Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-10-05
State News.
st. Adams people write 1900 letters
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month and receive as many.
There is one house in this village in
which there are nine families. CdIedonidn.
Last week little daughter of j. G. Ry-
der, of North Randolph, accidentally shot
herself through the hand with pistol.
w. B. Hogaboom, of East Berkshire,
raised 90 bushels of black sea wheat from
four bushels of seed.
Peter Clement, of st. Johnsbury, has a
two year old black colt, of the Morrill,
breed, which weighs 1140.
Hopkins HARDWOOD of Bennington, has
bearing apple tree known to be one hun
dred and nine years old.
About noon of Monday of last week, the
house of Mr.. Morgan, in the north part of
Middlebury, was robbed of S13 in money
and some jewelry.
The residence of Hon. John G. Smith, of
st. Adams, was entered by burglars recent
ly, and some jewelry and about 5000 in
money taken.
The Vermont State Agricultural Society
finds itself, after its late Fair, with about
$4,000 in its treasury-a very comfortable
condition to be in.
AT a recent town meeting Richford vot
ed to bond itself in the sum of $4,000 in
aid fthe eastern township route of the Mis-
siquoi Valley railroad.
Mr. Alvin Wires of West Randolph, has
pig four months ole, that gained Just nine
ty pounds in one month-three pounds per
day. So says the Eagle.
Mrs. Carrie A Hill had on exhibition at
the recent County Fair in Franklin county,
bed quilt containing 12l blocks and
$500 pieces.
Henry Dickerman who was confined in
Jail several weeks for stealing a small sum
of money from Walker of LyndonIille, has
been released on bail.-lS Johnsbury Times.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARAECE.-Au
18th, Willie, son of Rev. Mr. Whiting, of
Windsor, aged IA years, mysteriously dis
appeared, and has not since been heard
from.
The store of Sherman Brothers, in Lud
low, was broken into last Friday night and
twenty-five or thirty dollars worth of goods
carried off The money drawer was open
but fortunately did not contain more than
a few pennies.
Messrs. Persons & Rogers of East Tops
ham, raised this season from one Oat, eight
cen stalks which produced Pho grains.
One head measured l62 inches in length
and contained 274 grains.
A SINGULAR Casa horse belonging
to Ephraim Taylor of Ludlow, was recent
ly found dead in the pasture, it having
caught one foot between some rocks IN such
a manner as to be unable to eXtricate it.
self.
At Richmond, Monday, $50 boxes sold
at from IA to 10 cents, and Us tubs butter
at from 33 to 81 cents, the latter price for
a few tubs choice fall made.-Ffee Press.
AN AGED CoUPLE.-Mr. Samuel Har-
wood, Of Braintree, is 81 years of age, and
his wife 81. They have lived in the mar
ried state 50 years, and have never removed
from the house that they settled in at the
time of their marriage.
4 new bell weighing 1140 pounds has
been placed in the tower of the COngrega-
tional house at West Randolph being
a gift from Capt John Tiffany. 1t is eX-
pected that a clock will soon be connected
with the bell at a cost of some $3.50
Norman Barnard, whose home is in Can
ada, was arrested last week for stealing q
COW in Bristol and driving her of. Put
under $500 bonds and confined in our cOun-
ty jail the 18th inst, where he now re-
| mains.
The house, barn and outbuildings, with
all their contents, of Samuel Turner, o.
West Milton, were DESTROYED by fire OF
Wednesday evening. The loss Is fully
$4,000 on which there was no Insurance.
Free Press.
There is a man on Maple street wht
pounds his children so as to bring tn,
neighbors to his doors, demanding a cessa
ton of such proceedings. The Jail is yer!
near Maple street-but then that is to-
good place for a man who will maltrea
an infant of Is months dlcdoRidR.
Willie |. Morissey ran away from hi
father, an employee of the Ludlow WoOleI
Mills, on the 18th inst, and his where
abouts are still unknown. He was las
seen at Bellows Falls on the 18th, in com
r pany with non c0mpos meRtis youth nam
ed Cunningham.
The 'Irish Poplin" pedlar has been owe
at Burlington, and has sold a large numbe
of fifty dollar dresses which are worth per
haps ten. After ravelling up a quarter o
q yard in the dress pattern the silk is foun,
to be poor cotton; as some of the ladies il
this place knOw.-CdledORjdn
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET.-Th
t amount of butter brought to market Of
| Tuesday, Sept 2S, was 1880 tubs, or 81,
, 500 pounds net weight. Prices range
from 81 to 80 cents per pound, with som
| choice lots going at 40 to fl cents, the RI
l ling price was 36 cents.
Wednesday night of last week all tn
buildings of Samuel Turner, of West Mi
! ton, were burned, together with their cor
. tents. The last comprised his hOusehol
] furniture, the crops in the barn, a COW, an
one hog. Loss between three and fou
+. thousand dollars and no insurance. Fir
! supposed to have been set by man trol
: Milton.
= ROBBED HIS BED FELLow-A yout
: giving his name as George Linton Of Mont
pelier, slept with Harry B. Collins at tn
White River Junction House, Wednesda
night of last week, and stole Collins pOcl
ct book, with a small amount of money
= it. The next afternoon Linton was arreste
, at Windsor, and sentenced to term in tn
u reform school at Waterbury.
d One day last week, Mrs. Samuel Burt
d St. Johnsbury, the jailor's wife. received
n pistol wound in the following way Blu
= keeps a loaded pistol in the house for I'll
y purpose Of being ready for emergencle
e His wife was cleaning the buttery shelve
|, and raised pistol up and by some una
n countable reason the thing went of, throw
e ball through her hand and grazing tt
o head of the servant girl. Mrs. Burt di
not faint away, but sent the girl for IL
> doctor, bandaged her hand and kept c
e about her work.
ADVANCED TOWARD CoMPLETION.-Tl
Methodists at Burlington have their ne
meeting house on White street well a
\ vanced toward completion. 1t is built
n freestone from the home quarries, Wi
~ trimmings of limestone from the Isle
q Mott, and is 100 feet deep by 60 wide, wi
u, ~ tower 1876 feet high, and will prObab
W cost sec, 900. The audience room will Sc
y $50 persons, and the lecture room in t
I. basement 600. This room has now be-
y occupied for services for four months.
of st. Adams Jail contains nine inmates
IN follows: Thomas Ryan, of Fletcher,
&c charge of murder; Luther J. Bunker, b
&c lately out of State Prison, for stealing
horse; Michael Doolan, of Fairfield,
larceny George Mitchell, Fairfield, lar'
to ny; Deforrest Mitchell, larceny; Hub
Sc Lee, Fairfield, larceny; Henry McEna
lie Fairfield, larceny; and two boys, one
as stealing a watch at Fairfax, and the 9th
X a candidate for the reform school, for ste
a ing money at Swanton.- Transcript.
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a., Thomas son of Inhn Sullivan of w