Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-01-13

chants and manufacturers and got their money in I
ADVANCE for inserting their advertisement. Before
le had chance to leave the place he was caught
n his own trap, and confessed He said he was
out ofmoney AMI wanted TO get where he lived
Town in Pennsy lvanil
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
H. W. kellos-'s mill and cl picard manu-
factory East Itichford, utterly destroyed by
fire on Tuesday evening, January 9Th.
A small house and contents in the south part OF
Georgia, belonging to Paul Wagner, was burned
Tuesaday night of last week. Loss about $500.
Insured IN the Vermont Mutual.
LAMONLE COUNTY.
j. W. Rerden of IIydepark had valuable horse
stolen from him in Holland while staying over night
ut farm house. No clue to the horse yet, but
Alonzo ScIibner has been committed to Irasburgh
jail on charge of stealing t.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Miss Caroline V. Back whose death took place
in Washington ID. e on the lst daughter OF
the late ID. y. y. Buck of Chelsea who was mem
Der of Congress for Vermont in lS13 to -, S97 TO
%. and was Il sister OF Daniel Buck, Esq, who was
for many years assistant clerk of the House
Washington. She was a most estmable lady, and
many Vermontcrs, who have enjoyed the s!'itul
.
the war, Will long keep her in kindly memory. She
had become reduced III means. aud ~ her death
was IA clerk in the treasury department.
Quite excitement caused at the Ver>hirc
copper mines recently by the report that Il German
pctr who had been in the habit of coming Their,
nearly every month, had been wlyllii aud mur-
3cred somewhere in the vcinty of st. John-bury
There many variations OF the story, all agree
ing, however, that he had been fouliy dealt with
but Thought they were utterly uniuunl-
ed.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Dawson Eurt OF West Durby committed suicide
on The 3lst ult By eho ptm5 himself through the
heart with pistol He WAS ,, yeas oil and
served years solder IN the rcheIol ami
five years since i'll the regular army. He had been
at times low-eptiiel and meltnrholy, bat gave
n, ntInaton that he contemplated self ic9tIuc-
ton.
The hou-enow occrpielby l.. Knight of Charles
ton, took fire from the ,.>le, Kept in the Shed the
ID about O'Clock, and very near BEN.
destroyed. People should remember tn aehc-
kept IN the wood shed in pals renders ins urancc
void
The family of X. W..MafmlAul of J,h lson are
| suffering under great an clOn-. Last week Wa
recorded IN the Er.,reSs the death OF his mother,
Mrs. Nathan Mcfarland. The day aGr her fun era
his youngest child die! OF caaker-l.,-h AMI bcf're
she WAS burned Mr.. Mcfarland himself Va, taken
sick and lies dangerously H.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Czlel Hopkins of Rutland die a, tn h,u.e of
joel {. Baker whose wife WA, III, -,tanIl.u.htcr,
Oh Wednesday, aged =. lie Wa bDgn At Cllrcn
don Springs, and was grandson OF stephen Hop
kns of the slgncrs of the Declaration OF Ia
dependence. He represented Clarendon spring;
in le21 and LIS and Ira III 80 and 1910. and Wa
a member OF the constitutional convention lion
Clarendon in ls2-. He had II children, five o
which are living.
Capt. +. IL. Ward, the millionaire, Who tie,
at Detroit, hsch gan, on Saturday list was natly
of Poutney.
Wl\DIAM COUNTY.
The grangers from Mt,-i.!tI~ctts AMI New
Hampshire who attend the mass convention on tn
2lst have the promise of free return tickets ove
all roads controlled the Ccntera Vermont.
Theodore Tnoma,'s orchestra Will bc at Bl.ttl,
boro, the first week IN February.
The post-ol e -hows a large in .rcl-c in bust
ness during the past year; - money orders hay
been issued, ano untlng t. IS ~ AS have lee
paIl, amounting; t. 81 -; IL A. stamps hay
soli,G, $50 envelopes, 5000 postal cards, 1900
wrappers, and 40 registered letters I'VE been r.
ccvcl and sent.
