Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-02-08
State News.

The Vermont lover who was dan
gerouslv sick a few days ago, is still
improving and is well encouraged.
We hope his sickness will be his luck.
WELLS RIyER.-Last week Friday,
q long, red-haired Frenchman stopped
at Durant's Hotel, aud Saturday NOR
ming paid mis- bill, intending to leave,
but seeing an opportunity to replen-
ish his wardrobe, he remained over
till Sunday morning, when he left,
having burst open the vai8e of his
roommate, Fred Tapley, and all
stracted a pair of pants, a vest, 6
pairs of socks, 6 handkerchiefs and
pair of shirts. On Monday last Du.
rant and Tapley were in pursuit ofthe
Frenchman and the clothing.
Six weeks ago Calvin Stevens got
his hand drawn in between two hot
rollers il the paper mill and had to
have his fingers amputated at the Sc
cond joints. Charles page took his
place and in 4 weeks from that time
tried his fingers in the same place.
He barely saved his fingers. Fred
Tapley followed him 2 weeks ago, and
it is about time for him to furnish US
with a local. Union.
FIRE.-A shed attached to kenney
and Priests saw mill, in Whitefeld,
on the 2Sth ult., took fire from their
steam boiler and destroyed the build
ing and about 10 cords of wood, and
would have done more damage if it
were not for the Lancaster fire COM
pany, which was on the ground in
one hour from the time it was tele-
graphed, being some nine miles dis,
tance.-St. Johrsbury Times.
HORSES FoUND.-About the first Of
last November the proprietors Of the
Crawford House lost pair of horses
and offered a reward of fifty dollars
to any one restoring them to then
owners, or one hundred and fifty
dollars for horses and thief, for it was
supposed that they were stolen. One
day last week they were found in the
wilderness near the foot of the rail
road, twelve miles from any habita
ton, making three months browsing il
the woods. Ofcourse they were il
no condition for market.-.S. Johns
bury Times.
NARROW EsCAPE.-Mr. VIM. H
Bedell narrowly escaped being drawn
ed few days since while engaged
cutting ice at the mill of l. E. Richard
son, in Bethlehem, n. 81. He stepped
upon a floating cake of ice, which i'm
mediately sank, letting him into thu
pond. He passed down short dis
tance to the edge of the dam, wher'
he was able to get his head out anC
call tor help, which reached the spo
; in season to rescue him from perish
| ing.-St. Johnsbury Times.
FIRE IN acknowledgements
had fire on Saturday afternoon las
f "a misfortune that hasn't happenet
; to her for a long time. The alarr
was given at about half past fou
, o'clock, and it was found that the fir
was in the back part Of G. W. Storr'
e store, on State Street. 1t originate
n by the bursting of quite small fui
r lamp, which clerk had just Lighted
n in the vicinity of the kerosene cal
and where the floor was saturate
e with the oil. An attempt to smothe
IS the flames was made, but the fir
u worked under the raised platform il
e to the ceiling and ran rapidly up tia
n into the second story, there sprea
out under and over that floor, ascent
y ed quickly to the third story, an
n finally burst out in flames on the roc
Is For the first half hour it hardl
seemed possible to the spectators th;
there would be much of a fire any wa
and we believe now, had our fire d
partment been permitted to VOL
with less outside and foreign direc
-, ion and interference, and themselv
u gone at the fire with their accustome
- tact and GOODNESS, the flames won
10 have been fully subdued with comp
to ratively trifing damage to any on
\. But almost everybody was unduly e
in cited, and a fire was so rare an {
10 currence here that it took long til
5. to get the hang of the thing and
$ into the business of effectively squelc
s. ing it. When at length the fire bur
er out of the roof the engine hose W
r. brought to bear directly upon it, al
It, after a fierce struggle the devouri