Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1874-08-10
State Nescs.

dS 1sAt1A1tus NSpSStAOCA >.
4 E. E. Sherburne, who resides OF tn
. farm Of Oscar Jones, in Berlin. recentl,
picked l04 quarts Of currants on = roE
of bushes four rods IN length.
Last Sunday evening two .1gemmen o
color" at St. Adams, named Taylor ans
Lee. had scrimmage. when Taylor in
fictea several severe cuts upon Lee viii
razor.
A huge bear recently killed sheer
belonging to Ira Boynton of Ripton
Bruin was shot BY W. R. Newton, bat
escaped to the mountain unframed.
George. aged ten years. son of Levi:
C. Lille Of Elizabeth. New Jersey, while
returning from school July l : was struck
| By locomotive and killed. Mr. Lille
was a native Of Woodstock. Vt.
| The St Adams butter market Tues
day was firm and active for the higher
| grades. Common to fair, 20 to %
cents; medium to good. 25 to 26 cents
choice 2S to % cents; selections 80
cents for the best family trade.
Fernando C. Willet. of Colorado,
formerly of Bakersfield. has been ap-
pointed Secretary of Legation to the
Republic of Mexico, and viii soon leave
for his destination He IS now visiting
his friends in Vermont.
When Barnum's Balloon landed in
| the yard of Mr.. Prescott, of Thetford, a
week ago last Thursday. Mrs. Prescott
was 50 frightened that she seized her
child, ran into the house and barrieaded
the windows and doors
A seven years old sen ofI4ewis Tatro,
of Enosburgh Falls. was 50 Injured at
the saw mill of Sprague & Lawrence,
last Monday, that he died In about an
hour after the accident He was play
ing around some revolving machinery,
IN which he was caught, and his body
literally crushed
One day week before last, while lit
tie boy named Dana Hemenway. of Lud-
low, was spreading hay, he killed with
his fathers assistance. a striped snake
? feet and 10 inches in length and -
inches IN circumference. which had ninty-
seven small snakes inside it, each about
two or three inches in length
The ST. ALBANs MURDERs.-There
is absolutely no light as yet. as to who
were the perpetrators Of the brutal MUIR
ders In St. Adams. Numerous arrests
have been made. but the parties arrested
have been discharged, no proof of their
guilt being brought forward
Saturday evening last, Nh. Bradley
Burditt, of Pittsford. retired to bed feel
ing little unwell. About l o'clock
his wife, who had not gone to bed, heard
an unusual noise proceeding from his
apartment and fastening to ascertain
| the cause, found him insensible and con-
vulsed- He only lived about twenty
minutes.
Andrew Bigelow, who resides In the
northwest part Of Brookfeld, was at
work in the field recently. when he fell
suddenly, and before be could be CARR
ed from the field to the house he was
dead Mr.. Bigelow had been in poor
health for some time. and his death is
attributed to heart disease.
| George Norton, of Island Pond. net
with severe and nearly fatal accident
a few days since. He was holding for
his brother-in-law to drive with an axe.
when 1t flew of the handle and struck
him IN the neck. cutting fearful cash.
The cords of the neck were severed. and
the main artery was laid bare. $780,
Some excitement was produced in
Hyde Park last Sunday by a boys find
ing a pair of women's drawers by the
side Of the road, mile above the village.
The people thought they belonged to
Miss Ball, who was murdered in St. Al
bans last week. and whose drawers have
not been found. Detectives came over
from St Albans to investigate the mat
ter.
Jacob Morrison was arrested Wednes-
day of last week. on suspicion that he
was the person who committed the rape
on Nora West, IN Burlington. last Fourth
Of July. He has wife and two chill
dren and lives on Champlain street.
Morrison denieI the charge. but the evil
dence against him was considered suffi-
Gent to hold him for trial, and in de-
fault of $1,000 bail he was lodged in
jail
A bloody ARRAY took place in Norwich.
tuesday Of last week. between two
brothers JEFF and Frank Slack. during
which JEFF received injuries from which
ne viii undoubtedly die. Bad feeling
had existed between them for some time
but the immediate cause of the quarrel
was watch chain which one accused
the other of stealing. At last accounts
the assallant had not been arrested.
| A suspicious character has been ar
rested IN Montreal, P Q. who answers
to the description Of the man who muir
| dered Joseph Menard, in st. Adams.
His replies to questions were generally
unsatisfactory and contradictory. It is
sand two men stole a ride ON a train
from the North the other night. and
when Intercepted as to their knowledge
OF the St Adams affair, both took to
their legs near Middlebury. and made
/ good time for the woods.
The inventory of the estate of III
Aelndoe, late editor and proprietor Of
the Vermont Journal aud Chronicle. at
windsor, as returned to the PROBATE
once at Proctorsville, amounts 70 sIoe.-
zAo,o4, with but few debts against the
estate Mr. MeIndoe was one of the
hardest working men in the profession.
and this large fortune Is the result
OF the NEST rigid economy.
Dir L Hall is opening silver mine
IN Groten, about mile from Peabody
Station The vein is not ret w,de
enough to pay. but Mr.. Hall thinks !
i Is continually growing wider. the
farther he follows it, that he has got a