Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-11-08


the influence of liquor, were arrested,
and Monday morning plead guilty be-
fore Justice Mattocks and were fined
s. and costs each. Quimby's fine
amounted to SIG So and Dickerman'S
to $14 82-a liberal bill of costs when
there was no trial.-Union.
Charles NJ. Ferguson, aged 80 !
years, died in Bristol, Saturday, sud- |
denly. The deceased went to his /
room at 9 IL a. m, in usual health. /
At noon his mother called him to /
come to dinner, and not receiving any
response she went to his room, and
found him lying on his back as if
asleep, but cold in death.
A youth in st. Johnsbury sent tf-
teen dollars for a package of counter
felt money and received a package at
the express Office Saturday night, of
which the contents consisted of four
pieces of wood, an old newspaper
and a circular.
The oldest person in Sutton is wild
ow Lydia Holmes, mother of Lewis
Holmes, the wool carder. She will
DE SO next July. She seems as smart
as she has been for the last 20 years.
Widow Horn, who lives with Aaron
Gray, is 81, and Abigail Gordon,
who is living with Sergeant Whipple,
is nearly 80 years old.-Cnion.
DR.. B. F. Wiley of Bridgewater
had his leg run over by the cars some
years ago, and never fully recovered
Recently he bruised the same leg, an
abscess formed, stopping circulation,
and modification and death were the
result.
Lydia l.. A. Pratt, after a second
trial, and three years in jail, has just
been acquitted in the Windham coun-
ty court on the charge OF having muI-
dered her child in October, 1861
The child was murdered, but the
mother was considered insane.
Mrs. Benns. wife of Dea. C. Benns
of Burlington, was killed at the Rut
land railroad station, in Burlington
on Tuesday evening of last week.
She had stepped into the car to bic
her daughters goodbye, as they were
about to leave for Alabama, and tht
train starting, she attempted to steI
off, bat fell between the cars, aud til,
wheels passed over her, killing her in
stantly.
A married man of St. Adams, mos
respectfully connected il that village
and the holder Of a government Office
eloped from St. Adams Monday wit
a young married woman, who wa
married but few days since. Tn
husband of the woman followed theI
and procured their arrest at Mon
pelier, while they were at the thea
rical performance in Village Hall, o
Monday evening.-Free Press.
: Mrs. R. Robinson of Benningto
Y was thrown from her carriage, fe'
5 days age and Anna Clifford who wi
0 messed the accident volunteered t
act as her temporary nurse, but disaI
: peared the next day, with jeweIry an
;, money to the value of 5000. Havin
a previously stated that she was on ht
o way to take the train for New Yor
y when the accident occurred, the p
d lice of that city were telegraphed
It and she has been arrested and tt
i stolen property recovered.
! Peter Clement came down to ii
q village Thursday to get bis Morri
Y colt shod, so he thought he would ha,
a him weighed. He was three yea
# old in June, stands Is ID hands hig
h and weighs 1852 los. The colt h
l. run out all summer, and never h;
re had any extra feed or care. He q
: in the way of growing when qui
young, aud hasn't stopped yet. {
lie has taken one or more premiums
r, our county Cdledonaan.
rs At the East village some snea
e. thief has amused himself By takiI
al sheets, pillow-cases, table-cloths, ma
c, kins, shirts, stockings, ETC., fro
"a clotheslines 10 the night, for som
Il r. time past. Also, pork from cellar
u soap from outhouses. Enough h
= been taken of these things to pref
- we'll set up new household, in a
dition, considerable leather has be,
" taken from the tannery, and la
robe from the Rev. Mr.. Humphre
u i, Hadn't such thieves better be hunt,
a up? Whoever it is, they want So
is people at Windsor.-Tsmes.
IS, A serious accident happened
il Woodbury. on Sunday afternoon t
n 3Oth ult. While Mr.. James Geor
and wife, of Calais, were RETURN
home, their horse became unmanae
able in descending the hill betwe
the two villages in Woodbury., a.
as ran at furious rate. Mrs. Geor
nd was thrown from the wagon and h
ny both bones of her ankle broken il
IA a above the ankle joint. The hor
is ran about half a mile with Mr.. Geor.
y, bringing up in drove Of cattle ii
happened to be In the road, and W
lie stopped without doing any iurth
tie damage.-Freeman.
re The first rail was laid last Sat
ne day upon the new road now bel
er, built between this place and Swantt
nc The iron is upon the ground for Ii
it. ing the track from the junction.,
south Of the depot-with the P
sumpsic to Fairbanks village. T.
ed will enable the Passumpsic road