Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-21

HAYS and inlets Of Lake Champlain. but
complaint is made that they are very
wild, aff1rding but little sport.
E. E. Greenleaf has been appointed
ouartermaster sergeant Of The first regi-
meut, y. G.. to fill the place Of Horace l.
Loonlis. removed from the state.
Hon. Frederick Billings is building
memorial chapel to the Congregational
church a, Woodstock. in memory Of his
mother. the late Mrs. Del Billings.
On the farm If Roswell Ford OF Brain
tree, there is birch tree. one and one
half feet through, and about two fee from
the ground maple, four inches through.
grows out of it. with no sign of root.
Both trees are perfectly sound.
LAMoILLE COUNTY CoURr.-FUr tie
term of court commencing Tuesday, the
9th instant, only sixteen civil cases are
assigned to the jury. About an equal
number of state cases stand on the docket.
The term will probably be finished in one
week.
SUIcIDE.-Freeman SpSulding. of Nor
risville, committed suicide last Saturday
night by taking Paris green. 1t Is re-
ported that he has been little deranged
for some time. and his business affair
I have worried him until nc was driven TO
commit this act.
/ Mr.. Leonard johnson, OF Peacham,
who is nearly So years DID, has in the last
month sawed split and put into the shed
10 cords of maple wood. He says he
never sawed any wood fefore in bis lifr,
having always worked it up with an axe
Mr.. johnson is a brother of Oliver John
son, the journalist.
RICHMOND MARKET. April l9.-Thr
market was quiet and prices about the
same as last week. Fair to good butter
sold at Is to Il cents choice IS to 20;
selections. q to % Cheese, half-skimmed,
6 TO s. whole milk, II cents. Maple
sugar, cakes (smalD, 8 TO 10; in tubs, TO
9 cents.
ST. ALBASs BUTTER MARKET, April 20.
Attendance good, receipts fair. market
active and prices firm at last weeks quo
ta,ions. We quote butter, good to choice,
IS to 81 cents per pound; selections, %
cents per pound, with few fancy lots al
shade higher price. Maple sugar. tubs,
s: to cents per pound; bricks 10 cents
per pound. Eggs II cents per dozen.
The declared purpose of the greenbank
managers in Vermont to nominate state
ticket, at time when the party elsewhere
is dead and buried. provokes the Boston
Jourra! to apply the same name to them
that is applied to those who rob graves fol
pecuniary profit, namely, "resurrectionists. "
1t thinks the Vermont resurrectionists will
not realize any profit by their efforts tc
disturb the sleep Of dead greenbackism.
FRANKLIN COUNTY CoURT.-On We'd
nesday morning three prisoners were sen
fenced McGregg. for breaking into Rev
&c, Van Norden's house; Christopher Ira
CIV, for assaulting Sheriff Halbert anC
throwing pepper in his eyes. and Iordon
, for the theft of sll2 from Swantor
i man. They all pleaded guilty. and Judg
Royce disposed of them as follows: Me
: Gregg. six months in the house of correct
. ion: Tracy two years at Windsor, ant
d Jordan, three years at Windsor.
= SHOCKING ACADEMIA horrible acct
o dent occurred in Salisbury, last Wednes
i day. by which James Irving lost his lif
and his son was seriously injured. TIL
father and son were engaged saving som
e heavy logs, when the logs gave way an
It the heavy timber rolled over both work
n men, crushing the elder in frightfu
manner, and causing instant death. Tn
: father was seventy years of age and til
h son twenty-five.
o James T. Parish, formerly u resident {
It Stowe, but for the past two years a res
= dent of Waitsield. died Monday. judy
lie Parish was assistant judge of the l.amoill
: county court in lS72-74 and held sever;
' county and town offices He was we
: known 10 the citizens of Lamoilie count
d as the proprietor OF the extensive line {
n teams which hauled nearly the entir
= freight of the six eastern towns of th
9 county, flom the advent of the old Vel
= mont Central at Waterbury, until the ne'
u Portland and Oglensburg line rendere
Vi old-fashioned canvass covered wagon
ob,olete.
ID Rev. DR.. Roger S. Howard. a we
J. known retired Episcopal minister, died o
Friday, at the age of sevenly-two. Dl
Howard was born at STAFFORD. VT,
1907. graduated at Dartmouth in 1872.
~ taught in Newburyport, Mass, eutere
~ the Epi>c, pal ministry. and WAS rector {
:. S.. Stephens church at Portland, Me
:, and aferward WAS settled at Rutland, VT
a. Woodstock, VT, and last at Greenfiel,
., Mass For a few years he was presider
=. of Norwich university. He was yer
successful teacher and minister and W,
greatly beloved by all who knew hin
- He leaves widow and one daughter.
Sc Although the ice bridge at Montre;
It. proved good thing for the Southeaster
~ and connecting roads, furnishing lhel
" with large quantities of freight, it Melted
Is loss to its promoters. The cost of Il
IL structure was about $4,000. while the r,
nc ceipts from transportation Of ears wer
al only about $4,000. OF course the compar
w has the necessary material for laying Il
IN track next winter, when arrangement
ST will be made for handling double Il
quantities of freight handled this winter
1000 cars.
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