Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-04-07
STATE NEWS.

George Bert of Wells River, assaulted |
George Damonswith fork, cutting
large cash on the head. The affair cost
him 500.
Hon. W. H. H. Brigham is having
the Mount Mansfield House put in order
and large number of summer visitors
are expected.
A child, two and half years old, of
Mr.. Laravey of ST. Adams, was burned
to death Monday. during the temporary
absence of its mother.
Hawley Judson, Of Huntington, has
sold his three-l legged colt to Ben Palmer,
of Troy, N. Y, for $500.
G. G. Durkee, in the employ of J. Es-
ty & Co., of Brattleboro had one hand
severely lacerated by circular saw.
Wednesday Of last week.
A house and out buildings belonging
to Mrs. Spaulding, of Rutland, were
burned early last Sunday morning, the
family barely escaping with their lives.
J. E. McNaughton, of Barnumville,
near Manchester, was robbed of $40
while getting off horse car in New
York city, week before last.
The estate of the late Nathaniel Full
erton, of Chester, foots up some three
hundred thousand dollars.
George Patten, of Island Pond, was
sent to Jail, recently, in default of $500
bail, for stealing five shirts and pair
Of socks off Frank Pages clothes line.
Pleuro- pneumonia is prevailing to an
alarming extent in Chester, and in many
instances it has baffled the skill of the
best physicians, and terminated fatally.
The house of Orion Barnum, in Monk
ton, was burned last Friday night. The
contents of chamber, including $3.50
and gold watch were destroyed.
On the night Of the 18th ult., the
photograph saloon of Andrew Nelson, at
Lunenburgh, with its contents, was blown
down and scattered all over the village.
A shock of earthquake was felt in Al
burgh and there along, lasting three
quarters of a minute, Tuesday morning,
the 25th ult, at about halt-past one
o'clock.
In the town of Bakersfield every man
holds an Office. 1t was voted at recent
town meeting that every mans premises
shall be pound, of which the proprietor
is keeper.
Mr. Cyrus Birge, of New Haven, had
desperate contest with an Infatuated
bull the other day. The former was Sc
verely bruised and nearly killed. besides
having his clothes torn to tatters. Tau.
rus was uninjured.
At court held in Marlboro, Monday
before last, the officer was obliged to go
on snow-shoes to subpoena witnesses, on
account of the depth of snow, and the
jury came by the same conveyance. The
oldest inhabitants don't remember so
much snow at this time of the year.
The Woodstock Post says: "The
Springfield stage is running tri-weekly
stage He comes here one week and
tries to get back the next.
1t is announced that several families
who went from Ludlow last fall and set
tied in Minnesota and Dakota, are about
to return, having seen enough of winter
in the Northwest.
The house of Bertram Define, in Dux.
bury, about one mile below Waterbury
village, was burned Sunday evening,
about o'clock. The cause was the up
setting of kerosene lamp. Insured for
$500.
At the st. Adams Butter Market Tues
day, large amount of new butter was
brought in, and prices show marked
advance on all grades. Spring diaries
80 to 3Sc for medium to good, 40 to AZ
cents for choice, and fine selected al
45 cents.
Friday before last a son of w. S. Al.
den, of Leicester, swallowed a piece Of
bolt about one inch long, with quarter
| inch nut upon it. He has experienced
no other inconvenience than being choked
in swallowing it.
John Smith and several other section
hands were shoveling snow from the
track in cut near Cavendish, last Thurs
day afternoon, and in attempting to ge
out of the way of a train he slipped and
, fell under the wheels killing him instant
ly.
The mice are making sorry worl
among the apple trees in Windsor Coun
7 ty, 7. f. Butterfeld of the Springfield
nursery having lost over 100000 youns
! trees. Scarcely young orchard in tn,
: county has escaped their depredations
The Rutland Herald has a column de
scription of the new Catholic church il
that place, now nearly completed, which
!; is called st. Peters. The building i
o $50 feet long by II feet wide, with
tower 200 feet high. It's cost is abou
!, 100000, and will seat 400 people
e Betsey Bruce, an old woman iron
Wallingford, was found at Troy, recent
ly, in deranged condition, and returne,
u to her home. She claimed to be in tn
city after some money deposited in on
of the banks by her son.
Hiram Atkins, the incorrigibly 'sas
d sy" editor of the Montpelier Argus, i
: his paper. last week, attacked the ad
ministration Of John W. Clarke. just re
~ nominated and confirmed for another fou
e years in the Montpelier post-ofice. MI
IL Clarke, in turn, assaulted him with hi
e fists, in the street on Saturday morning
sr On Friday, while the noon passenge
" train from Rutland was passing nea
! Gassett's station, the cars ran off til
J track, and while stopping to repair dan
- ages freight train came along, stoppin
/ just in the rear of the passenger trail
c. Shortly after another freight train a
+. rived and ran into the first, pushin
. that into the passenger train and smash
~ mo EIGHT ar fen fraipht cars ono no