Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-07-04

Samuel R. Hall, D. D., died in Brown.
ington a. an advanced age last week. He
wa an old and successful teacher. and the
: author Of 4 school history of Vermont an d
other educational works.
The state workhouse commission, Nessrs.
Albert Clarke, W. W. Grout and y. P.
Simons were in session at the Bardwell
house, Rutland, the 28.h taking the deed
Of the land, and considering the plans for
the worAhouse building.
In the ha5eas corpus case before JUDGE
Dan'on at Rutland yesterday, Mrs. Paw.
son who had been confined in the Bra,tle.
ooro Insane Asylum obtained her liberty.
Mr. Heath and Mr.. Deayit. Of Montpelier
appeared for Mrs. PAyson
The first p sseng=r train on the BarlDg.
ton and LamoiIle railroad made its trial
trip from Cambridge to Burlington on
Monday July n, and there is great reiofc-
ing in the city OF Burlington over the sup
posed mine Of wealth it will pour into that
city by the sea, not only for the present
but tor all time to come. But wouldn't
there be weeping and gnashing Of teeih
should 1t prove 10 be nothing but a bar.
rem ideaIity."
- RICHMOND BUTTER MARKET, July a.
The marset WAS about the same A. last
week Fair to good sold at Is to l7cent-.
choice, IS cents; and few tubs of fncy
brought higher prices. Cheese sold for < Il
IL to cents for farm diaries; sage. 9 to i
10 cents, and factory. II to 9 Is cents.
The Free Press learns that Judge Wheel
er, who is holding court at Canandaiguo. }
\. T.. will be detained there so long thai :
he cannot hold the special term of the dis :
-rlct court ut Burlington, on the Sd Of /,
July, and therefore all hearings set for !
that day will be continued to July 18th.
The cable reported, the other day. the -.
appearance Of the potato bug in Germany, il
lear Cologne, in field OF a man who had h
lad the hardihood to purchase some P
American bacon. Now comes word {
icross the sea that the field at Mulbeim an U
when the beetle made its appearance. a
las been covered with petroleum and tan u
'ArH and set on fire. the government in o.
the proprietor This remedy. o
IS doubtless thought, will be more efFec- u
lal than Paris green 1t may be we'll for p
IF Vermont -, CT
succeeds, before trying it extensively. .. o,
The Blxter-Payson Scandal at Rutland. AZ
'ok new turn on Friday. when Mrs. di
Iaria Payson arrived home from Brattle- W.
pro asylum, under the protection of Depu- IN
Sheriff Howe Of Washington county, to
hom Judge Dunton of the supreme court =,
Vermont had issued writ of habeas ii,
rpus in her behalf. Airs. Payson. who 10,
n respectable and well TODD dressmaker H.,
Rutland, was arrested about four weeks 90;
% on charge of wri ing matchmaking All
ter to Gen. II. II. Baxtar, a prominent A /,
d respectable citizen of Rutland, threat -
ing to expose scandal regarding himself on,
d Miss Susie Ryan. Mrs PavsOn denies Sti
charge, but alleges that she was gross ga
lll-trcated in the Jail and even struck in in
; lace by the jailer. She was kept there a.
two days and nights, when commits If
n de IunHdc0, without a shadow of legal dan
-hority or process. it is claimed. com. If !,
tied her 10 the insane asylum, where ais
. has since remained She and her ~. 80
ends assert her sanity in the strongest no
isible way and her case will be exam. 9n
d before Judge Dunton this week, on ,La
petition of her mother Mrs. Gales. Ii,