Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-11
CHIT rENDEN COUNTY.

rusty pocket-S nife has been found near the
Burlington depot, aud somewhat Intellectual at
tempt is being made to connect it wit the McCul-
Tough tragedy
The Burlington listers have the pleasant task OF
filling out upwards of thousand lists of tax-p ayers
who failed to die them according to law.
Hnesburgh has personal grand list of 81, 1898 %,
which it is expected will be still further increased
by something like 800. Last year the personal list
was $6O7.77.
In Burlington, during April there were mar.
rages, 40 births and 20 ,aths deaths in April,
1881, Is.
The late Frank Mccullough, who was murdered
in Burlington recently, hat one brother who was
drowned; another brother was killed in the war, in
the First Vt. Cavalry; another was in the rebel
army, and was wounded at &c ttysburg.
The executive committee ofNew England reform.
ell mems association meet at Boston the 18th of
this month to decide upon the location of the annual
meeting of the organization. There is little doubt
but that 1t will be decided to hold it at Queen City
Park, Burlington, in connection with great tenn.
perance camp meetleg, as last year
Recently Burlington lady lost her voice. lot
of single young gentlemen, learning OF the case at
once made preparations to start for Burlington to
find out whether the lady was already married or
not, wnen they were disguised to learn that some
meddlesome doctors had restored her vocal gans
| TO use.
According to the last report of the superin
of Burlington water works, there were over forty
eight million gallons of water pumped in 1880 in
excess OF the preceding year. OF this increase 70
per cent was in the three summer months and was
| argplv uttTihutable The rather ahusp nj
| avn. sprinklers.
| Isaac Lefevre, one of the seven prisoners who
escaped from Burlington jail last January, was re-
captured near Burlington on Sunday. He had
returned to visit his wife, and about to recross
| the lake when he was overtaken. Lefevre was
originally imprisoned for tn then OF a quantity Of
oats at Colchester Pond and he is the sixth to be
recaptured OF the seven prisoners who broke jail in
January.
In the Burlington city cout, Monday, John Acha
was fined S2O and costs for reckless of firearms
He had been annoyed by parties who stole his fish
on the river; and one evening while party wa
quietly fishing, Acha fired loaded shotgun in thei
direction, with the Idea, as he claims, of frightenn,
them of. The party objected to Achas shot GUT
policy and caused him to tie arrested.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
| A statement has been going the rounds to tn
effect that out of the 1870 or 1900 inhabitants c
stowe only 100 are church-goers. This statemen
docs the town an injustice, and was evidently base
upon a count taken on u very unfavor able da,
2 The town was canvassed last fall by agent of th
Vermont Bible society. Some lew families he taile
to visit, including some OF the church members an
e regular attendants. Yet the number attendin
church which he found was 4e2. Allowing the san
ratio in the families not visited would give a tot
of 5ls.
II ORLEANS COUNTY.
~ Rev u. ). Butler has been called for one year
. the Congregational church at Coventry.
some of our wool growers are having their eeC
taken of, and sheep shearing will be the order
some time Il Albany Cor. Newport Express.
ii RUTLAND COUNTY.
N Rev Henry Bedinger of Brooklyn, N. Y. has bt
called to ST Thomas Episcopal parish at BraHdC
: There are now II prisoners in the no use of c
a. rection. OF this number IS are males and femal
~ 1t is estimated that 10000 persons visited Ii
Bomeson last summer.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Rev. j. B. Green delivers the Decoration day
dress at Bratteboro,
d. Aunt Sally stockwell has just celebrated her l
RS birthday at her home in Brateboro. -
d) A Springfield sexton, while digging grave
n Gently, came to the remains of man who
, buried with is hat on.
T., William Boynton, aged 80. Of Jamaica, was XII
q the 9Th. He and one w ILLS was engaged in cut
ms down a large tree; it lodged in beech tree,
tel each took turns in cutting blow at 1t until I'm
a with crash it came tumbling down. Willis
g. one way AID Boynton another, but straight un
G. the falling tree. lie was crushed to the earth Ii
r heap, his neck broken, his chest completely cru
N ed in, 40 his ribs we're observable on the outs
es and both his legs broken. Death was instan IA
cd Gus. He leaves a wife, child and mother, and
/ wife and mother are now at the point OF death.
r The officers of the Central Vermont railroad b
lin decided to erect passenger depot at Bratlleb'
IN and spacious freight house.
of I. c. Rands dive ling in Jamaica was burns
the ground last week.