Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1872-01-22
STATE ITEMS.

STATE ITEMS.
More than a thousand men are en-
ployed in the marble saving mills in
Vermont.
Three little boys named Bailey
were drowned in pond last week in
Bennington.
During the past year there have
been shipped from st. Adams 1870,
1S2 lbs. of butter, and 100000 lbs. Of
cheese.
James Fisk, Jr., made his living by
dealing in stocks, and, strange to say,
he met his death by Stokes dealing
with him.
A temperance spasm has swept
through the village of Island Pond,
and Frustrated some six or eight liq-
uor dealers with fines.
J. J. Saltery, the California miner,
after careful examination, has leased
portions of two farms on Stony Brook,
in Stockbridge, for mining purposes
next spring.
AS Edward Stanahow was coming
down Balls mountain, Ferrisburgh,
on Wednesday morning last, with a
load of logs, the load capsized and he
was struck on the breast by stake
and instantly killed.
HAND SHOT.-Howard Gilbert, of
West Randolph, night Waterman in
Salisbury Co.'S mill, had one hand
shot through Thursday morning of
last week by the accidental discharge
of revolver, as he was putting it in
his pocket.
The fat men of Rutland county are
soon to organize an association, and
will have dinner in the evening of
the day they organize, at the Bardwell
House. No gentleman will be admit
ted to the floor unless he weighs two
hundred pounds.
The new Methodist church in Rich
ford was dedicated last Monday. Rev.
W. D. Malcolm preached the sermon.
The church is 40 by go feet, and con-
tains 81 seats. The cost is $500,
and the society is about $4,000 in
debt.
The Sabbath School at Lyndonville
now numbers 225 persons. The at
tendance last Sabbath was 10, which
is the largest number ever in atten-
dance in one day. Considering the
size of the village this speaks volumes
in praise of the good habits Of the
people.
A hurricane passed over the village
of Manchester Friday, blowing down
chimneys, tearing slate from roofs, and
blowing down buildings. A slate
from the new Congregational church
went through 4 window of house
some distance away, and another strik
ing horse knocked him down.
II. r. Dearborn of Chelsea was
tripped up by boys coasting Oh the %
inst, and thrown with great violence
upon the ice, striking upon the bacl
of his head. He was taken up sense
less, and remained in a critical condi
ton for several days. He has no
been able to hear in one ear since thu
accident.
An inquest upon the body of Mrs
Dillon, who was found dead in he
house i'll St. Adams last week, resulted
in verdict of "apoplexy.'e Their
were no evidences OF violence or rol
berry, and some two or three hundre,
dollars and her keys were found il
the place where she usually kept then
Her estate is var'iously estimated a
from $4,000, to $4,000.
A one-armed soldier, who visite
Bellows Falls last Friday, and partoo
Of Miners pond water to great e,
tent, was relieved of his money by
comrade who handed the money t
Charles Blake. Mr.. Blake kept tn
money until morning, when he I,
turned it to the soldier, who left fee
ing about 500 better off than whe
lie awoke in the morning.
James Fisk, Jr., was not bern, 9
has been stated in most of our exchal
ges, in the ''historic town of BENIN.
ton," but in Pownal, the southwe'
corner town in Vermont. The sma
| one-story house where he was bor
, next west of the residence Of the lat
Solomon Wright, is still standin!
His father, at that time, was an owe
seer in a small cotton factory te
rods distant.
As two of Col. j. J. Boynton's CHI
4 dren of Stowe, were retiring a fe
: evenings ago, the bed caught fire fro
e the snuff of candle. They imme6
q ately fell asleep without knowing tn
their bed was burning. Soon afte
ward a member of the household h;
occasion to visit the room, when 81
n found a hole about two feet squa
j burned in the bedding, and the roo
full of smoke The children we
~ thus saved from what might ha
\ been very serious accident.
II Frank 2. Proud, a manned solid,
I having lost one arm i'll the servi'
committed suicide by hanging hims