Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1883-11-07

Webster's
Frank II. Bascom has purchased the
Arson Davis house on State street, paylng
go GOO.
Workmen have been covreing the new
double track bridge across the "branah
the past few days.
Frank Dewey is 10 occupy the tenement
i, Mrs. A. l.. Cartoons house recently
vacated by A. G. Stone.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
State Agricultural Society will be held at
the Bardwell House, Rutland, Wednesday,
November l4th, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
Robert O'Neil of east Montpelier and
Edgar Trainor of Barre were arrested
Sunday for intoxication. Monday they
were brought before Justice Clark and
fined five dollars and costs.
Robert Wheaton has moved into the
Rev. Chas. S. Smith house on Baldwin
street, Mr.. Smith having removed into the
Brooks house on Bailey avenue which he
recently exchanged his place for.
A car loaded with charcoal, which was
standing on the side.track near Smiths
charcoal kiln on the Montpelier e. Wells
River Railroad was totally consumed last
Saturday. The coal had been loaded hast
ilv, and evidently before the fire was en-
irely extinct.
Mr.. J. w. Hobart has been asked to
take step higher in the Central Vermont
railroad and has been appointed general
manager of the road. Mr.. Hobart has
long been the general superintendent and
has always proved himself the right man
in the right place.
The four hundredth anniversary of Mar
tin Luther's birth is to be observed in
Montpelier next Sunday evening by a.
general gathering in Bethany church at
o'clock. The pastors Of all the Protestant
churches in town have been invited to
participate and meeting of unusual
interest may be expected.
The Vermont Conference for 1884 will
be held in Montpelier, the Methodist So
ciety having rendered the use of its church
for the purpose, while the people will
provide lodgings for preachers and their
wives, and the visiting brethren. Mr..
Chester Clark of the American House will
provide meals at low rates, and the
preachers will pay their own bills for
board.
Daniel Mckinley, an employe in Van
Dykes saw mill at McIndoes Falls, was
instantly killed while at work Tuesday
morning. He was tending a rope and
spool operated by machinery which were
drawing logs from the river. He was
drawn into the rope and thrown against
the edge of the spool, which took the top
OF his head entirely of. Mckinley was IS
years Old and came from Canada His
mother is a widow and depended on him
for support.
At the annual meeting of Engine Com
pany No. 4, held at the engine house last
Thursday evening, after choosing Hiram
Atkins as moderator, the company elected
the following officers to serve for the
coming year, Foreman, z. w. Brown;
first assistant foreman, VIM. Canning;
second assistant foreman, James Canning;
clerk, I. j. keegan; treasurer, Hiram
Atkins; steward, o. G. Miles. The COM
pany are 10 or - men short of the 60
members exempted from poll tax by the
town and now would be a good time
10 get n chance to "run NIT the engine"
Nineteen members of the Capitol Guards
participated in a target shoot last Friday
afternoon. The day was cold and windy
with now and then a snow squall to add
interest to the occasion. The target was
set up in Sabin's pasture and ten shots
each were fired-fve at a range of three
hundred and five at five hundred yards.
Captain Kemp led, as a good captain
should, with n score of 81 Janus Crossett
came next with 30, n. Brasau and Arthur
Cheney each scored %, o. D. Clark 81,
and from this down to Corporal Arthur
Eaton who declined to even touch little
penny sheet with no profit in it.
On Wednesday afternoon Of last week
the Central Vermont woodshed near
Montpelier Junction burned with four
hundred and thirty cords of wood. All
trains were delayed several hours, being
unable to pass by it. A fire alarm was
sounded in Montpelier, at 1890 p. NJ. No.
engine company went. Engine went
down on train and remained until five
o'clock the next morning, keeping the fire
wet down, enabling the trains to pass after
Gr. NJ. The boys had hard night of it,
and deserve great credit for going in
response 10 the call, and ought to be
handsomely paid for their services as they
probably will be by the railroad company.
Mr.. A. f. Poole, artist, of Poole u
Norris, photographers, OF BrocKton, MASS,
has recently made a fine drawing of our
village and proposes having it published
if sufficient pecuniary encouragement can
be secured.
The view is taken from tho Berlin bill
and shows the village to the best advan-
tage we have ever seen in any photograph
or sketch of the place and will be Of
great value to all present or former inhab-
tants of the place. A noticeable feature
Of the picture will be Il small vigne,te OF
Montpelier as it appeared in 1921.
The size Of the Autograph will be 22x9O
and The publishers require 200 subscrip'
tons to secure its publication at the very
reasonable price of $3.50 per copy.
The view will be presented to our citi