Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-03-12
State NelCs.

A silver-gray fox, a very rare animal
N Vermont, was recently killed at Hun
tington, and the skin was sold for $40.
At Wolcott, the dry house of the
American Hone and Box Company was
recently burned.
Those farmers who. three weeks ago,
refused 80 and 50 cents per bushel for
their potatoes, are now offered but So.
.Bmiington Free Press.
The State Superintendent of Educa-
ton strongly recommends the adoption
of the town system in the place Of the
present common school system.
The present probabilities indicate the
appointment of Hon. Luke ?. Poland for
United States district judge in place of
Hon. David A. Smalley, resigned
Rutland Globe.
The St. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday, was decidedly dull. Winter
made sold at from sixteen to eighteen
cents, and fall butter at twenty-five cts.
per pound.
The dentists of Vermont purpose to
hold meeting of their profession at
Montpelier, on Wednesday, March Dist,
to take into consideration the formation
of state dental society.
M Miss Inez, daughter of congressman
Washington on MT Che is to to be married IN
Crawford, the Washington correspGpa.H II
of the Chicago Times.
Trains on the Lamoille Valley Rail-
road now run into the towns of Cam
bridge and Fairfield, and only fifteen
miles more of iron will be required to
unite the same.
A post-ofice canvass has commenced
at Woodstock, Luther o. Greene of the
Standard being the first in the field 1t
is understood that Lewis Pratt. the pres
ent incumbent, will not make fight for
the office.
Rev. Sewall Paine of Montgomery,
was run over by his team on Thursday
of week before last, and received inju-
ries from which he died on the following
Sunday. He was most exemplary man
and worthy citizen.
Gov. Fairbanks has appointed Gen.
| W. W. Circuit of Barton, Hon. Albert
Clarke of st. Adams, and Hon. N. P.
Simons of Rutland. committee for the
establishment and construction of a
workhouse under the act of the last leg
islature.
The final decree of the circuit court
of the United States, Judge johnson
presiding, has ordered the possession of
the Vermont Valley Railroad, from Brat.
tleboro to Bellows Falls, to be given up
to its stockholders and all leases to be
void.
On the 26th ult., little boy three
years old, the son of L. r. Foster of Wa
terbury. accidentally fell into a keller
of boiling hot water and was so badly
scalded that he died the next day. There
was only some three inches of water in
the keller.
The Vermont statute provides that no
town clerk shall issue a marriage certif-
icate to any male under the age of 81
years, or to any female under the age of
Is years, without the consent, in writ
ing. of the parent or guardian of such
minor.
The citizens of the west part of Enos-
burgh have raised by subscription $4,000
2 to aid G. F. Ovitt g. Son in rebuilding
y their grist mill, which was burned few
. weeks ago. They already have the frame
up and will have the mill in running
order as soon as possible.
Capt. Ford of Montreal. has presented
to VIM. W. Dawley of Ludlow, ring,
: sleeve buttons and shirt studs of fine
gold, worth from 500 to $3.50, in rec
ognition of Mr.. Dawley's assistance to
himself and Mrs. Ford at the time of
i the Pittsford railroad accident.
1t is<@ported in Rutland, with great
show of probability, that the condemned
4 murderer, Gravelin, had confessed at the
b Windsor State Prison to having killed
q Herbert White. the manner being by
knocking him down with scythe snath
, and then finishing him with an ak.
There are twenty savings banks in
Vermont. In these 29,48l depositors
e have placed SS.O58,553. The Vermont
: Savings at Brattleboro has the largest
: number of depositors, 5467, and the
! Richford Savings and Trust at Richford,
the least, the latter having only eighty
depositors.
The creditors of 0. f. & G. W. Rus.
sell met at West Concord on Tuesday,
$ Feb. 27, to investigate the affairs of said
o firm. which resulted in the Russells fiji.
o ing a petition in bankruptcy. They Of
: fered 20 per cent, which appeared to be
- all they could afford to pay and more
: than will be realized, but all were not
d ready to say they would take it.
n Vermont is congratulating herself
n oyer the Inauguration of President Hayes
I his father being a native of the State
!; one Of her Senators preparing tho Eleo-
= toral bill, while her other was Chairman
d of the Committee Of Arrangements fol
:, the Inauguration and conducted the re.
e firing and incoming Presidents to the
: places assigned them. The father Of
Vim. N. Evarts, the new Secretary o.
: State, was a native of Vermont. and he
e himself is partial resident and married
e Vermont wife,
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