Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-12-28
State News.

at Dandy.
II. B. Morse & E. B. Chamberlin ship
ped from Newbury between 1900 and
1900 pelts one day last week.
At the St. Adams butter market Tues
day winter diaries sold for % to 80 cents,
and fall 80 cents. Shipment, 700 tubs.
Seth B. Hunt of Bennington. pays fifty
dollars toward giving Mr.. Mcfarland, the
murderer OF Richardson, fair trial.
Mr.. Willard Daniels of Bristol. recently
killed Chester hog one year and three
months old, which weighed six hundred
and six pounds.
The Bennington Banner states that Com
modore Vanderbilt is very likely to come
into possession of the Bennington and Rut-
land and Lebanon Springs railroad.
VOTED To BoND.-Montpelie has voted
unanimously to bond itself for 5000, 900 to
aid In building the Montpelier & Wells
River Railroad.
The Vergennes Vermonter states that
the congregational church in that place
has voted to have but one sermon on Sun
day, and that in the morning.
A little son of VIM H. kellogg of Wor-
cester, aged years, recently, while sliding
had the misfortune to break one bone in
his leg below the knee.
A Masonic convention is to be held at
Montpelier the second or third week in
January, for which the people of the cap
ltal are making extensive preparations.
HELD TO BAIL.-At Burlington the no.
ted Nick Brunell and Henry Rolar have
been held in $500 bonds on a charge of lar
ceny, the offense being stealing chickens
from the Episcopal Institute farm.
The Burlington Free Press complains of
the pOtatOe rot in that section, and says
whole bins are found, upon examination,
to have been almost worthless. The Peach
blow seems the most inclined to decay"
A very interesting revival is in progress
in Charlotte where Bro. j. w. Nudge is at
present laboring and has been for three
weeks or more. A Young Mems Christian
! Association is soon to be organized as the
| result Of the revival.
The.Rev. G. Graves of Wallingford, late
rector of Zion church, Manchester, and
formerly of ST. Stephens church in this
! place, has accepted the rectOrship of st.
Luke's church, Cambridge, n. Y.-Regis-
/ ter
Last Saturday, as Mr.. Jacob Gordon was
at work in Mr.. John Spooner's hotel stable
at Enosburgh Centre, while descending
from the hay loft, he slipped, and falling
! through hole in the stairs, broke both
bones Of his leg above the ankle-SentineL
C. j. Bowker of St Johnsbury has made
1000 lbs. of butter from native COWS since
the first of April. He has fed no grain moi
turnips and raised two good calves. Dur.
ing the same time, also, he has tatted tor
of pork Laj0n
North WOLCOTT.-Rev Geo. 5. Brown
the colored missionary, who has been twic,
10 Africa, and who is well known in thi
county, proposes to hold a series of meet
ings at this place, during the winter, fol
the purpose Of making revival interest
Nersdeaier.
CHESTER, DEC l9.-Hon. Hugh H
Henry, president of the Vermont Vale,
Railroad and United States Marshal 70
the district of Vermont, died at his resi-
dence last night. Mr.. Henry was widel,
known among business men Throughout
the country. His death will be severel,
felt in this community.
Abel Gle, of Walden, was arrested OF
Friday of last week, by officer Rand an,
brought before commissioner Bisbee at thi
place, on a charge of violating the Interna
, Revenue law. Gle waived examination
and gave bail in $500 for appearance in L
:. court at Burlington in February next
st. JodasJ,ry Times
The Christian Repository SAYS: We ar
confident that there is less liquor drank il
= Montpelier at the present time than eve
| during the last thirty years The Goo,
! Templars and the Temple of Honor are in
creasing their numbers and the prohibition
law was never before so strong III the al
: fections Of the people as at present
The sabbath schools in Bristol are in
lourishing condition. Yet more might b
done in the way of gathering the childre
in. Sabbath school workers should at one
turn their attention towards the foreig
population. They ought 10 be reached
2 Go forth in the strength of your Master nc
r faithless but faithful.
! The redoubtable A. j Brown is in troubl
, again. 4 few weeks since he was arreste
and bound up under $500 bonds for sellin
liquor without having paid the special ia
provided by I. ). law; and on Wednesda
of last week he was prosecuted gefOre Ju,
. tice Caldwell, for violation of the State lie
uOr law and fined $50 and costs.
e CABoT-A good degree of religious il
! terest prevails in the town. Meetings hay
been held tor several weeks past bv til
= resident minister of the town assisted
e Rev. Samuel Thurber Of CharlestowI
D Mass, and as the result 80 or so CONVEX
/ are reported. Seventeen persons unite
q with the Congregational church at its re:
e ular communion, the first sabbath in d
0 cember.-C d2edoniaa.
a SUTTON.-Sutton comes to time on Il
{ pig question with the following report
Z Mr.. Asa Ladd killed pig last week, whiC
t was eight months old, that weighed whe
: dressed 4l2 lbs. Richard Jenness killt
one from the same litter that weighed 3:
; lbs. also one from another litter tn
; weighed 325 lbs. Reuben Ellis one abo
|, same age that weighed 34I lbs. Geo.
e Bradley killed one within one day of eigl
u months old that dressed AS lbs. besid
y the rough CdledOnidR.
$ Lumbermen are lively in Victory tn
n winter. There are four first class mills
V town, owned by kneeland, Hadley, l.
;; and Bailey. These mills, with the one
e North Concord. are all supplied from Vi
l., tory forests, and will receive together
a 000,0 600 of lumber during the winter.
i the ?. & 0. railroad is decided succes
Victory property is looking up, and Il
owners are onstilts ofexpectation.- UniO
d A lad about u years old, named Oh,
N Ratneaud, living with H. B. Wilcox
IS Benson, met with serious accident Tue
v day morning while watering yearlil
0 colt which he had handled some and h:
,e the care of. He tied the halter around /
&c body, and the colt from some cause to-
n fright and ran dragging the boy after hi
N When found the boy was senseless and
l. orally pounded to jelly. His skull W
le fractured and his limbs stiff and cold
re death. When the halter was cut from |
s. body, it had drawn his body up to abe
of four inches in diameter
. The Burlington Free Press saws that
clergyman who has resided in that city
n, a year past, and frequently occupied pl
- pits there, has been charged within fl
We days past of enticing to his room for t
ne basest purposes, two girls of ? and II yea
Is An indignant father sues him for debauc
ing his daughter, yet mere child; a.
suits for assaults upon their person ha
been commenced in the name of both
~ ~ the girls. The clergyman denies the char
~ ~ claiming it to be a plot to ruin him,
~ The case is to be tried at the next term
,e the Chittenden county court. when we sh
nm see. Gay and festive" clergymen {
y coming to be quite too common.
The people of St. Adams were start
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