Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-22

A Grafton man has COW that tips the
beam at sixteen hundred and thirty
pounds.
Governor Farnham has reappointed
George N. Eayres superintendent of the
house Of correction.
Rev. Burdette Hart of Fair Haven
warned his congregation Sunday against
going to see Bernhard.
An only daughter of Daniel Harvey of
Barnet aged two and one-lalf years, died
the 10Th from the effect of scald.
Rev. Charles A. Savage, formerly of
stowe, was installed pastor of the Congre-
gatlonal church at Berkeley. California.
November 9th.
Daniel Verder's barn, in Rutland, was
burned the 10Th. A valuable horse, ten
tons OF hay and other property were
destroyed. Loss $500; insured for
$1,000.
AT Fair Haven. the townspeople pay
seven cents per cake of twenty by twenty
four inches for ice foot thick, and the
price includes cutting, drawing and
packing in their ice-houses.
1t is now thought that s. NJ. Waite will
never be tried before an earthly tribunal
His health continues very poor. The best
surgeons have examined him and pro-
nounce his lungs seriously affected.
A Bellows Falls boy has a biddy that
has recently and proudly come off with
her third bruod of chickens for the year,
having been found under a piazza of his
fathers house with the --latest edition."
Young Hart. whose suicide at Brattle-
boro was mentioned last week, il appears,
was subject to melancholy, and had pre-
viously alleged that he had been cl Gated
out of his wages and otherwise i'll treated.
Miss Gertie Persons, of Felchville, was
severely scalded about the back and arms
one day last week. She started to shut
the door and in doing SO, hit the teakettle
and emptied the contents over her person.
There seems to be wide spread cpl
demc of sore eyes, which manifests itself
in Inflammation of the lids. Numbers in
all parts of the village have been afflicted
with it. 1t is said TO be easily cured
Niddleburv Register.
During the debate on the tax bill yester-
day afternoon "the gentleman from Yer
nom moved, AS the most appropriate
thing, the taking up of the hill relating
to the confinement of insane PERSONS
81. Adams Messenger.
At Bethel, recently, Charlie Cows little
two-years, old daughter had the misfortune
to swallow a five cent nicke which re-
fuses thus far to be removed. The child
has since its misfortune been unable to
take anythink but liquid food.
The Boston Journal says: Speaking of
the decision in the Central railroad case, a
prominent tinancier of Boston says that as
legal document it is one of the ablest
and clearest that he ever read.
1t is now understood that Rutland is to
have an opera house, which is to be
erected as soon as spring opens. by Mr..
Edward Ii. Ripley. on the site of the one
destroyed by fire some years since.
The steam grist mill and -four and grain
store belonging to A. j. Brown of Lud-
low were burned the 10th. Some of the
machinery and most of the four was
saved. 1t is supposed that the fire caught
about the boiler Loss $4,000, partly COW
cred by insurance.
The noted case Of Colonel L. E. Knapp,
judge for the district Of Addison. in Adj
Olson county, VS.. the Addison county
Journal, for libel. in which Knapp sues
for $4,000 damages, was expected to be
tried at the term of the county court now
in session at Middebury, but has been
continued.
The passenger fare on the Brattleboro
and Whitehall narrow gauge railroad has
been reduced to four cents mile, and its
business is steadily increasing. The tele.
graph line from Brattleboro to Londonder
ny will be ready January 1st,and mills are
being erected along the line which will
make things lively.
ANOTHER FIRE AT MIDDLEBURY.-The
Smith block at Middlebury, occupied by
the Middebury Register office and the
Good Templars' hall, caught fire from a
defective chimney, Saturday. The fire
was quickly under control, the damage by
fire being small. The Register office was
damaged considerably by water.
The ingenious love which some gentle
men have displayed for the poor farmers
of the state in the debate on the tax bill
is enough to make horse laugh. Mer
worth their millions rise with the utmost
gravity and affirm that they want every
dollars worth of property taxed, wher
the fact that they have evaded taxes fol
years is notorious. And the House sees
the point and refuses to adopt what the
gentlemen urge so ngeniously.-S Al
bans Messenger.
G. W. Pratts grocery store at Newpor
was broken into Wednesday night through
a window. The parties, French anC
strangers, bought tickets on the morning
train to Montreal and Knowton. A tele
gram was sent to the conductor to look
! the train over A telegram was received
from Montreal that parties answering
their description have been arrested and
held for identification. Sixty dollars il
cash from the money drawer and ten dol
lars in goods were TAKEN 5000 in the safe
easy to get, was untouched. They wer'
new hands and bungling.
| The Great Eastern has been chartere,
to take cut meats from Galveston AM
Buenos Ayres to Liverpool, where it is ex