Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-06-01
State Ne,os.

/ St. Adams Butter Market, NAV Zbth
was dull. Common to fair. % to 23c !;
medium to good. 90 to 24c choice, % ;
selections, 90 and 81 cents.
! A freight train on the Connecticut &
Passumpsic Rivers railroad, ran off the
track near Bradford. Wednesday of week
before last, and two cars were badly
smashed, caused by broken journal.
Decoration day is well known as le-
gal holiday. but it is not perhaps so we'll
known that notes maturing on that day
or the following Sunday, will go to pro-
test if not paid on the Friday before.
There is clearly contest ahead for
the republican Congressional nomination
in the First District. The Bennington
Banner advocates the nomination of Col
Charles H. Joyce of Rutland, as against
that of Mr.. Willard
Decoration Day is to be duly observ-
ed at Montpelier. Gen. 2. P. Pitkin is
to be Marshal J. o. Livingston. Hiram
A. Huse and George S. Robinson, are
committee of arrangements. The singing
is to be under the direction of Col. II.
d. Hopkins.
Hon. Prosper Merrill of Woodstock,
owned large Touring mill at Williams
burgh. which was destroyed. and his
miller and clerk both drowned The
books and money on hand were lost. His
loss is said to be over $4,000.
1t is expected that the trial of James
Winn, for the murder of William A.
Donoghue, will take place at the APP
preaching session of the County Court
at Woodstock-a Grand jury having
| been ordered for this and one or two
other cases.
Hon. Thomas Bartlett has opened a
law office at st. Johnsbury. where he in
tends to practice his profession For
many years Mr.. Bartlett has been a res
ident of Lyndon, and removes to st.
Johnsbury for the purpose of being near
er the courts, the railroads, etc.
DIR. E. NJ. Curtis, an eminent physi-
clan and surgeon who was native of
Vermont, died, May Il, at Sacramento,
Cal, where he has lived and won fame
since the war. He served as assistant
surgeon in the 9th vt. regiment in the
war of the rebellion, and was afterward
surgeon of the 4th regiment.
The executive committee of the Cen
trail Vermont Railroad, is composed Of
j. Gregory Smith, John B. Page, W. C.
Smith, J. Q. Hoyt and J. H. kimball !;
the finance committee of John B. Page
j. r. Langdon. Jacob Edwards, George
NJ. Rice and Jacob Estey; and the COM
mittee on examination of accounts, J. S.
Shultz, B. z. Cheney and j. W. Hickok
Hastings 6 Campbell have imported
four car loads of shotes from the West
recently. They were sold to dairy far
mers, principally along the Passumpsic
road between Thetford and Burke. Is
it not rather queer that Western hogs
are brought to Vermont now, which will
probably be fattened on western corn in
the fall Why can't Vermont raise her
own pork But then, it is a good thing
for the railroads, as it is-Farn,eg.
Gems. Sheridan and Hancock have
positively promised to be present at the
reunion of Vermont soldiers, which will
take place at Burlington the last week
in August. Gen. Mcdowell will also be
present, and there is hope of seeing Gems.
Burnside and Doubleday 1t is not pos
itively promised that there will be three
Gen. Doubledays at Burlington, as there
were at Rutland last year; but from the
quantity of Choice Spirits that can east.
ly be convened at the Queen City it is
not doubted that the presence of l Gen.
Doubleday can be easily magnifed to
make up the required number.
A week ago last Saturday, frankie, a
: bright little boy of three years, son Of
l.. Z. Seaver, was In, the butter tub fac
tory of Mr.. Pike, at the lower village in
Stowe, when he fell through a hole II
the race way, distance of twenty feet
: into the water. The body was washed
: down the stream some distance, to Mos
COW, where it was recovered by Mr.. Sea
yer. Prompt measures were taken to re-
suscitate the child, but without avail
He was doubtless killed before reaching
: the water. by coming in contact witt
e timbers and stone.
The completion of the new Western
and Montreal route by the Lamoiile val
, ley, st. Johnsbury and Essex County
and the Portland and 0gdensburg Rail
! roads, reaching Boston via North CONWAY
f and Eastern Railroad, direct to tide wa
ter at East Boston, will give another en-
tirely new and independent feeder tt
Boston commerce, the line being some
what shorter even than the existing
/, routes. As the carriage to Montreal i;
e for quite portion of the year by water
: this short rail line should enable Boston
shippers to compete successfully with
: those of any other port for steamer
frelghts, and thus hold our present line
as well as add to our steam feet.-Bos
+: ton Traveller.
!. Sheriff Trull of West Burke, arrested
: transient person in Sutton week az.
last Sunday night, who gave his namt
> as Frank Leavitt, % years old. born il
; Rochester, N. Y. An examination tn,
I 10th, at G. W. Cahoon's office, disclose,
n the fact that during Sunday, Leavit
broke into the house of Rogers Russell
IN Lyndon, and stole nice reticule. tw,
pairs ladies' stockings, two mems shirts
: one wool knit jacket, razor, pack o
y cards, calf wallet and key. Continu
= ing on two miles north, he went into Tia
# house Of James Bradshaw, broke opel
his bureau and stole $50 in money. an,
: harmoniea. All the property was re
!. covered. He now has quarters with MI
e Weeks, on two counts. Leavitt claim
V to have left Boston some two weeks 40
: IN search Of work, but being every tim
! refused resorted to stealing rather tha
d starve.-Fdrmer.