Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-09-03
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
Tho sheriff has closed the South starksboro
store.
An exhausted tramp, about forty years Old 10
who's identity there is no clue, died at Nergenhes
the other day.
Royal 3. Aldrich. of sharon, has been committed
to the house of correction, for assault for 20 days
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
William Woodwork has been arrested at Ben
nington for getting into row and afsaullng
Thomas Nor rissey.
a bird fancier at Factory Point has a canary that
has laid thirty-Gve eggs since the I'd of January
Martin Carrick, who broke into the house OF
Franklin Parsons on the banks of Lake BOmoscen
on the night of Aug. "a, has been arrested.
w. II. Berry is held in 81 900 bonds for threaten
ing 10 shoot John Lawrence, his fathcr-in-llw, at
Bennington.
In a drunken ARRAY at Bennington between
William Woodwork and Thomas Morrissey sun
day night, Woodwork knocked Morrissey down,
crushed his nose and batterel his heal into an
almost shapeless mass. The assailant WAS lodged
10 jail.
CALEDONIA COUNTY
st. Johnsbury liquor dealers were raided the
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six dealers fined an aggregate of $500.
About one hundred of the people of Barnet were
engaged Tuesday in searching for an insane man
named Hinton, who had suddenly disappeared.
The search was continued until Thursday, when
he was found near the railroad track in Gro ton.
CHIrTENDEN COUNTY.
The other day as the gallant captain of n lumber
craft was getting his barge into position near
Bladgett's lumber yard, Burlington, he uDiDten.
Lionaly speared with his boat pole fish which
subsequent investigation proved to be pickerel
80 inches in length.
The next annual State Convention of the Y. NJ. C..
A. is to be held at Burlington on the 9Th, 9th and
10th of October.
Burngton'S personal property has decreased
more than Al per cent in the past three years, and
at Rutland the decrease has been little less than 80
per cent.
The next poultry show of the Champlain Valley
Poultry Association will be held at City Hall, in
Burlington, on the 10Th, 18th, 18Th and 10Th OF
December next.
Morris Flanagan, of Burlington, has been CON.
mtted to the house of correction, for intoXication
for 81 days.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Richford and East Berkshire had shower Of
snails recently.
On the 2lst instant, while Mr.. David Sunderland
respected citizen of Highgate was trying to yard
some colts, the animals rushed against and over.
turned upon him a high board fence and then pass
ed over it, with him underneath. His collar bone
was broken, shoulder dslocated and arm bruised
and internal injuries are feared. lie has been for
w in hos nd
years old his many friends are not without grave
apprehensions as to the result.
LAMolLLE COUNTY.
f len is troubled with foxes now instead of ser.
pents. They killed nineteen turkeys for farmer
there one afternoon recently.
Mrs. Augustus Adams, of Edon,on Wednesday
of last week had an encephaloid cancer about one
half the size of hens egg, having seven roots or
attachments, removed from her tongue successfully.
Harvey Stone, of Morrisville, was arranged at
Hyde Park, Friday, charged with keeping house
of ilLfame. Stone waived an examination and
gave $3.50 bail for his appearance at the county
court.
Gardner Shippey, Of Worthwhile, was nncd SIS
for an assault on Charles Newland.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Colonel c. II. Joyce delivers the address at the
Orange county fair to be held at Bradford, Sept
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ORLEANS COUNTY.
Sergeant Jewel, of Westmore 10 years old rcaped
bound and set up twenty stocks of wheat one day,
recently.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
The Dummerston Congre2 atonal church has Just
celebrated its 100 anniversary.
DR.. Greasy, of Amherst has been invited to
address the Windham County Agricultural Society
again at the coming fair, Sept. Is.
d. W. Hager and Hattie Haskln7, who recently
eloped from Brattleboro, are in Canada, AMI they
want to come back and be forg iven.
Rev. c. A. Votey, for six years pastor OF the
Baptist society at West Bratteboro has accepted
a call to Charlotte.
A Bellows Falls justice in two days fined four
teen persons for drunkenness and disturbing the
peace.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Rev. George II. Wheeler, Baptist minister at East
Bethel, has resigned.
Mrs. Clarence Reynolds of Norwich, who was
found dead in the cellar other house 10 days ago,
and who was reported to have fallen through the
floor finer kitchen, is now believed from certain
suspicious circumstances to have been murdered,
and an investigation is being made.
A siXtcen.year-old son of Joel Backmcr was
drowned in White River near Gaysville, Sunday,
while bathing. Although something of a swimmer
he dropped into deep place, and his companions,
better swimmers than himself, could not rescue
him.
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in planer the other afternoon.
The annual camp meeting OF the Vermont Advent
Christian conference will commence on their
grounds in Bethel on Saturday, September 9th
and closes the 18th.