Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1884-01-23

visit TO the Capital last week.
Rev. ID. E. Miller will preach 8
Wrightsvile, at 2 Z. NJ next Sunday.
Ills Mr.. Clarence Pierce who has rentet
ihe rooms in the bakery building of Cros
& SON
There will be preaching at the Mors
school house, in East Montpelier, mex
Sunday at 2:l5.
Charlie, son of w. f. Adams, has bee
wy sick the past few days, but is M or
comfortable to-day.
Miss Annette Upham starts to morrow
iot Florida, where she will spend tn
remainder of the winter.
Joseph Gravlin, son of Francis Gravlin
died this, Wednesday, morning, after ,
painful illness of several months, aged s.
years.
On Monday, Mrs. t. o. Bailey ant
dau Inter started for Milwaukee, Wis.
where they are to make their future
residence.
The State Board of Agricultural vii
hold two days meeting at Waits6eld
February 9th and 9Th, and at Chelsea The
7th and Sth.
The condit ion Of John Gravelin, who
has been very sick the past week with
rheumatism and heart trouble, was some
b,,,ov IN Tuoo6au
Henry X. Fields, Esq, of San Francis
co, California, arrived in town on Thurs
day evening of last week, accompanied by
his eldest son. They are to return next
week.
A. 0. Cummins slipped and fell, strik-
ing on his back, as he was coming out Of
the postoflice Monday evening. and while
hi, injuries are not serious they have
famed him so us 10 confine him to his
house for Il few days.
A hearing has been appointed at West
Randolph, on the 9th, to obtain permit of
the court for The receiver of the Ely Over.
monty copper mines to sell mining pro.
perly. There are two or three buyers in
the field. The prospects are good that
work will soon resume in this important
mine, which has been ly ing idle since the
famous riot few months since.
At meeting of members of the WASH
ington county bar at North field Saturday,
Frank Pumley of Mortified. j. A. Wing
of MONTPELIER and ". p. Dillingham; OF
Waterbury were appointed committee
to present resolutions at the next term OF
the court relative TO Heman Carpenter.
James N. Johnson of Mortified was
appointed to prepare and read sketch of
Mr.. Carpenter at the same time.
On Tues day night of last week the
Chas. A. Reed house, occupied by Rev.
II. Hincks, narrowly escaped burning
from stove in the hall up stairs, in which
fire was kept for the purpose of keeping
the water tank from freezing. The hired
girl made a rousing fire in it, but before
retiring Mr.. Hincks looked in to see that
things were all right for the night and
found the doors, castings and woodwork
all but ignited from the heat.
A paragraph in Saturdays Boston Her.
ad announces that "Col. Albert Clarke
has sold and transferred the Saturday
Times and Yankee Blade, and the con.
tracts and accounts appertaining thereto,
to Mr.. Edward G. Davis and Mr.. II.
Irving Dllenback, who have been associ'
ated with him in conducting these papers
for some time past. Col. Clarke will
pro ably soon resume his connection with
daily journalism in another state.'
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union of Washington county will hold
temperance convention at Marshfield,
commencing Wednesday evening and
continuing through the next day and
evening. Address on Wednesday evening
by Mrs Z. G.. Greene of St. Adams. 1t
is important that full representation be
present, as business relating to the tenn
pcrance interests of the county will come
before The convention. Other temperance
organizations and churches in towns where
no W. G.. L. u. exists are invited to send
two representatives each. The usual
courtesy OF return checks will doubtless
be extended by the railroads to all persons
p1ying full fare one way. All are invited
to be present Mrs. b. p. ELMER,
Vice pres, Wash. Co.
Financial Statement of Washington
County.
George w. Reed, treasurer, in account
with Washington county:
DEBIT
3 aaa aa.E ~ old window. sold s
December II. 1893, cash received from state
treasurer for peders license, 5O.5s
ryl 1884 60ls
Total sl,796.49
by amount of orders paid in 1883, S69a62
b. 6r oI o1SaranSe 20 3n teasn2er 900
January I, Isl, Balance to new account. .1.olTO6
Total. si.7oe49
have audited and settled the account
OF tha treasurer of Washington county, as
above, this 1st day of January, 1884.
MELVILLE E. SMILE, auditor.
We have examined the foregoing settle
ment Of the treasurer's account, and APP
prove the same. We further find there is
due the county for rent of town clerks
office the sum of 500, and there is an
outstanding indebtedness of the county to
the amount of S2O7 "a, for which orders
have been drawn. but not presented to the
treasurer for payment.
J. II. HASTINGS, . Judges of