Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-24
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Estey & Co., of Brattleboro, by re-
ducing the number of their employees
hope to run their factory ten hours a
day through the winter.
An abortion upon a Winooski woman,
which caused her death, is reported, and
the body of the unborn baby was burn
ed. 1t involves Rutland doctor, and
two other parties from WalGngford.
BUTTER MARKET.-At st. Adams, on
Tuesday. receipts were light. Winter
butter fifteen to twenty-three cents /;
fall ends, twenty-five cents. Market
open next week on Monday.
The town of Calais has the latest
wrinkle in the shape of general infor-
nation meetings. Questions upon va
rious topics are placed in box, from
which they are drawn. discussed and de-
Cided according to the best judgment
and experience of those present.
The engine of Wells River train
picked up running horse with wagon
attached at crossing near Montpelier
the other day. and carried them half
dozen rods before it could be stopped.
The conductor caught the uninjured
horse and tied it to the fence for the
owner to overtake, and then went on.
Reliable reports-as reliable at least
as the statements of leading physicians
declare that there have been in Bur-
lington within year past one thousand
cases of diphtheria. Nearly two hun
dred of these have. proved fatal. The
disease is mostly among children, from
infants up to twelve years of age.
A just recognition of faithfully per-
formed official duties, is the recent nom
ination by Mr.. Hayes of General George
P. Foster for another term as United
States Marshal for Vermont. Besides
being genial and popular gentleman.
the General is as good civil officer as
The state reform school now contains
one hundred and twenty boys and
sixteen girls; and it is said by a cor.
respondent that the buildings are en-.
tirely inadequate for so large number
of inmates. We presumed this would
be the case when the Legislature voted to
remove them to Vergennes.
1t is hoped that our Vermont Insur.
ance Companies will have much lighter
losses this year than last, and the in.
dications are that they will, the losses
of the Farmers Insurance Company be.
ing only $1,000 from the lst of last
August to December, against SIS, 1000
for the same period last year.
The severest sentence that has lately
been pronounced under our liquor Law
was inflicted. the other day. on Dudley
H. Kendrick, the hotel landlord at Put
ney. He was fined two hundred and
twenty dollars and sentenced to ninety
days in the county Jail. upon nine
charges of violating the liquor law, five
of them being based upon the sale Of
liquor.
Mr.. w. F. Bowman, formerly of th,
Memphremagog House at Newport. il
again to have charge of the Mt. Mans
held House at Stowe, commencing will
the next season. The travelling publ,
will be pleased with that arrangement
, Mr. Bowman being natural born land
lord, a genial wide awake man, JUS
> fitted for the duties of the position ht
is called to fill.
Hon. Ira Richardson, of Waits6eld
/ died instantly last Monday. while rid
, ing in carriage. Mr. Richardson wa
about 60 years old, was man of larg
influence, and was we'll known through
: out the county. having served in man,
offices of trust-such as Assistant Judg
J of County Court several terms and Stat
Senator. He had also on various oc
casions represented his native town il
the State Legislature.
A. A. Baldwin, of Ludlow, is tn
} man who is honored with the above ar
q pellation. if being alleged that he ha
e sold all his furniture, including hi
wife's silver-ware, with here name er
= graved thereon, her Christmas gifts
1 and the baby's playthings, and then d.
: camped, with the hope of starving be
9 out. She is living with his mothe
!. whom the papers in that vicinity d,
scribe as perfect virago. applying I
her the title of 1.-THE worst scold
J Windsor county"
; While Joseph Armel, of Charlotte
d was out duck hunting the other da,
Il his gun was accidentally discharged
v the charge blowing away the entil
fore piece of his cap, throwing it seve
8 al feet. Several shot grazed his for
l. head, and his right eye was nearly pr
n out from powder burn. In August la
m he had narrow escape from death, b
r. ing gored by an ugly Jersey bull, al
only escaped by being thrown urder
" barn, which fortunately was not unde
d pinned.
D. A most distressing accident occurrt
g on the new turn table of the Vernon
a. Valley railroad, at Bellows Falls fe
i days since. Some children were
: play on it aud would set it whirlil
- and jump on to ride. when Sarah Park
r. aged nine years, daughter of Villa
n Parks. tripped and fell, and was caug
re- between the rails op the table and tho
Of the track outside. terribly maimi,
= one limb and the lower part of her boz
&c SO that she only fingered till about
as o'clock next day.