Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-01-20
SuooKINe AcoIDENT- On the 9th

bridge, Wnlle cutting mill-lOgs WIN
} Amasa Wilcox, had his foot caught
by falling tree, which held him fast
till Mr.. Wilcox could chop off the log
to liberate him, which occupied
nearly half an hour. On arriving at
the house, two miles distant, it was
found that amputation was necessary,
which was performed on the 7th by
Drs. R. L. Flagg Of Jacksonville,
assisted by A. Parsons Of Cambridge.
and j. FL. Richardson ofWestford.
Mr.. Holmes had two sons: one
enlisted in Co. E. 18th VT, and died
in the service, and last fall he let the
other son go for one year, and was
striving to get along without their
help till the year should come round.
-NcWsdealer.
The Mansfield Hotel Company, at
Stowe, are building a monster barn
in rear of the old Mansfield House,
for the accommodation of the horses
necessarily connected with such an
establishment. 1t is 1870 feet long
by 81 feet wide and calculated to
stable 100 horses. There are three
general passages the whole length OF
the barn, one of which is intended
for the storage of carriages. There
is to be cellar under the whole.
All the buildings between the new
and the old houses are to be removed,
that the prospect in that direction
may be unobstructed.
In the new house, a large room
AS by 60 feet, is being fitted up in
the basement of the cast end for
laundry purposes.
Alterations are to be made in the
arrangement of some Of the rooms,
giving room for the accommodation
of many more visitOrs.-Nersdeaier.
In q recent number Of a rebel
sheet, the Augusta, Ca, Chronicle,
sent US by a friend in the Army, we
find an order from A. r. Wright,
i President OF the Senate, commanding
the Georgia Militia, appointing Capt.
NJ. Dwinnell Acting Assistant Adju-
tant General, for the Militia head.
quarters at Augusta. Capt. Melvin
Dwinnell is a Vermonter, and a
graduate of the University Of
Vermont of the class of 1S49. He
went south soon after, and at the
opening OF the war was editing the
/ Rome Ca Courier. He went into
/ the rebel army as LIST Lieutenant of
q Rome militia company, on the first
outbreak of hostilitics, and has since
been steadily in the rebel service,
having been once or twice wounded,
the last time at Gettysburg. He APP
pears to have but very little ad-
yanced in rank, perhaps owing to
the fact that he is a renegade
Vermonter.-Frcc Pass.
REBEL BARBARITY.-Capt. VIM. NJ.
Beeman, 1st Vt. Cavalry, has reached
his home in St. Adams, having atlastI
been released from captivity. Capt
Beeman's experience as a prisoner
among the rebels has been long and
severe. He was captured in Virginia
Oct, 18th, 1868, and was incarcerated
in Libby Prison, Richmond, from Oct
1858, to May 7th, 1864; was taken
thence to Macon, Ga, where bel
arrived May 18th, and stayed until
July 2Sth, when he was sent by cars
to Charleston, S. G. He escaped
from the cars July 29th, was pur-
sued by bloodhounds and was re-
captured. He arrived at Charleston
Aug. %, 1864, and was under fire
two months; was taken thence toI
Columbia, S. G, and parolod Dec. 8 /
arrived at Annapolis, Dee. 18th, and |
at st. Adams Dec. 28th. Capt !
Beeman is new very i'll in conse-
quence of the privations he has
endured, but we sincerely trust that
the lie OF one who has suffered so
much for his country will be spared,
and that he may gain strength to do |
battle again with the brutal foe, at
whose hands he has experienced |
such cruel Observation-Disclosures gt0&
Times.
Rev. II. Garfield of the Advent
Church, Waterbury, enjoyed a do
nation visit Friday, which added to
his worldly goods to the amount of
$465.
A good story is told of an old
lady in Richie County, West Virgin
ia, who owned a large tract ofbarren
land which she could not sell, and
who took the advice of a visitor and
poured some petroleum oil along the
streams which meandered drought
She sold her land at q fabulous
price, the owners agreeing to give
the lady one-eighth of the oil. The
old lady thought she had a pretty
good joke on the spectators, but it