Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-01-15
CALEDONIA COUNTY

CALEDONIA COUNTY.
The small pox still RACES in Danville,
in the vicinity of Simon Peck's Three
French chiliren and man by the name
of James NJ les have died; others are
sick.
The First National Bank of St. Johns
bury, elected the old board of directors
and officers with the exception of George
L. Bradley, of the firm of Cross & Brad
ley, in place of John Bacon as director.
The friends of Alfred Rice and wife
of Sutton, made them a visit on the
tenth anniversary of their wedding, and
left large amount of presents with
them as tokens of friendship and esteem
The Post Office Departmenthas order
ed the postmaster of Sutton, TO receive
bids until Jan l9. for carrying the mail
from that Office to the new depot at
Clark's Crossing, SIX times per week.
Barnet grange gave silver wedding
to Mr.. and Mrs. George Crane, Dec. Is.
Over lS5 people were present and took
supper. The grange presented Mr.. Crane
nice silver-plated harness. among 9TH
er things.
The family of John E. Phillips of
Sheffield has been sorely afflicted since
last September, FIVE members of the
family. all except himself. have been
down with the typhoid fever, and they
have not yet got we'll.
Mr.. Stone, publisher of the Caledoui
IN. has put in six inch water wheel to
run his presses. The water is supplied
by the new water works, and the wheel
furnishes ample power for running the
presses with only 3-4 of an inch of water.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Caledonia National Bank,
held last Tuesday, the old board of Off
GERS were chosen, viz. Directors. B. n.
Davis. Samuel Ingalls,. Newell Stocker,
Jas. Crane, Edward Harrington Presl-
dent, B. n Davis; Cashier, Jas. B. Mat.
tocks.
Rev E. d. Hopkins was arrested in
Canada last week, and taken to Sher.
brooke Jail to await extradticn for the
crime of forgery. But he chose to sur
render voluntarially, was taken to New
port. and from there to St. Johnsbury
by sheriff Holdridge of Irasburgh, last
Friday night.
BURKE-Rosa, daughter of Austin
Thayer. died of small pox. Dec 30 Mr.
and Mrs Thayer are having light run
of the varioloid.-David Trull thinks he
knows how to fat a pig witness two
that he killed week before last, eight
months old. one dressing 34s pounds
the other 500 pounds The west village
d, district No. 81 contains 81 families
In the past year there have been foul
deaths and five births-Fdrmer.
BERTHE, the youngest son OF judge
Perley of Hardwick, has been strong fol
Hayes and Wheeler. The other evening
his father asked him if he would no
hurrah for Tilden for five cents. No. h
would not. Will you for ten says hi
father. No, says BERTHE. Will you 70
fifteen ? was the next question. Berti
says, | do not know, but if | did hurraI
for Tilden, should want to be way Of
in the woods and not holler very lou
either.
The depot at Passumpsic was broker
into Friday night. Jan. 8, and 8 tabs o
butter and box of merchandise tax
en-. The burglars were evidently nc
professionals, as they entered by break
ing out the window. sash and all. Th
box was probably the great attraction
as it was apparently one of the kin
about which so much has been SAID i
the courts and newspapers. 1t came b
express. c. o. D., billed "Mdse." wit
over SIG to pay, consigned to one Fore
No such person is known here.-Caledt
niaR.