Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-01-03
Sante Wees.

With orders They employ nIty hands
WIN. C. Parsons. of Enosburgh Falls.
is playing series of ten games Of check
ers, by postal card. with gentleman in
Charlcstown Mass.
Deputy Sheriff David Morey. of STAN
ford. dropped dead at his boarding
house. of neuralgia of the heart, Thurs
day morning Of last week.
The coal bin Of the WInooskI woolep-
mills. containing about 100 tons Of
coal. has been burning for several days,
and the men are busy removing The
coal
The Green Mountain narrow gauge
railroad project has met unexpected
trouble IN the adverse vote Of the wealth.
town Of Waits6eld, while Faytson alss
refuses aid.
The ladies Of the Congregational So
ciety in Stowe have clothed seventeen
poor children in that town this winter
The earnest and untiring effort Of few
deserve special praise.
An old gentleman named Cummings
Of Swanton. stepped into the ditch un.
der the railroad which had become un.
covered recently. and received injuries
which it is thought viii prove fatal
There are said to be families living
on the public read between Swantou
and St Adams. who had neither bed
nor bed clothes in the house during the
recent cold snap. but lay uncovered on
straw.
The shaft of H. A. Chaffee's cooper
mine. in West Berkshire. has reached a
depth of nearly ten feet, and some very
rich ore has been found. The whole
prospect is more encouraging than ever
before.
Sidney J. Bronson. of Weathers6eld,
recently cut on his farm a mammoth
birch tree measuring ten feet and FIVE
inches in circumference at the stump,
and twenty-five inches in diameter at
the first limb, forty-two feet from the
ground.
An eagle pounced down upon flock
of geese belonging to E. B. Rand, of
Hyde Park, lately, and was captured BY
Mr.. Rand, hired man and dog. af-
ter a savage fight in which Mr.. Rand
was severely wounded BY the talons of
the huge and plueky bird. The eagle
measured with wings extended, Z feet.
1t is said that q young lady of Rut-
land, not liking the idea of her fathers
spending all his own, and her money for
drink, tied his hands and feet together
with BEDFORD, and having eonsidera-
bic muscle, transported him into an up
per chamber, where he had twenty-four
hours to mediate
The St Adams Butter Market Tues.
day was quiet and unchanged. We
quote common to fair at from fifteen tC
eighteen cents; medium to good. twenty
to twenty-three cents winter made but
ter, twenty 70 twenty-eight cents, &C
eording to color and quality fall made
butter at thirty to thirty-three cents
with very little Offering.
The house, barn and outbuildings o
Myrou W. Pollard, on East street, New
Haven. were entirely consumed BY fir,
on Wednesday evening last. while Mr.
and Mrs Pollard were attending
grange meeting. Nothing was save,
except the stock The fire Is suppose,
TO have caught from . defective chin
ney. The buildings were insured 70
about 81. 500
Tuesday morning Of last week, =
Jonas Sunderland was crossing th
bridge at Highgate Centre with hi
team, his horse became frightened a
some object and leaped from the bridge
carrying sleigh and occupant with hin
down into the mill yard. twenty fee
below Mr.. Sunderland was thrown un
der the sleigh, and received severe an
what are feared as fatal injuries.
At White River Junction. Friday 6
last week, Alvin Marvin. Of Sheldon,
brakeman on the Central Vernon
freight train, while standing on the dea
wood Of car, uneoupling cars, fell I
the track between the AL. One ca
passed over him; the brake rods tor
open the flesh frcm the thigh to the kne
Of the left leg and crushed the bone {
the same leg, below the knee No an
putation has been performed, but ma
Dc necessary.
NEARLY CONPLETE-The work upo
the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad.
SWanton, is nearly complete. and Il
Quebec legislature has passed ! seri.
Of resolutions advising the granting
aid for the construction Of the Moutrea
Ottawa & Western railway, the wester
: connection Of the Ogdensbury fro
{ Montreal. Chanbly & Sorel rad, Il
link in the Ogiensburg from Swantol
Two trains run between Portland an
St Johnsbury daily.
On Monday Of last week, Mr.. y.
; Brush. Of Essex Junction, while holdir
: his team in front Of Reeds music stor
Burlington. was run into by one of q
city Jehews, and his horse taking frigh
: started upon the run. crossing the sire
4 and throwing Mr. Brush out, who ",
dragged on the frozen ground for son
distance still having hold Of the rein
when he was obliged to let 20. and L
: horse ran through the lot ofthe Unitari:
I church and was killed by = shaft pen
trating his body.
2 The annual report Of the Pazzunps
/, Railroad i just published. fran Viii
: 1t appears that the t1taI indebtedress
sl,76o,0S5- The assets are $50 -
VI the s.. 10000 mortgage binds authc
: lied cy vote Of stockholders. Februal
t Il, 1873, only s67O.50O have been
: sued leaving o. hand 70 Be issue
: soz9,5Oo; these, together With 4
sl+6-5OO IN the sinking fund viii "a
up the entire funded Indebtedness ca
SIDE az this T<zua a-1 faa-. .