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

Mrs. Fanny Bostwick died recently IN
GAINESVILLE. Miss. She was born IN onsI's-
bury. Vt. January 9. 1906. Her maiden
name was Matterson. As an interesting
fact in the family record. may be s5alen
that her father, his four brothers anu ne'
grandfather. fought in the battie OF Deh-
nington, 10 August, lfIf, anu no' O"o
received even scratch.
CURIOUS SUIT Edward Murphy OF Bel
lows Falls has brought three suits against
Rev. Father Gendreau and Thomas hinlry'
tor $1,000 damages for breach OF c''i'
rights and for alleged assault commite1 al
the st. Charles Catholic fair Thursday
evening last Father Gendreau, the priest
of St Charles church at Bellows Faiis'
would not admit Murphy and hls iamlly
to the fair on account of some dIfhcuity.
PROPOSED NEW RAILRoAD.-The slate
producers of Castleton are talking OF
new railroad, to run from the marble
auarries along the line of the slate quarrles
and intersect the Whitehall and Brattle-
boro railroad The distance Will be
ltwenty.one miles. Then new connec-
ton will be made with the Central Hudson
lines, via Manchester, and saving oil
over fifty miles from the present route
will he made.
A large number of violators of the
nuisance law in Rutland who had appeal
ed to the county court, but neglected to
enter the appeals, have been paying uI
their fines within the past few days, and
the places where the liquor was sold have
been posted under the nuisance law. The
parties against whom the places have
been posted cannot open again unless
, they file with the proper authorities
bond with sureties conditioned that they
will not sell any intoxicants therein con
trary to law.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON THE RAILROAD
, james Batchelder, brakeman on tn
: way freight train between this city mt
White River Junction, was killed at Boil
, ton, at five O'Clock Monday afternoon. Thu
train was backing on side track, and a
| Batchelder was stepping from the tende
3 to the next car he slipped and fell, and tn
< locomotive ran over his head, nearly sever
D ing it from the body and causing instan
taneous death The unfortunate man wa
h "A resident of Mortified, where he leaves
q. wife and child. He was about % year
f.. old and had been on the road about thre
years.
Banking in Vermont under the nationa
\ system appears to be reasonably proh'
e able business We took the reports {
n twenty seven of the national banks in tn
q state made to the comptroller of the Gu
n rency, and found that their combined cap
}. tai was s5,145,000 and their aggrega'
IS surplus and undivided profits, 81 ,45o, 0O'
h or considerably more than one-fourth I
he the capital. Surely these banks coul
le worry along if they were obliged to depos
At three instend of four per bonds as a has
he of circulation. The most profitable ban
ID in the list, and undoubtedly in the state,
lie that at Orwell, which has = capital (
IN 100000 and surplus of $l2l,l9l; ar
r next TO this comes the First National
Sc Bennington, with a capital of $llO,0t
le and a surplus of Sl27,799.
Ia
so rs, 1888 distributed over 2349 districts an
as attending 2597 schools. The schools a
nc maintained at an annual expense of Sac
g. PIG, and 1859 teachers are paid 1850, 1920
re year. The annual cost to the state p
ed scholar is about 1898 per annum. The
'n are 1928 scholars VINO attend other tha
on public schools. The state has thr
III normal schools for which it contribut
III about $4,000 annually. Vermont h
a' nineteen incorporated academies, with 1
81 teachers and 2545 scholars. Their ncon
VI from tuition amounts to S25, 692, in ado
oi ton 10 which they receive $4,000 annu'
X ly from endowment funds. There are al
IN nineteen graded schools in the state wi
ne 6O36 scholars, having 100 teachers.