Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1864-04-15
State News.

a long shore boatman week ago las
Thursday, was brother of L. j. Albro
Bennington Center, and letter to hin
from his brother, S. w. Albro, in New
York, gives fuller particulars than WI
have yet seen. 1t seems that the muir
dered man was taking on load Of Liv
erpool coal from a large ship, to take Il
Newark, N. j., and when he commenced
loading his boat the men on the ship per
sisted in dumping it down before he wa:
ready for it, at which behavior he re-
monstrated, and some angry words fol-
lowed. This was on Thursday morning
They work d along this way until
Thursday afternoon, at about two o'clock
AT this time the deceased, with an assist
ant, was engaged in leyeling off the
coal, when Foley, bis murderer, threw
with both hands piece of coal about
the size of "a IA 10. weight, which hit him
upon the top of his head, causing almost
instant death. The only words he spoke
were "good bye" Foley had threaten
ed at d ifferent times that he, would
make him (Albro) corpse" or some
thing to that effect and Albro told his
wife when eating dinner THAI he believed
they were determined to kill him.
The deceased was 48 years of age
Banner.
BURGLARY.--The cellar OF DR.. L. n.
S. Morgan, who has lately moved into
the house for some two years occupied
by Mr.. Calvin Norton, on Main ST., in
this village, was entered by the outer en-
trance-way on Saturday night, aud rob
bed of some eight or ten lbs. OF choice
roll butter, which, in the present high
price of the article, was quite little
lift. Nothing else was disturbed, as the
family could discover, which clearly
shows that they knew what they most
wanted and Just achere TO put their hands
on it. They were heard, but the Dr..
supposed it was some member of the
family that was up and moving around
and did not get up aud institute search
till morning, when upon looking into the
butter jar the mystery was solved.-D.
ANOTHER OLD CITIZEN CONE
We this week are called upon to record
the death Of one of Benuington's oldest
and most esteemed fellow citizens, IT. the
person of JEDADIAH DEWEY, Esq, who
departed this life, peacefully and calmly,
on the morning Of Thursday last, at the
age of SO years. In the death Of Mr..
Dewey, we need not say that the town
has lost one Of its most worthy, honored
and useful citizens the family circle rob-
bed of familiar and beloved form, that
for many years had been its center OF
happiness and supreme enjoyment. He
was OF the um b e T that can boast Of
many friends and few enemies. When
such men die, the question naturally
forces itself upon the minds, "where are
we to look for others to ill their pIaces:"
His funeral was attended at his late res
idence, on Friday afternoon by Il large
number Of relatives aud friends; and a
truthful and forci5le discourse, appropri
ate to the occasion, was preached by the
Rev. c. Il. Hubbard, Of the Congrega-
tional Church after which his remains
were taken to The Cemetery in the Cen
ter Village, and inferred with those Of
lis numerous deacendants.-I6.
EGGs TRAORDINARY.-Sinc our last {
issue we have tried in vain to convince a
some of our friends that our story Of last a
week of the egg being six inches in d. {
dmeter, was true, but ON further reAec- /
ton, and since that would make an egg t
the size of ordinary stove pipe, we are b
bound TO believe that our reporter meant t
to have said six inches the shortest way. a
A Putney friend, is decidedly inclined to i
poke fun at the aforesaid story, and to r
match it cites US the man out west who n
said to the Yankee their honey bees out y
there were "about the size Of your sheep!' n
He thinks this biddie is head Of old 4
Abe on reconstruction, and that in her
eggstraordinary efforts, she must at least =.
''left' herself if not the country.--Rel-
lo,os Falls Times. +
NARROW EsCAPE.-Sergeant Chris d
LOpher Rice, of this place, who enlisted g
in the 10th Regiment Vermont Volun- II
.eers, and who was recently engaged d
with the rebels on the Rapidan narrow g
Iy escaped with his life He had found p
some steel breastplates used by the reb- u
els, and put them in the lining OF his "
vest, and an ounce ball from the enemy ~
atrdck this plate directly over the heart. =
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