Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-08-16

Charles Miller and wife Of Man chester.
N. H., are visiting his mother and friends
in town.
Next Sunday afternoon Mr.. Wright i:
10 preach in the Morse school house in
East Montpelier.
Geo. W. Durfey and family have gone
to Biddeford, Me-, on n visit. They intend
to be absent until the first of September.
The Mad River Valley agricultural SO,
ciety hold their eleventh annual fair al
Waitsfeld, Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept.
&c and 81.
Thomas Savage of Detroit, Michigan. is
making his parents and friends a visit for
the first time since he went west, five
years ago.
sc. Woolson, the tailor. has extended
an invitation to all of his employees to
accompany him to Highgate on Friday
and remain till Monday.
Charles A. OSler, living in one of Mrs.
kinsman's houses on Barre street, has
leased one of Erastus Hubbard's new
houses on Mechanic street.
Willie Hollis of Boston, son of the late
Charles IL. Hollis of this town, is in town
on vacation, stopping at Mrs. R. H.
Whittier's with his mother.
One of Barnum' s valuable circus horses
died at the American house stable on
Thursday night. 1t was one of the horses
driven by Madam Rochelle.
The Hedges family is the last one men.
toned which has S250,0OO,OOO waiting in
England, to be divided among its members.
TIL 9 Hedges will have thorny time get
ting it.
The new offices of the Montpelier &
Wells River railroad have been finished
and are now occupied and the new pas.
sengcr depot will be ready for use in a
few weeks.
The new check list to be used at the
September election contains over one
thousand names for action upon by the
board Of civil authority, which will meet
in a few days.
On circus day morning Officer Finn
arrested one Jacobs of Roxbury for intox-
ication aud fighting at the Central depot
Friday he paid the state the usual amount
of SIS and cost for his fun.
Workmen are taking away the old and
unsightly fence posts that stood around
the court house yard and are putting in
substantial curbing. This Improvement
will add much to the looks of the grounds.
Last Friday Joseph Siloway, who was
at work on the G. j. Gleason house, which
is in the course of erection on Hubbard
street, made misstep on the staging,
causing him to fall to the gro und and
badly spraining his ankle.
Octab Jacobs on circus day came from
Roxbury so early that he lost the show.
He was arrested in the forenoon for being
drunk. and was find the hext day and paid
up and went home. He disclosed on
Joseph Gravelin, who was fined and ap.
realed.
At the school-meeting Wednesday even.
ing George W. Wing was moderator. A
dozen voters more or less were in .atten-
dance. The expenditures reported amount
ing to some $4,000. were somewhat criti-
cized and but one member of the old board,
Mr.. Guernsey, was reelected. The new
committee consist of G. II. Heath, chair.
man; D. G. Kemp, T. r. Gordon. c. j.
Gleason and E. M. Guernsey.
Barney McManus and VIM. Bruce had
fight at the Central depot Friday after
noon, which resulted In the arrest of
McManus. He was brought before Justice
Huse and fined five dollars and costs,
which he paid. The fight was not very
savage one and was more in the nature of
squabbe. The by ISLANDERS and Police.
man FIN stopped the pugilis m and Roman
wrestling before it did any damage beyond
disturbing the public peace.
Richard Dodge who is veteran of the
Mexican war as well as the rebellion has
had his pension stopped. Doubtless this
arises from mistake as to the nature of
his disability and it is hoped that the mat
ter may be righted. Meantime an enter.
tainment will be given at Capitol Hall
Thursday evening for his benefit. Mrs
Purple will read, there will be good vocal
music and the Montpelier band will be
present. There should be n good turn
out for the beneficiary was brave soldier
and needs and deserves help.
T, j. Deavitt, Esq, of this village has
rcceptly'procured pensions for the follow.
ing Vormonters: James S. Wilson Of
Worcester, 81 per month and 1916 arrears
Edwin N. Wright of Montpelier, 81 per
month and 1858 arrears; Rev. John C.
Osgood OF Stafford, Sc per month and
$3.50 arrears; James Shields of Waits
River, S. per month and Sl450 arrears
Charles Rollins of Walden, SlS per month
and $19i2 arrears; Amos A. Whitney Of
Calais, 81 per month and $8l6 arrears
II. II. Newton of Calais, 81 per month an d
1916 arrears; Francis X. Felix of Mont
pelier. pension increased to $1S per month
7TH REGIMENT VERMONT VETERAN Vol.
UNrEERS.-We are requested to say that
the survivors of the late seventh regiment
Vermont veteran volunteers are to hold
reunion at Rutland, August Goth, 3Oth
and 3lst, and as there may bo some of our
readers who were members of that regi.
ment, it is intended that this notice shall
ha invitation for IN - ottoul 4