Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-08-18

some friends that she was visiting IN
was taken with an apop'epiic ut
and died before they could get her out oil
the carriage.
The Richford Gazette says: II is rumor- |
ed that the South eastern company viii
shortly make large additions to their shops
in this place. The car shop now located at
Sutton is to he removed here. and build
inos sufficient to meet the demands OF the
repair and construction department OF the
road will be erected. The contemplated
improvements inclu lie II new depot.
The fourth grand festival of the Connect
lieut. river valley musical convention will be
held at Bellows Falls, commencing August
oath, The conductor of the convention
this year will be Mr.. S. B. Whitney oil
Boston. The soloists which the executive
committee have announced are Mrs. 1
NJ Carter of Boston, Mrs. Cora b. Car
penter of Chester. Miss Lizzie ). Maynard
of Walpole, N. II, Mr.. J. II. Humphrey
of Boston, and Mr. Hiram King of SIAM
ford, Conn. The pianiSts are Lntlie A
Pierson of Boston, Frank L. Bard oil
Chicago. Organist, Mrs Nellie A. WHITE
of Springfield.
CALEDONIA COUNTY REPUBLICANS.
The Caledonia county republican conven-
zion convened at st. Johnsbury, the 18th.
and made the following nominotionS: For
senator's, J. r. Darling of Groton. f. ID.
Blodgett, of st. Johnsbury; for assistant
Judges, E. w. Church of Kirby and Charles
Branard of Danville sheriff, Lorenzo Sui
loway. Jun, of st. Johnsbury; state s attor-
ney, Henry G. Bates of st. Johnsbury;
| iudye of probate, Asa L. French of st.
Johnsbury; high sheriff, Henry Blake Of
Hardwick. The convention was addressed
by Senator H. G Belden, Col. Franklin
Fairbanks and Judge Morrill,. 1t was the
largest convention held AZ Caledonia
county for years
August l It'll the Republicans Of Orleans
county held their county convention at
Irasburgh The convention WAS said to be
he largest ever held in the county since
1856, numbering as it did 1900 people
These are the nominees: Senators, Elisha
Lane, Derby, and James Brown, Lowell !;
States attorney, F. w Baldwin, Barton
sheriff A. A. Rowley; judge of probate.
l., II. Thomson, Irasburgh; assistant
Judges, l.. r Fletcher and n. G. Hoyt.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing the
National platform and pledging the sup
port of the convention to its nominees
also in favor of the enforcement of the
prohibitory law and requesting the nomi.
nee of the convention for States attorney
TO vigorously prosecute the same. In the
grove speeches were made by the nominee
for Congress from this district, Gen w.
w. Grout Major Josiah Grout, j. Il. Nc
Kelvey of Geneva, n. Y, and Rev. Mr.,
Parker of North Troy. Gen. CIRCUITS re-
ception was a perfect ovation. Mr.. Nc
Kelvey made the chief address of the
afternoon, and it is described as an able
and eloquent effort.
DISAPPEARANCE OF NJ. Z. SHACKEr.-
Mr.. NJ I. Shacket, the well known
cattle drover, of MddIebury has fed the
country, leaving his creditors and those
with whom he has been dealing in stock
in the lurch. He was last seen in Boston,
Friday, August ID, where after disposing
of his stock and collecting all bills due, he
was last seen taking hack for some point
unknown. Several bills due from him
to various parties We're found unpaid, and
from the accommodating amounts of indebt.
ness owing to drovers and farmers in this
. vicinity, which are coming to light
/ his creditors and friends are forced to the
. unwilling conclusion that he has either
been foully dealt with or has abscondet
with their funds He is thought to have
had several thousand dollars with hin
S when he so suddenly and unaccountabll
2 disappeared and this may have led Il
+ some foul play-thOugh no clue to such
theory can be found. He was intending
| when he left, to return to Vermont SO is
to meet the delivery of stock bargaineo
n for delivery on Monday, and his failure
to appear caused two prominent Addison
county drovers, who were interested tt
the extent of Il few thousand dollers, t.
j. proceed on the afternoon train to Boston
p where careful search and inquiries failed
=, to discover any further trace Of Shackett
1t is estimated that he took nearly five
thousand dollars worth of stock TO mar
ket the last time, and one Addison county
farmer trusted him in this last shipment
with one thousand dollars worth of cattle
. ITO pay on his return the next week, HI;
CHECK for, another thousand having been
, returned "wthout funds. Mr.. Shackel
has generally met his obligations prompt
" an! many will be 10th to believe tha
after twenty five or more years OF active
business in this vicinity, he will now turf
: out badly. His friends are taking active
/ measures to find him. BY some his fam
ily troubles are thought to have had al
, influence upon his mind, he having beer
: recently divorced from his second wife
r He leaves behind him an Indebtedness
estimated as high rs $4,000 and practi
| cally no assets.
AS new facts develop relative to tn,
disappearance of Mr.. Shackett, it become
g evident that he has not met with fou
play, rs was surnsed, but that he ha
joined the numerous army of "untortu
mates who have gone to parts un
e known" Shackett, it is now strongly sus
| pected, has fled to Europe, taking with hin
thousands of dollars belonging to farmer.
l and drovers and other creditors scattered
ali through the state, but largely from
those residing in Chittenden, Addison ant
Rutland counties, where he mostly dealt
Many Of the victims have appeared, an,
state that their losses range from one hun
dred to two thousand dollars.
| Miss MoRIARTY's DoDGE.-Miss Kat,
, Moriarty, 20 years old, was going abou
, New York with II collar bone dislocatet
! at both ends. She got it somehow work
ing in artificial flowers, and got it so bad
she couldn't work any more, She lveC
with her father and mother, who wer.
? poor and couldn't pay doctors, so Kat,
= was going to the hospital for treatment
Before she went she was standing looking
at two trains coming together on the ele
waited railway. The engines were smash
ed up and eight or ten people were injured
by the accident She went home anC
, told her father and mother about th,
accident. Kate did not go to the hospital
; In a day or two she went to strang,
doctor and said her name was Agnes
Moriarty, and asked him him what wa,
the matter with her bones. She said sh,
. had been in the railroad accident and go
hurt, dashed about-she didn't know jus
how. The doctor said her collar bone was
dislocated, and that it was a very peculiar
; case of dislocation. He took a plaster
cast of it. Soon after this Patrick Nor
iarity and Kate asked the New York ee