Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-08-05

y hunired and nifty thousand young shad from
Hoiyoke, Mass, have just been put in otter creek
near vergenncs
y huge bear recently made its appearance in
Riplon and ki led sheep of Mr.. Ira Boyinston
de shot at by Mr.. W. K. Newton but escaped
INTO The mounttn Businesses.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
y Stamford man had very lively fight with
81 pound bear the other d ay, and expended half Il
dozen bullets the brute before the latter gave
The bennington & Glastonbury raj road company
are doing heavy lumber business for SO dull a
season. Last month they sawed, sold, and deliv
cred 2i3 600 feet of lumber. The amount for this
month will be full as large.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Charles Wheeler, who injured his spine SO severe
ly while turning somersault, some time since, at
St Johnsbury appears to be improving and there
are hopes OF his recovery.
Miss Phila Ana uallet5. daughter of Dea. Ed.
mund Hallett, of st. Johnsbury Center. received II
bequest of six thousand dollars in the will of the
late Samuel Williston of East Hampton, Mass.
Miss Hallett has lived in Mr. Williston's family fol
sever al years past.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
man named Morrison has been arrested at Bur-
ngton, charged with committing the outrage on
the West girl in the woods that place, July
He has wife and two children.
williston claims TO be the banner town in the
state for the longevity of its Dhabitants~It has
population of li4a of whom POI 60 years of age
and over; AS Is and over; So 20 and over; 81, a
and over; 20, Sd and over; 6, 81 and overs 90 and
over.
William T. Woodruff of Williston claims to have
in the west pant of that town the longest row of
beans in the country, over four miles in length
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Thursdays search ut ST. Adams for traces OF
the Ball girls murderer utterly fruitiess, and
the slight suspicion that a rejected lover might
hevc been concerned in the crime has proved quite
.roundess. The only Thing, indeed, that looks at
all like a cew to the villain was the appearance to
some children in swanton of man, with his head
and portion of his face wrapped up in cloth who
upon their screaming, produced a Ratchet, and
said "Shut up I'll serve you rs did the girl on
St. Adams HILL" The big brother fortunately came
around just then, and the suspicious looking fellow
disappeared and escaped.
LAMOILLE COUNTY
solomon stowe of Morrisville, sheared day
ORANGE COUNTY.
Charles Miller, aged Is, son of Rev. R. d. Miller
of Newbury, VT. a visit to GIL, Mass. recently
was drowned while bathing.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The explosion of a can of kerosene the 9th
burned 10 death the little son Of Mrs. Keepers Of
/ South Barton.
A man in Lowell, Mass, who owns the unoccu
pied water privilege in Barton, offers to put In a
foundry and machine shop to employ dozen
hands, provided the citizens Ill assist to capital
! to erect The building.
! The small pox has left Newport and the pes
| house is abandoned.
| RUTLAND COUNTY.
| The Rutland and Washington county's produ
GERS association signalized their meeting a
Poutney the 18th, by appointing a committee to
examine into the proprety of appealing to the next
Legislature for laws regulating freightage rail
roads.
The American board of commissioners for for
eign missions hold their 65th annual meeting a
Rutland this year, beginning October the 9th, and
closing on the 9th, and the people of the town ART
making pr DIVISIONS to entertain 1000 anticipated
guests. Rev. DR.. Henry NJ. Scudder of Brooklyn
N. Y, breaches the annual sermon at the opening
of the session.
Rutland was shocked last week, by q rape of
French girl by three rufians while her way from
that place to her home in Clarendon. The girl hae
been to Rutland to testify in a lawsuit and ate
starting homeward noticed she was logged by
three men To avoid them she took refuge In q
house, and after waiting awhile again pursued be
way. But the were her track, ans
overtaking her, they gagged her, threw her on tn,
ground, and violated her person She was finally
rescued by a passer-by and the villains put t
fight. The girl will recover from her injuries
The police arrested three young men as being con
cerned in perpetrating the outrage, one OF them
named Nichols, has been idnti6cd blythe woman and
placed andcr $1,000 bonds, and tho others re
| leased
Rutland is happy in the prospect Of new irol
works.
The IS members Of the Rutland military insti
tute have returned from their three weeks encamp
/ ment at Lake Dunmyre.