Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-10-05

Dudley Varney of Berlin, aged nearly
ninety-nine years. is very sick with lung
fever.
There have been sixty deaths in Mont
pelier during the nine months ending Oc-
tober LIST.
W. H. Best, machinist is very sick with
typhoid fever, but was reported as being
little better on Tuesday.
A general term of the supreme court is
ordered to be held at Montpelier on the
last Tuesday of October inst.
Mrs. W. o. Standish is to open milf.
merry store in the rooms in the Rialto
vacated by the 10.cent store.
Aaron Bancroft, agent. set beautiful
white bronze monument for David Boles
of Berlin last Friday; price 1925.
The weather took sharp turn Tuesday
night, and Wednesday morning the mer-
curry was below the freezing point.
Mrs. j. w. F. Washburne Is refitting
the store in the old Ballou block prepara-
tory to reopening her millinery store.
The 5 and 10.cent store has removed
from the Rialto into one of the vacant
stores in the French block on South Main
street.
John Bsconer, laborer living in the
rear of the Scribner building on State
street, is very sick with Inflammation of
the bowels.
The rooms over the old Hinkley & Best
STORE are being made into a tenement to
be occupied by Scott W. George, now
residing in Berlin.
Joseph Bigelow, stone cutter, has
leased the Freeman house on Ridge street,
Seminary Hill, and is to remove his family
here from Fall River, Mass.
Henry F. Rker has removed from the
G. A, Reed house on Middlesex street into
the H. N. Taplin, Jr., house on Terrace
street, which has been lately remodeed.
The Randolph Herald says that the re.
port that Christie Smith was burned at
Gaylord, Mich, is not true. part of his
farm was burned over, but neither he, his
family. nor house was burned, so he
writes his mother
John Gravlin has not purchased the
house Of A j. Burnham, as stated last
week. The trade was made but the court
must settle an incumbrance on the place
before good title could be given, there
fore no sale at present.
The horse of an apple peddler who has
been about Montpelier some days got
frightened at the Central depot and in
trying to enter the State House grounds
through the central gate completely
wrecked both wagon and harness.
Montpelier is to have a new directory,
Webb Brothers 6 Co., are now canvass
ing the.town and promise directory that
will be Of some use when completed and
they ask that the citizens extend all the
help they Can to enable them to make it
accurate.
There has been sent to E. c. Carleton
chairman OF the relief committee, Port
Huron, Mich, four boxes, weighing 780
pounds, and from Montpelier the commit
tee have collected 5000; from Marshfield
the treasurer received $11.2o, which has
also been sent.
On Friday night of last week Harry
Seaver, son of John r. Seaver of this
town, brakeman on the passenger train
on the Central Vermont, was badly injured
while coupling cars at White River juno
ton, his righs arm being broken above
and below the elbow, and crushed in such
manner that it is feared amputation will
be necessary.
The sixty-ninth annual meeting of the
Vermont Bible society will be held at
Mortified, Wednesday, October 10Th, COM
mencng at 10 o'clock A. M
In the evening sermon will be preach.
ed by Rev. Cyrus hamlin, d. D., presi.
dent of Mddlebury college.
Fee return checks will be given to those
who pay full fare one way over the Cen
trail, Montpelier & Wells river and Pas
sumpsic railroads.
Those who desire entertainment during
the meeting are requested to send word to
Rev. W. j. Kidder, Mortified, as early as
October 18th.
Mw2 S. TURNEY, Cor. Sec.
NORTH MONTPELIER. DIR. Lacelle OF
Plainfield was leading his colt for exercise
on Thursday morning. september 29th,
having hold of the halter up close to the
headstall, and had entered his yard, when
she wheeled around from him drawing
the line through his hand, jumped and
kicked, striking the doctor with one foot,
the toe calk hit him on the right side of
the nose, and the heel calks on the fore
head, brushing his face badly and also his
back as he fell. When picked up it was
thought that life was extinct, but he re.
vived in some thirty minutes, and at this
time is evidently doing we'll. and will be
out again in few days if nothing new
sets in to prevent.