Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-08-11
School Item.

Mr.. Brown, was 4 man of business
energy and force, and of integrity.
School Item.
The summer term of school in Distric
No. i, town of Berlin, taught by Lucy w
Guernsey, closed August 9th.
The scholars having no absent marks
We're rs follows:
ETank swe WHIT Lydia chaalsr Sarah swseny
Sleeper si "'s-'s A'''S jones' Amelia Brown Nellie
Those having bat one absent mark
We're:
| Dewey. -' De"eS' Neil'
Those having no tardy marks were:
James Tapne sp Kate Powers Fannie
hnns saMyeT Lizzie sawyer Eddie Sweeny patsy
Sawtt frankie Witt s n niSre A e Jnnes
Hei.te x DeTey , Sarah sweeny Lizzie s~eeny Elmer
RANDoLrH.-The tannery of HAYDEN F
Sharpe. Ohe old Hobart Il Smith tannery J
located about one mil east of West Ran.
dolph, on the road towards the Center, was
burned Thur sday evening. A house be
longing to Mr.. Sharpe near by was saved
by the greatest exerlions and the ARR val
of the West Randolph company.
The loss is estmttel ut 5000, while
there was IN insurance of $500.
The West Randolph national bank has IFS
bills in circulation, and under the manage
ment of its present board of directors
cannot fail to be u reliable and successful
ms titut ion.
The Normal School building at the Cen
ter has been greatly enlarged, and the
rooms will be ready for occupancy at the
beginning of the fall term. 1t makes n
great improvement in the building.
Miss Alice llaines, aged Is. died at Cab
OF, August t. She had for some DAYS felt
slight smart or sting on her upper lip on
which an abscess formed and DISCHARGED
matter. She was soon taken i'll with Sc
we're pain in her knee and limb, which be-
came helpless, and she could not be moved
without great pain, and towards the last
she was delirious. Physicians were great
ly puzzled, but concluded it was blood
poison, caused by the sting or bite of some
insect.
monument has been prepared to mark
the place where the body of Miss Marietta
y. Ball was discovered st. Adams East
Hill. and 1t was placed in position Satur-
day. 1t consists of plain shaft of white
marble, some four feet in height, with
base and sub-base; and the following sim
pie inscription tells the sad story:
MARIETTA n EALL.
MURDERED July PAST. 1874 AGED 90 YEARS
Passing alon- this highway from the school which She
wiS teaehnz 1t IL supposed that she ass,iled by
masked villain fr ,m an5ls,.a,ie was taken to a
thlket midway the road and this spot and killed by
blows on her head. Her body was then taken here
laid out and was found at o'clock 4. July 18th
Mr.. Harry NJ. Hilton, of St. Adams.
was drowned in Lake Champlan, last
Sunday. A party of gentlemen were
camping on an island, and Hilton and
other of their friends went out to see them.
Hilton took 4 skitf and padded out from
the island until he came to rough water. |
when he WAS thrown out and drowned. |
He was the head cutter in Sopers tailoring
establishment, and IS years of are. He
was an Englishman, and had been in this
country 6 years.
The railroad hearing at St Adams still
continues. The masters have refused to
have an expert examine the Books. About
the only peculiar item found thus far bv
those who object to the accounts rs RENDERED
is a record of payment to B. b. Smalley of
now Clerk of the United States
District Court, of $1,000 some wears AGO.
as passenger agent at Montreal. We
thought the name Of the agent was Bur
nap.
CAMP MEETING.-The seventh day Adj
vcntists Of Vermont will hold their annual
camp meeting at Essex Junction, Aug. 10
to "a, 1870, on ground about half mile
south of depot. Elder James White and
Mrs. f. G. White, from California, and
Elder Criah Smith, editor of Rerie,U and
Herald, of Battle Creek, Mich, will be
among the speakers from abroad. There
will be two large canvas tents on the
ground, 60 and 10 feet in diameter, in
which meetings will be held should the
weather be unfavorable for outdoor SER
vices.
Free return tickets will be given on the {
ground to those who come over the Cen I
raj Vermont and roads under its control, l.
also to those who come over the Passump-
tic and South Eastern. There will be a
boarding tent on the ground at which o
meals can be had at reasonable rates
BASE BALL.-Last Saturday, at Plain
ield, the Winooski club of Plainfield, and
he Olympics of Williamstown, played the =,
econd of their series Of match games.
The Plainfeld boys were successful by a Il
core of Il, to % for the Olympics George
v. Wing performed the duties of umpire "
until he stopped ball with his eye, after
which w. A. Lord performed the remain
ne judicial functions pertaining to the no.
lie game. u
The dwelling house and barn of L. w.
Warner, near East Hardwick, were des !,
royed by fire, the 31st ult. The fire is
opposed to have caught from sparks fall "
Nc on the floor. Loss $1,000; insured h
or 81, 900
A water spout burst over kim, Rhenish tt
russia, the 9TH, which inundated the
lace. A bridge and several houses We're
wept away and thirteen persons drowned