Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1873-04-16

The Bur Iington Board of School Com
missoners have elected Henry L. Dodge,
City Superintendent of Schools, vice John
ID. French, resigned.
Major George 5. Blodgett, OF Burlington,
sailed the 5th, for Vienna, on the Bremen
steamer, Weser.
The water in Lake Champlain rose eighteen
inches in forty-eight hours ending Saturday
night.
| FRANKLIN COUNTY.
| The thief who stole three hundred dollars
from Rev. D. B. Bradford of St. Adams Bay
has restored a package containing the money,
hanging it on the bell pull.
The an nual conference of the Vermont
Methodist Episcopal Church, is to be held at
the boundary line between Vermont and
Canada-to commence Wednesday, April
23d. Bishop James will preside at the Con-
| ference.
Peter Tatro, freight conductor living at
st. Al bans, was jealous of one Charles Dew
ereaux and with cause finding Devereaux at
his house, the aggrieved husband proceeded
to administer to him a severe castigation.
Devereaux managed to escape, ran to the office
of the Chief of the Police, and the result was
that TaUro was arrested, and the next day
was brought before the Municipal Court on
complaint of assault and battery. But the
complainant did not appear, and his wherea-
bouts are at present unknown.
The Legislative Committee for the in
vestigation of the alleged frauds, corruption
and Encouragement connected with the Vt.
Central Railroad, composed of Senators d.
+. Bailey of St. Adams and Jacob Estey of
! Brattleboro; Representatives Pitkin of
Montpelier, Munson of Manchester and Grout
of Newport, have appointed hearing at ST.
Adams for the Goth inst, when they hope to
sit long enough to hear the whole case on
| both sides.
Enosburgh Falls has case of the small
pox.
There have lived in Eaosburgh within the
last 20 years, 40 men who had wives apiece,
men who had 3, and 2 men who had
apiece, making l II wives for so men.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
| The mail carrier between North Hero and
Alburgh Springs broke through the ice Thurs.
day, when opposite Alburgh. He had great
di ficulty in rescuing his horses and narrowly
escaped drowning himself
4 shock of an earthquake was felt in AL
burgh and there along, lasting three quarters
of a minute, Tuesday morning the 29th ult
about half past one O'Clock.
| LAMOILLE COUNTY.
DIR. French, Secretary of the Board of Ed
ucation, lectured on - An hour among the
bugs at johnson, on the 24th ult
B. B. Hawse Esq, of Morrisvile is {
live builder. He has erected Isl building
in the place during the past four years.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Emma, little daughter of the late Samuel
W Hatch of Chelsea, while at play, with
some other children in Rev. Mr.. Herrick g
barn, ran and struck her head against beam
so as to make her senseess for short time,
| inJuring her quite seriously
West Randolph people are making ar
rangements for a lecture by Rev. W. II. II
Murray, to be given Monday Evening, May
th.
/ ORLEANS COUNTY.
c. i W. P. Hazeltine's tannery, at Derb
Centre, was entirely consumed by fire on the
It'll. The fire was discovered between one
and two clock in the morning. Cause IN
known. Loss Sl2 900; we'll insured.
Recent developments point to suicide
while temporarily insane, as the cause of the
death of Lieut.. W. j. Sartle, ofthe reg ulal
army, and formerly of Barton.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
COW belonging to DR.. Harding, entered
the horse barn of Mrs. Mayo, went up a
flight of stairs into the hay loft, and was
found very composedly helping herself. How
to get her down-that was the question.
Driven down into an adjoining loft little
lower than the barn, straw was piled up al
high as the floor. and she was induced to e
out and down.
George Brown, who was arrested soma tim
ago for indecent nduct, was arragned il
the County Court and pleaded guilty. HI
alleged, however, in extenuation of his of
tense. that be was Intoxicated at the time 0
It's committal Judge Wheeler sentanceC
him to Imprisonment in the county jail
Edward A. Gee, of Pittstord, has beef
arrested on the charge of stealing the hors
and sled of a w. Philbriok, in Rutland or
the 18th ult.
The National Bank of Poultney is credi
tor of Thomas Cree, the scoundrel, to tn
amount OF S30 ,07S.79.
Rev. William j harris, D. D, on Fast
Day GOOD Friday preached at Trinity
Church. Rutland, a critical discourse on the
divinity of Christ"
Frank Leslie's illustrated paper for las
week has fine Illustrations Of sugar making
in Vermont, as shown by the Sugar Orchard
and works of A. j. Mead, of West Rutland
The Independent announces that the Rut
land Daily and Weekly Globe will appea,
Thursday, May LIST.
IL is reported on good authority that Or
Middleton Goldsmith of Rutland was chlorC
formed and robbed of his money and watch
few days since, while riding in sleeping ca
between Jacksonville, Florida, and Savannah
Georgia. Two other persons who wer
sleeping in the car at the time were ais
robbed
Rev. Edward Mills, pastor of the Baptis
Church at Rutland, sails for Europe the las
of the present month, to visit his friends il
England.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
The village Of Westminster is now destitut,
of lawyer, doctor, and minister.
Edmund Burke Of Newport, New Hamp
shire, formerly commissioner of patents, i
= with Others engaged in the suit Of til