Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-07-09

Samuel F. Prentiss. Esq, of New Yori;
has been stopping in town few days.
Eddie futile was quite severely burned
about his face by powder on the Fourth
The dog poisoner is around and the
coach dog Of Mr.. Dennis Lane is the first
to suffer.
Two white woodchucks, rare curiosities,
can be seen in the show window of Fred
K. Stevens.
Mr.. Thomas w. Wood arrived home on
Saturday from New York to remain
through the summer.
A monument to the memory of the late
James G. French was placed in Green
Mount cemetery last week.
The new principal of the Randolph
State Normal School is A. W., not A. E.
Edison, us we gave it last week.
Prof. A. Z. Leavenworth gave the an
nual address before the alumni of Beeman
Academy, New Haven, on Thursday las,
The sun is again out after retirement
of several days, and the outlook for hty-
makers is more pleasing than for few
days past.
Mrs Harabaugh, of San Francisco, Cal.
arrived here this wednesday, morning
on visit of some weeks to her mother,
Mrs r. w. Hyde.
Chas o. d wis is erecting house on
Seminary Hill near the one recently
erected by Harvey Freeman. This is the
fourth in the course of erection in thai
vicinity.
On Monday morning an eight-year-old
daughter of Louis Goodnature, living on
Court street, fell from the portico in front
of their door and broke her arm below
the elbow.
Ga the night before the Fourth stone
was thrown through one of the from
windows in the store of Barrow5 e. Peck
and another one broken in the rear door
of their store.
The Chicago commission house, Of
which Mr.. f w. Bailey is member, is
composed of E. w. Bailey, V. w. Bullock
and j. w. Btiley, and goes by the firm
name Of Bailey, Bullock & Co.
The store recently occ upied by II. c..
Webster in Bruce's block. is now being
fitted up by AFRO Stone for u bakery. Il
fruit store is to be run in connection with
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A wallet containing some eleven dollars
belonging to G. w. Belknap was lost last
week between the Central Vermont depot
in Montpelier and Berlin Corner The
finder will be suitably rewarded by leav-
ing The same ut the FIREMAN office.
At the regular meeting of Engine Com
pany No S, held on Wednesday evening
81 of last week, DR.. Chas. r Pell was elected
1st assistant foreman of the company to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation
and removal from town of Charles Wells.
The dwelling house and shed belonging
to C. c. & A. c. Templeton, in East
Montpelier, WAS destroyed by fire the
other day. Most of the furniture clothing
and produce in the buildings were saved
The insurance is $500, which will cover
the loss.
The next session of the Washington
County Good Templars' Union will be held
at Trinity vestry on Wednesday. August
18th. President G. B. Hubert of Middle
bury college will deliver the address in
the evening, which session the public are
cordially invited to attend.
Gen. Perley P. Pitkin has been appoint
ed chief marshal of the state fair, TO be
held at Montpelier, September 9th, lou
and 1lh, with John L. Tutte and l.. I
Mallory as assistant marshals. The
Montpelier cornet band, Bert Waterman
leader will furnish the music.
Lewis Wood was fined five dollars anC
cost, amounting TO some eleven dollars fol
knocking Charles Alexander down las
Saturday. The row was the result o
words that Wood thought were not re
SpCCllul anu Sbilic VI
diately raised the amount Of his fine
Alexander claims to have been pretty 81
verely hurt and Il suit for private dam
ages is talked of.
Rnv. DR.. Hull, who has been the recto
of Christ church for the last eight years
preached his parting sermon last Sunda
evening, and is now fishing for trout o
one of the tributaries of the Saguena
with Bishop Bissell. DR.. Hull has wo
the respect, not only of his parish. but {
the community generally, during his rec
torate and he carries with him man
hearty wishes for his future welfare.
The Fourth in Montpelier was ushere
in by The blowing of horns, burning
powder and the usual miscellaneous nolS
A gang of some twenty who had starte
out to arouse the folks" got themselv'
somewhat aroused and after parading Il
streets proceeded to the Berlin side whel
they INDUCED in a free fight in which
few were quite roughly handled, but +
bones were broken nor arrests made.
NIessrs. Fuller & Son, who have alwa
done u big business in doors, sash ar
blinds, are this year doing trade that
one-half larger than last year, and tn
was twice rs large us ever before. TIT
think their policy of selling at the lowe
possible figure has great deal to do wi
this increase in which we agree wi
them, but we also think that the fine, Gle
material from which their work is man
featured has more than a little to do wi
the satisfaction expressed by their Gu
TONERS.
On Tuesday morning the explosion of
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