Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-05-03
State News.

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State News.
The people Of the village of Rutland are
having their houses numbered.
Within the past week Messrs. E. & 7. |
Fairbanks q Co., have shipped to foreign |
ports over 400 French and Spanish scales. !
The Annual General Convention Of the |
churches of Vermont is to
be holden at Montpelier, Tuesday, June p.
The population in the county fLamoille
has rapidly increased in population and
wealth during the last ten years.
The nail works of the Burlington manu-
featuring company were damaged nearly
$4,000 by fine on Friday insured for Sl0,-
600.
A man will try to draw buggy weigh
ing go pounds, loaded with 100 pounds,
one mile in b minutes on the Burlington
course, June4
4 canvass Of one of the school districts
in Hinesburg shows that there are in the
district 80 women over u years of age, SO
of whom are opposed to female suffrage.
The remains of Charles Barney, who
died in Texas last June, were brought to
this place and buried at the cemetery on
Saturday eve after the arrival of the train
Times
The Time, SAYS the sensation of the week
in Bellows Falls was Wednesday when the
people walked up and found that the school
meeting the night before had voted a tax
of 200 cents On dollar.
Gen. Geo P Foster, L. ;. Marshal for
Vermont, was in town Wednesday, and we
understand he has appointed as deputy
marshals for taking the census in this
county, Messrs. John H. George Of Hard
wick, Ezra A. Parks of Waterford, and
Maj. \. P Bowman of ST. Johnsbury.-
CGied0RidH.
Mrs. Rebeeca r. Stone, aged 90 years,
wife of Mr.. James Stone, died quite sud
denly from the bursting OF blood vessel
at Windsor, on the morning Of the 10Th
inst. She was worthy woman, and had
been married but few weeks.
Mayor Linsley of Burlington, proposes
to have his salary turned over to the chief
of police, on the ground that his services
are worth much more than that or nothing
at all. He is willing to take his entire pay
in honor a5 90 the aldermen.
A little girl, about eighteen months old,
the daughter of Lewis Baraby of WinoOski,
came to sudden and painful death on
Tuesday night last week. Mrs. Baraby
was engaged preparing supper, and had
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and the child reached up and tipped it in
to her face and neck. She lived only a
few hours.
King & Fuller have sub-let miles OF
their contract just this side of West Dan
vile, to Richard Hinch and H. :. Powers
of Barnet. They are doing heavy blasting
on the ledge west Of Water street. \ few
DAYS since a mass of rock estimated to
weigh some 10 tons was thrown into the
air and fell within four feet of house near
! by Times.
George and Cassius Davidson of Viii
mington, father aud son, were drowned in
( Deerfeld river, below Castle bridge, on
/ Thursday evening Of last week. They were
/ attempting to reach their homes on the
west side. The body of the former had moi
been recovered up to Monday.
Tim Sullivan got drunk and made him
self generally obnoxious at the house O
Mrs. Norton las, Thursday evening and as
saulted Mr.. Coty with an axe, cutting hi,
hands badly. Capt. Cobb with some diff
ticulty arrested and took him to Jail. Mex
morning he was brought before Justic,
Simmons charged with drunkenness, anC
assault with intent to kill. On the forme
charge he was fined So and costs, and OF
the latter he was bound up in $500 bond
for trial at the county court.-Register.
1t has been discovered that there is
club in Bennington composed of girls abou
ten years of age, the object of which asso
citation is to prosecute investigation int,
the mysteries of maternity, for mutual in
formation. The club is called by the dea
little innocents, The Baby Born Club.
One little girl persisted in interrogating
her mother, and another was found in tn
back attic porting over medical worl
nearly as heavy as herself. Thus the Sc
cret got out, and the club was broken u
before its members had gained much infor
nation.
The prisoners in Middlebury Jail mad
another attempt to escape last Saturda
night. The partitions between cells hat
been dug down so that four of the prison
ers had succeeded in getting together
Some one had supplied them with file
with which they had severed an iron bed
post which was used for lever. One q
the files was used as a drill, and by mean
of it lock was broken open. Saturda
night, everything was ready, and the leve
was used with effect, and their plan had s
far succeeded that they walked out of thei
cells into the large room from where the
could have effected their escape in fiftee
minutes. But Sheriff Trip and his depu
ties were on hand and took them in charg,
: putting them where it is thought they wi
be secure until the June term. Mr.. Dewe
had been watching them in their operation
, for two hours.-Registcr.
The horse belonging to Horace Alder
which was fastened to hook or staple
the barn of his father, Phineas A. Alder
took fright on Sunday, at the opening of
} small door in the upper part of the bar
and broke loose by tearing off the board
which the staple was attached, ran into tt
street dragging the board at the end of tt
: haltar-leaped over into the garden of NJ
| Lambs opposite, and thence attempted
: leap the fence on Portland ST., bus caugl
upon the pickets and hung there for M
ment, when it cleared itself. An openir
: as large as mans hand was made in h
r body just behind the fore legs. We unde
r stand that the horse is doing we'll, and h
been taken home to Lyndonville-I imt
), Two men entered the house of Ira Ken
:. farmer in Guilford, about So clock, Tue
day morning, seized and gagged his hous
keeper, an elderly woman, and one of the
- held pistol at her head while the 9th
: searched the house for plumber. They ca
5, ried away $4,000 in government bonds b
d longing to Mr.. Kent, who was at work
distant part of his farm, and $500 in ban
notes belonging to the housekeeper. Fl
$ thieves had not been gone more than TIVE
It ty minutes, before the woman came to b
(" senses enough to go out and tell the sto
i to man passing by, when an immedia
alarm was given. The robbers were ide
l. titled as men who had called at the houi
: Monday night, begging lodgings, viii
It were denied them.
e The death of Mr.. Keller, which is recor
n ed in our obituary column today, was
event which had been anticipated for a f,
weeks past, but is none the less one viii
~ created sensation of much more than
J. binary sorrow in our community, The We