Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-12-24
Geo. shnrrOw of East Highga,e los, pair of

horses By drowning. last Saturday.
II. c. Greene OF st Albans, 60 years old has
had thirteen childr en-, OF whom twelve are now
living The Oldest being fJrty-eight years Of age.
The youngest is twenty-seven, and eight are boys.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Mr.. Nathan Churchill of Morisvile recently had
a leg broken by kick from horse.
Jason W. Coddling of walerville, ~ years oil,
has been divorced iron his wife, Jane,35 years old
whom he brought from Palmer, Mass, one year
ago for ntoerable severity, James cross petition
ia dismissed, and she is allowed sl25 alimony.
ALDER, Meacham is sentenced by the Lamolle
county court to So years in the state prison for
burglary.
North Cambridge has organized a lyceum, and
Pleasant Valley, in the same town, is in trouble
because its school committee hired female teach
er when the district voted TO have a male.
ORANGE COUNTY.
West Bradford has been getting ready for a Ger.
tanty. She has enlarged her cemetery.
Thetford and NewIane have each six post Offices,
the largest number within the limits OF any town
in The state.
Rev. G. F.Pay OF the vershire Baptist church,has
resigned.
The recent wrestling match at West Randolph
was won by Flagg.
The town of vershire was chartered in 1881 and
organized in 1888. II was settled in l7S0, cOnse
qucntIy the year now approaching will be its cen
tennial. The first Methodist church established in
Vermont was organized in that town in l79e.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Mrs. NJ. G. Gerome, of lrasburgh, who was in
feeble health went TO WolcOtt some time since TO
visit her mother, AMI while there was taken worse
and died.
DR.. e. A. brew, of North Troy, died last Friday
night lie had been in dangerous condition for
some time, owing 10 brain disease, but his death
was sooner than expected.
IL. D. Bruce of WestHed was arrested recently
for passing counterfeit money.
oreon Stone of Lowell went fox hunting ecently,
and while carrying his gun on his shoulder, with
his hand over the muzzle, the piece was accidently
discharged, taking of two fingers.
Mr.. Ira Camp, father of NJ d. Camp, Esq, of the
Newport standard, died, sitting IN his chair, at his
residence in that village the other day. Vile was
good man and esteemed by all who knew him.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Rutland had another liquor raid Wednesday
which resulted in w. II. Valiquete being fined
500 for ten ofrenses and fined $50 for keeping a
nuisance-appeaed; and Geo. Hammond being
sent TO Jail in default of 800 bail.
John l.. Knight of Brandon has been confirmed
as postmaster at Brandon.
Francis Slason has been Rutland bank drec-
tor for So years, and j b. Page has been with the
Ean hpnE oil mi
dent.
l. j. Nicholson, of Dandy, for grand larceny, has
been committed to the house of correction for six
months. Warren II. Smart, of Mount Holly, was
committed Thursday for lO2 days, for breach of the
peace.
Mr.. f. Ii. Thorp. of Shelburn, a graduate of the
last class Of the U. V. NJ, has just become local
editor Of the Rutland Herald.
Mr.. Stnson the engineer killed in the accident
on saturday evening, near Larabee's, telegraphed
to Rutland. Saturday afternoon, for a man TO run
his train to Tconderoga, as he wished to remain
at Leicester Junction over Sunday. The dispatch
came too late, however, and no one could be sent
to supply his place.
WINDIIAM COUNTY.
AT the rownshend town meeting it was voted to
raise $3.50 tax IN the dollar for the ensuing year
and to refund an addit ioual $l35OO, making $27,
600 refunded in all, with $500 OF the principal
payable yearly.
Nelson Evans of Brattleboro, was bound over
in 500, Saul day night, for carrying home wallet
containing $l64 from Dummerston mill whel e
he claims to have found il in the shavngs, and
supposed it to be the property of a ncghbor.
nh,btbar;, 10 nrou,;Iin,, IL,
MIS-. Rhoda Page, of Londonderry, aged 90, is
the mother of ID children, the youngest being As
years old 81 grandchildren, and two great great
grandchildren.
Nottingham is to have a town meeting the Goth,
to see what action, if any, the town will take re-
lilive 10 celebrating the towns centennial ami
versary, next year.
Several suits against Bratteboro money lenders
for taking usurous rates of interest are pending.
The Brooks House, at Brattleboro, was damaged
to the extent OF $4,000 by fire Tuesday night
ItrequIres $4,000 to pay the q per cent semi
annual dividend of the Vermont savings bank of
Brattleboro.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The Chester Congregationasts have just expend
cd $4,000 on their church.
| Eugene Col1rin, clerk in the hotel at Hartford
severely burned his face December 9th, while
| lighting fire with kerosene oil.
Hartford, Vermont, is the birthplace of twenty
one Congregational ministers, eight of whom are
now living.
Stephen Furnish, OF South lebanon, has beer
fatally hurt by falling under the wheels OF hi
loaded hay wagon.
| Orlando Boynton of Andover. while attempting
to fell tree one day last week, lodged it agans
another, which, rebounding, threw the but end 0
the severed tree around so as 10 strike Mr. Boyn
ton,knockins him senseess to the ground, breaking
both bones in one OF his legs below the knee on
twice in two. Besides having a broken limb, b
was also very badly blulsed in nearly every par
| of the body.