Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-02-12
State Ne1CS.
The gospel meetings at st. Adams are
drawing overlooking houses.


drawing overlooking houses.
A liquor seller was fined 1920 in
Ludlow, last week.
A factory in Weston, has made twen-
ty-hve thousand butter tubs this season.
George Barnard, son of Mrs. L. L.
Barnard of Burlington, was instantly
killed by falling down stairs few days
ago.
Since December lst over fifty children
in Leicester have been afflicted with
diphtheria and scarlet fever, of whom
six have died.
Governor Fairbanks has pardoned Hi
ram Farrand of Richford, imprisoned in
the Jail at st. Adams since last June for
intoxication.
Week before last, one hundred and
forty-eisht car loads of stock came over
the Central, seventy eight of hogs and
seventy of cattle.
They are getting up dances in Hart
land, the money proceeds of which are
to be used in hiring a minister for one
of the churches.
Gravelin, the Weathersfeld murderer,
arrived at White River Junction, Thurs
day, from Woodstock Jail in charge of
an officer, en- route to Windsor Prison.
Daniel B. Marvin. formerly of Shell
don, but now section boss on the rail-
road at Fitchburg. Mass, was recently
run over by train of cars, receiving
fatal injuries.
Business is lively at the copper mines
at Vershlre, 500 men being employed
Forty new buildings were erected last
year, and sixteen blast furnaces are in
operation.
The st. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday, was extremely dull, with a
small attendance. We quote winter but
ter at from twenty to twenty-three cents
and fall butter at thirty cents per pound.
The 6OO-pound elevator in Gould S
factory at Mortified, broke loose recent
ly and fell with great velocity to the
bottom of the building, but the boy who
was upon it at the time escaped without
injury.
Eight persons. consisting of a father
four sons and daughter, and two sis.
tiers of another family, all of Williams.
town, were baptized by immersion at the
Baptist church in Montpelier, on Sun
day, the 4th inst.
A story having been circulated to the
effect that the iron bridge on the Contra
Vermont Railway at Waterbury was un
safe, the structure has been examined
by competent parties and pronounced
perfectly safe, and as strong as wher
erected.
A Montpelier correspondent of tn,
Boston Globe says the name of Presiden
Hulburt of Middlebury. has been al
ready suggested as the successor of Col
Joyce in Congress, since it has becom
understood that Joyce is to have a sue
cessor.
Mr.. Duncan McGregor, who died il
Alburgh, January 25, at the age of 81
was in the Battle of Plattsburgh, ant
claimed to have saved one of our vessels
which had been captured by the enem
and the few of the crew that were lief
alive driven into the hold and the hatch
es spiked down, by swimming to tn
vessel, releasing the prisoners and run
ming the boat ashore within our lines.
e Track on the Vermont division of tn
Portland and Ogdensburgh railroad
now laid for IA miles southeastern
: from Swanton and for five miles north
e west from johnson. Me-, leaving twenty
e one miles yet to be put down. The wor
was to have been done by February Is
but an extension will probably be give
a. to the contractor. as the weather ha
very much interfercd with the work.
/. John H. Stone. Esq, son of Rev. |
. H. Stone of Castleton,, has large col
tract for removing rock and other oil
u structions to navigation in the Columbi
= river, Oregon. A few days since two
c his employees were killed by an expl
q sion Of giant powder. About year az
:, a similar explosion occurred on the san
work, in which thirteen were killed an
9r a steamboat on which the explosion Q
t. Cured was blown into fragments, M
Stone narrowly escaping death.