Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-05-12

Solomon Cross of East Bethel was run
over last Thursday and at last adyices
was not expected to live.
w. P. Snow of Roxbury. a member of
the junior class, has been appointed one OF
the editors of the Dartmouth, the college
paper.
The Judge Cuts farm, near North
Hartland, which was once valued at
$4,000. has been sold to Mr.. Gates oil
Peacham for $3.50.
ARA ngements are being made for q
grand hose tournament and trotting exhi'
bition on the fair ground in Morristown
on the last day of June and the first o.
July.
PosTMASTERs APPoINTED.-M. A
Best, East Highgate. Franklin county
David L. Field. West Milton, Chittenden
county; J. C. Orne. Westmore, Orleans
county.
John B. Stacy, member of the senior
class in Dartmouth. died at his home in
Ely Thursday. The funeral services were
conducted by Prof Parker and attended
by the senior class.
Henry Clark, of Rutland. and L. NJ.
Read, of Bellows Falls,are the representa-
tives from Vermont to the supreme lodge
of the Knights of Honor, which assemblies
at Charlestown, S. c., May IA.
The Brandon News charges that the
Justices of the peace in that place have
been in the habit of regularly pocketing
the money" or in other words stealing it
from the state. which they realized from
liquor prosecutions.
The Passumpsic railroad has purchased
1000 tons of steel rails to be laid this sum-
mer, at cost of $4,000 These rails
are about $40 ton higher than they were
last year. The Pussumpsic has already
quite n piece of its road laid with steel.
A tramp was arrested for breaking into
the school house near North Windham
post office, to secure nights lodging,
and found guilty and fined ten dollars
and costs. Not having that amount about
him, he was given Il term in the state
workhouse.
The Brandon Union reports that some
mscreant on the 1st inst, poisoned some
cattle belonging to B. p and s. j. Field,
of Brandon, from the effects of which an
OK died and Il COW is not expected to live.
A bottle of strychnine and some potatoes
with Paris green on them were found
near.
The case of Edward T. Paige, who was
charged with embezzling $4,000 from the
Central Vermont railroad, and who has
been on trial in the Chittenden county
court at Burlington for nearly two weeks
was decided on Thursday. the jury bring
ing in a verdict of acquittal.
The Messenger says the principal of 8
school not a thousand miles from St. AL.
bans received the following note from an
anxious mother: "wount you please
set jenny with some one else so he wont
get loused up he as ceched lise and il
you will it will comdate me vary much it
makes me SO much wirk to get them off p"
The adjourned term of the general term
of the supreme court convened at ST. Johns
bury yesterday. This is the first time
that the court has been obliged 10 adjourn
the general term before completing the
business before it. The general term was
of unusual length last fall, and continued
until the judges were obliged to go to
their December terms of county courts !;
therefore an adjournment was taken to
St. Johnsbury, May 18th, where nearly
80 cases are to be heard.
Ground has been broken on the davis
Silver Ledge" at Fairlee. w. II. Har-
rington, of Boston, arrived on the 9th
ult, and with a gang of hands has COM
menccd shaft ten feet square. The mine
has proved valuable for silver, and will be
worked principally for that, yet there is
lead and gold, the latter in small quanti-
ties. but sufficient to make quite show
ing. The work now proves moro valua.
bic than was expected. The best re suits
are looked for. Several adjoining farms
are bonded for from two to six thousand
dollars each
The time is now at hand for the annual
appearance of the apple borer. They
make an entrance to the tree at the base of
the trunk, and sometimes just below the
surface of the ground. When young they
are easily removed with pcnknife or q
small wire. The borer more frequently
attacks young than old trees. The old
practice of annually scraping the trunks
of apple trees and then applying white
wash is not so common nowadays rs it
used to be- Still the good results follow
ing the labor will well repay it. Under
meath the dry and dead bark countless
vermin make their home; when the bark
is removed and whtewash applied the
destruction of all vermin is certain.
The Free Press closes an article on the
governorship with tho following reference
to Col. Farnham, of Bradford; "TIe has
been all along the first choice of many
public spirited citizens who recognize his
sterling qualities, while he is without
enemies in any quarter, Ills high char
acter absolute integrity, professional
eminence, public service as IL soldier and
as u legislator; his stanch repubicanism
and fine personal qualities. have given
him deserved prominence in his section
and throughout the state. His nomination
would be emimently fit to be made; and
it would not be strange if he were nomi-
mated with substantial unanimity."
A FEARFUL CYCLONE IN ILLINOIS,
heavy rain storm accompanied by wind
visited large section of Illinois Sunday.
Specials say the village of Olsey, near
Winchester. Scott county, was nearly
destroyed by wind Sunday evening. Just
before the catastrophe the wind took a