Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-03-09
Local News.


meeting In Coventry, last Tuesday,
the following persons were elected
officers. Moderator, Hon. Josiah B.
Wheelock Clerk, G. Boynton; Sc
lectmen, l.. Soper, c. Ide, G. W. True !;
Listers, E. Wright, j. G. Barker, J. ".
Mitchell; Constable, W. W. Frost :;
Overseer Of the poor, J. B. Wheelock );
Town agent and Trustee of the Sur
plus Fund, Hon. E. Cleveland; Super
intendent, Rev. A. r. Gray; Grand
Jurors, c. Thrasher, Ell. s. JONES'
Rev. ?. FL. White was appointed to
prepare Soldiers Record, under the
Statute Of 1854, and the town 7oted
to have five hundred copies printed.
A tax of seventy cents on the dollar
was raised to defray the current ex-
penses for the coming year. The
panper expenses Of last year were only
S25 LAT, and there are only two per
sons dependent On the town.
BARToN.-Wm. Graves, Clerk; I.
Baker, Cyrus Eaton, B. NJ. r. Nelson,
Selectmen; I. c. Cobb Treasurer =
Lyndon Robinson. Oycrsepr of the
Poor; j. Buswell, Constable; A. B.
M"thowson, L. W. Simpson, NJ. F.
Blake, Lis ters; A. C. Robinson
Trustee; E. Barnard, A. G. Robinson,
|. X. Drew, Auditors, S. Drew. ].
Colly, c. G. Drown, Grand Jurors
&. ii, Blake, Superintendent; W. W.
Circuit, Town Agent.
GLovER.-Jamcs Simonds. Town
Clerk; Hiram Mcclellan. E. O. Ran
dali, n. A. Blanchard, Selectmen. J.
oimonds, Town Treasurer;. Joseph
Dwincll, Overseer of the Poor: John
Jenness, First Constable; j. Simonds.
John Clark, Benz. Hancock, Listers ::
H. Mcclellan, Town Agent; F. P.
Cheney, Town Superintendent.
The town is out Of debt, and there
Is money in the trcaswey; the town
voted to raise ten cents on the dollar
of the Grand list to pay the current
expenses Of the year. What town
can beat this after four years of war =?
BROwNINGToN.-E. W. Trow. Clerk
VIM. Twombly, L. D. Stevens. John
GiliiIliD, Selcctmen; :. Seavcv
ComstabIe; J. Wilson, R. p: Goodall
d. O. Parlin, Listers; Chester Gil
bert, James Wilson, r. P. GoodalI.
Auditors; 0. Ii. Austin. Superinten-
dent; R. P. Goodall, Agent; VIM.
Spencer, Trustee; Overseer of poor.
VIM. TwOmbly.
Voted tax of IS per cent.
GREENsBORO.-A. Worcester. Clerk:
j. NJ. Smith, \. McCIaren, J. A. Saw
yer, Seiectmen; J. Piracy, Treasurer:
}. Simpson, Ovcrseer; B. :. Wilson,
Constable; J. Simpson, L. 4. Jack
son, R. Edison, Listers; 5. Ingalls,.
Agent; l.. A. Jackson, Superinten-
dent.
NEwPoRT.-Clerk and Treasurer.
Royal Cummings; .5eIectmen, Lucius
Robinson, G. L, Sleeper, d. Holbrook:
Ovcrseer Of Poor, Freeman Miller:
Constable, A. Parker; Listers. B. R.
McClary, D. L. Hildrcth, G. R. Lane:
Town Agent, j. 7. Allen; Superin-
tendent, D. X. Simonds.
lRAsBURGH.-Clerk and Treasurer
Thomas Jameson; Selcctmen. Reuben
Lockwood, |. n. Cushman, Jonas Kid
der; Overseer of Poor and Poor
Farm. Henry Somers; First Consta-.
BILE, ). G. Bean; Listers, B. F. Tower.
}. l.. Dodge, David Webster; Town
Agent, |. \. Cushman Town Super-
C. |. Vail.
The town voted to raise 100 cents
on the dollar, which it is calculated
will pay the current expenses of the
town and put $500 in the treasury.
The town bounty of 5000 which
was asked for those soldiers who had
for the credit of the town of
lrasburgh, and who had never received
any town bounty, was voted down
unanimously-not avoice beingraised
in its favor.
SALEN.-Clerk, David Hopkinson
oelectmen, E. H. Lathe, L. Shedd, n. /
Nye; Treasurer. J. Wilson; Overseer
W. II. Kingsley; Constable, J. NJ. |
Grow; Listers, F. Blake, E. H. Lathe.
D. Hopkinson; Trustee, j. Wilson, |
Town Agent, W. II. Kingsley; Super
ntendant, j. NJ. Grow. Voted a tax
IF 60 per cent.
DERBY.-Jos. Bates, I'd. town clerk
md treasurer; Chas. B. Child. q. F.
Darling, ". B. Cobb; Chas. B. Child
'verseer of the poor; Andrew ]. All
pee, constable and collector: Al
Martin, I'd constable; Elisha Lane
Nm' Collier, Chauncey Wilson, list
RS; NJ. Carpenter, Ira Camp. A. T.
FOSTER. auditors; E. Stewart trustee
II surplus money; NJ. Carpenter
own agent; 5. Goodenoug,, superin-
endent of schools; Chas. B. Child
jhas. A. Harris, Joseph Bates, ID. E.