Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-11-23
State News.


80 years old, which is as fat and sleek as
a colt, and without biemish.
The sentence of Plumley, the Shrews-
bury murderer, has been committed by the
Vermont legislature.
The number of cOnvicts in the Vermont
state prison is now eighty-two-four fe-
males and seventy-eight males.
A company at Passumpsic has this year
sold over $40 horses, making the largest
disposal of any New England firm. All
the horses are shipped from the west.
VIM Arnold of Randolph, has been held
to bail in the sum of 5000 to answer in the
county court for killing three swarms of
bees.
Saturday before last Richard Eastman,
jr., had his right hand badly cut by cir |
cular saw in the Fairbanks shop at st.
Johnsbury.
Charles H. Johnston of Royalton, re-
Gently eloped with young Miss, and left |
a wife and six small children in destitute
circumstances.
Mr.. Moody Bemis shot two offers at one
shot on Peacham pond on Saturday, Oct.
80. They are both prime and nice. Mr..
Bemis has been offered $50 for the two.
Mr.. Rolla Gleason of Richmond has at
tended every session of the legislature,
without omission, for forty-fve years, and
hasn't got tired of it yet.
J. w. Hartshorn was badly hurt at Lun-
enburgh, while assisting at a raising, Sat
urday before last, by falling brace which
cut through the scalp and slightly fractur
ed the skull.
st. Johnsbury came near having a con-
fagration Monday of last week, a house of
Peter Higgins taking fire from a burning
chimney, and getting hole burned in its
/ roof
The passenger train on Friday ran thro'
! a flock of sheep in Barnet, which had stray
ed on the track, making premature NUT
ton ofsome of them.-.T. JohasbtTy Times.
The gold mine at Warrecus hill in Nor
wich, IS being quite successfully worked
4 1t Yields gold, silver and nickle, and some
of its ore assays at the rate Of S13 80 per
ton.
CHEEsE.-The shipment Of cheese, Will
amount to SOC boxes. Prices ranged from
IA to Is cents perpound for farm dairy. No
shipment Of factory made.-7rmscriPt
Mr.. Reuben Smith of Shoreham. has.
during the past season, made from dairy
of 10 cows, to September lst, and ID the
remainder of the season, 1882 pounds OF
first quality cheese.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET.-The
amount of butter shipped today was go
tubs. Prices of summer butter varied from
81 to 36 cents per pound, according to
quality. Fall made butter sold for from
80 to II cents Transcript.
One house in Shoreham contains four
generations, two Of each, great grandfather
ond great grandmother, grandfather and
grandmother, father and mother and two
children, all living in harmony, and may
/. well be called the Happy Family
Nathaniel Fullerton, esq, of Chester, is
in his 95th year, and was first elected a di-
rector Of the bank Of Bellows Falls early
in the year Of 1882, and has been reelected
every year since, and was elected president
of the bank in 1897, to which he has also
} been reelected every year He is doubtless
the oldest officer of any bank Of discount
: in the L. ;.
4 week ago last Monday, Mrs Dariu.
Durgin Of Cabot, met with a serious acct
dent As She was in the shed chamber o.
her dwelling near the stairway. she became
: dizzy and fell down stairs. breaking he
I arm in two places, near the shoulder, anC
one rib and injuring hespine. DR.. Duran
of Danyille was Immediately called, ans
prouounces her recovery doubtful. She i
: between 30 and 90 years old.-Star.
LARGE SHIPMENT OF CHEEsE.-Mr. :
+ c. Noble OF this place, has purchased an,
# will ship to market this week fifteen hun
bred boxes of cheese, consisting Of factor,
and dairy made for which he paid iron
10 to Il cents per pound for factory, ant
y from / TO ID cents per pound for dairy
= 900 boxes Of which he purchased At Nil
ton, 900 at Essex and 300 at this place
= Transcript.
i \ towusman who was in Canada Ea>
last week, informs Us that on the 18th irs
he rode through snow drift in the tow
= Of Hatley five feet deep by actual measure
e ment. About eighteen inches Of snow O
= 4 level, fell in that section the first Of las
week Cdle,loaua.
~ DIR. R. W Hill, formerly of Craftsbury
recently a resident of Montpelier, died yer
I suddenly Of heart disease on Saturday, .
/ Passumpsic. He had been called over l
n visit Mr. VIM who Is afflicted with a car
n Ger, and had been here about ten days. II
g was seventy six years Of age and was wide
u ly known throughout the Sta.e.-%. J1hu
d bury Times.
n The Messrs Fairbanks received a di
L s. l. IL
lie Mr.. Merrill, of their New York house, W;
Is thrown from his carriage and it was b
lieyed fatally injured. Mr.. Merrill h;
been member Of the scale firm in Ne
rs York for many years, and is man Ofgre.
A. business capacity and excellent christia
n character dLed0Hj1H.
lie While standing at the Caledonia mil
TO at Paddock village on Friday, the horse
Mr.. Samuel Jewett became frightened |
~ y the freight train, and dashing out aero
i, the track struck the rear car, complete
d. demOlishing the express wagon to while
o. he was attached, and splitting ten gailol
of kerosene oil. The wagon was near
9 new. The horse knocked out two fro
nc teeth in the operation, but otherwise WI
a. uninjured. Caled0aiaR.
Several additional parties have been
a. town the past week looking over the raj
is road, preparatory to making proposals f
. its construction. Some of them have Ia
large experience in building roads, and
ct they obtain contracts will make their ca
culatiOns to push their work through
time. Major Bowman has been throug
this part of the route to obtain the teri
of land owners for damages. Most of the
up are quite reasonable in their demands, b
at there are a few who do not propose to st
,s tie on any terms.-H. J0hnsbury Times.
of Out of 266 members of the legislator
n 151 are farmers, 80 are lawyers, 5 clerg
- men, 8 physicians % merchants, 3 editor
~ 73 are CongregatiOnalists, At Methods
IL y Episcopalians, 80 Universalists, 81
VS. no religious preference, and pa natives
o. the State. Nine only were born out
~ New England
all The decision of the supreme court
n Vermont in the case of Charles H. Pott
and wife, charged with having in posi-
Id sion burglars tools, was announced Thu
day afternoon by Judge Steele Pot
nd was sentenced to serve ten years in t
nd state prison, and Mrs. Potter seven yea
i Each one also to pay fine Of one hundr
l0 dollars.
- OBITUARY.-Died at Princeton, |
n' Nov 9th, of congestion of the lungs, Jan
o., E. Kendall. aged 60 years.
It's, Mr.. Kendall formerly resided in P;
sumpsic, from which place he removed
Illinois about fourteen years since Or
last week we noticed the death of his OF
asst son, at Des Moines, Iowa. His health h
- been failing for some time, and cold br
on by his journey back to Illinois termin
ed fatally. He was well known in this
cinity, where he has a large number of +
tly atives.-&. Jojtasbtry Times.
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ad LIQUOR PROSECUTIONS IN MoNTPELu
,ut Within the past week the following CO
vas victions have been had for violation of
m liquor law, before Nelson Robinson, J