Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-03-22
Vermont News.

one dissenting vote
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
Midllebury is TO have new paper he
.fdiiSon tornity JourIlni The publishers are
Justus Cobb, W. J. Fuller and F. +. Smith
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The Messrs. Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury have II
large farm and raised last year 900 b9hel5 of
gram aud 40 tons OF hay. They keep loo
head OF cattle, - sheep and - horses The horses
are kept up the year round, and the hay and gram
IS all ted out on the premises.
John \. Moore clothing dealer st. John shury
has been closed up. He owes between go 600,
and s., 900, and has 5000 worth of goods, and
about the same amount of accounts, good and bad.
The first papers were served by his father. who, II
is said had at different times supplied him with
$l2 ooo TO 81 900.
fire broke out in Il. bloomsbury about II !. m
Monday, which resulted III the total destruction OF
the bull ding known Is the steam Mil at the iDot
Of Eastern avenue. The loss is estimated as fol
lows: J NJ Warnel' ; machine shop and machln
cry. 5000, Horace Carpenters wool shop and
machinery, 5000; I. L. Fairbanks estate $1,000;
Lard Bros, granite works. 500; Howard coffin
manuiActory, $500, Mei's carriage shop, 500,
Robinson ; tool mandatory, s2oo. The only IN
surancc was $500 Fairbanks interest, and a
small policy on Carpenters mach nery.
CHlTTENDEN COUNTY.
There bloc y frtcas GA Chan plain street
Burlington, The other night, IN which one man
stabbed IN the face and another seriously wounded
with au
TIE Whitehall Tim,s says over 10 tlitten,,en tie
other day. Eutianl newspaper reporter
arrested Ton striking, OF the Eddy brothers
Hi, defence that he VA, only following the
orders OF ms pin oicIan who told HIM he must not
eat too much or too lHtlc but must strike a happy
medium, and he saw the spItitualIstIc gentleman
Laughing rs II he was haPpy medium he struck
him.
several extensive rob0erles have occurred IN
Burlington during the past few months the perpe-
traitor OF which were discovered and arrested
Monday morning. \ clue found lei TO the search
ng the premises of John McNamlra. The search
resulted IN The finding OF stolen goods 10 the
amount OF nearly or over $1,000 worth. Anon.
tnem them were found a lot OF nnc clothing and
some plated ware belonging - Mr.. Cromblc OF the
firm OF shepard, Day Il Co, large amount OF
clothing stolen from the Queen CITY Laundry and
some Sentlemen'> goods stolen from the clothing
house Of b. Turk & Bro. 1t Is probable that inyes
usauon viii tl>co>e the whereabouts of more
goods M,\amtr. has been il the liquor business
Tor sevesal years, AMI IA, also been an active
Democratic poltic AN.
ESSEN COT \Il.
george IN. dwellinI-hou,c IN Lunenbursh
WIS totally destroyed hy fic Frlay morning
Estimated los, sl,-o0 insured So.
FRANKLIN COUNTY,
The EcnlDIl StHtucl announce, tnlt 1t ha S
passed Ito the control of Mr.. l.. T. Bailey who
VIII make some needed Improvement and conduct
the establishment IN manner that VIII be worthy
of The patronage of the rubHr.
Dr. J. II. Eurland of i. Adams. having receive t
four anonymous letters warning HIM 10 leave the
town on pam OF getting his head smashed some
dark night, publishes letter Threatening to shoot
anybody who shan modest HIM an Offering s.
for the discovery OF the man VITO writes these let
tiers ana his motive
ST. AIEA>s 1T TIER MAKkET Mach 2l-t.-
Ma het, veiy htllc offering. r4ice>: Common To
laIr - to Is; winter mtic butter ~ to CSC: fan
butter 80 10 3D.; few lots of new butter selling
ffom - to :.5r according to quality There /, a
Diary OF Il tubs of last summer and fail butter
whirh The owner holds at So per pound.
LAMOlI.LE COUNTY
lac town OF johnson has sol all its railroad
bonds excepting 81. 800 tor ~ This town
has )w 4 bonded debt of : Is un, with a grand
list of silI5,'o
benjamin Barrett an d-tmc resident Of Cam
bulge and a veteran OF the of I>2. was buried
last Wednesday.
~ NJ. Fuller lately made his appearance among
his relatives IN Stowe, with the story that his wife
had died some time since. leaving him W It'll IL We
..,tl
few days since his W fe arrived town. and stated
that they had seven Children and this was the Gnt
time he had run away and left them 10 SHIN tor
Themselves.
At the annual town meeting of wolco,t a vote
was taken to invite the town of Elmore to unit. IN
having centennial celebration. and a committee
was appointed to make all necessary arrangements
for that purpose.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
y man from Montreal, who gave the name o
William Thompson, was arrested at Rutland, SAT;
nrday, for stealing gold chain from Mar. hall &
Cady's Jew crv store
There is a lady in Rutland who, each Sabbath 70
six years, has attended the Consre gationa churcl
and who considers the privilege an me Unable on,
but says she has not heard a word the pastor has
said.
The town of Wallmgford voted to appoint a com
mittee of three to prepare historical sketch of tn
town for this centennial year. DIR. j. f. HIT
Joseph +. White and John Il. Priest were appoint
ed as the committee The expenses were Unite,
to SO
On Monday, the 18th. Abel Peter, and Henri
Davis, residents of McndOn, went to Rutland
procured some rum and on their return s,oppin.
at Abels Fathers in Mendon, got into a quarrel
Old Mr. Peters and his wife out to the seem
of the fight to try to separate them. Turning from
the scene to enter the house the old man fell Gea,
in the door yard. On Wednesday the town author
tiles called a court of inquiry. AS no marks O
violence could be found OF the body of Mr. Peters
Dr. Marshall decided that death was caused b,
At the recent town meeting of Pitt sfor,l Hon
Samuel II. Kellogg elected town clerk for thu
fftleth year in succession. Pitsford has been pc
culiarly fortunate her clerks. Three citizens
Benjamin Cooley, Caleb IIendet, Jr and the pres
ent incumb ent having held the Office an aeyrecat
of eighty five years.
ORANGE COUNTY
: In STAFFORD is living old lady who ought t.
attend the Centenn al-Mrs. Martha FrIzzell Morey
widow of Reuben Morey. She was born Apri
, 10Th, l176, and will therefore be a centenaria,
should she live until next month. She has fv
children living aged seventy, sixty -four, sixtv-tw
: sixty and hfy-eight years, OF whom is Mrs
, A. NJ. Fisk, mother of Mr.. John 3. Thurston O
Montpelier These five children with eightee
grandchildren and thirteen great gran children