Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-07-29
Local News.
dLBANY.

DR.. J. G. Campbell has rented the
omstock house of Mr.. Sanders for one
ear, and will occupy it before long.
Ne esteem the DIR. as good man, and
good physician, and are pleased to
lave him locate with US.
The loss Of John Richardson, son of
neon Richardson, is heavy misfortune
his fathers family. John injured him.
elf in the spring by exposure in the wa
+, and has not been well since that
me. He was finally attacked with ty-
hold pneumonia and died suddenly.
lie was steady, honest young man,
nd the main pillar in the family.
BARTON.
Mr.. Lyman F. Dewey will occupy one
the tenements in the new house late
built by H. d. Flanders.
The furious storm on Friday night
id much damage to the Massawipi and
southeastern railroads. Trains were
elayed several hours on Saturday.
There will be partial eclipse of the
BUN, commencing at 5 o'clock this after
noon. The eclipse is total in the north
western parts of the United States.
M. M. Whitney is putting up large
,wo story house on Church Street. Now
Mr.. W. let us see what you can do in
he line of country cottage architecture.
Among those always welcomed back
30 their old homes in Barton, we notice
Timothy @. Kimball and Harley Ellis
md family of New York, and Horace
hnd Charley WoOdman from Boston.
Read Cheney Green's "Card". He
keeps large stock of -four and grain,
and thousand things in the line of
hardware &c., that it is difficult to find
anywhere else in this vicinity. Call
pnd see him.
The raspberry crop, which is usually
hs reliable as crop of white daises.
was badly injured by the frost and the
subsequent dry weather. Messrs. Owen
and Hall are getting considerable many,
however, and are shipping about ton
daily.
NoTIoE.-The farmers Of this vicinity,
and all others interested in holding a
fair on the grounds Of the Orleans Fair
Ground Co. at Barton, the coming fall,
are requested to meet the officers of the
company at the Town Hall in Barton,
Aug. 9TH at o'clock p. m, to perfect
arrangements, select committees and off,
GERS, and do whatever may conduce to
the benefit of fair. Per order of d.
rectors. j. w. HALL, Clerk.
On the receipt of the news of Gen
CIRCUITS nomination at Hydepark, the
enthusiastic citizens of Barton fired g
hundred guns, rang the bells, un
furled the old campaign Republican aal
and met in general rejoicing over thu
event. AS the General was expected
home in the evening, guns were AGAR
fred. On his arrival on Thursday
large delegation of citizens met him a
the depot and escorted him to his resi-
dence, where congratulations were haC
and pleasant interview was enjoyed.
ARRESTED FOR HORSE STEALING
One Charles Ryder who has figured no
very creditably in this vicinity for thu
last few years, was arrested, recently
for stealing the John Leland colt. HI
was brought before Justice Mossman o.
Thursday, bound up in $500 bonds, an
committed to Jail. 1t will be remembers
that some weeks ago a colt was take
from John Leland's pasture of which n
trace could be obtained for some days
G. J. Uford, who is not in the habit Q
being beat on an ordinary job, had a
interest in the colt and set about fine
ing it and the thief who stole it. H
got young man in his employ, Judso
M. Page, appointed deputy sheriff an
together they undertook to find ii
thief. After extensive advertising, an
q thorough hunt of several days, the
gave up the chase for the time beini
but soon learned that the horse ha
been traded off in Newark. They wei
and got the horse and learned somethin
Of the thief, though they had no vel
reliable clue. After some days the
made up their minds that Ryder W;
the guilty party and set about capturir
him. They searched for him in Sutto
Sheffield, Albany and elsewhere, final
finding him at work in Newport. Ryd
had traded his stolen horse off for
poorer horse, and little money, wi
Henry Hoffman, of Newark; he swa
ped the poor horse off for fiddle, pr
Of boots and a dirk knife, and afterwar
returned to steal harness from HofFma
Page and UffOrd found that the DO,
which the thief got for his old horse h
been traded off by Ryder in Shefie
this being the first real clue that led