Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-04-22
STATE ITEMS.

AVE occurred since last August.
The house and furniture of J. G. Toll
nan at Bellows Falls, was damaged by |
ire, Saturday afternoon April 18th, to
the amount of $1,000: insured.
1t is rumored that J. H. Cushman,
;he editor of the Bennington Banner is
about to retire from the editorial chair
If that paper.
Mrs. Lyman Grandey of New Haven,
committed suicide March 3lst by cut
ting her throat faom ear to ear with
butchers knife
ST. ALBANs, April 16.-The butter
market was active No old butter offer
ed. Spring diaries, % to 80 cents
extra lots, 81 to 81 cents per pound
No cheese offering.
DR.. Weston of Bradford, who has
kept measurement of the amount of
snow during the winter there, says that
it foots up, to April 1st ten feet and
seven inches.
Miss Susie R. Gibson, of Chester, only
daughter of the late E. Ingrabam Glib
son, was found dead in her room on Sab
bath morning. The physician pronounc-
ed the cause cf her death to be apoplexy
superinduced by over exertion.
SHOOTING MATcH.--A shooting match
came off in Burlington on Monday, and
the gold medal was won by A. D. Smith
Of Mortified. Shooting at a silver dol
lar, sixteen yards, he hit it six out of
seven times, with Smith s. Wesson
revolver, the barrel of which was five
and one half inches long. The best
shooting on record.
Loren Shores, a young man of Grot-
on, while hewing railroad ties on the
2lst ult., cut his foot very severely, tie
ak going completely through it from the
toes almost to the ankle. He was a
mile from the house and alone, but sum
moning all his strength and courage, he
made his painful way back, through the
deep snow. and reaching it was kindly
cared for.
The Rutland Herald has the follow
ing, which is itself about as ''perverse"
a gerenation" as We remember to have
seen lately:
FAIRHAvEN April 6th 1872
Mr. Edter-Our Streets were disterb-
ed by band of drunken Street Loafers
by Pulling up Barbres Pole Whisky
and benzene is getting the better of
our town for want of Polese. A per-
verse Coronation that will Cut Cloth
Lines Please give this Room in your
Paper.
The st. Adams Messenger says: Some
idea of the business which is being done
by the Vermont Central road may be
gained by the following authentic fig
ures number of miles of road under
control of the company, 500; locomo-
tives employed, 10; passenger cars,
10; freight cars, 1861 number of
employees, 1900; miles run in ISL
passenger trains, l,0S3,126; freight,
1901. 1914 service, 2O4,5O2 making a
total of 3.l99, 342 miles.
Mrs. A. H. Smith met with singu-
lar but not serious accident one day fast
week. While sitting in a sleigh in
front of her house, in Randolph, under
the caves, holding the reins, an immense
body of snow fell from the roof above
completely filling tie sleigh with snow
and packing her in so closely that she
was unable to extricate herself. The
horse became frightened and started out
of the yard upon a run. Reing unable
jump from the sleigh she had no al
tentative but to manage the horse a:
best she could She succeeded in stop
ping him, however, before going far, ant
she was dug out of the sleigh withou
the least injury TO herself, or damage.
to the horse or sleigh.
HE COLLECTORSHIP OF CUSTOMS
RESIGNATION OF GEN. STANNARD.-W
announce, with more pain than we ca
we'll express, the resi- gnation of Gen. Gee
J. Stannard, as Collector of Customs 70
the District of Vermont, in consequence
of heavy deficit in his accounts, whic
has suddenly come to light. We under
stand his coin account with the Cover
ment, for customs, to be square; but i
the account for fees and perquisite
which is required to be settled annual,
a balance of $4,000 appears agains
him on a recent settlement which he W;
| unable to make good. An agent of tt
Treasury department came on. last Fr
day or Saturday, to investigate the ma
ter, and the result is the disclosure
the deficit; the holding of his bondsme
for the amount, and the resignation
Gen. Stannard, who has also gone in
bankruptcy to secure his bondsmen wi
, what property he has, as far as it wi
t go. This disclosure has affected Ge