Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-10-10

Dexter Moody is now filling the position
of clerk at the Bishop house.
Edwin Mutt, son of Henry Mutt. who
has been quite sick with diphtheria, is out
again.
Nathaniel H. Stratton died at his resi-.
dence on Wednesday evening a. o'clock,
aged 67 years.
Richard Blackhall of Montpelier was
granted hill of divorce from his wife by
the court to-day.
The French estate has decided TO put
flat roof on the east side of the Arch block
now being remodeled.
A three year old son of w. E. Hubbard
is very sick with typhoid pneumonia, and
not expected to recover.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. c. F. Fuller
erton, with children, started for their new
home, Minneapolis, MINI.
VERMONT PHARMACISTS Vermont
pharmacists association will hold their
annual meeting in Brattleboro, Wednesday
and Thursday.
Martin Koran has purchased the farm
of the late John Jangraw on Gould Hill,
paying $l,G25; possession taken on the
day of the purchase.
Steadman j. Wheeler of Pittsfeld, VT,
formerly a well known boot maker of
Montpelier is in town visiting old friends
and acquaintance.
There were two funerals at the Catholic
church on Sunday forenoon. that of
Patrick Lynch of Moretown and Mrs.
Sweeney who died at Montpelier Junction.
Patrick Lynch, an estimable citizen of
Moreown, died on Thursday of last week,
the result of the bursting of blood vessel
few days before, caused by slipping and
falling. His age was g. years.
Among the cases of dptheria reported
is that of Daniel Taylor, the barber, who
is very sick and also William Whitcomb b,
new resident in town, residing in one of
the Kinsman tenement houses on Barre
street.
The auction sale to-day of the house and
furniture of John P. Dewey takes place
Mr.. Dewey and family are to start next
week for Florida, their future home Mr..
Ezra f. Kimball is to accompany them 10
spend the winter.
James R. Langdon is now laying water
pipe from his residence to his lot in Green
Mount cemetery, land is also having mon.
ument cut at the granite works of Wet
more & Morse of Barre, one of the stones
of which is the largest ever quarried at
Barre.
Mrs CIV. Willard, Miss Mary Willard,
Eliza May Willard and Master Charles
w. Willard, with Misses Ionic and Adah
Richardson, left Montpelier. Tuesday. for
New York where, Wednesday, they took
the steamer Galla for Europe. There
are fourteen in the party, among the mum.
Der being Miss Cora A May of Milwau-
kee. They intend remaining about year.
Miss Flora H. Averll will give dramatic
reading at Town Hall, Barre, Saturday
evening, October 18th. Miss Averill has
the very best of testimonials. She recently
gave reading in Groton, Conn, and a
friend who was present, writes to another
friend in Mortified: SHOULD she come
again we have no hall that would seat
those that would wish to hear her.
On Saturday afternoon the Central VT.
engine sent several loaded cars flying
into the Montpelier & Wells River, r
r. yard. The engine being uncoupled
from them, the brakeman not being able
to hold them with the brakes when
he disc overed that they were going into
the rear end OF a M. & w. r. freight
train which was making up on side
track and had been backed too near the
switch TO allow the other one to pass. |
The conclusion caused several cars 10 be
thrown from the track breaking hunters,
draw bars, ETC., doing damage to the
amount of some 5000. The brakeman
had narrow escape.
On Saturday afternoon the house and
horse barn of VIM. Harrison Lombard of
Montpelier, who lives just out of the
village on the Worcester Branch road,
was burned to the ground. The alarm
was speedily given in the village and the
whole fire department promptly responded
to the call and were soon on hand but
the fire had got under such Roadway no
effort was made to save the burning
buildings, but three large barns, contain |
ing over sixty tons of hay, on the opposite |
side of the road were saved by their |
eff ,rts, the wind blowing directly from the !
fire towards them. The main cellar of the |
house contained three hundred bushels of
potatoes and the same number of bushels |
of beets and several barrels of saltl pork. |
These were all saved in good condition by |
throwing n stream of water upon the floor |
of the house, preventing it from burning /
and falling in upon them. The fire is
supposed to have caught from defective
chimney in the oil part, the roof being all
on fire when discovered. The property |
was insured in the Farmers Mutual as
follows: $1,000 on the house, $500 on the |
furniture, 5000 on the barn and 300 on
provisions. The loss has been settled by |
the company by paying the full amount
OF the house, barn and provisions, $1,000, |
and 500 on the furniture which was
mostly saved. This covers all the loss but |
about $3.50 on the barn.