Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-06-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

John P. Phair now acts as hall boy
in the main prison at Windsor.
A sugar party was held in Washing
ton last week, when snow enough was
found to promote the waxing" process.
A company of miners seeking for
gold have commenced operations in Gays
vile. at the mouth of Stony brook.
The black bass which were put in
large quantities into the lakes and rivers
of this State are beginning to be caught
quite plentifully.
Alonzo Baldwin's barns in Whiting
were struck by lightning Friday of last
week and consumed. The loss IS $500
above the insurance.
Mr.. Rice, the contractor of the La
noble Valley Railroad, is to have all
the iron laid to Lake Champlain before
June 18th.
About two hundred choppers passed
through Montpelier on Monday night
via the Wells River railroad, on their
way to the White Mountain region, for
the purpose of cutting the timber on the
land recently burned over.
BUTTER MARKET The st. Adams
butter market. Tuesday. was we'll attend
ed. the receipts large, and market quiet
with no change to not in prices. Quo
tations range from fifteen to eighteen
cents, with selections at twenty cents
per pound.
Charles Fl. Potter, sentenced to State
Prison for ten years, from November
1863, and VIGOROUSLY implicated in the
murder of Mrs. Griswold at Willistor
in 1866 by the confession of John Ward
who was executed for the crime, ha;
been pardoned out by Governor Fair
banks.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher's lecture
on the evening of the Both. ultimo, al
Montpelier was largely attended, abou
six hundred persons being present. TIT
lecturer spoke most eloquently for al
hour and three-quarters on 1.-The Min
istry of Wealth." and swayed his au
dience at his will.
Oren Wheeler. a young man seven
teen years old, was working for a MI
Wiley last week, and on Saturday dranl
from bottle which he supposed con
tanned whiskey. but which proved to b
corrosive sublimate. Several physician
were called, and they all decided tina
it was not passible to save his life.
The Ranlet car company at Laconi
have contracted to. build the rollin
stock for the new 25-inches, narroy
gauge railroad between Billerica an
Bedford in Massachusetts. The shop
are now running in full blast. furnish
ing employment for $50 workmen.
| The Standards Vienna correspond
ent asserts the following, which is III
doubtedly true, it being from an unin
peachable source. The Grand DuB
Nicholas recently said to foreign Coz
sui: Neither Prince Bismarck M
Lord Derby will prevent us from ell
tering Constantincple, as the German
entered Paris only to leave it again"
George Maxfeld who lives betwee
the Street and No. Hyde Park, an o.
man of 20 years. was severely injurt
last week while telling a tree. III
tree lodged and whirling from the stun
it struck him across the legs betwet
, the ankles and knees. badly fracturir
one leg in two places. Mr.. Max6e
died on Tuesday morning from the e
feet of the injuries, and his funer
will be attended on Tuesday at l o'clo'
} at the house and l o'clock at the chur,
in No. Hyde Park.-Ne,os.
About ten o'clock Tuesday night
fire broke out in F. H. Butterfelt
store in Saxtons River village, al
spread rapidly to other buildings. T
D only buildings totally destroyed we
e Butterfeld's block, Warmers block a.
I large tenement house also owned
the Warmers. and occupied as dwelli
by three or four families. Loss $50
: to $4,000, well covered by insuran'
e The origin of the fire is unknown. b
e it is now supposed to be spontaneo
combustion in Warmers stock of rags.
The unfaithful wife of Pownal m;
who recently eloped with one 10
Southworth, wasSovertaken by the desc
J. ed father of her four children at Pit
IS town, N. Y, where the couple had !
It up with Southworth's sister as man a
" wife. 1t was just at break of day
the husband and friend walked |
couple out of bed. made them DIRE
D and. putting his wife in his wagon, forc
ID Southworth to follow on foot, un,
d cover Of a revolver. all the way back
Or Pownal, where he was arrested. and
2 terviewed by his deserted wife.
!. AS Mr.. Jones, of Wolcott who carr
" on the Hezekiah Guyer farm this seas
70 was driving into his barn last Fric
f. with load of hay, Frank Bailey '
d was on the load accidently slipped
Of with part of the hay, in which pit
fork was sticking up, the fork strik
. the ground on the end of the han,
ed Johnny Bailey struck squarely on
v tines and SO firmly was it poised and
en- terribly was he impaled that his WI
i. weight was carried over on the {
:, striking on his face on the grou
cd The tines entered the posterior p
be and upper portion of each thigh, pc
at trating to the bones of the pelvis
n Bailey lies in a very critical condit
:; although hopes are entertained of
- recovery.-Nea0s.
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in A battle occurred Tuesday near Nal
N. lasting several hours. The Turks v