Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-04
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Nottingham celebrates its centennial
August 18th, and invites all former resi-
dents TO attend.
Vermont has given lsG missionaries to
the foreign field. of whom 26 have been to
the Turkish mission.
Dogs have killed some Merino sheep
owned by o. Ii. Bascom Of Orwell. one
being valued at 5000.
Rutland has Garfield and Arthur vet
cran league with sixty one members
headed by Gov. Redfeld Proctor.
The completed census of Vermont gives
US 334.455 inhabitants. BY the census OF
1870 our population was 3S0,55l. and the
gain has therefore been 1901.
There has been a story printed in the
New York Times about all outrage on a
republican who put up flag IN East
Middlebury. The story is humbug.
Franklin county has 81 attorneys, SO of
them being located in St. Adams; l6
deputy sheriffs and so notaries public
The new county docket contains 269 court
cases. &c of which are state cases, and G2
cbancery cases.
A South Londonderry man recently
killed common striped snake, measuring
three feet in length and three and three
fourths inches in circumference; and upon
cutting its head off out came fifty young
ones from four TO six inches in length.
They caught 225 pound black bear in
West Bolton Sunday night. He had been
stealing sheep from w. A. Bohonon who
set trap for him. They also boast of II
lynx in that neighborhood, the animal
having gone there from Jericho where ii
badly frightened II girl.
At the Sydney international exhibition a
silver medal was awarded to the Vermont
sheep breeders association. Fairbanks e.
Co. received special award of the first
degree of merit; the Howe scale company
first degree of merit; Estey e Co., organs,
commended;" and NJ. j. Ellsworth, Me-
rino wool, highly commended"
Congressman Joyce has received an
invitation from Hon. John G. New, chair.
man of the republican state central com
mttee of Indiana, to speak in that state
and he has accepted AMI notified him that
he will commence speaking September
25th, and continue down to the day Of
their state election, October 10Th.
The new hotel at White River junction
recently built by the Barron Brothers, has
been purchased by Charles b. Ballard, q
wealthy citizen of Concord, N. H., ant
VIM. III. Andrews of Vermont. Mr.. Bal.
lard is railway contractor, and is the
owner of farm of 700 acres, one mile
from the Junction house. The restauran
in the new depot is under the same man
/ agement.
VERMoNT'S POPULATIoN.-Cens re-
turns show that the states population is
Just about $4,000 gain of some 1ilteer
hundred in the last ten years. Chitten
den county loses 1904; the other counties
that lose are Franklin, Washington, and
Windsor. The other counties gain. Ben
nington about 800, Caledonia, 1900, and
Essex 900. We have heretofore given tn,
remaining counties and the figures ar,
not rs yet revised. Bnt when they are
the result will vary but little from tn,
above.
Dominus robiScum, Brother Earle
NeWs.
lor popuh Gu mur romica you liltl,
squirt. Call us some more names and Sc,
what you'll gct.-CitiEen.
Bert F. Balch, clerk in NJ. d. Bowker'
store, in Lunenburgh, got badly poisone,
from putting up London purple. IIavin!
put up large quantity in pound packages
he inhaled such quantity of the dust rs t,
place him in critical condition for severa
days.
We wonder if there is another town il
the state having as many bridges to sup
port as st. Johnsbury. As far us we cal
remember there are fourteen covered ant
three that are not covered ones, beside.
many that hardly bear the dignity of the
name.-CdledontaN.
AT the democratic county convention il
Newfane, Tuesday, the following county
officers were nominated: Senators, DAME
Campbell of Saxton S river, AFRO Marshal
of Brattleboro; assistant judges, George
Porter of jacksonville, Charles Smith o
Rockingham judges Of probate, Henry C.
Lane of Westminster, ID. p. Leonard o.
Dover; states attorney, Milon Dawson Of
Newfane; sheriff, David Stearns of Putncy
high sheriff. Liberty Wilder of Whining
ton.
At the annual meeting of the stockhold.
crs of the Vermont and Boston telegraph
company, held at White River junction,
the following directors for the ensuing
year were chosen: Norvin Green, Wilson
G. Hunt, Oliver Ii. Palmer, John c.
Hinchman. Roswell ii. Rochester, Norman
| Williams, Geo. w, Gates, Henry G. Sher-
man. Geo. w. Smith. Norvin Green Was
elected president; K. II. Rochester, secre
tary and treasurer; executive committee
| w. G. Hunt and D. Ii. Palmer.
After all, Vermont is not deprived Of
the honor of presenting the country with
a presidential nominee. The "Christian
CVnoSure of Chicago the organ of the
American (Antmasonic) party. places
the name of Gen. John w. Phelps Of
Brattleboro for president ut the head OF
its editorial colums, with that of Hon
5. g. Pomeroy of Kansas for vice. pres
dent, and the ticket apparently receives
earty endorsement from the faithful few
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The St. Johnsbury Cdled3dian remarks
I'm conversing with farmers from the
surrounding towns,we learn that all kinds
OF crops are looking excellently. The hay
crop is much larger than the most san.
guine anticipated. The corn fields are
looking nicely, much of it being already
in the tassel. The potato fields are getting
a a. =.