Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-05-24

lapse of lung fever.
Mr.. Scion j. Y. Vail is quite sick hav-
ing been confined to his room three weeks.
The abutments on the Barre railroad
across the branch are being extended for
the purpose of making double track
bridge.
The Washington County Good Tenn
plars's Union is to be held at the Union
Church, East Calais, on Wednesday.
June H.
Messrs. Fairbanks of St. Johnsbury are
considering the project of lighting their
scale works. store. and residences by the
Edison electric light.
Last week Joseph and Moses Yatter
and Fred Standish spent several days fish,
ing in Niggerhead pond, and report a
good time and lots of fish.
Ed. Harrington. who has been at work
for John Portal in Rutland for several
months, returned this week and is again
in the employ of Fisher & Cotton for a
| time.
The new or Wells comet has been
seen with the naked eye from an observa-
tory in New York. Il is in the constella-
ton Cassiopca aud will soon be promi-
nent object in the heavens.
Prof. William North Rice Of Middle
town, Conn, will preach the sermon be-
fore the seminary graduating class on the
18th of June. The professor will also
occupy the pulpit of Trinity church on the
evening of the same day.
| 4 fishing party consisting of William I.
Dewey, Albert w. Ferrin, John W. Peck,
Charles c. Ramsdell, Joseph Yatter, and
Clarence Whittier started yesterday for
week at Greensboro pond and good
time-rah for tho fish that don't get
caught.
The other day Ed. johnson and Elmer
Bliss took their little guns and killed
eleven woodchucks, and not first rate
woodchuck day either. candy" says one
of the woodchucks was rather tame
thinks it might have been somebody's PEI
but it counted.
The programme Of Brooks Post fol
Decoration Day will have the usual fea
lures of the celebration of that day il
Montpelier. and there will no doubt be. a
heretofore, many from out of town TO taxi
part in the observance. A full programme
of exercises will be printed and circulated
this week.
j The call for the republican state con
vention which meets in Montpelier in fou
weeks will be found in another place
Present indications arc that Lieut.. Gov
Barstow and Inspector of Finance Du
Bots will be promoted this year-the on
to be governor and the other treasurer
and that the congressional nomination
will fall to Ex-Gov. Stewart and Gen
Grout.
Henry A. Bowers was taken TO Windso
Monday and his trial for the mail robber
N the 18th of last January began in th
crcuit court Monday afternoon. The iur,
was out about m hour when they brough
n verdict of guilty. Bowers counse
! died a motion in arrest of judgment
claiming the proceeding should have bee
begun by indictment instead Of informa
lion. The motion has not yet been calle
+. up for argument.
: We were in error last week in saying
that the new hearso for Cutler cemetcr
was paid for out of bequest by Amir
Cummings. Miss Cummings willed on
thousand dollars, q good share of he
estate, to the Home for destitute childre
at Burlington; but the hearse was provi(
ed for entirely through the liberality {
Lucius Cummings who has in many way
shown the good that money rightly use
can accomplish.
Q MONTPELIER d WELLS RIVER RAIL
RoAD.-The annual" report of the d
D rector, which embraces fifteen month!
# shows that the receipts Of the road hav
, been, from freight, sGS,712.GS; passenger!
). $27, 418,7O; express, $2.100; mail, $500
# 50; rent of road. S1,GE.50; miscellaneous
S12.103.7S. Total receipts, $115.S47. 9S
# The total expenses of working the roa
4 during the time was S92.42G.S4; lie avin
), a balance in favor of the road for th
p fifteen months of S2s. 421.14. The expens
:. were divided up rs follows: maintenant
q of way, So, 1O1.25; maintenance of me
tive power. s9.60G.S7; cost of wOrkin
- road, SS0,772 81; cost of management
:. ES6.33S.90; miscellaneous, S2,G07.55.
:, very good showing.