Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-04

mountain lot, and preparing his wood Tor
another season. He went out from his SUI
gar house the other day and cut down two
hard wood trees, chopped, split and piled
one cord of wood in one hour and thirty
five minutes.
DR.. Farnsworth, who has been very sick,
is rapidly recovering and will soon ride.
MORGAN.
ALMOST A FIRE.-The blacksmith shop
of George Demick at Morgan Corner was
discovered to be on fire at one o'clock On
the night of April 20, but the alarm was
given in time to save it.
SUGAR-Up to April IA, Mr.. Leavens
had made from one hundred trees seven
hundred pounds of sugar
MONTGOMERY.
child some six or seven years of age,
was drowned ON Wednesday last, at Mont
gomery; name not known to me. 1t was
missed in the evening and found the next
morning entangled in the roots of trees in
an eddy of the river.
NEWPORT.
William Ivers, section hand was Sc
verely injured just above this village, yes
terday. Several of the workmen were re-
turning from their labor at night, on two
hand cars. Ivers had been working at the
crank of the forward car and sat down to
rest. In some way losing his balance he
fell off and was run over by the hind car.
His left leg was broken and he received
other severe injuries upon his head and
body. The hind car was thrown from the
track, but none of its occupants injured. \
Jasper w. Phillips has sold his farm to
Godfrey Riley of Westfeld, for S22OO.
I'D. Babcock has young COW which ha.
just given birth to a calf weighing III lbs.
Chas johnson last week lost by disease,
a three years old colt worth $3.50 and COW
worth S75.
MEAsLEs.-The black measles appear to
be in NewpOrt-a French family losing
three children by that disease.
Newport village claims population Of
900.
SUPPLY.---Rev. J. W. Spencer, Metho-
dist, will supply the pulpit at the Baptist
house one half of the time The timber
for the new Methodist church is out, and it
is expected that work will commence on it
soon.
SCHOOL HOUsE.--The people of Newport
village called another school meeting on
Thursday evening, and voted to build a
new school house. The house, including
site, is not to exceed $4,000 in cost.
SMUGGLING.---The custom house officers
in examining freight, on Thursday morn
ing, found several barrels of onions, but on
a further examination found in each barrel
half dozen bottles of whiskey.
APPoINTED.---J. H. Whipple has been
appointed post master at Newport Centre,
vice Geo. w. Sleeper resigned.
DROWNED. "A man named John Gal
lor fell through the old bridge leading from
Newport to West Derby Saturday night
and was drowned. He was about fifty
years of age and leaves a wife and three
children. 1t seems that the bridge is left
in careless state. Part of the planks have
been taken up, and others put lengthwise
across the breach, for the benefit OF foot
passengers. 1t should be fixed 50 as to be
safe or taken up entirely.
SHEFFIELD.
New BELLs.-The churches in Sheffield
exhibit a spirit that is commendable in the
way of improvements. Each one has a
new bell. The MethOdists have an ANAL
gam one of 800 lbs. which was hung in its
place Saturday, April "A, and rang out its
first call to services the next day 1t cost
300 at the foundry. The Baptists have
copper bell, weighing about 1000 lbs.
SwAPPED-T F. Otis and Samuel A.
Bean have snapped places.
TROY.
J. Bailey and Chas Clark lost 300 logs
by the freshet.
Guy Chaplin has sold fifteen acres of land
near North Troy village, to H. T. Petten-
gill for Sl400. Hiram Stewart of the firm
Of Buck & Stewart has sold his interest to
VIM. Buck. Stewart is going west Geo.
G. May has exchanged his house in North
Troy village for part of D. T. Gallup's
farm, 100 acres and the buildings, paying
him $4,000 as the difference.
Our Troy correspondent sends us the fol-
lowing, taken from the Vermont Centinel,
printed at Burlington, Feb. 1906:
"a gentleman from Marietta, informs
us that just before he left that place, he
saw a gentleman of undoubted veracity,
who had gone twenty miles out of his route
to see family from Massachusetts, lately
settled on the Muskingum, consisting of
t,centy.four SOnS all produced at taceioe
births, from one woman. 1t is added that
a petition will be presented to the next
Legislature of Ohio, at their next session, tC
grant each member of this extraordinary
family, one hundred acres of land. Who
can beat this?'
The following is also from the same
sheet:
EMPEROR OF HAITE.---"The Imperia
Crown, intended to be used at the corona
ton of the Emperor Jacques the First; ac
cording to late accounts from Philadelphia
Is nov on board vessel belonging to tina
place, frozen up in the Delaware
1t is the production of a French manu-
facturer in Philadelphia, and purchased, a
it is said, at the moderate price of carg,
: OF coffee" Coffee must have been cheap
: or crowns very expensive.
A correspondent of Troy SAYS: Weel
' before last we We're literlly shut out il
5 the cold-fenced off from the rest of tn,
world and annexed to Jay Peak" Tn
river and brooks were so high for two day
that the roads were impossible. The boon
across the dam at Stebbins' mill gave way
carrying with it portion of the fiume, an
= a large lot of pine and other lumber. Bal
ley & Clark lost about 200 logs. TIL
bridge between this village and Westfel
! was carried away; but Mr.. Angler, wit
his usual promptness. Immediately com