Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-07-25
Margaret Fitzpatrick of Northliold wa

a COLLISION on the River road della yet
the Sunday morning train some hire,
hours.
u w. +. Adams has remodelod the front
door and windows of his store on Main
street.
The Cab shop started up with part of its
force on Monday, having been shut down
three weeks.
Rumor has it that George Jacobs is
having trouble in Boston ovor crooked
financial transactions.
For some reason bobolinks have been
very scarce this year. Their cheerful
songs have been rarely heard in our fields
this season.
The Montpelier & Wells River railroad
company give an excursion to Weirs, N.
H., on the 18th of August. Fare for the
round trip $3.50
Harold Sprague of Chicago, son of the
late Wooster Sprague of this place, ac-
his mother in town.
Senator Edmunds and family have finish.
ed their southern and western trip of three
months which they have greatly enjoyed.
The senator returned to Burling ton Mon
day, his family having arrived there few
| days before.
The Boston Herald runs spe cial SUM-
day train over the Montpelier & Wells
River railroad through to Mon tpelier to
deliver the Sunday Herald along the line.
The first train through was last Sunday
and arrived in town about -: 80.
One Huntington of Marshfie Id was
arrested by Policeman Ordway o satur-
day last for intoxication. On Mo nday he
was brought before Justice o. D. Clark.
disclosed on Jesse Cayhue and the regular
fine was imposed. Cayhue appeal cd.
Lovers of peaches-which means. all our
readers-will be pleased to know in spite
of the baleful frosts of the early summer,
which killed the crop even more co implicitly
than usual, there will be a bount iful crop
AS usual. While there may no be quite
as many as last year, the quality will be
better.
Mr.. Walter Scranton, who represented
Vergennes in 1873 and 1880 was robbed of
a valuable horse and wagon on the 18th
inst. They were taken from his stable by
a noted thief named Jim Brady, and were
recovered and the thief arrest ed. Mr..
Scranton now lives in New Ro' ;helle, N.
Y, and is the vice president of the Scran-
ton steel company which has an Office at
Sc Broadway, New York.
John H. Huse, the "jolly butch En-" and
his meat cart, were most uncerinloniously
dumped" this forenoon while trying to
"iump rope" over Tor under) one of the
guy.ropes of Mr.. Shambo's derrick; SO
far as heard from, the damage resulting
from this mishap was the breaking of a
wagon-spring and-"both of Johns legs
Just above his elbows" as was at first re.
ported.
A timely discovery, on Monday after
noon, prevented what might have proved
a disastrous fire in the store of G. Scribner
at the Berlin end of the Arch bridge. The
fire originated in some shavings and
rubbish underneath the tloor-but how, is
mystery; when discovered it was well
under way. 1t was extinguished through
the efforts of Mr.. Eben Scribner, who fell
and injured his hip badly while at work.
The damage to the floor made the relaying
of portion of it necessary.
selves and earning little something
besides, picking raSpberries, which are
very plenty and fine, especially in the
vicinity of the Junction. At first the
urchins had corner" on the berries and
their price was 20 cents quart. Now
the berries have "corner" on them by
reason of their Righteousness and the
price has fallen to 8 cents and will soon
be 6. So the skillfuI housewife will lay
in stores of jam and shrub galore.
A couple of heifers which c. f. House
of Berlin, had sold John Huse for beef
caused considerable excitement by getting
away last Tuesday and resisting all
attempts at recapture the balance of that
week. When thought to have been safely
secured one of them got away flom its
captors when near the slaughter house.
and was shot by Carl L. Smith from his
house, but continued to run till it dropped
dead from internal hemorrhage. The
carcass was pronounced unfit for beef and
was buried.
John NJ. Elkins died very suddenly, of
diphtheria, at half past eleven o'clock on
Saturday evening. Not feeling well. he
gave up work Tuesday, but kept about
and was upon the street as late as Friday
morning, not taking his bed till that even
ing. In few hours his physician said he
could not live-that there was no help for
him. He was buried at four o'clock on
Sunday morning in the Cutler cemetery,
where burial service was held by Rev. J.
Edward Wright. John had experienced
many of the ups and downs of life during
his 25 years. residence in Montpelier. AT
one time he was in the livery business,
and at another he kept hotel. For the
past four years he had been in the employ
of Z. NJ Irish at the Union House stables.
His age was nearly AZ years.
CHELsEA.-B. T. Dickinson has bought