Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-10-22

Rev. A. Ladd, Of the Roxbury Congro-
gational church, resigns to accept Berlin
pastorate.
Horace Mills is about to erect house
b. the new street near where l.. l.. Tanner
IS building.
The Universalist society of Orange will
bold meetings next Sunday at IL A. M.
Ind l Pm. Rev. Mr.. Vincent is to
preach.
81 Charles Ferrin has leased the Alanson
Luce house on Mechanic street, it having
passed from Mr.. Luce into the hands of
NIr. Warren.
Joseph Wood, Jr., formerly of Mont
|pelier, was recently badly hurt at the Ely
mines by an ore car running off the track
nnd injuring his hip.
Thos. Marvin is putting in the founda-
lion for his new house to be erected on the
lot on Barre street he recently purchased
Dl lne timothy CrOSS estate.
q Z. n. Hyzer of Barre has undertaken
he newspaper business. The first number
bf his new venture, the Barre Herald,
appears under date of October Is.
|& Last Monday James Canning, of this
place, while putting in new engine in
Richardson's saw mill at Groton Pond,
bad his right hand badly cut by glass.
IS The walk on the west side of Elm street
rom State street up is being raised and
:sB lved with brick. The road on the same
4 reet is to be filled and graded up also.
Mr.. A. G. Billiard, formerly of this
bwn but more recently of Elmore, has
gone to Boston to live, where, we UNDER
stand, he has made an engagement as
# travelling agent.
In cleaning out the sink spout at the
bil couple of case knives, q razor, stove
BOXER and part of rake handle were
|ibund, and the question is, who got scared
bud put them there?
A. T. Keith, form erly of this town, but
\ who has been living in Elmore for few
&years past, has returned and will, with his
soH-in-law, Chas. Shipman, occupy his
Bther's old homestead on Elm street.
Last week the team of Charles P. Hay
len, which was standing hitched near his
Apace of abode in the rear CT the arch,
kas run into by q team containing three
#oung men and about seven dollars
orth of damage done.
81 The Vermont Central railroad is now
Surveying for the laying of a track from
Rcre to Barre Junction. 1t is not yet de-
iled which side of the river it will be laid.
lhe survey is now being made this side,
&csde the Wells River road.
Two more young men took their depart
b. for the west last week, George Hatha-
bay having gone to Chicago and Arthur
aazen, who has been studying law in the
fice of L. L. Durant for the past year or
b. has gone to Fargo, Dakota.
s There was a great deal of smoke last
seek in the air,-that hereabouts coming
largely from fires in the woods on the
Hogback and other parts Of the surround
b. country. Up in Canada the air was
% fall of smoke that navigation on the st..
lawrence was interrupted.
& RAPID DECLINE OF CoAL.-A. Allen
IN 0. Jangra had about six tons Of coal
b the bins back of the Rialto block. Tues
Day afternoon the bottom of the bins sort
of &C in cout - and the coal went into the
1 Nnooski Branch. Its recovery necessi-
Rtcs rather novel and disagreeable form
mining.
s. Fl. Dumas, of West Randolph, for,
hcrly policeman in Montpelier. shot
himself last Thursday, but may recover
FL had good chance ut his trade wher
be went to West Randolph, but his habit'
hnd ways were not such as kept him il
business and lately there has been sick
hess in his family. Depressi on from these
things was the cause of his ate mptet
fu;cide.
The supreme court for Washington
bounty was begun yesterday morning
y Judges Barrett, Royce, Ross and Duntor
bn the bench. The most noted cases OF
he docket, known as the Bennington gu
caranto cases, involving the legality o
he village election there last spring, have
been continued till the general term 0
The supreme court which meets here mex
week. Among the important cases to h
heard at the present term are the petition
of B. f. Merrill and the Central Vernon
Railroad Company vs.. Montpelier IL Well
4 River Railroad Company, and the gu
Y,oarranto case involving the legality c
the election at Vershire last March
Messrs. Henry Oviatt, Truman r. Gordo
and Harry G.. Dewing were admitted T.
Tie bar of the supreme court.
b Central Vermont Council Patrons o
llusbandry holds its regular quarterl,
meeting at Brookfeld, Tuesday, octobe
#z2Sth, ut 10 o'clock A NJ. Tho forenoon
session is to be private and devoted t
hearing the reports from oranges an
Forming Pomona grange. Delegate
pad members are expected to be preser
from every grange composing the council
The afternoon session will be public, whe
the question will be discussed" Shout
the legislature of Vermont pass laws
prevent discrimination in rates betwce
ocal and through freights upon the raj
rood'?' also the question of equal taxa
ton, if the timo will permit. The publ
are invited 10 attend the afternoon sessio