Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-01-04

Trinity church.
Next Monday evening ~" Lliputiar
opera company give an entert"lnI' at N
Capital II Il.
Gordon & Kemp is the firm name un'er
which T. r. Gordon and Harlan G Kemp
will practice law hereafter.
The week of prayer is being observed
at the Methodist. Congregational and
Baptist societies at their churches each
evening.
Monday the Savings bank opened for
business in their new quarters which have
been splendidly fitted up for them IN
Hea'on's new block.
The subject for the next Sunday evening
lecture sermon to young people at Trinity
church will be Joseph and what he saw
in Egypt thirty-sx centuries ago"
Geo. d. Butler has removed his W. |.
Goods store from the o. d. Scribner's
block into one of the vacant stores In the
French block, on Main street.
James R. Langdon has connected his
farm house in Berlin with the telephone
station at the Montpelier Junction, and al
SO with the general agency Office.
David G. Carr. of Montpelier, received
an arrearage OF pension to the amount OF
$3.50. He hes purchased farm In Wash
ington and takes possession of 1t this
week.
The case against james Burns for
assault on CALVIN Stow his been adjourn ned
tw weeks for the bringing forth of EVIL
dence in justification, and Burns Wa
placed under $50 bail.
The week of prayer is developing special
religious interest in the Baptist church.
Conversions are occurring from night to
night. Mr.. Burnham will continue his
preaching until further notice.
Charles White was drowned at B1rlng-
ton Saturday night. Cause intoxlcation
He leave. wife and two small children
and was industrious and not often given to
drinking. His body was recovered Tues
day morning.
The sOciable Of the ladies' society of the
Church of the Messiah will he given b,
some Of the young men next Frida, even
ing, at the Pavilion, at half past seven.
Admission thirty cents; dancing till one
No supper.
John Kelley, son Of Lawrence Kelley of
West Bolton, was instantly killed by a fall
ing tree Mt that place, Saturday afternoon
He was about 20 years old, and was until
recently in the employ of Smith Wright,
Esq of WillisIon.
Mond " John Portal. for long time in
the employ of Fisher & Cotton, and NOR
recently foreman of their silver platn
works, left for Rutland, where he opens >,
shop for silver plating on Center street.
We wish him all the trade his ftthfulnes,
deserves.
Under our marriage heading will he
found 9oodly list of those zHo With the
closing up of the old year showed uo'o-
mendable desire to fu fiji their old CON
tracts and their perfect readiness to
assume new ones.
Saturday evenin Martin Nee of Mid
desex undertook, while under the inHu-
ence of liquor, to run away with the en-
CINE at the Central Vermont depot, but
Engineer Caswell soon convinced him that
it was himself that needed getting out of
the way.
The third Sunday evening temperance
meeting was held in the chapel of Bethany
church on the evening of January LIST.
DR.. Alfred Clark presided, and remarks
were made by Revs j. H. Hincks, j. f.
Wright, D. E. Miller, H. F. Hill and Mr.
T. R. Gordon.
William B. Strong, president of the
Atchison, Topeka AMI Santa Fe railroad,
and Henry G. Mutt, president of the At
lantic and Pacific railroad, we're in town
Il few days the past week. They are old
Montpelier boys and now resident in Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. Strong in Boston and Mr.
Mutt in Newton.
William Pike of Waterbury, long In the
employ of the Central Vermont railroad
AS bridge hand, fell from the high bridge
at Royaiton, Thursday, distance of twen-
ty feet, striking on raher across the
middle of his body and hanging there
until the rest of the help could get ladders
and take him off Though badly hurt he
will live.
This evening at Capital Hall the compli.
mentary benefit to Miss Josephine Roesu
will give our lovers of music much pleas
ure. Miss r )eau who soon goes to Boston
to pursue her musical studies will be as :
sisted this evening in the presentation OF
the opera The Sleeping Queen by Mrs
G. f Morse and Messrs. F. w. Bancroft
and c. H. PIlkin.
AT the installation of the officers Of
Brooks Post last evening there were
present number of comrades fir oms Hal
Post, Worcester. An oyster supper wa.
had after the installation and all had ,
very pleasant time, so many of the wives
and children heing present that the enter
tainment WAS more of family party ~
than formal gathering.
FIRE STATISTICS OF MONTPELIER -
During the year 1881 only four fires
occurred in town, rs follows: J,nuary 8
Mrs. c. w. Willard $ residence wa.
damaged to the amount of about $1,000
insured. Feb "a, the old Marsh house or
Main street was slightly damaged Apri
18th, an old barn on Barre street, the
property of James r. Langdon, was
burned, with its contents. including ;
horse; loss small. August 4lh, W. A
l'eland's new slaughter house on Nortl
street was burned, with all It's conten