Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-03-03
GTATE NEIH,S.

AThesreligious meetings at Richford
Center Still continue, and the interest is
unabated
Gen. Stannard is now being tried at
Burlington for his alleged defalcations.
The opposition to the present man.
agement of the Vermont Central railroad
have at last made a move. Various
charges are brought against-Jv-G. Smith,
B. P Cheney, Lawrence Barnes, and
other managers, and a hearing is being
had before Judge Royce Z
Montgomery has lad of sixteen sum-
mers, who stands SIX feet and four inch
es in his number twelve boots. -
E. B. Beach of Maidstone, dislocated |
his ankle while at work in the woods a
few days since. Calling his companions
he had his boot pulled off, the ankle
pulled into place, and is all right.
Somebody writes to the Rutland HER
AID, in relation to the Town Hall of
Chester, and claims that it is worse than
the black hole of Calcutta. The rats
with which it abounds, make merry with
the bones of the dead which they ex-
hume from a burying ground near by.
Its filthy odors and vermin, make it an
outrage on the rights of humanity.
A son Of P. W. Rice of Readsboro,
had his arm drawn into planer and SO
severely injured that it had to be ampu-
tated at his shoulder. Similar accidents
are of common occurance. No person
,lnacquainted with this machine ought
to have anything to do with one while
it isrunning.
northampton boasts of a young lady
who has framed and raised barn. We
know maid who raised whole house,
and all because she could not find her
back hair.
The Vermont Copper Mining Compa-
ny are about putting in a steam drill to
facilitate operations in their mines In
Vershire.
Lieut.. &. W. Sheldon of johnson of
the Fourth regular artillery has been
dismissed from the service, for frauds on
the enlisted men and government.
A landlord at Jamaica recently offered
to discontinue the sale of liquors, pro-
vided the people there would pay him
$500 a year. The people refused and
propose to have him shut up without.
An infant son of H. F. Hayden, of
Middlebury, while playing with dog,
a few days SINCE hurt the animals foot
which was sore, whereupon it seized the
young child's head IN its mouth, lacerat-
5 ing the scalp in fearful manner.
Chester boasts of gushing Hibernian
damsel, who is yet on the sunny side Of
thirty years, who .kicks the beam" at
!. $40 pounds, and this mountain of flesh
S thinks that by paying a little attention
8 to dieting she can improve the above fig.
ures.
Week before last child in tene
; ment house on the farm of Mr.. Osborn,
$ in West Milton, was badly burned by
S pulling kerosene lamp upon itself, thu
). lamp breaking. The parents of the Chile
> were absent at the time, but the chile
was rescued by some passers by.
" Some twenty-five thousand trout eggs
Ie says the Bellows Falls TIMES, from j. d
t Bridgman's ponds were sent to Califor
D MIA the first of the winter, and a few week
! since were heard from as Matching GU
:, finely. They were ordered by trou
4 breeding association at San Francisco
9 The demand for trout spawn the past sea
S. son has been greater than ever before
t. A brother of John Griffin, of Rutland
S had some difficulty IN the bowling ale
10 of Edward Cauley, and brother Q
Griffin concluded to settle the matte
u for him. The belligerent parties met i
he the depot yard and fought to their mu
ID tual satisfaction, each being pretty thor
e. oughly bruised up. On his way Eom
j Griffin attacked another Cauley, and har
= died him roughly. Griffin had to pay
IS fine of $40 and cost.
nc On a recent cold day man with
at girl about ten years old, called at tn
house of Mr.. Frazier, in Ferrisburg
Center, to warm themselves, and, as tn
= child was poorly clad, the stranger ash
ed that she might stay all night sayin
that he was on his way to the Home i
Burlington with her, and would call an
Nv get her the next day. The request wa
granted, and the man has not called We
to The girl refuses to give any informatio
tie concerning herself
Tuesday evening of last week, as Wa
be lace f. Smith, a resident of Water stree
Burlington, was entering his house
to found woman on the sidewalk, who sal
she had been kicked out of doors. Smit
- was about taking her in, when her hu
band, Joseph Sullivan. appeared, an
le- commenced kicking and beating her III
by mercifully. Then, without any provoc
ton, he attacked Smith, dealing hi
ne fearful blows about the head and fac
Sullivan was sentenced to ninety da,
Ior imprisonment in the county jail for Il
10 murderous assault.
Tuesday morning of last week Il
IN President of the National Bank at Nor
yer Bennington, was unable to unlock Il
safe, and after working at it for sever
hours, telegraphed to New York for ;
= expert" The man arrived and aft
two hours labor succeeded in opening t
. safe. The trouble was caused by one
el the tin boxes inside touching part of t
'i- lock, and the wire that surrounded
was strong enough to resist the pressu
zen of the lever. Constant working of Il
ty- lever finally bent the wire enough to !;
low the lock to open.
'lu FATAL AcoIDENT.-Mis Emma Hoa
lhe ley, of Felchville, who has been teac
ing school the present winter in what
led known as the Center District in Ca
or, endish, met with an accident of so fes
80. full nature on the Sth inst that
the proved fatal ON the following Thursda
our Miss Hoadley had arranged to 90 hol