Capt J, J. E-t,y Of ;rAtt .b,ro VI, trtlteI t
pleasant surprise On Thurs Gar cyeums. b. tn
members 9th. E-tey =uttI whp loft han,-,n
album continuing the pictures OF the company =
1t sand that Rev. J. L. Madison VIII soon res :,
the pt-torItc oftle Baptist church.-lnl -lri-uu.
l. good, and business nvcly.-IIcmrv W..rl urcclI
cr Is nveItI-cI Tor the next lecture of tn. course
IN spite OF HI, repeated l,ildle- 10 rep appoint
ment IN Nerm mt - q tren E-the. t. De given
on the 27th aud 2'tA-tevrr- are sun quite pro
valent
The late Isac Bu,tertell, Of Boston. bequcaihc
to the East Parish OF the town Of Westminster
$1,000 for the purchase or erection of UuI!,lln
tor free bu0h; library, and 81 900 Tor the purct
l>c of books tor the sane. Tnr ;rl-tca, "i In
parish are also made the rc-r!u.trv l,-atrr-, tn
properly coming into their hands to he = nyc-ic
10y them in some re.Lth!o securities, All tIe ia
come from II L be use "" ais fbt tn purpose o
purrht>lu- b,"k-, AMI tlr necessary cNPel-r, ,
carving on the buisne~- II -,,'.l iorIry
EIward Con..nt. state superintendent Of Flu Alto
lccturcd 1t lartilud, January liza.
The Wool,tock National Bank has ,l...' .r,l
dividend of four per cent payable .IAnu ny tn
at Woodstock. began We l.e.I,v. the st ut.
uraay, the gwen the jury at moon
At nine O'Clock saturday evening the jury WEE
still mt. The case was argued by states Alto
uey Walker for tn prosecution, and by ilpn. Uu
ley {. DcuIson f,r the prisoner.
! The jury At noon Monday came INTO Court un;
blei 10 agree, ani Ia se Btrrett discharged the
George Z Penn of st. John,bu was f,un
e dead IN his bed at the hotel at White River Jan
ton. the - lust. lie hal been pltyiny
l;la ~dhll Il lnsane' b md and beng up IN 1rh
the night previous had gone to bel Tuesday ;tfte
noon. When called for supper he made n +
: Spouse, and on gong into hi room he WIS frun
, dead bet The physician, of tn opinic
| that he died in iii, he had been subject
! such disorder He leaves widow, who Is poo
. "i.Ir Our."-i Castleton man, resilient of tn
. town for the past SIN or seven years the owner OF
:. farm AMI stock thereon, for winch he plIl som
g ten tn Jus ,ul doll,rs left his ttn.lg, fam Al
:, town ab ,ut six weeks since, tor pact, ulknrw
!, | His whereabouts and conduct are aprnf,unl my
:. terry, but 1t surmI,ei that h, hts taken up II
abode in Can ida or Kansas. lie vIrtlmiz 1t p:lrti
in Ca.tleton, Ira, West Rutland and Clarendon
the tune of from l. . % to II OD9 DpIro cl mo
ey. He was, prior to this dark trans lcliol, /
gar,lei an honest, upright man.
" WINDSOR COUNTY.
q The Connecticut river valley agricultural as
a citation at It's annual meeting at White River Jun
1 ton, the other day, elected Capt Chester Pike
C Cornish, \. H., for president. The next cXh
", ION Will be held on the IN, s.h AMI 9th of septic
- Der
l. The diphthcria epidemic at Royalton has CARR
n off Il mcmbers oithe - families in the village, al
. within a circuit of few miles there I'VE he
- many more deaths.
ne Thomas GICcnbank, the wealthy III crrcntr
III manuf;,ctmer. has accomplished the removal
his So 600 house from Gaysville to Lawrence,
taking it to pieces and packing it up on the ca
1t took If ears TO cary the "peces." Oar rca lt
Will remember that the Ere 'm1n spoke OF this Gu
Gus case when cold Tom went back after u
house.
or Twenty five ihrus md dollars have been pa i'll
d. in the village of Rnyalton for wood the lat we