Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-05-23
Vermont News.


Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.
AlOnzo Baldwn's barns, in Whiting, were struck
by lightning Friday forenoon and totally consum-
cd. The loss was $500 over the insurance.
Two Bristol young men went cunning on the
mountains, last week They went up to the top of
the main ridge of the Green Mountains, and report
snow four feet deep on level, and one drift which
they measured, twelve feet deep. Wednesday and
Wednesday night it showed about eight inches
there.
Tho comen cement programme at Middlebnry
college is: June q, bacaalaureate by President
Hulburt, evening address before the Philade-
phlan society by Rev. S. l.. Blake Of Concord N.
H.. Tuesday address to the alumni by A. F.
Walker poem by W. e. Howard, Parkerian prize
speaking in the evening" Wednesday, graduation
exercises.
Mr. Babcock, agent for the st. Johnsbdry Scale
Company, was found in his carriage at East Monk
ton, in state of Inconsistencies last Friday lie
seems to have had an apopleetic attack and his left
side is entirely paralyzed. lie can be aroused only
by great effort to answer questions intellgbly and
is in very critical condition. His family phys
clan from Cabot, and some of his friends have ar
rived and he is having as good care as possible.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Col. Peck has notified all the Bennington saloon
Keepers to shut mp shop during the militia muster
this summer, and the law allows him to enforce his
order at the point of the bayOnet.
basket with 800 hailstones, one of which weighed
lOA ounces, that fell in terrific hail storm that
passed over SALISBURY and the northern part of
Bennington on Friday afternoon last.
CALEDONIA COUNTY,
Lewis Barton, flour merchant of Lyndon, has
failed with liabilities of $4,000, and no available
assets.
st. Johnsbury is invested with large band OF
gypsics, who beg by day and steal by night, ac-
cordng TO the Cdled0nidn.
An award Of 1900 against the town Of Danvllle
has been made in favor of j. q. Varnum and wife,
who, in July last, were injured by their team
breaking through water course near their own
house.
CIIITTENDEN COUNTY.
Bears arc killing sheep in Chittendcn.
RICHMOND MARKET, May pat the MARI =
there were 25) tubs of butter. Sales were made at
IL 10 2lc good 10 choice sold at 10 to 2Oc fancy at
higher price; ordinary, Is to lie. 0fcheese there
were 81 boxes Sales were made at 10 to l2c for
farm dairy, and u to l3c for factory.
Mr.. II. p. Allen, of Burlington has very inter-
estng and quite extensive collection of ancient
coins. Among them arc silver pieces ofAlexander
the Great; second bronze Greek aud Roman coins
from sixteen to eighteen hundred years old; also a
collection dug from the ruins of Pompeii
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
II. r. Edwards, of Belvidere, has a cat which
measures 80 inches from the end Of Its nose to the
| tip of its tail.
The steam saw mill, dwelling house and barn
owned by John NJ. Stafford of Cambridge, were
burned Sunday morning. Loss estimated at $4,000
The house was insured for $780, The mill, in which
there was some valuable machinery, was not in
sured.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
l.. IL. McClary, OF Albany, Orleans county, has 6
mare 80 years of age, " still sound in wind anc
limb"
At North Troy, the other day, a man was seen
hauling ties to the depot with iour-ln'hand team
consisting of a cow, heifer, bull and steer.
In Newport, early Friday morning, fire destroy
cd Charles Eaton's house and barn-loss 81 900, in
sured for 81 200; w. d. Sarord's house-lOss $l,OO
insured for 81 800; and Lucius RobinsOn's houst
and harmless 800, insured for 81 400. The fire il
supposed 10 be mcendary. Friday night, anothe
fire destroyed the house and barns of Elon Cutting
floss $1,000, insured
ORANGE COUNTY.
The late Mrs. Barney of New York, left 5000
with which to establish library at Ihctford Hill
also $1,000 Tor the support of the gospel. A build
ing is to be erected near the Academy for the use
the library.
, RUTLAND COUNTY.
Dogs arc killing chickens in Rutland
Gen. William W. Grout, of Barton, delivers tn
Internationally Grafton at Rutland
Pawlct voted Saturday not 10 give any aid to tn
proposed BratIleboro and Whitehall railroad.
In Rutland, the other day, large dog attacke
and severely bit a horse as it was being drive
along the street.
t Mr.. Phineas TAFT, of Brandon, who was SO terri
bly, injured by falling on horse rake, last FRIDAY
died saturday allcrnoop.
LoaGng on the streets and parks and filling tn
all with profanity and ebsccny is said TO be a
g unsafe practice in Rutland.
MIR. NJ. E. Marshall. the proprietor of Marshall
creamery in North Clarendon, died very suddcnl
of paralysis of the heart, on sunday morning,
= Tbs body, OF James Neary, the West Rutlan
quarryman who disappeared so mysteriousy la
November, was found last Sunday afternoon hoa
t ing in an unused PIT OF sheldon and Sasons upp'
5 quarry.
U Charles S. Coburn, of PittsfJId, has been NJ
pointed by Gov. Fairbanks as judge Of probate IL
Rutland district to Ill the vacancy caused by I'll
removal of Hon. Walter c. Dunlon to the bench
9 the supreme court.
e Mr.. Myron e. Marshall, prominent citizen
Clarendon, died very suddenly OF heart dlseas
last Saturday. His first wife and child were iillt
: by locomotive several years ago; and his secor
l. wife died quite suddenly few days since
- John F. spafrord, of Ludlow, who mysterious
II disappeared from his residence the 18Th was loun
g towards night of that day about a mile from
If residence sitting on wall, same distance from al
/. dwelling, In au insane state.
}, Elmer Fuller aged lG, step-son of George DaVl
y in the employ of j, NJ. Haven, Rutland, died Satr
Il day morning, after an illness of one day, OF blat
: diphtheria, and was buried within few hou
after his death, without funeral exercises, besau
of the fear of tontagion.
Tramps broke into the house of Eliot Smith,
East Clarendon, while he and his wife were abse
~ last Friday, and stole some ewery and clothin
al Saturday, Two men were captured in tie wood
of held for appearance TO answer for the crime at
next term of county court and committed to Rl
. land jail. .,,l,,,,,u,,,
WINDHAM COUNTY.
l. Carl Kittridge lIaskins of BraItleboro is Sou
,s Royalton's Decoration day orator.
e. The Bra,tlcboro parties who have been trying
secure names of business men to paper notllylI
s. the liquor dealers that they must Use up or le
III the new law, do not, it is said, meet with very gra
fying success. The merchants claim that Bratt
!, boo is one o(the most orderly towns in the sta
I aud presents lite contrastlo Bennington bh
g ington, St. JUhnsbury, st. Adams and other piac
4 where crusades have been going on under the NJ
- law. The young men OF these places are SAID
~ have fallen into th3 habit Of remaining in liqu
~ saloons through tho night to avoid detection BIZ
~ teboro is quite progressive in temperance organ
=, aiions and movements. and it is claimed there
1 been but one arrest Tor drunkenness since the pr
D. emf GARD came in last winter. But it is hard VIC
" " to commit her to prohibition.
D. WINDSOR COUNTY.