonable terms.
CHlTTENDEN COUNTY.
Edward A. Jcwett. formerly head clerk in
the internal revenue collection Office at
Burlington, upon whom Collector Crane
charges the recently discovered defacation
of ST. 900, writes from Chicago that be
was " thunderstruck on reading the charge
against him, and that God knows he never
took dollar Of the governments money
that the charge against him Is beyond his
comprehension that his accounts were
- perfectly straight when he left Mr..
Crane, nearly two years and half ago
that he denies the charge in toto; and that
he desires an investigation, which will show
whether he is guilty or not.
The catalogue OF Vermont University at
Burlington shows a total of 81 under gradu-
ates, Is seniors, 10 juniors, u sophomores,
80 freshmen, and 9 laboratory students
Six of the sOphomores and five of the
- freshmen are women.
The American hotel, Burlington, has pass
ed back into the hands Of its former landlord
Mr. Ii. Ii. Howe, he having bought out
Messrs. Crane Stacy, who have kept 1t fol
the past eighteen months.
new French Protestant Chapel was dedi
Gated in Burlington on Thursday. Rev. A
l.. Therrian has been engaged by the Bap
fists to oifciate in it,
RICHMOND BUTTER MARKET.-Butter sold
on Monday, at 20 to 25c for fair % to SOC
for good 80 to 33c for choice. Cheese
Skim milk cheese to Sc farm diaries lC
to lie; Mason factory chedder Is l-2c Ma
son factory plain lac.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
; Twenty SwantOn families had to &
: to the poor house last week.
a Boston drummer who sent a badly
spelled note to one of the waiter girls at tn
Weldon house, St. Adams, soliciting an in
terview, was granted one, and met half
: dozen of the girls who plastered him from
head to foot with wet -four.
The will of Ira McAllister of Enosburgh
who died in 1866, gave $1,000 for the edu
cation of the freedmen and the residue of tn
: property, after certain requests to his rela
/ tives, to the - Methodist Episcopal missio
r at Bombay" and as there was no such mis-
g sion his heirs contested the will. The pro
bate court decided that the residue name
e must be handed over to the general mission
ary society for India, the court of char
t cery, on an appeal, reversed this decision
but now the supreme court has affirmed
and the money will be given to the mission
ORANGE COUNTY.
E. G. Redington, Esq, and wife, of S
y Johnsbury, spend their winter at Brad lord
Two unevangelical youths in West Raj
l. dolph, named Otis Flint and Austin Bigelov
st were arrested the other day, charged wit
: stealing tobacco from the depot, ard wei
- bound up in the sum of three hundred do
g lars each.
Is RUTLAND COUNTY.
ne The Sgel brothers, German peddlers, WI
" recently represented themselves to have bee
: robbed in Pawlet, have been arrested
= their New York creditors, as the goods r
ro ported stolen have been found where Il
G. brothers concealed them with fraudulent i
lg tent.
The Rutland police have got the boys u
der such subsection that they don't da
les slide on the sidewalk, but the girls slide wi
ii impunity, where they please, and one
w. them ran over and ground up bank pre-
:" dent, Mr.. Daniels, the other day.
u A Rutland horse slapped John PlumleJ
ir face with his most splteful hoof and brol
his jaw.
on West Rutland boasts of man with TO
seventeen inches in length.
=. Miss Harriet Doty of Wallingford is So
Nv to graduate from medical college in M
O. York, after which she will make tour
ng Europe.
nd E. W. Aldrich. of Shrewsbury, died
!. his residence on Friday afternoon last, sg
63 years. Ills disease was erysipelas n
no AIdrich was citizen very much respect'
He has been quite prominent in public
fairs has represented Shrewsbury In
on Legislaturessepd been honored by his to-
in other ~