Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-06-08
State News.


enced hunter of Shelburne, caught in
a steel trap and killed bear, May 26.
George Hammond, of Middlebury,
not long ago dug up in his garden an
old Spanish coin, but little worn, da-
ted 1874.
At St. Adams, on Tuesday, butter
sold at 81 to &c cents per pound. The
total shipment was 1860 packages.
Mary Moon, a maiden lady Of 50,
in good circumstances, who resided in
Rutland, contrived by choking, stab
bing and poisoning herself, to commit
suicide last Tuesday morning.
The residence ofRev. Mr.. Cunning
ham, of Middlebury, was recently ell
tered and robbed of hunting-cased
gold watch, while the inmates were
temporarily absent.
HEAVY TAXEs.-Burlington is to
be taxed 220 per cent. On the grand
list this year for city purposes, beside
State tax, etc, which will raise $685.
| 600. Rather expensive, this luxury
OF a city government
Levi Snow of Dover has been feed
| ing out hay this spring that has been
III the barn 81 years, and it came out
green, bright and sound Cattle ate
it as well, and it was as good IN every
respect, as hay grown last summer.
A daring attempt was made TO
throw the Rutland train off the track
i'll dangerous place near Burlington,
on Sunday morning last, but the timely
discovery of the obstruction prevented
a fearful accident. The fends are
not known.
The wife of John Rathsele, a Ger
man laborer, cut the throat OF her child
in an insane moment, at Newburg, n.
Y, Saturday last, aud then cut her
own. Although the wounds are ter
rible ones, it is hoped the lives OF
both will be saved.
The visitors to Central Park, New
York, can now ride around there with
out paying So or $40 for a hack
The park commissioners have just put
on some popular carriages, drivers il
uniforms, etc, and will carry pasaen
gers the rounds for quarter
Some one either carelesoly or wan
tonly set the woods on fire Oh Wantas
tiquet mountain opposite Brattleboro
on Sunday. The fire was seen to bt
spreading, when gang Of "Luneys'
from the state hospital iii that village
. went over and succeeded in putting i
out. The wood on the mountain be
longs to the hospital, and its destruc
ton would have been quite loss.
DROWNED.-On Wednesday last,
young lady by the name Of Hattie Hay
lette, who was living at Nj. JOIN
Dodd's on the west shore of North lie
70, was drowned. I'll supposed tina
she was looking for hens nest, o.
| the bank, and fell into the lake. Tn
bank was about II feet high, and tn
water where she was drowned was scy
Gu feet deep. She was I years o
age.
INSTANTLY kILLED.-While Sila
= Smith OF Georgia, proprietor of tn
L Green Mountain Renovation, was pas
t sing the railroad at Pearls crossing
=. about two miles North of Milton, o
/ Monday evening, his horse was suuc
t by the engine on the mail train ali
instantly killed, and Mr.. smith badi
i injured. No blame can be attache
e to the engineer Of the train as he coul
not have seen Mr.. Smith or his hOrs
in season to avoid the accident.
J. One of the Oldest inhabitants 0
5 Nottingham recollects we'll the p;
r rents of Brigham Young, who wa
II born in that town. The stone wal
!. of the cellar are all that remain of tn
= dwelling. Brigham's parents wei
" poor and moved TO York State whe
f lie was three years old. From a poo
r Yankee lad at Nottingham, Vernon
II to Salt lake City, Utah, and King {
l. the mOrmons, is quite a stride, bl
1t Brigham has taken it.
y Robert Pettigrew oil the north pa
IL of this town, financially speaking,
a in luck. By the death of his father
Is New York city, some months sine
lie he comes into possession of $1,000
IL income. The will limits him to th
10 until the death of his mother, wht
to about 100000 will be passed ov
lg to him. His father left a wife, fly
W children and $1,500,00O. Robe
at puts on no airs. Prosperity Spoi
X some people, but not RObert.--Uni
Up Sufficiently, for petty iarceI
p and disturbing the peace, Fairf'
T. boy was sentenced to the Refor
d School at Waterbury. A correspo
us dent of the Free Press says the boyl
lis piled on learning the sentence, 81 don
r. care, If l 90 to Waterbury, | can lea
ne to read and write, have enough to e.
ne and nave a bed to sleep on 1t is
d sad state of affairs when our boys c.
~ obtain these common blessings only
n a Reform School. Would not lit
nc benevolent work save them?
-, Asa Sanderson, formerly for ma
on years principal OF Essex Acaden
y. and later one of the teachers ia t
=" graded school at Swanton Falls, i
10 been discovered to have been eng;
-. cd in extensive forgerieS of Insurer
'.0 papers and notes. The Essex Acs
w. envy building was burned last fs
~, ~ 1t had been insured in the VermC
" Mutual and Putnam Insurance Co
nn ~ panies for about $1,000, which "
w. mostly pledged to individuals as
W. curity for debts. The suspicion
-. that Sanderson set fire to the buildil
He managed to escape the officers a
get off to Canada in the night.
affair causes great excitement in
town and vicinity, as he was succe
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