Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-08-04
Local News.
ALBANY.

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Mr.. Silas Hovey was found about II
o'clock, hanging to tree a few rods
from his house, dead. No possible
reason can be assigned for the deed
other than temporary insanity; and
this is mere surmise, as he never was
thought to be insane. He was, how
ever, subject to occasional spells of |
hypo, and had for few days COM
planned of pain in his head and in the
back of his neck. He was about Ct
years old, was well off, extremely we'll
situated in all his family relations,
was a deacon in the Baptist church,
and no man in Albany ever stood
higher than he. The event has dumb
founded everybody. He could not
have been in his ordinary mind.
BARTON.
DR.. Ruggles lost valuable horse
last Friday night from sickness.
John P. Sartle, ESQ.,, has gone to
Highgate Springs to remain 4 weeks.
Bankrupts will take notice.
Floral Hall was raised last Friday.
The track is progressing slowly but
we think surely.
The Methodist Society meet for
worship in the school house until their
edifice is completed.
Capt. Little, of the Crystal Lake
House. gave his boarders nice lot
of green corn July 31st. We think
he is ahead of his neighbors. The
Capt. "knows how to keep a hotel"
GOOD SHoT.-Fred. Hazelton, a
lad ten years old, a grandson of Col.
Eaton of this village, on last Friday
shot from the top Of maple tree
red squirrel and wood-pecker at one
shot, which goes to prove that he is a
relative of his illustrious grandad.
ACCIDENT.-Mrs. Heyers h d the
misfortune to fall down stairs a day
or two since, and she continued to
fall till she fell into the street. She
was badly bruised, and her ideas de-
cidedly mixed. Wine is a mocker
and strong drink is raging"
MINERAL SPRINGs.-A couple of
mineral springs some two or three
miles from the Landing, near Viii
loughby river, are attracting much at
teation. The water has medicinal
properties of rare virtue if we can be-
lieve what people say who have drank
thereof.
A neat cottage is in course of con-
struction for the use of the Methodist
society at the Landing.
Mr.. Hammond has commenced the
foundation for commodious carriage
shop near the grist mil, near the Land
ing. Success to him.
The Railroad Co. have been en-.
gagged lately in filling up the lumber
yard south Of Barton Landing depot,
bringing gravel from Newport. They
also drew eight loads for the town at
an expense of $3.50, filling up the road
level with the railroad track.
Loot Gu..doy, O. Fronohuuau al W.. h
for Mr.. Wells of Barton Landing
came down from that gentleman hill
with the information that there was
'some bear" up there, eating wheat
whereupon several gentlemen started
in pursuit Of bruin, but on arriving a
the place it proved to be large wood
chuck seated on a stone.
DIsAPPoINTED.-Af few days ago
h man being in Hall & Joslyn's stor
saw pair of shears which took hi
eye, and when the proprietor was i
= the back room somehow they stuck t
- his fingers. The next day he was
-, the store again with several other
i He watched his chance and then sliE
~ ped them under a pile of goods an
skedaddled. They were not so good g
d he had expected as they had been use
h long time to trim lamps.
JUST LAID. The day the circl
was here a lady from ireland Gale
Of into the same store with a basket c
ed eggs, which she sold to "Jimmy"-
er He took them into the back store al
lg broke one just to try it, when o
", dropped a dead chicken he broke a
other and out popped another des
to bird he broke one more and tn
up smelt so much like F. P. Blair tn
re, he concluded to back down on Il
he trade. He returned them to the La
he and told her Of his discovery, but s.
TT, stoutly persisted that it could not
let so as they were Gust laid"
es. IRAsBURGH.
th- DR.. Parkhurst is sick with typho
he fever.
IN Our County Convention is call
To-. at Irasburgh, Wednesday, August l
. See call.
DIsCoNTNUED.-The mail stage
sS' tween Newport and 1rasburgh b
we been discontinued.
ro- PICNIC.-Judge Nye and family a
ing a few invited friends enjoyed pie
to ant picnic in the grove near the '
lage, last Thursday. There w
twenty-six children and grandchi
in rem present.