Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-08-02

The directors of the Bethel and Rochcs-
ter railroad hcl,! ! meeting IT Bethel Mon
iav and complrel notes. They find upon
investigation that 81 900 are wanting to
complete the subscription very small
proportion of the S~o,ooO requnel The
directors from the towns up the river pro
pose to raise one-half the sum wanted,
and they Ak the people of Bethel to raise
the other half
II i reported that work Will be begun
in a few day, on the Bethel and Rutland
railroad. The engineer, Nh Hung rforI,
i, constantly on the ground and in general
terms speaks cncouraEnglv. The plan
is to raise S>0.Uo". which is nearly Sc
cured. and til" balance necessary is prom
i>cl bv The Central Vermont Originally
SIOo.0n0 was required from the Valley,
but on account of the present low prices,
S>o,"oo is ree.h"ncd equivalent.
\. A. Moore ESP. of E.s. berkshire.
lately found 4 very fine thrrc-yelr old
thorough -br"A Short horn hoif'r dead in
the pasture. No Indications Of the cause
Of her death WAS apptrcn.- This is a Sc
riou> loss to Mr.. Moore and will curtail
somewhat his small but select herd to be
exhibited IT the state fair.
nights OF UovoE 1T is said tina,
the order Of knights of Honor" whose
principal object is mutual assistance and
relief, is very generally established
throughout all the New England states
except Vermont, and parties VIII visit
Brattlcboro, st, .John>burv. Rutland.
Burlington, Montpelier, and the other
principal towns of the state for the pur-
DOS" of . working it up.
THE STATE MIIrlA-Thc filN KcCi-
mrnt, G.. viii 20 into camp at st Al
bans on Tuesday. August 10Th when they
will be inspected by His ENcelcncy GOV
crnov Peck and his staff I.ieutenan:-C Col
oncl W. J.. Grecnleaf will act 4, Provost
Marshal and Corporal Henry NJ Stanton.
Of Company d.. rs Sergeant -Mnlor The
camp ill lie known ~ Camp j. Gregory
Smith, and viii last for five DAYS
Thar Proposed NEW NrY.-Thc
parties interested have given formal no
tice that ut til" coming session Of the Leg
islaturc application will be made for the
creation of Il new county. and also for the
establishment upon the main lines Of rail
roads f the county seals on the east sid,
of the state which are not ut present 50 10
Gated.
We understand that Hon William Il.
Sanford of Orwell will be presented nj the
District convention for nomination ~
Presidential Elector for this district. Mr.
Sanford Is well and ftvorabIy known
throughout the lis.ric, and State
JAY.-On the 10th inst, the Rev. Mr..
! Evans (Mcthodi>D baptized seventeen
persons by immersion. near The Center
school house. Also on the same day the
Rev. \. j. Chandler (BaptiS) baptizrd
four near the South school house. making
in all twentv-one persons baptized. Sever
III more will be baptized ut the South
school house in two weeks from that ,liy
Providence permitting.
During the past year the average num-
Der of boarders at Belfast Methodist Col
lege. Ireland, has been tifty-four; Of day
scholars one hundred AMI thrtv-six: and
of persons attending the classes for ladies
and girls, lightweight. making. with the
theological students, Il total of nearly
three hundred under instruction. The
financial report shows a surplus of about
1000. The endowment fund approaches
100000.
The election Of Dr. iIerzoy, Professor
Of the University of Berne. us Bishop of
the "Christian Catholic Church of Swift
erland.' at the recent Synod in Often. by
III votes out of 15S, over Schroter, the
parish priest of Rhcinfeden. who received
nearly all Of the minority vote, 80, appears
to have been a victory of the moderate
members over the radicals and strengthens
the hands of Bishop Renkens and OF the
Old Catholic Church in Germany Dr.
Herzog accepted with reluctance tile Office
after taking twenty four hours for consid-
Grafton and having urgen. solicitations
from DR. Keller, the leader of the opposi-
ton. and from Schroter, his opponent.