Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-07-13
Herm ont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


crossing Lake Champliin in a ferry scow sunday
AFTERNOON was struck by the boom during squaIr
shocked overload aud drowned. HIS body was
recovered. Deceased was about 20 years Old.
Farmers in Ad lisOn county are depressed over
Tue nay crop Tue depre iations OF the new worm =,
aud the drouIh of year and this year have made
lisht crop certain. Many farms are OVERSIZE ;ked
win eatlle and the falling pastures compel them to
lre Iced with poor prospects for turning Oh their
stock.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
"m' Wheeler of Realsboro was found dead nea r
>riawga Saturday, having become crazy from sick.
nr's and escaped. partly dressed, from his watch.
err.
"eo'C' Baldwin, Jr., the new pastor of the First
B"ptlst church OF bennington, son of Rev, DR.
Hiid"'n OF Troy, N. Y, will be ordained Iuly "a.
Belhe the county court which has been in session
at Manchester since the It'll, have come several
notorious liquor indictments. Fifty-two counts
were proved against Thomas Megher for Illegal sale
Of liquor, aud verdict - offences was brought
in for Z go and costs, which was nearly as much
more.
CHITrENDEN COUNTY.
The blight is killing good many hne pear trees
in Charlotte.
N short time since one Chas Dupaw of Winooski /
went west to run down with the country and
secured employment with CLARK Bros and a board
ing place with II W. Peck, all formerely of these
parts In few days he distinguished himself by
robbing his room mate OF $500 and disappearipg
lie was tracked to Denver and other points in the
Tar west. but could not be taken. Finally, however,
ne returned TO Burlington, where he was at once
captured, and last week he was taken to Chicago
on requisition. He stated that he had spent The
entire $500 in two weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Royal Bell of Hinesburgh celebrat-
ed their golden wedding on the 29th inst
There were 1859 pupils in the Burlington public
schools during last terR-a gain of II over the
spring term of last year.
Cyrus q. Prindle, the Charlie te botanist who is
doing botanical work for the government in the
south and west, is said to have discovered valu
able silver mine in Arizona.
Liquor raids were made in Burlington, Saturday
on the places of c. N. Mead, Martid Clark, Mrs
Narcotic and James Kelly, varying quantities being
found at all save the last named.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
VIM. Humphrey of Waterford has had an arm
broken in contest with an enraged bull.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Col. William Wghtman, all old and respected
resident of Richford, died on the 4th aged u. For
years he took leapug part in town affairs, and
held many important town offices.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The only son of Mr.. Columbus Smith of $ alisbury
aged IA years, died in Bradford recently, from sun.
stroke.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A large barn, with slaughter house annexed Ia.
gether with Is tons Of hay AMI various farming
implements, belonging to Samuel Culver was
burned at North Pawlet June ..l9. LOSS, $1,000
Incendary.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Rev. Lewis e. Hicks, pastor of the Congregations
church at Woodstock, resigned sunday, to accept
the pastoral charge Of the church in Weathersfeld
Conn., Mr.. Hicks is graduate OF. Yale, class of'7O
and also of the Hartford theological seminary. He
has been preaching In Vermont for a number OF
years, occupying of the pleasantest storates
in the state.
A Hartand farmer makes the following predc'
ton: Rotton, mouldy feed, i've years hence, will
not be considered the best thing to make sweet
butter, and, at the end of that time, slos and
ensilage will be placed in the rubbish.heap OF
obsolete things.
WlNDHAM COUNTY.
Newton Howard of Jamaica has entered com.
plant the town authorities aga inst Sidney Jones
for threa g his life. He claims that Jones is an
insane man and that he has tried to achieve this
end on several different occasions; and being tired
ofvng in fear OF his life all the time, he acted &
| stated above.