Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-08-18
STATE NEWS.

bear IN trap recently which weighed
nearly 400 pounds.
In row at Bennington, on the even
ing of the I'd inst, a Frenchman had
his skull SO badly fractured that it is
believed he cannot recover.
The census of st. Adams has received
an unexpected increase. Last week Mr..
Ed. callahan. an employee of the found
ry, was presented by Mrs. D. with trip
lets-two boys and a girl.
The st. Adams butter market Tues
day, was only fairly active. but there
was much inquiry for good lots We
quote: Common to fair, Is to 25c; me-
dunn to good, 25 to %; selected, Soc.
Hunts shawl factory at Bennington
employs two hundred hands, consumes
annually 100000 pounds of wool, and
the payroll amounts to $4,000 per
month. The total cost of the mill, in
Guiding machinery, was over 100000.
: Peter Campbell, of Swanton, was ar
rested the Sth inst, for causing the
death of a small boy named Tatro. He
sent him for rum, which he failed to get,
and Campbell pounded him SO that, af-
ter week of severe suffering he died.
Wednesday of last week, Lewis Earle,
Of Woodstock, while driving load of
freight. fell from his load The load
passed over him, breaking his nose and
tearing the flesh from his arm for sever
al inches above and below the elbow, so
that joint and muscles were exposed
! On Saturday the 9th, John Griffin Of
| Rutland, got more .'benzene' aboard
than he could handle, and attempted to
give his wife thrashing. She escaped
from him, and had warrant made out
for his arrest, and soon John was taken
in charge of by the officers Of the law.
Arrangements have been made for a
two days trot on the old Gilman track,
in Montpelier, to take place on Wednes-
, day and Thursday, August 20 and 81.
The purses amount to $1,000, and the
affair is in the hands of parties who are
not accustomed to make failure 10 any
/ thing they undertake.
} We find in the Rutland papers an &C.
E count of the battles in which the several
Vermont regiments were engaged during
, the rebellion. from which it appears that
the lst regiment was engaged in one
r battle; I'd, %; Sd, %; 4th, "a 9Th,
: 25; 9Th, rs; 1st Cavalry, 76; and
other regiments from one to thirteen bat
ties, according to their term of service.
Recently man 40 years old. at work
in the Proctorsville mills, attempted to
elope with gushing maiden of fifteen
summers. Her father fortunately over
took them on their travels and carried
his daughter home, where he inflicted
Y severe punishment on her, and set her
1 to work again. The gay Lothario has
one wife already in New York, and has
: not been heard from since.
A week ago last Sunday number Of
y young men gathered at '.Lem." Sher.
n woods, in Bakersfield, and INDUCED in
: a glorious drunk, closing up with free
# fight in which they chewed fingers and
BACKED eyes, and one man lost an ear
= The next day Lem" was fined $40
1t and costs for selling the ardent, his sor
e Sanford $40 for being drunk and fight
r. ing, and Henry Howard So for being
% caught in bad company.
The will of the late Henry Day, o
Bristol, in which he bequeathed all hi
. pronerty to the limited States Govern
I ment on the decease of his sister, ant
which has been contested by the heir
# of the estate is now decided by Judg
Smith as valid. Although the provis
ions were unexpected to all and coul'
L not be accounted for, still, in the Judge
l. opinion, the witnesses failed to prev
IS Mr.. Days .incompetency to make hi
own will.
h The experiment of restocking the wa
6 tiers of Vermont with salmon promise
= to be a success. Those put into tn
/ Winooski last spring have grown to b
is three to four inches long, and have be
IN gan to run into the lake, on their jour
,f ney to the sea via the st. Lawrenc
River. A scoop-net held in the race
l. way below the wooden mills at Winoos
IS XII Falls, last week, developed the abov
If facts, large number of these youn
N salmon running into the net every fe'
minutes.-dryus.
Ira, son of Hollis ID. Wood, of Ben
. nington, met with distressing acciden
l. on the 9th inst, while moving. |
es trying to raise the cutter bar on tn
e. moving machine, the chain attached
the bar broke, and he fell back to tn
ground, catching his feet in the reins
T backing the horses. the machine strikin
u him in the side. passing up over hi
D. chest and shoulder, breaking two rit
and bruising him fearfully. His clothe
O. were caught in the cogs of the whet
and not shred of clothing was left o
&C. his body.
g. Johnny Bean, of Woodstock, under
e. took to storm the castle of Thomas Pratt
. a week ago last Sunday night. III
10 windows were broken, crockery smashed
stove kicked over, and few minor pla,
. full antics performed. After watchin
u John for few moments, Mrs. Pratt pr,
its ceeded to argue the matter with hin
ia Her first argument was put SO forcibl
e that John lay down on the floor to mol
candidly revolve the matter over in h
e. mind, which opportunity Mrs. Pratt il
+. proved for "waltzing on his ear" job
a took his departure as soon as conven
he ent and the next day when the sheri
&c proceeded to make him a polite call
= found that Bean was still travelling f
his health.
NJ Recently two men hired team
IN Harry B. Parker, of Lowell, for a driv
he Without his knowledge they proceedt
10. to Mansonville, P. O., obtained qua
=. tity Of the ardent and started f
~ home. On their return they were owe
ID, hauled by a custom officer, who procee
'od ed to cenfscate what property he cou
low hands on Wbila tha off;car w