Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-04-14

H UuDeTL blreduA HIS S,oho W 4udh0hoo-
ter, n. H., TO live.
Col. c. B. Wilson left for Colorado
Springs on Tuesday.
Joseph Slattery, a long time resident on
Berlin street, has gone to Ely to live.
Mr.. A. w. Hall is going to erect a
dwelling house on Town hill, near Barnard
IA Towns.
Mr.. Batchelcler. the blacksmith at Kim
bulls granite works, has returned to New
Hampshire.
Daniel S. Wheatley has bought the Rev.
u. McAnn house, which he now occupies,
paying $4,000.
@ We are glad to know that new and
complete edition of Charles G. Eastman's
poems will soon be published.
NJ The dwelling house of Benz. Hall at
Depot Village, Northfetd, was burned
recently. Loss 5000; fully insured.
John Stone has opened harness shop
n in the rear of the o. d. Scrbner store,
formerly occupied by w. II. Barnes.
Mr.. c. 0. Barnes has the contract for
u remodling the old Village Hall. We un
8 derstand that his bid was the only one put
q in.
Col. II. D. Hopkins has sold to II. S.
Taplin the place known as the Silver
house, which lies in north of the residence
of Col. Hopkins.
A gun which o. G. Miles was cleaning
at the Lane Mfg, Co.'s works, which was
supposed to be unloaded went off and bad
ly burned his left hand.
Fred Hall. for several years in the en-
ploy of Kimbal's granite works, has
removed to Nashua, N. II. Frank Beach,
his brother-in-law has gone with him.
Remenyi, the great Hungarian volinist,
81 with his concert company will appear at
Village Hall next Monday evening. Seats
can yet be secured at Phinney's. but the
prospects are that there will be full
house.
The work of remodelng the Central
III Vermont passenger depot here was COM
menced on Tuesday, and the proposed
changes will be speedily accomplished.
# The new arrangement will be much more
pleasant both for the travelling public and
railroad men.
sd Fast day was observed in the usual
manner last Frday-and also unusually
by the fights occurring at intervals
throughout the day, which Il couple of
prominent citizens had on the streets and
sidewalks with an aged bicycle. Enfeebled
by age the latter had to succumb finally.
# THE NEW PASSENGER TARIFF.-The
reduction in the local and through passen-
# ger tariff instituted by the management
of the Central Vermont railroad goes into
effect Monday. The reduction is from 10 to
90 per cent from former rates, and the
local fare is placed at about 1-2 cents a
mile.
The state agricultural society has de-
H cided at the instsnce of Hon. Crosby
IA Miller of Pomfret to devote good sun
TO making the fruit exhibition at the mex
~ fair, in September, one worthy of the
state. Particular prominence will be
given to fruit that has been successful
and Can be grown al II profit in Vermont
Mr.. Dana Buck, who died Monday
forenoon, was born in Bethel. VT. and ha
& for the past seven years worked for thu
M Lane manufacturing company, being
IA very superior mechanic. The cause o
II his death was cancer His funeral wa
81 Tuesday at the Bishop hotel, Rev. Mr.
81 Wright and Rev. Mr.. Hill conducting tn
services. The deceased was buried will
Masonic honors Aurora Lodge attendin!
the funeral in body, Many of MI
8 Bucks shopmates were also present.
III In another column may be found a nc
Il tice of the death of Don c. Luce, formerl
Il of Stowe VT. who went west fifteen o
twenty years ago, settling in Wisconsin
He went there previous to the " big fire
and located on the north side, opening
restaurant for ice cream, notions, cigar;
etc. He was burned out but got his ir
surance and then went to West Madiso
street, where he has lived since in tt
same business; quiet, good citizel
lie was member of the Masonic fraterni
and has a life insurance policy of the ord'
TO the amount of four thousand dollar
Il He leaves widow without issue.
SAD AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT NoRTI
FIED.--A fearful catastrophe occurred
the Adams slate quarry last Saturday,
little before noon. As the men were hois
ing the waste from the pit, by the use
the steam power, just beginning 10 be a
piled, one of the guys gave way and |
the mast and boom pitch, with fearf
plunge, into the pit whore quite force
men were at work. Gideon P. Veo, abo
26 years of age, had his head crushed
one of the falling timbers. He lived ov
an hour but was wholly unconscious. I
was steady young man and leaves wi
and widowed mother to mourn his suddt
death. His mother must feel that her CT
of afliction is filled to the brim, as eide
was her only remaining child-her seco
husband also being killed at the Harle
bridge disaster. They have the sympat
of ALL