Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-05-31
State News.

Horace Holden was town clerk in Mid
dleseX 80 years.
J. H. Bennett has been town clerk in
Stowe 80 years.
E, NJ. Clifford of Wolcott has purchased
the hotel for $4,000.
Hon. Henry Keyes has been elected a
director in the Mount Washington n. H.
railroad.
1t has been decided to encase the walls
of the Middlebury Jail with heavy boiler
iron.
Bennington is bringing colored girls
from Virginia for house servants; p ar
rived last week.
The bones of a human skeleton were re-
Gently dug up in a lot on the outskirts Of
Manchester village.
Hon. Charles K Field of Brattleboro,
has been a member of every Constitutional
Convention since 1886.
Mr. julie E. Perkins, a native of Wood
stock, is making himself quite famous in
Italy as singer.
Geo. S. Bradford's knitting factory in
Bennington was burned Friday afternoon.
Loss S25, 900, covered by insurance.
A. c. Crane of Middlesex, recently re-
fused $1,000 for his noted stallion, Vermont
Model, well known as the "Crane horse"
Dr. E. n. S. Morgan of Bennington has
become quite blind, and has gone to New
| York for treatment by celebrated oculist.
Hon. Horace Fairbanks has Just return
ed from New York, where he has spent six
months in recruiting his health and look
ing after the interests of the New York
/ firm.
The validity of the subscription of $780,
/ 600 by Danville to the Montpelier and St.
/ Johnsbury railroad, is to be argued at Mont
/ pelier on Tuesday next before Chancellor
| Peck by Redfield and Bartlett for the town
and Poland and Davis for the railroad.
! At Gaysville young man named Talbot
knocked down Mr.. Dwyer, aged so years,
and then kicked him until three ribs were
broken. Last Friday trial was had be-
fore a petty court, and he was let off with
a = fine, indicating that ribs are cheap in
that locality.
Robert Kennedy of Duxbury, killed a
three years old bear, weighing over 200 lbs.
last Monday, in Duxbury Mr.. Kennedy 5
father killed over 80 bears in Duxbury,
showing that bear killing is hereditary in
the family.
Some miserable cur cut the tongues out
of twenty lambs belonging to Michael
Gooch, of Braintree, a few nights since. If
there is any punishment severe enough for
such an inhuman scOundrel it would be to
compel him to make his living henceforth
in doing the most mental service.
Mr.. John Q. Adams, the enterprising
and popular stage driver from this place to
Barton, has recently procured, at an eX-
pense Of about 5000, a new and elegant
Concord coach IOf the manufacture of
}Lessrs Abbott, Downing & Co., which he
intends to put upon his route very soon.
We trust that discriminating public will
see that he Is no loser by this investment.
~ Udtehmaa.
4 singular accident occurred at East
Haven on Wednesday of last week. Mrs.
Jerome BeIden left her little child, two
months ola, in a rocking chair near the
stove, She left the room n few moments
when the child fell out of the chair and
into the low oven Of the stove. The child
had but little clothing on at the time and
was severely burned Just rs the mother
entered the room, the child, in its pain
had .ouirmed ont of the oven otherwise il
would douhtIes, have been burned IN death
-T-oj,g
Asahei burlington, Esq, OF burke, now
IA MS oJtn year. mas been resident OF the
town Tor ABOUT ~ years, ana mas held the
or instrument having been recorded nnor
the town hooks in ali rhat time but nv NJ.
own hand He has also bean town troos.
ursr -,r about 10 va9rs For - vaars b4
MI r9s-ma-trr ana far 10 wears instirt
If tbc neaca Of III. nine children NON
LIVING one Rev I NJ Rurinr4on i nas
3 tor of larga and Aonrishi5g socie+y II
( Troy \ y another is professor of Ian
, ruares in the Institution at Canton \ Y
and the third |. /. BURLINGTON j. princi
bal of the Green Mountain Central Tnsti
tute at Barre.
M. o.ln ar, " wen SHOWN l1Iiie
VI " ~s7.lcLu, VINO ll4eu some IIree hIlIe
80 Y. 'H'I P'"Ie' u'1u au04enI4 On l'ta
,po1.II It va PASSING across d Iieil
~, ~ !, II sl' "'.S' = /" il'-
noticed to stagger, His sons at once sup
raj Tim to his s houxp n an l de
medical aid. but he never spoke after tn,
attack, which was about o'clock, P, m.
ana aleu al Ine same men 9'E b,h MI, S I&r
, should think about So wears old Hi. deatI
was no doubt caused by apoplexy,-C al,
'on'a".
/ Last Monday morning at , o'clock, pc
Hee oi2 is Durham durham arrested Charles 7
agEn 0' ow;g TeIcbgnt ' worm rU5i9
r E. 4 I. Fairbanks & Co, for being DRUM
e and disturbing the peace, On sunda.
nrr 70 Conno T and 15 cot +. somc n35or n' tb n
; went to St. Johnsbury Centre and cot King
, the night came to this village. where the,
made such a disturbance as to cause the ar
resJ p hlng, MercGant keePing out put q 21 IN
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