Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-08-23
state Ne,cs.

apple trees, looking for the ball that
they lost.
Ten dollars trout is the price asked
bv the state for every trout caught after
September lst
A sad accident happened at Water
bury last Tuesday. A drunken man
driving team, ran over little girl
and injured her SO badly that she died
Ira c. Merrills barn was struck by
lightning. and burned, FIVE miles east OF
West Randolph, Monday evening. Loss
$4,000; insured for $4,000.
The young men of Morrisville have
organized band of Christian Workers
and hold themselves in readiness to an
swer any call to do the Masters work
in any part of the town.
Deputy Collector James Lang. of Bur-
lington, seized from a Frenchman at
St. Adams, Thursday of last week, $500
worth of laces, which he had struggled
from Canada.
The grand list of the State is 81, 100,
96S; the grand list last year was ST.
1858, showing an increase in 1870
of So. 355. The increase in the number
of polls Is 62S. in number Of dogs
1913.
McMahon, the champion wrestler OF
Vermont, vanquished California chap
named William Farrell in San Francis
co, Monday night, winning the first.
third and fourth falls, collar and elbow.
A large amount of money changed hands.
The Vergennes Vermo1ater learns that
most of the scholars connected with the
Vermont Reform School will be trans
ferred to that city during the month of
September.
At Richmond. Monday, the butter
market was firm and active at the fol-
lowing quotations Fair to good % to
25 cents choice 26 to % cents selec-
tons 90 to 80 cents. Cheese-farm
diaries, 9 to 10 cents sage and factory,
IL to u cents.
A newspaper correspondent says
The Grand Isle County Bar Docket con-
tains but nineteen law and seven chan
Gerry cases; rather small game for six
hungry attorneys-the number practic-
ing at the Grand Isle County Bar-but
very happy commentary upon the So
briefly of the county.
The St. Adams Butter Market thi:
week is dull, with very little offering
We quote common to fair at from ff
teen to twenty cents /; medium to good
twenty-five to twenty-five cents; selec
lions twenty-six cents gilt edge, TWEEN
ty-seven to twenty-eight cents. Sever
al choice lots we're sold for thirty cents
DR.. Currier has in his possession
> which he found around Bristol pond
thirteen Indian relics which were useC
as scales in the manufacture of arrow
Q heads, spear points and lanees. The
IL are very singular in appearance, an
6 vary in size from an ounce to severa
pounds. This is the first mention mad
a of these implements being found IN thi
rs section of Vermont.
The Brandon Manufacturing Co., HoI
n. I. Sprague, President, is now bein
re worked to its full capacity. They hav
re recently received large order from S
is Petersburg. Russia, for their excelleI
" scales, and are also filling an extensiy
order for Spain Their business has
ne increased this season that they have NJ
is been able to keep up with their orde
d since April 1st, after adding fifty skill
d. ed workmen to their force.
ar The Pittsburgh Sentinel tells tt
following A large, well-dressed o.
r. gentleman, from Middlebury, Vt,
be years old, while at Pittsburgh the la
ed ter part of last week, fell off the wha
be and would have been drowned had
w not been for a couple of mon, Hen
Pepper and Isaac Gates, who were stan
~ ing near by, and hearing the "splasl
1o came to the rescue When fairly OF
~ he saw his new hat floating out on Il
On lake, and insisted that they should re
cue that. also. Failing to do so, he i
monstrated as follows: Captain, Ca
nu tain, had about as lief be drowned
al, | to lose that hiatt cost four dollars.
~ Joel Dodge of Middlesex, was fe;
~ fully, if not fatally wounded in the ia
r and head. by a charge of buck sh,
fired at him by the wife of his broth
u Richard, in family quarrel during Ii
oo week An old feud had existed
" tween the families for years, and 1T CT
se- minated by a row and the shooting
10 the time mentioned. TIE woman was
gu hard character, but she was greatly G
ragged by the insults and abuse of (
lor wounded man. The whole charge
Vas buck shot from an old fashioned no
nd pistol, of large bore, went into the 81
lde of his face, knocking out his teeth a
the cutting off his tongue. The woman
lde in Montpelier jail.
JUG At the ensuing term of the Ora
Isle county court, commencing on
Nv 3lst inst, it is understood Isaiah La
ia va will be tried for killing Willie You
ere States Attorney Adams and H. G.
Ter son are entered for the prosecution a
req Willard Harrington for the defence
Mr. LawVa, it will be remembered, xii
Ca Young one year ago, who was aiding
MS proper officers in efecting his arrest
key ter dark /; and it is claimed in his
tier half that he did SO strictly within
line of a proper self-defenee that
wn- assailants in great numbers and wit
The great noise like an "army with b
wn- ners," surrounded his domiciIe in
lev night season, without In any man
I, a indicating the object of their visitatic
in and that after several Intellectual wa
And ings to them to depart. he fired I
lbly killed one of them as he had a per-
lods legal right to do; not being obliged
wait till he and his were wholly at