Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-02
NORTH TROY.

nent.
The Mansonville picnic was success.
A good attendance, good speaking and
splendid weather.
The towns which were expected to
unite with Troy in purchasing poor
farm, at the town meeting last week re-
ported adversely to the project. Troy
plays a lone hand.
Mrs. Horace Allen had her second
examination for thieving, last Tuesday,
and was ordered to furnish 5000 bonds
for her appearance or go to Jail, and go
to Jail she went. Her husbands arrest
has not yet been made, although he is
to be lurking in this vicinity.
Leroy Gallup returned from the Black
Hills, last Tuesday. He did not find
things equal to his expectations and re-
ports 1000 laborers to every grain of
gold. Board from SIS to $50 per week.
The claims are not being worked to any
great extent, and business is fearfully
dull there.
WEST,MORE.
Grass and growing crops look we'll.
There will be ball at the Willoughby
Lake House July A.
Horace Gilman has taken the boarding
house of Messrs. Averill 6 Sewell, and
will board their help.
Seventy-four calf-skins were found Sc
GREETED in the woods, about two miles
from Welcomb Allard's, some days since.
Two young men, one from Beebe Plain,
the other from Derby, are supposed tc
be the thieves. They have been arrested
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Wilder's pulp mill in Lyndon employs
twelve hands, and is kept running day
and night.
Two cattle were killed at Lyndonville
last week Tuesday, by being run oyel
by train of cars.
The hay crop in this county is only
half or two-thirds as heavy as last year
Other crops are good.
W. A. Densmore. paymaster on the
Passumpsic R. R., has bought lot and
will put him up house at LyndonvilIe
Mr.. Sizen of North Danville has re-
Gently lost three children with diptheria
Other children are not expected t
recover.
A boy fell distance of % feet from
a staging in Danville few days since
and was not seriously injured, excep
the smashing of his nose.
The catalogue of st. Johnsbury Acad
envy for 1867 shows that the numbe
of different students for the year ha
been 29S, and the average attendant,
100.
George Jenness of Sheffield is to carr,
the mail from LyndOnvills to Sheffield
for the four years beginning July LIST
and Charles Webb of Lyndonville, is t
carry between East Haven and Lyn
donville.
George Abbott of Sutton, saw a bea
eating in his oat field last Sunday morn
ing, SO he got about twenty men an
gave chase. They tracked him as ia
as the river, lost the tracks, hunted mos
of the day but failed to find him.
The barns of Luther A. Gray. in th
north part of Sutton, were burned o
Friday night with their contents.
was raining hard at the time, and tn
fire did not communicate with the hous
which stood very near by. Origin {
the fire unknown. Tramps suspected.
Mr.. Jesse Bishop of Passumpsic, VIII
has been in feeble health for some tin
past, and in a state of partial derang
ment, got up and left his house durir
the night of the 22d of June and wal
dered off about twenty rods, where !
was found under a tree dead in Il
morning. 1t is thought that he die
with chronic heart disease.
Marcellus Colby, who ran away wi
the wife of Noble Smith, of West Burk
some months since. was arrested at s
Adams week before last, and taken
st. Johnsbury where he now languish
in Jail, being unable to procure bail.
looks as though Colby would have
become acquainted with the manner
which people are treated in the Sta
Prison.
E. D. Hopkins. tried for forgery
the present term of court, was broug
in guilty by the jury on Tuesday la
The case was on the signing or forgi
of draft for the money on the insurau
of G. H. Green of Barton Landing. I
State claimed that Mr.. Hopkins forg
the name of Green on the draft. I
defense claimed that Green signed
! check himself. but the jury thought Of
erwise, and brought in verdict
guilty. The case goes to the supre
court, and Hopkins is released on bail
SHEFFIELD.
A valuable wallet, with the name
Lucy Suter. was lost, June 26, betwe