Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-08-07
State Ne1oS.

in Bethel, called the Vermont News.
1t is expected that the Vermont mi
litia will 60 into camp at St. Adams the
last of August.
The drove of logs at Norwich is so
large, that on account of the low water it
takes two-hundred men to handle it.
Burglars broke into the store of Crow
ley & Clark in ST. Adams July oath,
and took therefrom $ll0, in money.
John Bedell. of Montgomery, was ar
rested by Morrisville officer July 9th,
on suspicion of having been concerned in
the Hydepark outrage.
Joseph Moran of South Franklin, late
ly had his left arm badly mangled by
the bursting of an overloaded gun which
he was firing. and from which he will
probably suffer for long time.
We learn that Hon. George W. Hen
dee, has been requested to name candi-
date for cadetship at West Point, and
that the choice will be determined by
competitive examination, Of which due
notice will be given.
Hon. Dudley C. Denison is at
his home in Royalton slowly re-
gaining his health He barely escaped
the typhoid, or malarial fever, as
it as called in Washington, and came
home as soon as he was able to travel.
The wheelwright, blacksmith and
lumber shop at HOokersville, in Cabot,
was destroyed by fire on Friday last.
1t was owned by II. w. Clark, whose
loss is stated at $3.50. insurance
$1,000. The occupant B. F.. Ferrin,
has loss of ST, 900; insured for 1858.
Col. Redfeld Proctor, our candidate
for Governor, is graduate of Dartmouth
College III the class of 81. Among his
classmates, are Hon. G. w. Willard,
Hon. E. A. Rollins, ex-commissioner of
internal revenue, Judge Ross of st
Johnsbury, and Prof. E. 7. Quimby of
| Dartmouth College.
Mary j. Nevens, of st. Adams, was
one-hundred years old the 29th of June
last. She does a weekly washing, rakes
hay, can read without glasses, and has
pieced two quilts since her last birth
day. and doubtless is capable of per-
forming other feats of agility and skill
peculiar to ladies of her advanced years.
BUTTER MARKET.-At the st. Adams
butter market Tuesday, the attendance
was good, the receipts large. and the
market unchanged. We quote good at
, eighteen cents choice, nineteen to
twenty-five cents gilt edge, twenty-four
cents per pound, with very little offering
The quality of butter coming forward is
not frst-rate, and really choice lot;
S command higher figure.
o Samuel d. Merriam, who claims to b.
an Indian Doctor, has been arrested OIL
charge of attempting to outrage Miss
Collins, aged fourteen years, in Orange
: This Merriam used to travel through the
: State advertising as "the afflicted!
|, friend" to be able to cure nearly all ILL
that flesh is heir to. Some half dozel
years ago, he came near getting into Sc
rious trouble at East Richford for sim
d liar offence to that for which he is nov
il arrested, his victim being half-wittet
: girl
C A desperate attempt at murder wa
% made Saturday, July 30, in the mort
part of Waterbury Frank Gale. tax
'e collector, called upon Cyrus Kenyon,
y man some fifty years of age, for hi
to school tax. Kenyon refused to pay
D. Gale pressed the collection, when Ker
: yon seized sharp ak and struck at hi
head, cutting through his hat and NAL
Ut ing slight scalp wound. Kenyon fe
y but was soon captured by Deputy She
in if Wilkins of Stowe Kenyon has Ii
be reputation of being an ugly fellow.
ID Gold mining at Worcester, whel
the metal was discovered, year az
- promises to amount to something.
comany known as the Placer Mining CO
It. was recently formed, and work is bein
a. energetically pushed. The gold is fouu
III in the soil, and the company has lease
+, nine farms at the base of Worcest
a. mountain, nine miles from Montpelie
't- Gold is said to have been found Il
it whole distance Of the territory CONTROL,
it by the company, and is panned-out Z,
.s the banks of a stream running through
the miners obtaining, it is said from fl
ne to seventy-fve cents pan. 1t is of
Sc, fine quality. being from twenty-five
nd twenty-three carats. Some pieces a
ed said to have been worth from one to fl
- dollars each.
lar 1t is stated that in the case of I
- outrage at Hydepark. Mrs. Perry b
recovered sufficiently to give an accou
'Oo of the brutal affair. She says that
she was STOPPING down to pick some "a:
berries that hung under the bushes, $
IN was seized by masked man and v
be lently carried along the fence dividi
,er, the garden from the pasture. and n
art ming at right angles to the highw;
a. She was so frightened at first that {
was unable to speak, and not until |
hey cornfeld was reached did she find vo
ion to utter the scream which alarmed
cen daughter and neighbors- At this \
all ment a second rufian, also mask
:, sprang out, and the two forced some
'he quid into her mouth and beat her. VII
nds she lost consciousness some rods fir
ex- where she was found, after having b
re- tied, gagged and outraged. Mrs. Pc
- is forty years Of age, is in feeble hea
and weighs only eighty-fye poun
Guy The guilty parties are supposed to
su- two tramps who stopped IN Mr. PERI
harm. Friday night.