Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-07-15
ORANGE COUNTY.

ORANGE COUNTY.
Albert Adams has refused $4,000 for his field in
Newbury under which lead mine was recently
discovered, and will sell the ore al $40 ton, to be
taken out by the purchasers.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Charles Collins of Mechanicsville, was drowned
at that place on the 27 Nth. He p yrs old and
leaves a family. He undertook TO go out on the
water in an old sap pan for a boat.
The machines i'm the Sutherland Falls marble
duarries are soon to be run by compressed air. u
On Saturday evening Frank Miner Of Ru tand
who was supplying Mr.. Shows place on the New
York train north, was seriously injured while coup
ling cars at Burlington. He was Stacking the
patent air brake and leaned too far forward and
wasj caught between the platforms of the cars,
and quite seriously injured internally by the break
ing of a blood vessel.
The Trojan Marble Company at Brandon
engaged in making one hundred thousand head
stones for the United Estates government. They
will be placed over the graves of soldiers buried
| at Arlington, village just out of washington
The name and regiment of the deceased will be
cut on the stone. The stone will be sunk two feet
in the ground and stand one foot out. Some of
them are being cut at present.
The cadets of the Ruta I'd military institute have
gone into camp for two weeks on the banks of
Lake Dunmore in Salisbury.
The Vermont papers report recent desperate at
tempt at child murder in Brandon, 1.-The details of
which are too horrible for publication"
| wINDIIAM COUNTY.
| One ofa Brattleboro's prominent citizens who,
with great care, has been raising brooded stock
from beautiful bay mare OF late years has just
come into possession of colt from the beast.
which very much resembles zebra, greatly to his
disappointment and chagrin. His friends advise
him to start circus.
| A tree standing the dwelling house of Al
pheus Ingraham in Guilford was struck by light
ming on the 29th ult. Two bolts seemed to descend
| the trees, one passing into the ground, the other
into the water house, tearing up the pipes and des-
troyiug the building. 1t then passed into the l.
part of the house, taking ont all of the windows,
removing much of the slated roof, Infringing doors
and making a wreck of almost everything.
then passed along the front of the house, taking
out the windows, but not setting fire 10 any part
There was no in the house at the time but Miss
| Josie Winchester, who was not injured.
| l.. +. Prouty of Grafton was crossing stream
at Chester the other day with heavily loaded six
horse team, when the bridge broke, letting team
and man into the stream, but fortunately no lives
| were lost.
James Fisk, father of Col. Jim Fiske, has pre-
scented TO the Universalist society of Bratteboro
fine oil painting of a cross, which cost $500 IL Is
to be hung in the church.
| WINDSOR COUNTY.
The log drivers at work near windsor re-
port twenty four thirty -three millions of feet tc
be driven this season.
Fruit promises well, where the caterpillars have
not been allowed to RIOT but in many orchard:
they have made sad havoc.
4 survey of the Woodstock Railroad IS in prog
ress and will soon be completed Thei object is IL
get an accurate statement of the work to be done
Kendall Taylor has been postma in Proctors
vile Tor the past thirteen years, and on The very
frs, day of each returning quarter, has made ant
sworn to his return before the same magistrate
Josiah ellison, Esq., and forwarded it TO th
postofice department at Washington.
Plymouth miner recently dug $50 worth of goi'
in two days.