Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-06-02
STATE NEVIS.

day, was very active, at to 25 to 27c,
for medium to good, and 2Sc for selec-
tions.
Lieut.. Geo. W. Kingshury, 18th Uni
ted States infantry, now actively en-
gagged in fighting the Modocs, is a for
mer resident of Chester, and gallant
officer in the 18th Vermont Regiment.
Gov Kellogg. of Louisiana, is ma
tive of Montpelier, and Senator Car
penter, whose New Orleans speech is SO
much talked about, was born in More
town.
Saturday last, lightning killed two
cows belonging to Sylvester Alden, who
resides in that Middlesex locality known
as 'sBear Swamp" They were all he
had, making it serious loss to him.
Tomorrow meeting is to be held at
East Montpelier, at l o'clock, P NJ, in
the interests of the Montpelier and Black
River railroad, at which it is expected
there will be Representatives from all the
towns alongsthe proposed route.
An engraved portrait of Col. Ethan
Allen has been found at New York, from
a painting made by Trumbull in 1888,
and now the people will have an oppor-
tunity of knowing something how the old
hero of Ticonderoga looked.
A man named Smith, of Pawlet, had
one arm horribly mangled Thursday of
last week, at the steam mill in Poultney,
while at work at planning machine. 1t
was canght by the revolving knives, and
large portions of the arm above and be-
low the elbow cut away.
A brakeman named Lawler had one
foot badly crushed last Saturday. while
assisting in making up train at Rut-
land. He stepped between a couple of
cars, and catching his foot in frog was
unable to extricate it before the train
backed up.
Wallingford is getting disorderly.-
Mrs. Samuel Green has had to pay $50
for casting a stone through the window
of Mrs. Martha JEWELS house, her neigh
Dor and David Hagar, an old but usu-
ally orderly citizen, was fined $40 and
costs for inficting corporal punishment
on his wife.
Thursday of last week, Loren Atwood,
of Rutland, for many years past Super
intendent of the manufacturing company
in that place, was seriously injured by
being thrown from his wagon. He struck
on the back of his head, causing frac-
ture of the skull, and rendering him I'M
conscious. Very little hope is enter
tanned for his recovery.
Friday night of week before last the
Cold Spring Cheese factory, at Tinmouth,
was burned, with all its contents. The
building was owned by Edward Vallen-
tine and son, and with machinery was
valued at $4,000. Insured for $3000
5000 pounds of cheese was destroyed on
which there was no insurance.
Lorenzo Follansby, of Victory. was
brought before justice Monday of las
week, charged with an assault with in
tent to commit rape on the person o
Ellen Shores, of CRANKY, on the Sd inst
He was ordered to give bail in the sun
of 5000 for appearance at County Court
A man in the employ of Hon. H. Can
: field, of Arlington, while working in tn
cellar recently, noticed what he supposed
/. to he n pitcher of cider, and took q drink
S ffe Soon fOunu UuU, HUweycI,a4l~4 ho Wa
somewhat mistaken, it proving to b
strong lye. He hasn't been able to worl
since.
The Essex County Herald says :
The quiet of the village of Guildhall i
: unbroken by the sound of axe, hammer
a or any tool of iron save perhaps Poole
e anvil which rings occasionally. n
9 building of any kind is being done thi
season, the nearest approach to it bein!
threats by one or two individuals to neV
: single leaky roofs.
II Tuesday of last week whirlwind Wis
e tied the clothes yard of David Trull, G
Y West Burke, scattering things about i
!. lively manner, and leaving David mi
nus his spare shirt and pair of stock
ings. They passed over the depot, &C
% ing higher and higher till they disar
; peared over the top of Sutton Hill.
1t Almost fatal cases of poisoning hav
fe occurred at West Brattleboro within
N few days. Samuel Warmer was take
suddenly i'll, Friday of week before las
and several others were similarly attacl
ed. Investigation proved that they ha
all eaten of cheese purchased at one
the stores, and it is supposed that arsel
7e ic was used in its manufacture in plat
10 of rennet.
= Calais had a town meeting last Sa
m urday, to vote ON the question of bono
:, ing in aid of the building of the Mon
~ pelier, Hardwick and Black River raj
OIL road. The result was the defeat of Il
u, project. three to one, or 100 nays to
10 yeas. The friends of the enterprise ha
ne caused another meeting to be called, al
&c its opponents are just as determined.
1T The Directors of the Vermont Ce
III trail railroad corporation met at St. A
ed bans Tuesday. They elected Hon. Jol
Cd Gregory Smith as President, and Ho
IS Worthington c. Smith as Vice Preside
re- which is handsome compliment
/. those gentlemen, their election beil
re unanimous, and vindicating them frc
" the falsehoods and calumnies Of tn,
mo- slanderers. The choice of other office
d7 were deferred until next week.
N. A caution. There seems to
n trouble among the Temperance peol
ire in Vermont, and the adherents of t
as Vermont Fitness side of the questi
on have issued caution notice, intim
=. ing that Rev. L. Ell. Stone is mo bett
IS, than he should be, - in that he has C
u.s. lected and .divcrted to his own us
re- large amounts" of money that wol
In otherwise have gone to the State Te
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