Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1860-03-16
Local Items.

Tuesday last. Owing to the badness Of
the going the attendance from other towns
than Bloomington was somewhat limited.
The Secretary being absent, DIR. d. w.
I Blanchard Of Coventry was elected Ser
Rotary pro tenn. An address was deliv-
cred by the Rev. Pliny II. White, on
the Early Poets Of Vermont" Thomas
Rowley, Josias Lyndon Arnold, and
Royal Tyler. Other assignments were
postponed on account Of the absence of
those who we're expected to perform
them.
The Society voted to hold its next
quarterly meeting at Glover, on the 9Th
day Of June. That is the 50th anniver-
sary Of the running away Of Long Pond,
and the Rev. Pliny II. White was APP
pointed to prepare paper on that event.
Several accounts have been published,
some Of them quite inaccurate, and it is
understood that this will be prepared
from records and recollections Of an eye
witness, and so will be strictly accurate.
Other exercises will take place at the
same meeting.
TRIAL FOR ARsUN.--We publish
elsewhere an editorial article from the
Sherbrooke Gazette, briefly reviewing
a late trial for arson had in that place,
in which Messrs. Solomon Steele and J.
w. Steele, his son, were charged with
having fired their own buildings in No
vember, 1856, for the purpose of de-
frauding the Insurance Company. This
trial appears to have excited much inter
est in that quarter where the respondents
live, both from the crime of which they
stood charged and their high standing as
men. Mr.. Steele has many friends in
this State who will feel an interest in this
trial, and we willingly transfer the ar
ticle alluded to TO our columns, as giving
the very proper feeling experienced
among tho-e who are acquainted with all
the facts in the case.
FoUSD DEAD.-On Friday morning
last, G. /. Drew Of Barton, was found
dead in his bed, although he retired Mt
night in his usual health. His wife rot
up 10 the morning, cooked breakfast, and
returned to the room to call him when
she found that he was dead.
AccIDENT.-Mr. George Ranger, of
this village, a hard working man. met
with severe accident on last Thursday.
He was at work in the saw mill, and in
gigging back by some means his foot was
caught and terribly mangled before he
could be released.
Cow DRowNED.-Mr. b. +. Shaw
OF this village, one day last week, lost a
valuable COW by drowning in the creek.
Our readers may think this pretty small
" item," but it (the cow is quite an
item to Mr.. Shaw.
CT The following is a corrected list of
the Glover town officers:-
ovER.-Clerk and Treasurer.
James Simonds; Selectmen, Joseph II.
Dwinell, Hiram Phillips, Charles Cut
Ter; Constable, Charles II. Dwinell;
Listers, James Simonds, William Mer-
riam, John Clark; Superintendent, S.
r. b. Perkins; Trustee, Royal Page
Town Agent, Solomon Dwinell; Over
seer Of the Poor, Amos p. Bean.
COUNTY CoMMIssToNER.--Mr. S.
G. Bean, is elected County Commits
sioner for the ensuing year. Holland
cast no vote for commissioner, because
they supposed they had no right to from
the fact that no article to that effect had
been put in the warning. That her citi-
zens may know in future what to do in
such a case, we will say that they can
vote just as well without warning as
with one, for the courts have decided that
the freemen shall not be deprived from
expressing their preferences because of
the failure Of an officer to do his duty.