Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-07-15
STATE ITEMS.

Ell harrington, an aged clClZen OF
Queechee, was found dead in bed on the
morning of the oath instant Apoplxy
was the cause of his DEATH
A servant boy of Mrs. Julian H.
Dewey of St. Adams, stole watch,
bracelets, and other valuable articles and
ran off, The Sheriff, not exhibiting suf-
icient alacrity in pursuing the thief,
Mrs. D. pluckily started off herself, and
after three days search, and two hundred
miles travel in her own carriage, found
the rogue in Canada, and recovered
part of the purloined articles.
Last Thursday afternoon, July 4th,
Horatio Schoolcraft, of Swanton, was
accidentally shot by his brother, who
was engaged with him in trying to Sc
cure asquirrel in pile of boards. The
gun was discharged by accidentally hit
ting the hammer of the lock against the
boards. The contents of the gun entered
the hand and fingers, with the excep-
ton of about half a dozen shot which
entered the ankle. Fear is entertained
that the foot will have to be amputated.
John Reedy, aged s years, was sent
to the Reform School from Montpelier
on Tuesday, by Justice Robinson, on
charge of theft from the cellar of Frank
Gravelin. Capt. j. 0. Livingston APP
peared for the State, and 0. H. Smith,
Esq, for the lad. The little fellow ad-
mitted the theft, as did his brother also,
and he will doubtless be much benefited
by his sojourn at Waterbury, he having
the making of man in him.
On Tuesday forenoon, July I'd, some
boys discovered, little north of the
village of Windsor, the body of a man.
entangled in some foodwood, lying in
shallow water. The remains were in
an advanced state of decay. No features
of the face were recognizable, the flesh
having entirely disappeared. The right
foot was missing, and below the knee
the decayed flesh hung in shreds. 1t is
thought the body must be that of an
elderly person. The remains could not
be kept for recognition, and they were
Immediately inferred in the village GEN.
etery, by order of the town authority.
Nothing whatever is known there of the
origin of the body. That it came from
some distance up the Connecticut, seems
evident; but whether it can ever be
confidently recognized now appears very
doubtful
The Herald says that drunkenness and
disorderly conduct prevailed throughout
the Fourth at Rutland. The next day
S542 was amerced on the liquor dealers
and patrons in Rutland for fines. One
Brian McDonough was seen to emerge
from his house dragging his wife by the
heels, her head striking from the thresh-
old to a platform below, and from thence
over rocks and stones He then threw
a pailful of water over her, and after
again dragging her, by her heels. over
the rocks and stones, he varied his
amusement by jumping and stamping
on her back with the heels of his boots.
He again attempted to renew the
dragging process, when some of the
neighbors made a flank movement on
him with stones and other missels, COM
polling him to desist and driving him
off. He is now in jail and his wife is,
of course, confined to her bed the ply
stefan, however, dees not apprehend fa-
tai consequences.
RAPE CASE IN ORANGE.-Last week
we chronicled fatal affray in Orange.
in which man lost his life from kick
In the stomach, and now we are obliged
to recount one of the most brutal cases
of rape ever known in Vermont, which
took place in Orange, on the 18th of July.
1t seems that Mr.. Asa Magoon, farmer