Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-09-29

Samuel Somerville who has been at work
iu Burlington the past year, has now re-
moved his family to that place.
Old, secondhand Derby hats are now at
in order to keep up with the latest style.
The town of Pomfret is overwhelmingly
republican, and yet Otis Chamberlain. IA
pronounced and veteran democrat, has
held the office of town clerk for forty
even consecutive years.
The house of Granville Barnes at West
Randolph was burglarized Thursday
night He lost $500 in money, also some
notes and a gold watch. Everything but
the money was returned to him by ex-
press from Boston soon after.
Silas NJ. Waite arrived at Newfane
Jail Friday. He was taken in carriage
from the train when it was at crossing
a mile or so below Bratteboro where he
saw ais wife and children, and then to
the county seat.
Vermont has four venerable and honor
able ex-governors living, each of whom
is more than 80 years of age, all are
stalwart republicans, n" mely: Inland
Hall of Bennington, Ryland Fletcher of
Cavendish, Paul Dillingham; of Waterbury
and Julius Converse of Woodstock.
Mr.. E. r. Lowe of New York. a sub
marine engineer and professional diver,
will com mence work next week to recover
II boat load of iron sunk near Harber's
Point on Lake Champlain, aud will also
make examination of several other points
where valuabes are known to have sunk
Gen. J. s. Peck, assistant United
States district attorney, then turned
Waite over to the state authorities and
they took charge of him holding him to
answer to the indictments found against
him at the present term of Windham
county court. G. B. Eddy of Bellows
Falls acts as Waitc's attorney.
The cases against Waite in Windham
county were expected to be called Monday
but the civil docket was not finished.
Unless Waite pleads guilty the cases will
hardly be disposed of this term; and the
very decided probability is that they will
60 over to the spring term or that q
change of venue will be granted to some
other county.
Out of the 1870 convicts now confined in
the state prison at Windsor, 100 are max
ing shoes for H. H. Mawhinney & Co.
of Boston. contractors. Beside the con-
vict labor, this company has shop out
side the prison walls, in which are
employed 35 girls,-all Americans-on
ladies', misses, and children's pegged
boots.
The Lsmoille County Medical Society
will hold its annual meeting at the Ameri.
can House, Hyde Park, Monday, October
4th, at l O'Clock P. NJ, Papers will be
read by Drs. Hall, Morgan, Hendrick and
Boynton. Report of cases. 1t is hoped
that all will be present. as there is impor
tant business to attend to besides the cleo
ton of officers.
A Brattleboro dispatch says: Another
sad result, probably, from Waite's ras
ctlities is the taking of Miss Lizzie, hi.
maiden sister, to the insane asylum on
Monday. 1t is supposed thst her insanity
is due to ten thousand dollar loss which
she and another sister sustained by
Waite's appropriation of their insurance
on the life of G. G. Waite, which wa,
willed to them.
The sign of one of the first taverns in
Manchester was discovered the other dav,
having remained hidden in the attic of the
Taconic Hotel for the past sixty years OF
more. Deacon Black, whose father built
the old part of the raconic, remem bered
to have seen it there and a search brought
it to light. 1t was an oval swinging sign,
with the picture of knife and fork or
each side and underneath the name n
Robert Pierpont.