Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-05-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS,

State of Minnesota.
On the 10Th of May 1884. about
foot of snow fell all over Vermont.
Hon. Daniel Roberts has been elected
as Vermont's orator for the Centennial,
next August.
Castleton boasts of goose egg which
measures II inches in circumference
and IA inches the other way. weighing
three-fourths of a pound.
Three hundred and sixty-four thou
sand bushels of potatoes were entered at
the Customs District of Vermont. from
January lst to April Both.
Mrs. Jay Niles. Of Pownal. committed
suicide last Thursday. by hanging.
She was daughter of Erastus Jewett,
wealthy citizen of that town.
The headstones recently finished at
West Rutland for the national cemetery
at Andersonville, Ca. show that the
total number of known graves is 1851
of which l56 are those of Vermont
soldiers.
Mr.. Phineas Taft, residing near Bran
don Village, fell from pile of boards
on Wednesday, falling upon horse
rake and receiving most distressing in
juries, which may result in his death.
Mrs. Alice Eddy West. one of the
"materializing" Eddy family of Chit
tenden. attempted to commit suicide on
Saturday by cutting her throat with an
ordinary pocket-knife, and her recovery
is doubtful.
| B. G. Corser, of st. Johnsbury, has
been appointed route agent from New
port to Springfield. Mass. and there is
commotion among the boys now i'll the
position. Whose head is to drop?" is
the absorbing question among them.
Mr.. E. P. Brainard, of st. Adams.
had an encounter with thief who tried
to enter his house, but he was overcome
by Mr.. Brainerd, who handed him over
to the sheriff He gave his name as
VIM. Crowley he was formerly engineer
on the Lamoille Valley Railroad.
Mr.. L. H. Doty, of Elmore, is CON-
pletlng one of the largest and most
conveniently constructed barns in the
county, 100 feet long and 81 wide, 2
stories high above the basement, and
finished in the most thorough manner.
BUTTER MARKEr.-At the st. Albans
butter market. on Tuesday. the attend
ance was good, receipts large, market
dull and lower and no order to buy
We quote good at from sixteen to eigh
teen cents, choice at nineteen to twenty
} cents, and selections at twenty-five
cents per pound.
, Col. Peck has caused all the Benning
ton saloon keepers to be notified tina
their places of business must close dur
ing the militia muster this summer
The State laws give him the power t,
close all drinking places during any
, general muster, at the point of the bay
onet. if necessary.
A funeral was held at Woodbury.. o.
the 18th, a mother and two childre
all being buried the same day, the.
being the wife and children of the lat
e A. A. Bates. They were carried t
n Barre for interment. These made l;
q deaths in Woodbury. since January /
being an unusual number.
On Saturday last the firm of ].
Robbins & Co.. of Wolcott, went up tn
s spout, their failure being caused by in
e dorsing the American Hone and Bo
Company's paper. Liabilities abou
4 $4,000, asserts, about $4,000.
meeting of creditors was held o
. Wednesday of this week. Other mel
IT chants in Wolcott are embarrassed froI
n the same cause.
ic correspondent says of the tow
IN officers of Vershire. that William Pau
!. the first Selectman. is a Methods
preacher at the mines. and the blacl
u smith who sharpens all the drills, and
IN credit to the town; that the other tw
h Selectmen are gentlemen of charact,
,e and pure principles and that the Lii
!. tiers are men of good judgment. wit
: stiff backbones.
IL A terrific hail storm passed ov
IN SALISBURY and the northern part
a Bennington Friday afternoon. demolisl
wv ing windows and doing fearful damag
:. to vegetation. Of the hail stones pickt
y up afterwards, one weighed 10
ng ounces. One measured FIVE inches
Is, diameter. and another ten inches
lst circumference. Robert Stickles pick,
w up 800, which filled bushel basket
No An attempt was made Monday mig
to escape from the Windsor State Pr
on by George Steiner, aged % yea
ed sentenced last Fall by the Winds
he county court for term of twelve year
ty A little before 6 o'clock, the office
III discovered that Steiner has disappeare
- Search was Immediately instituted, a
w. at $50 he was apprehended, perch
to in the gable end of the east shop attic
. BITTEN BY SNAKE.-A child
at John Tanner, of Pittsford, a year and
Ter half old, was bitten by large add
- last Sunday. The venomous rept
''' coiled itself and struck its fangs il
the upper lip of the child, infictins
m. severe wound. The screams of the CHI
!, brought the mother, who rescued it j
i'n as the serpent had coiled itself for a
ing other spring. 1t is thought the life
as the child can be saved.
icy The Vermont papers are recalli
md the 18th and 10Th of May, 1884, WI
u snow fell to the depth of two feet abb
- Vergennes. The fruit trees were
ess blossom and the vegetables were
tu- but both crops were destroyed, and
He farmers lost many sheep. One gent
IF man who drove from Middlebury
day after the storm, said the snow '
~ up to the hubs of the carriage, and
lies was obliged to walk bis horse all
ov- way. while be made much complaint
val the cold.