Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-05-26
STATE NEWS.

Butter at St. Adams last Tuesday 20
to ~ cents; selections % cents
A S. Baldwin, of Wolcott, is ..peg-
ging' out so to 40 bushels of shoe pegs
a day.
Sharon's best snow-drift measured, |
week before last. 100 rods in Tenth, and
Is feet three inches in depth.
To manufacture the gas for tie bal
loon Of Prof. ]. Allen, which is to ascend |
at Bethel the 4th, requires $500 lbs
of oil vltrol, $500 lbs. iron, IL hhds. |
water, peck lime, 100 lbs. ice.
Mr.. John B. Miller, of Brattleboro,
was attacked by vicious bull, last
week, and severely bruised and injured
E. G. Spencer of Marshfeld killed two
valuable blood heifers, recently, by
washing them in solution of tobacco to
kill lice
N. B. Stevens. formerly of the Trot-
ter House, Bradford, has leased the
Washington House, Howard street, Bos-
ton, and is now running it.
The aggregate circulation of the fifty
newspapers in Vermont, as given by the
census reports, is 800, an average of
1923. Will the facts corroborate the
report?
Newbury has "Chase estate" affair
of its own that is not Of the 'wild goose
sort. The Henderson family, about six
in number, have received or are about
to receive some 100000 from the estate
of a relative in Scotland.
Last Monday night when George Rich,
Of Montpelier, went to bed he put his
pocket book. containing S65, under his
pillow. The next morning the money
was gone, leaving him without cent
Suspicion points in a certain direction.
At st. Adams, on Thursday afternoon,
Charles Mulholland, a lad thirteen years
of age. in attempting to get off a freight
train, was caught between the cars and
received fatal injuries.
| A little son of Mr.. Sullivan. of Ver-
shire, about 10 years Of age. while play
ing with other boys, last week. had an
arrow shot into his eye. 1t penetrated
the ball, and the little fellows suffer-
ings were terrible, and the sight was ru-
ined.
A child of Mr. and Mrs. Francis
Woodland. of Halifax, two and half
years old, was found on the lst inst,
drowned in the canal or aqueduct con-
nected with the tannery.
Frank Bonney, of Dandy, was run
over by an engine and killed. in Rut-
land, while intoxicated, on Monday
He leaves wife and four or five chill
dren.
Just now there is a lively debate GO
ing on between Bennington and Ludlow
as to which town possesses the most di-
lapidated graveyard. The Banner says
the Bennington selectmen have adopted
the rule mot to make any repairs unless
the occupants complain"
Edward Spaulding. employed by JOS
Ign & Kimball. of Greenfield. Mass,
went to Brattleboro last Saturday, after
a horse, but was heard from at South
Vernon, near the railroad. bruised and
unable to tell what had happened. II
is supposed he was struck by train.
The five days musical convention al
Rutland, under the lead of Carl Zerrahr
has been very successful, the concert:
being fully attended, and the audience
very enthusiastic. and what is wonderful
the treasurer declares it financial sue
cess.
Castleton was thrown into fever o.
excitement few nights since, by gen
uine elopement of married woman anC
an unmarried man, all the result of /;
husbands coming home one night befor,
his usual time. He is '.loDely now"
Edward Farrar, son of the Hon. HI
D. Farrar. of Richford, was thrown on
of his wagon, Saturday evening, ant
striking his head on the ground, receiv
ed such fatal injuries thath died with
in few minutes. Deceased was abou
81 years of age, and had been cattl
drover.
Mr.. William R Wells. of Calais
| while working about the mill, in tina
. town. nearly fortnight ago, had tn
misfortune to slip from a plank and fal
five or six feet. Although able, imme
diately after regaining his feet. to re
1 sumo work for short time, he receive
!. such internal injuries that he soon too
to his bed, and died on the 18th inst
DR.. Middleton Goldsmith, of Rutland
one of the commissioners from Vermont
was present at the recent centennia
t meeting in Philadelphia. He is chair
: man of the committee on nominations
: and also on Vermont sheep. He is de
termined to have Vermont we'll repre-
secuted and occupy prominent positio
5 at the Centennial Exhibition.
Mr.. Samuel Goodrich, formerly
Barre, came near being victim of tt
railroad bridge disaster at Dixon, Ill.,
l. He had been on the bridge a momel
# before it fell, but, yielding his place
: more anxious spectators, was standir
y on the abutment. not six inches from tt
e abyss into which the eager crowd who
L moment before had jostled him aisle
J. were precipitated.
h The old Village Hall, and latterly IL
5 Firemen's Hall. at Rutland, having bee
;s partially destroyed by fire twice befor
:, was finally burned to the ground {
u Saturday night, as was the Office Of D
l. Goldsmith adjoining it. The loss est
e, mated at $4,000, fully covered by i
\. surance. There is little doubt but Il
fire was a case of incendiarism.
is Last week the father of Stillms
:. Fletcher, Zone Of the editors of the Ne
- England Farmer aged 80 years. resi-
M ing at Hale Hollow" in Plymouth V
walked from his residence to the "Fi
j | - I,c&onao af l.