Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1867-10-04
State News.

SICK OF LIFE.--Abel Shonyo, a
prisoner confined in our county Jail
for stealing horse in Duxbury, com
mitted suicide by strangling himself
with his suspenders, on SATURDAY.
night last. Shonyo had served cred
itably in the army, during the rebel
lion, and remorse at being detected in
such crime as that for which he was
incarcerated doubtless led to this fa-
tai act.-Freeman. r5 -I .r +
ToBE HUNG.-We learn from an
exchange that Alanson Stoddard, form
erly resident of Granville, n. Y,
who was arrested in Poultney few
months since charged with stealing a
horse, is now in Canadian prison,
under sentence of death, for the mur-
der of Joseph Carey, his brother-in-
law.
Alfred Eddy of Marshfeld, dug 1O6
Stevens potatoes from one hill
A DRUNKEN Row.--Wednesday
morning of this week, Thomas Var
ney and Anthony -, an Irishman
and Frenchman employed by the
railroad company, got crazy drunk,
got up fight, got hand -cufed, got in
to lawsuit, and got into Jail. No
one knows where they got their rum,
but they first appeared at the Lyn-
don Centre grocery where they want
ed to get up row, but the keeper
closed up and left them seeking for
prey in the middle of the road. From
here they went over to Walkers ho-
tel, demanded some rum, and failing
to obtain it began raid on the house
Alvin Wilson, who was there taking
care of the sick, appealed to them to
deslst, as there was corpse in the
house and a number of the inmates
very sick. Infuriated by this appeal
they knocked Wilson down and pro-
ceeded to demolish doors and chairs
and to knock down whomsoever they
met. 1t took dozen men to arrest
and handcuff them, and even after be-
ing handcufed one of them Jumped
and kicked S. R. McGaffey in the face,
giving him a clear view of a number
of several first class constellat tions.-
In the evening they were tried before
Justice McGaffey and fined So each
and costs for drunkenness, amounting
to $25 each. They were afterwards
arrested for resisting the officer and
bound up in the sum of 5000 each,
failing to procure which they were
carried to Jail Thursday morning.
! Vermont Union.
STATE FAIR.-The st. Adams Mes
senger makes the following comment
upon the recent State Fair, which from
personal observations We believe to
be eminently true:
As was to be expected from its To-
cation, the contributions to, and the
attendance on the Fair from the north
ern and eastern portions of the State
was next to nothing; and they will
continue to be a diminishing quantity
as long as the society persists in this
out-of-the way arrangement. To call
al exhibition weak in all its depart
ments except horses and cattle and
almost entirely destitute of some of
our chief products a State Fair is ccr-
tainly misnomer. We shall do bet
ter things in Franklin County, next
week.
So shall we in Rutland County do
better things next week.
ISLAND PoND.-Saturday, the 21st
inst, JOHNNY Hobson, lad of nine
years, son of 5. d. HObson, of this
place, in leaping upon an empty plat
form car, fell between two cars, and
was not rescued till the remainder of
the train, four cars, passed over him.
He fortunately escaped with his life,
but one leg was dreadfully mangled,
the flesh being completely peeled from
the bone about half the length of the
limb.
A few days since, one of the en-
lployees of the Grand Trunk, named
Rousesew, was detected in the act of
stealing a chest of tea from a car
He took the first train for Canada
and has not since been heard from
Catedonian. af
About 4.30 am, Wednesday, the
watchman of the st Albans Foundry
buildings discovered that the cupola
of the moulding furnace was on fire.
and Immediately gave the alarm
which aroused Mr.. Hiram Pierce OF
the "American House" who, with his
Howe Fire Extinguisher. proceeded
to the fire. Notwithstanding the in
terror of the eupola was thoroughly
on fire, Mr.. Pierce's Extinguisher to-
gether with a small one carried by
his son, soon subdued the fire. A
strong south wind was blowing, and
the prompt appearance of Mr.. Pierce
with his machine undoubtedly pre-
vented an extensive fire. The fire
had its origin in chimney of one of
the smelling furnaces which had been
newly lined and in which a fire was
kept to dry the lining.-Iranscrfpt
SUDDEN DEATH.-Last NJ on y
might George Drew, Of West Con
cord, died instantly in bed. He
worked as usual Monday, but com
planned of feeling unwell. When he
retired in the evening he told his
wife that he could not live long as he
then felt, and soon afterwards threw
his hands over his head, seized the
head board, drew himself up to it.,
and Immediately expired. Mr.. Drew
was about rs years old. and was the