Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-03-11

The name of the Railroad station heretofore
known East Georgia has been changed to
North Georgia.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
The State Normal school at Johnson numbers
some seventy five pup Is, and more to come.
Geo. d. Fiei, Esq, of Cambridge, has formed
law partnership with A.. ). Laid at Enosburg
Falls.
The DIV cling house OF Samuel Cinnam N Esq
in No. Iydepark was consumed by Dire March 4th.
Loss AZ 900, which there is $500 insurance.
Most OF the contents were saved The fire took
from the stove pipe in the attic
ORANGE COUNTY.
Th"se persons concerned in the drunken and
brutal ARRAY at Leonard FIsh's hotel in West
Braintree, have been dealt with in part. according
to their deserts. Henry Ellsworth has been fined
els and costs-thirty-twO dollars; Peter st John,
$40 and costs-twenty dollars, and Dan Sullivan
has been arrested. and the State will hold him to
await the result of the injuries 10 SIR. Fish, who
lies in a critical condition. II is thought he can
not recover.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Newport boasts a young married woman who re-
Gently split a cord and half Of wood in one day,
besides doing large amount of washing, ironing,
etc.
At Glover Miss Kate Gould, in company with
son of Mr.. Is. b. Jackman of lrasburgh, met with
a serious accident. While sitting alone in the
sleigh oppositei F.! Mcl.ellan's store, the horse
staI ted striking the sleigh again st hitchng-post
which overturned it; throwing the lady to the
ground, breaking, it is. feared. her hip. We see
going the rounds the following item which appears
to belong to the same occurrence.
An Irasburg lover took ride with his lady, the
other day, but she was thrown from the sleigh and
her ZIP was broken. The gallant and aGectonate
young man gave the crippled beauty TO somebody
else to carry home, ~hile he pursued his travels"
AtJay, last Friday, Horace Banster's dwelling
house burned, with all its contents save one
bed. Insured i'll the Vermont Mutual for $500.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Col. ticoI gc A. Merrill Of Rutland at present su-
perntendent Of the New London Northern Rail
road, was unanimously elected manager OF tho
PAssumpsic Railroad, at II Getting of the direc
tors held in Boston the I'd inst. Col. Merrill
Will remove to Lyndonville, the headqua rters OF
the road, April l,t.
Norman Henry OF Rutland has just had cut from
his leg below the knee piece of glass an inch and
hall long and hall inch wide which he got
into his hip, Is years ago. while craving through
a broken window.
william. Goodnow of Rutland ana his wife and
little daughter were barely saved from sufocation
on Monday morning by ncghbOr Mrs. Smith.
She found Mr Goodnow sitting by his stove, stupe.
fed, while his wife was found on her bed quite
insensiblc, and the child soon came from her room
weak she could hardly walk The house WAS
full of gas, which had been coming from the stove,
all night
named John Carlisle was found dead in
front Of the residence of William Smon,ls on Park
street IN Brandon. He was about 40 years of age,
unmarried, aud had been "a resident Of that town
Tor some years. 1t Is 1t matter Of doubt what
caused his death
Paige Tolhurst OF the Bates house in Rutland
closed their bar. the other day, and the women
thanked them for 1t at their public citing.
All the q workmen in the Plttsford quarry struck
on the I'd because foreman they had sworn never
TO work for was placed over them
The leaders in the Rutland liquor lots were
brought before Justice Marshall OF that place.
Thursday, and Captain John Haley, William hit
comb and Ezra DcrrIgan were placed under
bonds TO await trial. Three others who had been
arrested were discharged for lack of evidence
against hem.
Nr. Zimri Howard, OF Hubbarion, while mt
work in the woods on W edneslay last accidentally
slipped and fell over ice and rock down embank-
meut seventy feet high. lie was terribly bruised
and his lower jaw broken IN three places. His
situation extremity critical and it was thought
scarcely possible that he could survive.
wINDHAM COUNTY. =
Bodwen & Co, of Kecne, y. H., have purchased
the well known granite quarry on Dummerston
mountain at Btatleboro, and p oppose building a
railroad from to connect with tho
Vermont Valley road ut the mouth of West river.
The $4,000 monument paid for by the Equitable
life Insurance company of New York will be erect
ed over the grave of Col. jim Fisk at Bratteboro,
next Decoration day. The Spaulding bcringers
played dlrgc the grave during a recent visit
TO Brattlcboro.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Mrs. Abigail E. Jones of Stockbrilge attended
church IN Pntsdeli, sunday, March / and in
returning home was thrown from her carriage, and
one hip bone and one arm were broken.
Mcrino sheep breeders met at the To vn Hall, in
Woodstock, and formed an organization under the
name Of The Windsor County Tnoroughbled
Merlno sheep Breeders Association"
jude VIM. NJ. ringry of rerkinsvic i. slowly
recoverin. from his accident but has lost the
sight OF one eye.
'Ii- anu hlS. F. W Kerry quietly CeicDfileu
the hiticth anniversary OF their wedding Mt their
home IN IIartlAnd, Feb. 18th.
Preston Merrteld, Esq, OF Wind eor ilunC and
well known in all this region OF oldest
and most respected citizens died mt his home in
this village on Wednesday morning, March ith, in
his eighty eighth WindSor JoarHoi.
Frederick Billings has greatly improved in health
since he wentto New York and put himse under
the care of DIR. Hammond. Mrs. Billings has gone
to Jamaica for few weeks FOR her health.
An addition OF over one hundred new books has
just been made 10 the library of the Vermont State
Prison. They carefully handled and eagerly
read by the coBvict-.
Adna Eaton Of North Bridgewater, Old man
~ years of age, recently fell the ice and broke
several RIBS.
BIOGRAPHICAL.