Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1873-11-03
STATE NEWS.


road. takes the place of Fletcher as
bridge builder on tie Passumpsic
Fletcher goes to Maine to build bridges
on road S. S. Thompson is construct
ing there.
Hon. Thomas E. Powers. of Wood
stock. has been elected vice-president of
the New England reformed mems asso-
citation, new organization composed of
men who have been reclaimed from in
temperance.
An addition of six convicts was
made, last week. to the number of in
mates of the State Prison, of which was
one female, seventeen years of age. The
entire present number of c,nvicts is sew
enty- five, of which two are females.
VIM. Haley, young man from near
Whitehall. and laborer for Mr. Antho.
ny, on the new Congregational church
in Bennington, fell from the gable Of the
church to the floor and was almost in
stantly killed, about four o'clock Thurs
day afternoon, of last week. 4
Mrs. Eben Frye, of West Concord.
fell down stairs on Tuesday of last week,
| and broke one arm between the hand
and elbow, bruised the other arm badly.
and was otherwise injured. She laid
with her hand partly doubled under her
body three or four hours before she was
discovered. She has since died.
A week ago last Friday, as the rail-
/ l. i
by fire the resurrected "gin MILL on
Lake Champlain a collision took place,
when fire arms were brought into use
on both sides. and Seymour Bassett, of
Benson Landing. the owner of the mill"
was fatally shot. He lived till Sunday.
One night last week. as Henry Bixby
of Essex, who had drawn ST. 900 from
Burlington bank, was settling his bill
at the Stevens house. at Winooski. no.
ted character named Jim Sweeney"
made a desperate grab for his wallet.
But Bixby .went for him. and pound
ed him until it took several physicians
to bring him to enough to be taken to
Jail.
Sunday evening of last week, Peter
Brannon of Fairfield. 81 years old, left
the house of Thomas Burns to 60 to that
of his son James, distance of about
100 rods. In the morning it was ascer-
tanned that he was lost, and search re
vealed his dead body. partially hidden
by bushes. He took a contrary direction
from the place he intended to go, and
probably wandered about in the dark
ness and rain till overcome by exposure,
when he died.
Hon. E. d. Mason of Richmond.
president of the Vermont Dairymen' S
Association, sent two of his cheeses to
the Vienna Exposition. and has just re-
ceived information that they were award
ed the highest prize above all competi-
tors. In view of the fact that the cele-
brated dairy regions of England and
Holland as we'll as America were repre-
scented. this may be said to be high IA
vor, and to place Vermont, the Dairy
mems Association and Mr.. Mason, in
the front rank of great industry.
A brace of roughs followed S. E Mon
nier of Greenfield, Mass. to Wilmington
from Bennington, where he had been tx
, adjust an insurance loss, on the after
noon of the 10Th. and committed a muir
dcrous assault upon him that evening
knocking him down with slung sho
,, with the evident purpose of getting tn,
avails of his insurance Though render
ed nearly lnsensible by the blow. hi
cries for help frightened the rufians
: who betook themselves to carriage il
waiting and made their escape in tn,
direction from which they came.
+ On Wednesday evening last, Isaac N
: Green, the night Waterman on the Rut
:. land and Washington Railway, who trav
els between Shushan and Cambridge
went to his starting point at the bridg
north of Shushan, to he ready to star
as soon as the seven o'clock train passed
i The train was little late, and he sa
f down on the track. and thinks he mus
p have fallen as eep When the enginee
saw him he reversed the engine. and di,
all in his power to stop the train. whicl
e was heavy one. but in vain. 1t strucl
: him. and broke his right thigh and on
o of the bones in his right arm, and mad
: a fracture in his skull.
I. One of the most daring robberies re
= Gently committed in Burlington, too
:, place Monday night. W. A. lockwood
u all employe of the express Office. wa
S returning to the office from the steame
Il Vermont, carrying in a bag the expires
It packages of money received from tn
! steamer. AS usual he was about to en-
= ter Walkers stone yard, in this manne
saving few steps in distance. whe
il just at the moment of turning the COZ
le ner, d man darted out, struck him, clineh
,s ed him by the throat. snatched the ba
containing the money. and threw hir
> senseless to the ground. All this wa
N done SO suddenly that Alr. Rockwoo
e caught only a momentary glimpse of hi
If assailant, and of course, cannot ldentif
him. Mr. Rockwood's nose was brt
: ken. but beyond that his injuries are ne
"a severe. The amount of money capture
e by the daring robber cannot at preser
v be ascertained. but we learn, is in a
d probability quite small.-Eree Press.
y In view of the anticipation of a har
ut winter. it is stated that an attempt wi
t. be made in Congress to increase the al
- preparations for the Navy and War D.
partments. SO that the Navy Yard an
y Arsenals may be worked to their fu
O. capacity.
lg The debt statement for October wi
e, show co siderable increase. probabl
rs from three to four million dollars. Th
IL has been anticipated at the treasury d
- partment since the first of the mont
IL 1t is not unlikely that the statement fl
November may also exhibit an increas