Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-23

~, local intelligence give us facts and will arrange
them for the paper.
Rev. Eli Ballou, having closed pastor.
ate Of six and half years at South Wood
stock, has removed to Barnard.
GOLDEN WEDDNGs.-Mr. and Mrs.
Royal Roberts, of Sharon. April 9TH; Mr..
and Mrs. Abner II. Hoyt, of Danville,
April 18th.
RICHMOND MARKET, April 2l.-Butter
sold to-day as follows: Fair to good. u TO
lie; choice. Is to &c.,; fine, lie. Cheese
sold at > 10 &c.
The election of officers of the Band of
Hope will be held in their hall next Mon
day evening at o'clock. All the men,
b.rs are requested to be present.
Pieces of branches of cherry, apple,
pear. lilac and other trees and shrubs
taken into the house now and kept stand
ing in vase of water. will blossom in Il
week.
Adiutant General James S. Peck return
ed from Virginia week before last, but we
regret to say that for the last two or three
DAYS he has been worse, having had sever
al bleeding spells.
The dramatic entertainment in the yes.
try of the church of the Messiah last
Thursday evening was a success in all
particulars. The attendance was good
and the audience well pleased.
The mixed train on the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad due here at G p. NJ.
was delayed IN hour on Tuesday by car
loaded with lumber jumping the track
when passing the switch at Kinney
At the special meeting of Post Brooks,
G. A. R., held last evening, refreshments
were furnished by comrade Geo. w. Colby,
maple sugar being included in the treat
and the usual enjoyable time was had.
We understand that Mr. james McGauf-
lin, Jr., of Warren is to have charge of
the mason work in the remodeling and
enlarging of the Court House. Mr.. Nc
GauAin was formerly a resident of Mont
pelier. and is master workman.
The snow storm in the White River Val
ley last Friday was very heavy, and early
Saturday morning it lay on the hills in
Bethel, Royalton and Barnard twelve
inches deep. 1t is fast melting, however,
and carrying with it the old snow.
The weather writer explains the old
saw: March is in the skies till the
Mirch moon dies" Last year the March
moon died April 2l, and an unusually for.
ward season followed. Tie present moon,
born in March, expired Sunday, so that
we ought to have no more March weather
A hearing was begun in the Office Of B.
F, Fifeld, Esq of Montpelier, this morn.
ing before c. w. Clarke, Esq, special
master, on the suits between the Wells
River and Central railroads, to determine
which is liable for the damages caused by
the collision in September, 1876. by which
Engineer Merrill lost Il leg. There are y
large number of railroad men rs witnesses.
SELLING OUT AT CosT.-C. NJ. Lyon,
being determined to close out his furniture
establishment and retire from the business
will sell at cost all goods on hand, consist.
ing of chamber and paror suites, mattress
es, paper hangngs, and in fact full line
of furniture. This is bona file sale, and
parties who fail to take advantage of the
low prices will miss it. He also has II
large stock of caskets which will be sold
cheap.
Last Wednesday forenoon while Mr.
John Farwell, station agent Of the Wells
River road in Montpelier, was absent a
Waterbury tin trunk containing about
$3.50 in bills and silver was stolen from
the ticket office. No trace of the thieves
has yet been found though suspicion was
at first had Of couple Of yoang men at
Birre who were AZ the depot thtt fore
noon. They however satisfied the officers
of their innocence.
WAS IT A DROWNING? -Considera
excitement was occasioned by the report
Sunday evening that Il man had been
drowned in the Winooski. About ! clock
when Mrs. Lewis Wood was just leaving
t C Nicholas block on the Berlin side Mrs.
Lanery pointe down and across the river
where Mrs. Wool, Mrs. LtIery and one
of the Lamery girls insist they saw n man
in the water and saw him sink the tradi-
t.onal three times. Mrs. Llmery says she
saw the man be ore he went in, just as he
came up to the bunk when he put his heel
down and piece of the bank caved off and
she saw him 90 into the river; and then
she pointed him oat to the Others and
spoke TO them as soon rs she could get
cont oil of her voice. The place Of the
alleged accident or suicide was the north
bank of the Winooski between the River
side lot and that of Mr.. Arson Davis
No one is known to be missing, and many
take no stock in any ones having been
drowned; but the women who saw it are
very certain that they could not have been
mistaken and that person was drowned.
SEMINARY HHL.-The regular mid
term exam nation occurs on Thursday and
Friday of th, week. Owing to the schoo
being somewhat broken up by the measles,
the rhetorical exercises have been omitted
the first half of the term, but will not be
the last half.
The present graduating class now num-
bers twclve-nine ladies and three gentle
men. There are two other gentlemen
who are expected to join. The class Off
GERS are as follows: President, j. d
Clough, Brantree salutatlrian, Hattie Nj
Newcomb, f. Warren; valedictorian, Flor
NJ. Terrill, Cady's Falls; orator, Frank j.
Gary, Montpelier; prophet. +. S. Hutch
inson, Enosburgh Falls prophecies, Josie
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