Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-03-26

Ia locate.
4. A. Bliss has leased his hotel At Wor.
ce,ter Corner TO William Bowers, who
takes possession April lsi.
Merrill Pitkin, who recently went west,
has located in Chicago, H., having founl
employment in u machine shop there.
Neuralgia and rheumatism unite their
forces and do thriving business hi,
changcable weather. Beware of colds.
Rev. J. X. Richardson, pastor of the
Rutland Baptist church, has started Il
monthly religious paper called the Vermont
BupiiSt.
AFRO Stone, who recently sold his res
taurant business to Orrin Daley, leave,
next week for Rutland. where he is 10
open fruit store.
Lightning struck the house owned by Z
d. Smith, about four miles below Water
bury village on the 18th, doing, however.
but slighl damage.
We are informed by tile Rutland Hera'd,
that the sun entered the sign Of Aries and
the constellation Of Pisces on Thursday
night No damage reported.
There still remain four murderers under
death sentence in the state prison: Phair,
Tatro, Hayden and Magoon, Phair's exc
cuton comes neXt-April 4Ih.
Mr. Andrew Murray, whose death we
publish elsewhere, Il few years ago kept
the restauran. in French's block now oc-
cupied by Dewey II Gunnison.
The annual meeting of the town super
intendents Of schools for Washington
county will be held in the court house
reXt Tuesday at 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ.
Mr.. Henry c. Smith has removed his
hair dressing emporium from the base
ment of llowe's block into the rooms over
Towns tailor shop in Balou's block
Samples Of white bronze monumental
work can be seen at Chase's shoe store in
the Walton block, State street, and also at
the residence of Aaron Bancroft on Berlin
street
Two hundred and seventy muitoas of
L. S. 1867 bonds have been called, us per
numbers given in our last issue, instead OF
two hundred and seventy thousand as we
tbpra Ctatpl
ST. ALBANs' BUTTER MARKET, March
2jth,-Rcceipts fair, market quiet, prices
lower. We quote butter u to IS cents
per pound, with some extra lots at some
thing higher.
y quantity OF fresh water smelt have
been put into Berlin Pond, also some into
Niger Head Pond and Long Pond at
Groton. This work is done under direc
ton Of the fish commissioners.
Planfold leads the state, this year, in
the matter of cXorbitant taxation, having
voted II town tax of 800 cents at her March
meeting. Montpelier comes next with 26O
cents, and is closely followed by Barre,
Jamaica and Walden with POO cents each,
Brighton and St. Adams 17j.
Mr.. Asa Livingston, an agent for the
Messrs Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, was
taken very suddenly and seriously i'll while
in the dug store Of BAbcock IL Cutler.
one day las. week. He WAS taken to the
residence OF Luther Cree, whore he lay
for several days in very critical con.
dition, bat on Tuesday had SO far recover
ell as 10 b. ,rried home in II special Cur
which was fitted up for him by the NJ. &
w. II. Il. authorities.
\ he .riny in the Ph.ir case took place
at the Pavilion before Judge Redfeld last
night upon a petition by Phair asking ful
an injunction restraining the sheriff OF
Windsor county from hanging him pexr
Friday week. Mrssrs. w. G. Veazry
james c. Barrett and S. w. Mccall ap.
peared for Phair. There WAS no appear.
auce for the state. The point upon whicl
Inc application rests stated the warrant,
upon the authority Of which it is proposed
IN bang Pb,ir now. directed the sheriff ia
banu linn on the l,b Of Aprt 1877. th,,
he was not hanged then, but was repriev
ed; that the authority conferred by th,
warrant expired on the 4lh of April, 1877,
by its own limitation, and it was now
dead. that tbnreenp . new yy,rr,n, n,s,
i.sno hor,r. tba sheriff win b,yo Ia,ol ~,
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