Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-02-04
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY

The panic struck Middlcbury, week before last,
and credlting the rumors anoat, the whole town
was going to smash As it was, three made
asst gnments, and half dozen suits were brought
against other parties. Those making assignments
were George Hammond, f. Il. Clay and Toussanl
kdder, The paper company, 1t is thought, will
make some arran cement with ere rtors, reofganlze
and go on with business as beorc.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
BattenkiIl grange organized at Factory
Point, Jan. q, by Deputy Il. T.. Jameson, of Iras-
burgh, Byron f. Jameson. Master; 5. a. Nichols,
Secretary.
The cause of the Bennington disaster still re-
mains a mystery. The theories thus far advanced
have all been proved erroneous.
The dry house connec ed with the chair factory of
Marshall & Prime of South SALISBURY, was des-
troyed by fire Thursday afternoon. 1t filed
with finished stock at the time and the loss is
quite heavy. No insurance.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
\ few years ago Miss Amy Jones. daughter of
W. H. Jones OF Wheelock, was employed at WALK
er's hotel. While there. old lady. feeble and
poor, stopped some days at the hotel. Her condi-
ton attracted the sympathies of Miss Amy, who
gave her good attention and also rendered her
some assistance by way of paying her fare on the
{
in Lawrence, Mass, was surprised by letter, from
! The West saying that certain old gentleman had
died, and in his will, had left her $4,000. 1t seems
that the decea ell was some conn ection of The old
lady, who had received her attention at the hotel
| Miss Jones has already receiv' d the money. 1t
pays to be kind.-Lyndon Union
grange was organized at st. Johnsbury Cen
tire. Wednesday evening, the Isth with fry
members. Geo. ,nney, Master; Ephraim Stone,
Secretary.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The small -pox scare in W lls ton is pretty much
over. 1t has been confined to one family.
Michael Bisselle, of Essex, is notable hunter
lie las shot this winter, % rabbits, 81 patridges
~ gray squirrels aud one coon.
The dwelling house of Michael Quirk, who re
DIES in the MOI III pa of Cavendsh, entirely
of jan. 9th.
NIX. Brown, of Burlington, is now with biz
wife and daughter at YanEton, Dakota. havIni
gone Ihher in the hope that The climate will bene
lit his impaired health.
Hon. Carlos Baxter, a prominent and one of III,
oldest citizens of Buring' died from the effect
, of fouth stroke of apoplexy, ON WeLnesda,
evening January 25ih, at the age OF sixty
years. MIR. Il iXter was q son OF Hon. VIM. Baxter
) a well known lawyer of Northeastern Vermont ane
younger brother of the late Hon. Portus Baxter
lie graduated at Union College, IN 1880 and he
came largely engaged in manufacturing interesr
IN Burlington and Winooski. lie represented hi
town in 1910 and 1877 the first collector of in
terna revenue for his Congressional District
ich Office he acceptably filed from 1869 4
1867.
ESSEX COUNTY.
On Saturday, Jan. 18th, several workmen on tn
p. & o. II. r., Russell's Mills. East Con cord
Vt. were caught under bank capped with frozer
dirt as it caved down: and were all more or less In
jured. Milan Smith had his left leS broker in tn e
places, and his back injured such an extent tina
5 he must soon die.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
On Saturday, Jan. Gath. Wheat Beals, Esq, died
, in Swanton, aged 90. His father. Adam Beals wa
one of the Boston Tea Party. and served honorable
through the Revolution. In 1900 he removed hi
family to st. Adams.