Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-05-10

gether with all the wood, was destr eyed
by fire Monday night, Tho depot was
at one time in great danger but was
saved.
The series of sermons on Old Testament
characters will be resumed next Sunday
evening at Trinity church. Subject, " SOL
onion, splendid failure
Rev. C. S. Buswell ofWest Burke thinks
Of settling in St. Johnsbury in order TO
educate his children at the academy, but
has not fully decided yet where to locate.
Because of the i'll health of Rev. L. l..
Becman, Methodist preacher, he is to give
up preaching for time, taking supernu-
merary relation to the conference. residing
at West Brookfeld.
Cornelius S. Palmer, Esq. of Jericho,
goes in a few weeks TO Yankton having
been appointed assistant United States
district attorney for Dakota. Mr.. Palmer
is lawyer who has attained good posi-
ton at the Chittenden county bar and as
a member of the last legislature he was
prominent and able in the work and le-
hates of the session.
The ladies of Trinity church helped Mrs.
Roxy Gould celebrate her Slst birth day
last Tuesday by gathering Of their soci-
ETY. at her home. There was q goodly
number of the elderly people of the society
present and also Of the younger, who are
always interested in "Aunt Roxy" as she
is in them. May there be many returns
of the day before she shall go to the land
| of perpetual youth.
DESPERATE ATTEoIpT AT SUICIDE. AT
Waterbury, Monday Richard Thorndike,
an old man, attempted suicide with a
butcher knife. and was only prevented by
the desperate struggle Of two men, who
wrenched the knife from him. but broke
the blade. Ills wife received money from
a daughter at Lowell, Mass. Tie went
into a furious passion because she refused
to give 1t to him, and attempted to cut lis
throat
DROWNED IN ST. ALBANS BAY.--Satur
day afternoon, Peter Stebbns of St. Adams
+. with two comrades, was going from the
t dock at the bay to the creek in a small
boat. when he stood up aud started for.
ward to take the oars, the boat tipped and
he was thrown into the water, and that
was the last seen of him. He was about
As years of age and leaves wife and sever
children. His occupation was that of q
mason. Search has been made for the
q body, but at last accounts it had not beer
6 recovered.
Astronomers say of the new comet tina
its best show will be in the latter Y # o
this month in the northwestern sky. On
r the last of May it will set three hours after
+ the sun, but few days later its head will
disappear in the twilight. 1t is probable
however, that on account of the small
d perihelion distance of the comet, prett,
long tail will be developed, which Otter
: will be seen in the evening, upon the hori
; ION where tho sun is. All common people
want is q comctary exhibition as brillian
f.. as the one in 1857. A show that is who'll,
n for the telescopes eye is of littlo popular
2 ! account.
Il The ladies' aid society hold socia
next Wednesday evening at the home o
y Judge Putnam on Seminary Hill, when
!, reception will be given to Rev. j. D
:, Beeman, the lately elected president o
, the seminary, and to Rev. II. A. Spencer
the new presiding elder of Montpelie
district, W hose homo is to he among us
h and their families. The ladies extend
lie cordial invitation to tho faculty ant
y students of the seminary, to all the Trini.
y, ty church and congregation, to the formc
lie friends of the presiding elder and to all il
the community who would DO pleased 4
become acquainted with these gentle me-
i" who arc to make their home in our mids,
nt DR.. II. A. Cutting, the secretary Of GU
" board of agriculture, has been sued by tn
/. Bradley fertilizer company on the ground
" that in his public lectures throughout til
state he has made statements Injurious (
their business. We have published all tn
reports of the meetings Of the board an
- from them and our knowledge Of the ma
~ we do not think he has made statemen,
- - he cannot substantiate or that his dutie
VI as a public servant did not demand
{" There is a strong feeling among til
farmers of the state that Secretary Cuttin
st has been fcarlessly doing his duty an
ril that great good will come from his popu
at lar lectures. Has not the Bradley compan
81 made mistake?
in There was a collision on the Boston
he Concord and Montreal rold about
Il. o'clock Monday afternoon. Two person
were killed ono of whom was Hirai
Nv Jones. dro9cr OF Barre. The train
were the up express from Boston aud th
~ stock train. Mr.. Jones was in the ca
'o with his horses and was badly tramplet
49, EIo was dead when found. Carl Hall an
w Mr.. Best of Montpelier who had stock @
" the train were left at Wells River. 1t
said that Superintendent Dodge gave til
on orders, which sent by telegraph, wcro III
M cause Of the collision. When the erro
I'm was discovered the express had left IL
of station it should have stopped at and it
-it. said that both tho sending and tho recei,
'as ing telegraph operators tainted when the
ew found tho trains were beyond recall, an
Vill that the superintendent sat pale and dun
realizing what he had done.
nc EAST CALAIs.-The funeral of Jasc
no Marsh was held at his house last Sabbath
VIII Rev. Mr.. Forbes officiating.
on The desirable location owned by Il
'n0 widow Wheeler's estate has been sold