Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-14

took the first prize at the Sidney interna-
tional exhibition.
Mrs Tull, an agod Burlington lady,
slipped and fell in the house, on Sunday,
and broke her arm.
With the exception of few miles at
the head of the lake the ice is about all
gone out of Lake George.
The Methodist church at White River
Junction, but three years old, has built
church costing $4,000 and owes only 800.
The Reformer sees indications that Dea'
con Estey. of Brattlebsro, is planning to
run for governor either two or four years
from date.
Nearly fifty thousand tons of ice have
been harves ed on Crystal Lake, near
Barton. and stored in sheds for shipment
TO the Boston and New York markets.
A large freight business has been done
by the Passumpsic road the past winter.
and the company have 200 freight cars in
process of construction for their increasing |
traffic.
The St. Johnsbury police made raid
on Pinard's hotel and seized small
quantity of liquor the other day. St.
Johnsbury is looking after the rum bust
ness pretty sharply.
Lake Memphremagog still presents an
unbroken sheet of ice, and fifty men are
now at work harvesting a crop of clear
ice of ar average thickness of fourteen
inches, for storage there.
Green grass, ten inches long, was cut in
front of the Caledonian office, St. Johns
bury, the 9TH instant. Friday morning
the mercury was only eighteen degrees
above zero at the same place.
Lewis, son of Charles Hatch of Hart
ford. eighteen years old, was found dead
in Dca. John Dutton's sugar house at Nor
WITCH recently, with bullet hole in his
right temple. He undoubtedly committed
suicide.
ST.. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, April %.
Attendance fair receipts light, mar Eet
dull and prices lower We quote good TO
choice 20 to 81 cents per pound; selections
% cents per pound, with few fancy lot S
at higher price.
RICHMOND MARKET, April 12.-Butter
was little off in price. Fair to good
sold at 10 to IS cents; choice TO fine, Is to
20. Not enough new cheese offered to
make market. Potatoes for shipment
sold at 80 cents. Maple sugar, choice,
small cakes, brought 10 cents; tubs, Z to
Is.
Elliott G. Cowdin, u prominent retired
merchant of New York city, died sudden
" there Monday. lie was born in Jamai-
ca, VT, in 1919, went early to Boston and
thence to New York. lie was brother
of the late Gen. Robert Cowdn of Boston.
The town of Rockingham has been sued
for $4,000 by Amos B. Keith of Lynn,
Mass, for damages received from being
precipitated down an embankment near
Canal bridge. The injury occurred on the
18th day of August, 1879. The case is tt
be tried in the United States circuit court.
The Central Vermont railroad company
have Just erected, at White River Junction
building for temporary use as depot
while the old building is undergoing re-
construction. This building is 24Xi0 feet
md has n waiting room at one end, while
Vt the other end is II baggage room
osets, etc To cover it required over
5000 feet of boards, and the structure wa
,ut up in three days. The work on the
Ill depot will proceed at once, and nee.cc
improvements be made.
A fire ut West Pawet last Thursda,
morning destroyed the Avenue hotel, oc
cupied by A. Z Phinncy, and dwelln!
louse and barn belonging to +. j. Nclser,
The no ell was II total loss, nothing being
lved. The contents of the house wer,
saved. Loss on hotel was about $1,000
artly insured. The loss on house an,
I
Darn was 81 800 insurance $1,000. Some
If the inmates of the hotel would hav
o>t their lives if it had not been for Mr.
Phinney's dog which first gave the alarm
y lmping upon Mr.. Phinney's bed howl
ing and barking, until the proprietor wa,
uoused.
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs.-A tramp re
emily got into quarrel with hired MAJ
1t work for one Barr of Greensboro, ant
,eat him so that he was unconscious.
Conductor Wilson of the Passumpsi
road was badly hurt while Stacking car
It Barton Landing His head was caught
between the racks of two loaded cars.
At S.. Albans, Friday, Peter Cantwel
stole Sl05 Of his room mate, N. johnson
and disappeared.
Victor III. Lovely, the principal actor il
he recent affray at Underhill, had hear
ng on turday, and was bound over il
he sum of one thousand dollars fo
shooting Morehouse, and in the sam,
mount for assaulting and attempting t
shoot Blodgett. He could not obtain bail
ind consequently is now in Jail ut Bur
ington.
Hazen Morse,the Duxbury tax collector
: whose accounts have been somewhat in
volved, has settled with the town. 1t ap
,ears that he had not been credited by thu
own with the taxes paid in, amounting t.
bout $3.50 The deficit in his account
was thus reduced to about $3.50 To REIN
)urse the town he transferred to it his owl
home which cost him $1,000, but which i
| valued at 5000, voluntarily relinquishin!
: lis homestead claim of $500, and hi
,ondsmen pay the balance, $3.50. N
criminal intent attaches to Mr.. Morse
handling of the public funds. He claim.
that in June he could have paid ever
cent due for taxes without making tn
'acrifice the recent action. of the towr
forced upon him.
THE PORTLAND AND OGDENsBURG YER