Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-12-10
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Inc NaJ10nal BANKS OF erm0lC nave
an aggregate capital of S8,722. 800, and
pay annually state taxes of Sl79,875,
and national taxes of $91.777.
The body of Patrick Ryder of Bur-
lingtOn. who SO mysteriously disappear
ed on the 5th of last month, was found
in the lake, off Nye's wharf, last week.
John H. Flagg of Bennington, for sew
eral years principal legislative clerk for
the United States Senate, has resigned,
to enter upon the practice of law in New
York city
At the st. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday. the Attendance was fair, with
light receipts. November butter sold at
from eighteen to twenty four cents, and
fall selections at twenty six cents per
pound.
Charles Dolby and w. A. Downing,
while on their way to Bakersfield, week
before last. to attend a dance" met
with serious accident on Fairfield hill,
by which their carriage was overturned
and broken. aud Downing's head was Sc
verely injured. The horse ran back to
the village. while Dolby went for team
and took Downing home.
The fork factory. at Barre. burned
last March. has been rebuilt, and is now
turning out seventy-6ve dozen forks a
day, and has full six months orders
ahead. The new building is two humid
red feet by forty, and employs forty
hands. The company has orders from
various parts of the United States, from
England, Ireland and Germany.
1t now transpires that the recent in.
cendiary fire at Thatcher e. Wellings'
paper mill at North Bennington, was
set with the intention of destroying life
as well as property. A train was fired
communicating with the gasoline tank
the explosion of which would have de
stroyed hundreds of lives and nearly {
quarter of million dollars in property
Smiths extensive sash and blind shop
situated about two and one-half mile
from Stowe village, was destroyed b.
fire, week ago last Wednesday. Tn,
factory, filled with machinery, tools
kiln-dried lumber, piles of shavings sat
urated with pitch and much stock near
ly ready for market, stood in the mids
of other buildings. and scarcely twent,
feet from the saw mill and starch facto
ry. but despite the horrible condition o
the roads, help was quickly on hand
No efforts were made to save the build
, ing in which the fire originated, but t
|, confine it there and keep it from spread
ing. which was finally accomplished
Mr.. Smiths loss is about $4,000, a
near as it can be Appropriated, with n
insurance. He has one of the finest wa
ter privileges in the State. and may re
build again, but is not decided.
. There are very few of our readers VIII
do not know R. E. Peabody. the lumber
man. the founder Of Peabody Station
who afterwards went to Mclndoes FALL
and more lately has done business
!. Boston. His failure some time ago CAV
e many of our people rather unpleasar
acquaintance with him. 1t appears th;
some months ago the firm of Van Dyk
Merrill and Peabody, who were doing
: very large lumber business at McIndot
a Falls. was suddenly dissolved, Mr.. Pc;
body retiring. He went into a commi
sion business in Boston. 1t was recen
ly discovered that Peabody, one ye;
Il ago, gave thirteen 81 900 notes to di
It ferent parties. to which notes he forge
d the endorsement Of his former partner
" Van Dyke & Merrill. These thirtet
:. forged notes have all passed out of
70 hands and the following parties no
" them: A. III. Beattie, two notes, 81, O(
d each; Charles H. Weeks, Canaan, 81
is 600; Lane, Pitkin s. BROCK, Montpelie
two notes, $1,000 each First Nation
Bank, st. Johnsbury. two $1,000 note
&c Hyde, Warren g. Heard, Boston, O.
|, $1,000 note National Bank of Newb
ID ry, Wells River, three $1,000 not,
at These comprise thirteen forged note
g various parties hold ten genuine on,
= Peabody was arrested in Boston and
Is now in jail at ST. Johnsbury. His u
I'd fortunate family have the sympathy
e. all.-.Journdl.