Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-11-25
State News.

, 'he eoltor OF the Star says he will be
) Obliged to raise the prices Of subscription
, and advertising, or reduce the size of bis
paper, OF suspend it altogether and hints
at the latter as more probable. If be
suspends, It will be in part to recruit bis
health, which has become impaired hv
long years of hard and wearying labor
although he admits that the exorbitap,
prices Of PAPER and other articles necos
sary in printing newspaper are enough
to discourage one. We hope neighbor
r Eaton will go on with the Star. Raise
your price in proportion to the enhanced
value of stock and labor, as the merchan,s
and mechanics do. The idea that il does
not cost much to print a newspaper "a
getting about played out, and people gen.
orally are willing to pay what it is worth
The trouble has been with most of the
publishers that they have not advanced
their terms enough. While everything
they use has risen from one hundred 70
three hundred per cent, (paper, BY far
their greatest bill, the latter,) they have
thought to meet their obligations by rails.
ing their prices twenty-five or fifty per
cent. 1t has been demonstrated that this
won't do it, Calcdonian.
BARNET,-The funeral Of William
Cade took place al Barnet on the 9Th
inst. He was the son of Moses Cade
and Margaret Coveney of this town, and
was soldier in the 10Th regiment aud
was wounded at the battle Of Cold Har-
Dor, on June 81. He was removed to
the hospital at Montpelier, where he died
on the End inst. His was the first body
buried in the new cemetry which is being
laid out little north of Barnet Village,
On the next day the body Of Robert
White was buried in the same beautiful
cemetry. Born IN Renfrewshire, Scot.
land in 1909, b came 10 America in
1902 with the Allen family. He was
married to Sally Berry, and lived in
Ryegate until few years past, when he
removed to Barnet, where he died. He
was a soldier in the war OF 1912, and
leaves as an inheritance 10 bis children
an unspotted character. Thus our new
Gem t'y has been dedic tied TO its holy
purpose by consigning to its bosom the
bodies Of two soldiers who served their
country in defense OF her liberty and
rights Cdleaonian.
LARcENr.-George f. Bailey, a ma
live Of New Hampshire, was arrested ON
the llth inst by sheriff Pike, upon CON-
plant OF States Attorney Ross, charging
him with purloining certain articles from
the house of Jacob G. Hovey, of this
town. Bailey was arraigned before Jus
tice Chadwick, on Saturday last, and was
ordered to find bail 10 the sum of 5000
for his appearance at the next term of
the county court. Failing TO procure
bail he was committed. Bailey had been
hired by Mr. Hovey to work on his farm
for something like month, and the theft
was committed day or two before the
the expired. Mr. and Mrs. Hovey had
occasion to ride to Lyndon one day
short time since, and rain setting in they
tarried over night. On this night of their
absence the house was robbed. More or
less of the missing articl, have been
found and some of them in the care of
certain female acquaintance of the thief.
One of The missing articles-a pair Of
Mrs. Hovey's stockings-was found upon
the feet Of one of these women. Bailey
acknowledged that he had in his possess
sion gold and silver money TO the amount
OF 1925, 3 cotton shirts, 4 pairs ladies
stockings, gold ring and pair of nit
tens the property of Mr.. Hovey, but
this does not include all Of their lost prop
erty.-- Caledonian.
SAD Accumulation our cores
pondent in Cabot we learn the particu-
lars Of sad accident which occurred 10
that town on the 10th inst. While many
of the citizens were engaged in firing a
salute in honor of the election of Lincoln
and johnson, the fifth discharge was pre-
mature and severely injured Mr.. Byron
j. Lance, Mr.. Harry Dow and Mr.. ST.
mon Heath. Lance was thumbing the
gun and was badly burned on the breast
and face. Heath aud Dow were ram
ming the cartridge BOWS hands were
severely injured, but no bones broken.
Heath's left hand was so badly shattered
that amputation was found necessary and
was performed by DR.. Wiswall. The
first two named are doing well but the
last is in a critical condition. The acct