Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-03-30
Vermont News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Bennington demands cheap tenements.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
! VIC. Haviland. young pill dispenser OF Dan.
VI'le' has len for the west, leaving his wife aud
infant upon the charity Of the town.
Ann Quinn OF st. John sbury, was a passenger 10
the fassumpsic car deralled at Coventry some
weeks ago, when person was killed and severa |
seriously injured. Although thro yn violently into
the top ofthe car with the other passengers. she
did not mink herself injured, and did not appear
hurt In the least until a day two afterwards
Wnen she became quite wandering ia her mind and
showed other signs Of injury. She has been attend
ed 6y physician for several weeks and grows
worse, but the physician expects inal recovery,
the injury being in the spine. The strange thing
about the matter is its development SO long after
| the accident.
The cupola Of Thaddeus fairbanks residence at
| St Iohnsbury is being reconstructed in order to
accommodate large and valuable telescope.
Charles stuart, who went IRON Barnet and who
has had unusual success in the west, remembered
some of his friends few days ago by sending
carload Of corn for distribution among them.
CHITrENDEN COUNTY.
In accordance with a request Of Hon ueorge
Edmunds, the postmaster general rec, ntly sent Mr.
system, to Burlington to investigate and consider
the advisabiity of establishing the le,tercarrier
81 stem 10 This city and Wnooski-the latter to be
a station OF the Darlington office. The business of
the post on ie-consideraby over the necessary
twenty thousand dollars anuuay-would seem to
entitle us to the benefits of the system, and the
work OF REMEMBERING the city will soon be under
taken.-[t'ree Press.
u ~ Start ofp u bo.
to the west.
The labora tory of the University of Vermont is
| about to make a number of analyses of fertilizers
put upon the Market and the results will be pub.
lshed, that farmers may consult and post them.
selves before masking their spring purchases.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Royal Cison recently killed coon at West Ran,
dolph that weighed nearly for ty pounds.
Henry \. Langmail, boy II years old living at
Topshan has during the past fourteen months,
with the use of dog trap aud gun, killed ninety
two woodchucEs, SIX partridges, five skunks, three
weases, one hedgehog, one muskrat, one large
hawk one common owl, and one horned owl meas.
uring i've feet from tip to tip of wings, and weigh
ing four pounds.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Governor Farnham will deliver the address at
North Troy Decoration Day.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The North Pittsford quarry company is running
its quarries full blast.
Col. Aldace Walker of Rutland will deliver the
memorial address on Decoration Day in B andon.
checker match for the state champion ship, be.
tween n. A. Bailey of Rutland. who holds the
championship board, and &. II. Powell of Cuttings.
vile, Is soon to take place.
The new slate mill erected bya New York com.
pany IN PouItuey has begun operations, The com.
p my will employ "A large number of men.
wINDHAM COUNTY
The snow on the hills is miles back from Brattle.
boro is still tive feet deep on level though the
streams, including a considerable portion of the
Connecticut, clear OF ice without the usual
h Ugh water.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Windsor is excited over the fact that a man there
has burned one wife and married another in two
months.
James II. Murdock is TO be postmaster at Wood.
stock, in place of Editor Greene who has held it for
twelve years.
The town of Baltimore has had no school for over
two years. 1t has but one pauper, and he is in the
insane asylum at Brattleboro. AT the last "March
meeting" the town voted 40 cents on dollar to pay
current expenses, but not one penny for schools
Asa T. Barron, the wel.known hotel man of
White River Junction, is dangerously i'll, with but
little prospect OF recovery.
1t is stated that a Weathersaeld man obta med
divorce from his wife at the last session of the
Windsor county court, and that he has lately re-
married his divorced wife. The different steps
have been taken within twelve months, and the
bride is not yet II years of age.