Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-04-02
BENNINGTON COUNTY.


lie leaves two sisters and brother to mourn his
loss.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
At North Pownal W. IL. waison's STORE was
entered by the renov Il Of panel from tho door,
Dat very little was taken as tho ,ney was no,i leu
there. it11ils}i liai -A.s
The late IIeary o. CIarks son OF iioosieal Falls.
Y. Y, was f'uni dcid on the Troy ant Blstn
rack near Powual on Thursday night. with hole
the back of his head, aud he IS supposed 10 have
b ,en inurSe cd. r tIf ~ 20
One night last week the. engraving room OF the
Bennington M lrble works was entered aud OK
pc Is've monument NEARLY completed. was nutat-
81 and ruined with sledge hammer. John canedy
rowing stone.mason, was, san ht in the act, aud
a Nv awaits examinations fter the arrest canedy
claimed .hst.iwo others were conce,sJs No e3lse
IAN be assigned. Dana - Io.t--A - /. =
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
A sack containing ten or fifteen pounds Of dyna-
mite, for rairoad' blasting purposes, was found
stored in 81. 10 ,nsbury barn the other day.
The ioolishness OF the average town meeting
was well illustrated in Barnet this year. One
70 by bill of the collecting of taxes for So. OF
Course he would not qualify, AMI now a special /
town meeting has to b. neld to elect a collector.
One day last week William Llbay, while On his
rst trip as fireman on the Passumpsic railroad,
" is It ln,llns on the rear of tho tender 10 hand
Ink to the en- Sneer when the throttle of the engine
dew back letting the engine violently against The
c II, and he was caught just above the hips. lie
was taken to his home at Lyndonvile where, aft,r
great suffering, he died few days after. He was
about - years old and was unmarried.
The Lyndon Unioa says tn 1t Warren Aver owens
a SO nail-hlmner. Two weeks ago II. was gong
by A. S. Bowkel's when, there beng something
out of place in his team, lie borrowed a common
h mmer of Bowkerto drive something into place.
After the ID was done, it occurred to him that
8 veral years ago Bowkcr borrowed his jick-knilc,
neverreturnIn3 1t tnodSn often presse 50 To Ito,
AMI the hammer wonl be good security for The
10 Of the knle. AS Bnyker Tile | to hi n 10 re-
Urn the hammer, he said " lck-kniIe and passed
out of sight The difference between them was
heard on Monday before Justice j. W. Lewis, Of
St. John sbury, at Steven,' hotel, each man plead
i ~ his own case. After tho evidence, arguments
and swearings were all IN, the Justice liked the
value of the hammer at -, the llne part being s.
and the cost part IS, to which may be added a
lays work OF Aver and team in attending suit, -,
making $40 in all for the hammer. Aver now
t ,lks OF fading out how much the jIck-knlfe was
" tih by the same accurate method oil d5Lermin-
ing values.
CuIrrENDEN COUNTY.
At Richmond, on the 2j.h, the barn of II. 5. May
WAS discovered ON lire. The ne shbors allied and
) ron eXrIngulshel the fire. Early in the evening
was discovered on fire again, and was Burned
Iowa, { msuninZ 20 ris worth 81 10 belonging to
d. Cooper and awagbn OF DIR. Bromley's. The
lSens house which st 'od near by was dun,sed
con ,rlerably, also the furniture by removal from
the house. rnc barn was insured for Slj0 and the
u use fully insured in the Vermont Mutual. The
cause of the fire is unknown.
ESSEX COUNTY.
Miss Emma Mlule Perkins, daughter OF Rev. O..
Pckins, of West Concord, hts been chosen vale
lctorlan of tho class of - In VaSsar College
P1ughkeepse, N.Y, Her sister, Miss Florence q.
Perkins, had the same honor IN the class of 1919.
1t is the only m,tne in which two sisters have re-
ceived this appointment.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Mr., Mitchell Campbell, of st. Adams, has Just
had the sa! mist rtune to Use his fourth and last
O,lando Stevens formerly well.known me nbe 7
Of the Franklin county bar, died at st. Albans
TUESDAY, at the age of 81. He was states attorney
fom 1889 to 1872, and again in 1875. lie represent.
ed ST. Adams in the house in 1915, and was enaor
rom Franklin county in 1873. lie was also Il mem
Der of The Minnesota legislature once while Il lesi.
lent in that stle.
LAMOlLLE COUNTY.
Hyde Park will hll a special meeting on the
!9th INST, to elect collector and constable and dc
some other business in regard to the bonded in
lepIedncss of the town.
In the hearing at Hydepark before the court OF
insolvency, in the case of e. p. Mulgett, of Cam
D,hlge, declared insolvent, W. II. Griswohl, Of
Cambridge, by he nearly unanimous consent OF
creditors, was app1inte lasssnee. The aSSlgnoI's
chedu of Liabilities amounts to about sl1 900.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Bra llor has hal successful course of lectures
Mrs. LIvvr II ire an Wenlell Phillips drew iht
largest houses.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
R,v. Miss Annette J.shaw is lectuTing in orlcaui
cou ty.
The lltcst sensation in jag is pauper matter
in which nan worth SjOJo, has clme upon the
town.
There was a nlrrow escape rrona terrible acci
dent at Coventry, the othe night. broken raj
threw the Montreal express from the track AM
cars containing fifty passengers were thrown d1wi
We bank. Singulaly enough, no one was serious
mi lrGd.
A f W days since, ". Il. Gilpin of WestGeld
noticing quite flock of crows holding a festiva
back orhis barn, provld, himself AMI a boy of |;
wit SHOT guns, m l'lc two apertures In the side c
tn burn through which they fired simultaneousl
and al out Is crows.
| rhe muscll convention held AT Newport las
w,k was successful beyond expectation. On
hundred AMI fifty singers were present. The sing
in of the juveniles was n marked feature of til
convention. The net proceeds amounted t. Sl0t
to 20 to the band, for the purchase Of new instr
ments. -
RUTLAND COUNTY.
East Poultnoy has 81 clsls of me,3es,s in on
family.
Morris Dickerman, of Ptslord, is raising ca
which at 10 months weighed $50 pounds.
Rutland is to have new opera house at las
c. f. Richardson having decided to bald one.
Major J. a. Salisbury, of West Rutland, has bee
appointed superintendent of the Knox Exprct
C 'mpany, Washington, ID. Z.
Kit Rice, the Rutland bagglgeman, injured
tn time of the Bartonsville disaster, has resume
his position, having sufficiently recovered.
Fri lay morning the house of Mrs. j. J. Rowe
? ,ultney was found on lre for the second tin
WITHIN two days Incendiarism is suspected.
wINDuAM COUNTY.
Col. Geo. W. TDIker, of Brattleboro, has cnte
cd the lists as a candidate for the vacant Unite
Sites marshalship.
The Wnlham county court tried four cases las
week. at IN expense TO the state Of about S6.C
Tho aggregate amount allowed the defendants W
$50. In ons case tho damages were fixed at oil
cent, in another 500, and in third 81. The Re
ord in spe ,k'nI of the matter, well says: II
ostly business to % to Law. and it does not pay.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Nj. and Mrs. L. j. Swift, of North Springfield
celebrated their golden wedding, March 10th.
Mrs Suah Pond, widow OF n revolutionary so
dier, del at Winlsorou Mlllly of last week
aged ninety five yeare.