Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-12-29

Eur Hchirisoa leaves for the we
In few days.
E. S. Whitcomb has purchased a saloon
10 Lynn Mass..and will close his premise
here.
The barrow block in St. Adams bnrDo
r 'he morning of the 2lst. The building wa.
hlgh one and the fire difficult to confn,
to the building where it originated.
walter Smith, son OF Fred E. Smith. lef
Monday Tor the ACKNOWLEDGES, where h,
will spend the winter for his health NJ
Smi'h accompanied him but will soon re
turn. ~
Inc hotel at Richmond burned early
thursday morning. The fire cangbt in
jacobs grocery store adjoining. RI
Cofey had taken possession of the botol
out a few days before under lease.
When Senator Edmunds speaks, saws a
washington letter, "he usually begins nv
putting the knuckles of his right hand
down upon his desk in manner which
seems to say that he has not only cliucbed
the argument but that he has done all his
hammering beforehand"
Jay Gould's latest acquisition puts
total of 10000 miles of railroad under hi.
control, or ninth of the entire railroad
mileage of the country.
Channcey NJ. Depew is said to be the
leading candidate for the senatorship in
new York. He is supported by the
vanderbilt interest Secretary Ramsey
viii probably carry off the Minnesota
senatorship.
CHRISTMAS was appropriately celebrated
at Berlin, there being trees loaded with
presents and accompanying concert exer.
clses at three different places of Worship.
Rev Alden Ladd, the Congregat ionalist
PASTOR received buffalo overcoat, besides
lew presents of lesser value. Rev. n |
A Webster and family were made recin.
tents OF over fifty dollars worth of gifts
mostly in money.
RAILROAD FIGHr IMPENDING CON
cord dispatch says: There is the stronoes,
that there will soon be inau.
surated in New Hampshire one of the
most important railway contests that evar
in New England. It will involve
Ihe Old issue of the connecting lines of
ROAD from Chicago to Boston, via the Cen.
trail Vermont. The latter road 10 h,oL.a
oy the Grand Trunk, and the principal
opponents of the scheme are the Conn
river Valley road and the Northern R. R
Of New Hampshire.
A man calling himself VIM. Green of
Ne" York. but mailing from Roxbur> VT.
was arrested by Officer Ordawav lin a biob
'tate OF intoxication late Saturday nioht
"hiIe in the act of kicking and POUNDING
ne rear door of F. H. Bascoms drug store
de was arraigned before Justice Fields IN
Monday and fined five dollars and oos.
'hu dlscloses procuring i, of man whose
description caused the summoning of Jesse
Jayhue before the same Justice. Mr. Cav.
Tue proved by several that his sale room
vas closed at 2 o'clock that afternoon. and
S the man swore that he did not arrive in
own until Pm, Cayhue was discharged.
Mr. Fennor. whose predictions fail
hree times out of four, says: II antici-
'ate that New Years callers will have
eavy sleighing this year from Montreal
Washington and that cold snan
urlng the first part of this month will s
reserve it for that period, | expect g
lockades OF snow in the United States I
bout the 9TH Or 9Th of January, and rainv
avs during the month will be exceedingly l
7w. The second quarter will open with I
eavV falls, and terminate in cold snan I
he middle of the month will bring snow
Ills, which will terminate in milder
FEATHER toward the end of the third
uarter. The thaw, which will be inter-
lpted by brief cold spell, will extend q
ON about the 18th of the month into c
ebruary