Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-10-11
State News.

zoz, males, 0I2, females, ooO, OF Whlcn "A
are foreign.
Slayton & Peck of Morrisville shipped
1897 lbs. of butter to market last week.
Prices ranged from SO to 40 cents.
G. May & Son of Kirby sold their farm
to Mr.. MarstOn Hovey of Waterford, for
$4,000.
Mr.. J. Stoddard of Waterford has sold
his farm near Lower Waterford, to Mr. G..
Dawson for $4,000, an advance Of 81 800
in four years.
Not so much doing at the Montpelier
butter market as last week. We notice
that Bailey & Park shipped 94tubs, or 4I89
lbs. Prices range from SO to 40 cents.
The St. Albans butter market is active,
and the quality of the butter is generally
good. Prices range from 50 to A cents, a
few choice lots commanding 43, and even
higher.
Nearly two thousand tickets were sold
by l.. Bagley, station agent at St. Johns
bury, in the month of September, amount
ing to nearly S5,000--quite an increase
over corresponding months Caledonjan.
John Knowles of Maine, who has been
in Jail at Guiidhall, for burning the Nor
ton Mills, had his trial last week and was
acquitted on plea of insanity, and sent to
the asylum at Brattleboro, by order of
court. Burke & Brown of this town atty s
for respondent.-Tme8.
1t is said that the late Carlos Pierce had
his life insured for one hundred thousand
dollars, or more His splendid residence
and personal property at Stanstead, will be
sold at auction, commencing Oct. &c. His
farm contains over one thousand acres, and
his blOoded stock has become famous.
Rev. Darwin II. Ranney died at West
Brattleboro last week of typhoid pneumo-
mia, after an illness of about four weeks, at
the age of IS. He was formerly a Congre-
gational minister at Dover and Whining
ton, but on removing from the latter place
to Bratteboro, about twelve years ago, he
Joined the Unitarian church.
Last week A. II. Holt, ESQ.,, of Berlin,
sold Messrs. Bailey & Newcomb % chickens
which weighed alive Just 200 lbs, and re-
Ceiyed from them 5000. The best of it is
the birds were not yet four months old,
and will of course be found fat enough
and sufficiently tender for Senators and
Representatives, or any other class Of good
citizens.-Frcsman.
The dead body of Geo. Barr Of Highgate
was found floating in the river at Malone
\. y, about half past one O'Clock, Friday
lie was seen with two suspicious looking
characters the previous evening, and had
some 81 800 in bonds in his possession
which were not found among his effects
and were probably lost or stolen. The de-
! ceased was probably killed for his money,
but no definite clue has vet been obtained.
We learn that on Tuesday last. as an ex-
ira freight train was passing north lust this
side of North Thetford on the PassumpsiC
road the three rear cars of the regular
freight were met, having broken away
from them, and running back. The engine
| was somewhat shorn-the COW catcher
smoke stack and head light as well as the
runaway cars, were broken and injured
| but no injury to any of the employees, a,
ascertained.-Times.
On the 4th uIt., while Lorenzo Brown OF
/ Concord, and his family were away at
| church, his house broken into and his watch
and several other articles stolen. As yet
he has only suspicious of who the thefwas
A few days after this he found where a
man had slept in his hay loft, and a news
/ paper taken from one of the neighbor's
houses with a neighbor's name on it. There
may be a connection between this man
that slept in his barn and the thief-Timee
While the Rev. Mr.. Mark Powers Of
/ West Concord, was attending the L. :
l (1ap1ral 4 g
| Gloucester, Mass, on Tuesday, the 22d ult
he was seized with hemorruage from the
lungs lie was brought to his home here
on Saturday, but he has had frequent at
| tacks of hemorrhage since until there is q
/ great fear that he will not recover.-Tjmes
Z. Clifford and one Albee of It. Johns
| bury Centre, went to Lyndon a short time
/ since and spent the night raidiug about in
| something this style: They uncovered one
mans well and filed in dirt; cut the boot
/ of anothers wagon; cut the water pipes in
/ several places; tore out a mans pump il
/ Kirby and destroyed it; entered the mil
Of E. H. Morgan and cut three belts from
the machinery; and did many other act:
Of rowdyism and rascality. They were
promptly arrested, and the nights spor
cost them just 500 besides this notice
CalsdoHi1u.
The st. Adams Messenger says that in &
| deep cut Of the Lamoille Waller r. r., a.
! it crosses the estate of Mr. J. Cummings o.
Highgate, there Is found a large quantity
Of clam shells. They are found about sev
en- feet below the surface upon a range O
/ ledge of the limestone formation. The hill
upon which they are found is s0mewha
| higher than the surrounding land. Tn,
small stones lying on the ledge. have the
/ appearance OF being much worn by the ac
F, ton Of the water. This circumstance witt
the natural features of the surroundiu.
land, shows COncluSiyely that that part o
the country was once submerged by a Iarr,
body of water.
Friday evening, 23d ult, Orsamu, Pit
kin of East Calais, was very suddenly kill
ed. He was backing a pair ofoxen attach
ed to a cart loaded with muck into no.
pen, and one OK fell off the bridge. gettinl
cast so that it could not rise, Whereupol
Mr.. Pitkin undertook to release it by un
yoking. The animal had very wide sprea,
and sharp horns, and in its struggles threy
up his head so that one horn entered tn
neck Of Mr.. PItkin through the jugula
vein, going down nearly as far as his heart
As sudden as the wound was made. so sud
denly was the horn withdrawn, being fol
lowed by a spirit Of blood as large as tn
same, causing the death Of Mr.. Pitkin i
less than five minutes. At once upon hi
being hurt man at work with him aske
what he should do for him, to which h
replied, Il do not know" and died, thes
being his only words after receiving hi
death wOunt.-Argus.
Artemus Pierce, of Lunenburg. was &c
ing to Northumberland depot, one day las
week, and when within half-mile of tn
station he saw a full grown bear in tn
road, not more than q rod distant. and CON
ing toward him, within two rods of tn
bear, was a little girl, nine years old. TIL
bear crossed the road, and the child cam
toward Mr.. Pierce, who accOsted her, ask
ing her if she was nOtafraid ofthat ANNA
mo" she replied, sit is your dog"
When he told her that it was a bear, sh
showed some signs of fear, but went on
Just as she passed Mr. Pierce two cut
came into the road before her, when sh
; fell down from fright, and Mr.. Pierce too
her up and carried her on with him In
few minutes he met man to whom
told the story, who went on and found til
cubs playing in the road, and the bea
) quietly seated beside them. The man WEI
to Mr.. Ritchie's and they with others wer
in pursuit, but were unsuccessful in the
hunt, as bruin managed to ev&de Them
Times.
A man has recently been operating
Peacham and Ryegate as an evangelist
minister, sometimes claiming to be Bal
t fist and sometimes calling himself Ere
: Methodist.
A few days ago he passed thro' the mort
part of Peacham, and stopped for the nigl
at one of the houses there, where he toe
part in the evening devotions with the fan
lily. A few days after he passed that Wa
again, calling at the house of Mr.. Davi
) The family of Mr.. Davis were away, an
he himself in the field at work. Mr.. D.