Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-03-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

has 40 students.
The late temperance campaign at
Poultney, secured 500 signers to the
pledge.
Johnson has clean record as town.
1t is not only out of debt, but has a
surplus of over $500.
Five hundred and twenty tubs of but
ter were sent from North Troy, week be-
| fore last, to Boston via. st. Adams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tyler Stickney of Shore
ham recently celebrated their golden
wedding, their ten children being pres
emit
B. T. Rugg of St. Adams. lost 1000
ewes, in breeding, valued at $4,000,
during the recent great snow storm at
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The malady caused by drinking water
from the poisoned we'll at Richford has
nearly subsidized. There have been 45
cases of sickness and deaths
Addison Willet, an old farmer of
Granville, recently had thirty eight
sheep-killed outright and four bitten be-
yond recovery by vagrant dogs.
The Oldest litigant ever known in tn
Windham County Courts is Hannah
Holland OF Townshen1, who appeared at
Newfane, week before last, as the plain
tiff in suit to collect a note Of S245.
Although SO, no one would suppose her
to be over no. She lost her case.
A week ago last Sunday, as three
young lads were rolling stones down. the
cliff of rocks on Haystack Mountain in
Pawlet, stone struck a boy by the name
of Albert Trombly, about l6 years of
age, knocked him down the side of the
mountain. about $50 feet, and killed
him almost instantly.
VIM. A. Howard, the new governor
of Dakota Territory, is a native Oliver
mont and graduate of Middlebury COL
lege. He was an original Republican.
was six years member of Congress
from Michigan, and in 1861 was ap-
pointed postmaster of Detroit by Presi-
dent Lincoln.
A son has just been born to Mr.. and
7 Mrs. George o. Davis, at Peru, who is a
great-great-great nephew of Judge Asa
Reyes of Brattleboro, and the latter has
now nephew, great-nephew, great
great nephew, and great-great-great-
, nephew living under the same roof at
} that place.
4 Here's specie resumption in earnest
| Last Tuesday. Tuttle & Co. of Rutland,
\ printers and book binders, paid off their
employees in gold coin, and few days
y ago the postmaster at Baltimore, Mary.
t land, distributed $4,000 in gold to the
9 carriers and street collectors. Several
+ Baltimore business firms are also paying
gold in small sums.
8 James A. Howe, formerly of Bellows
Falls, is now engaged in extensive stock
# raising on his ranch at Pilot Point Tex
j. as. He has 1000 acres now in grair
: for his stock, which was looking nicely
and of good promise two weeks ago. H,
is raising largely of sheep, 1000 lamb
being on hand already, besides larg,
herds of cattle and SO many swine. h
uoeS uoI KNOW Tue NUM-
At Montpelier, week ago last Satur
! day evening, at Silver Spray Socia
IS Temple Hall, NJ W. Wheelock, of tn
e Freeman, and Miss Julia A. Miles wer
IS married, in the presence of full attend
- ance of members, by Rev. J. NJ. G. Full
y ton. After the ceremony. cards an,
q cake were distributed, speeches mad
N and the bride presented with token t
q. remind her of past and present pleasan
" fraternity.
Bennington held its town meeting tn
- 18th, and reelected the old board O
" town oficers-anti-P Park. The meetin
le instructed the selectmen to issue pc
cent. bonds to cover the floating debt Q
TT the town. This is nearly 100000, wbic
m added to the railroad bonds debt Q
!. $4,000 for which no provision is mad
- by the meeting. makes the towns Who'll
r Indebtedness S245, 900 on grand lis
es of less than $4,000.
lg A dozen cows, in different herds, a
IN Ferrisburgh and New Haven have die
within week, of some new and myste
rious disease. In most cases the animal
p die instantly. or are found dead in th
IN morning where they seemed all right th
n. previous night. The examination of on
= victim showed dark red streak runnin
VI parallel to the backbone from the nee
nd to the rump. and when the hide was n
of moved the flesh came with it, leavin
no the bones bare
ur There is not much prospect of shar
! contest over the Republican nominatio
for Governor, the coming summer III
OF Rutland Herald announces that Colon,
Mt Veazey will not be candidate, and th
to Free Press says the same of Chief Ju
on tice Pierpont. These things being {
we do not see where opposition to tt
promotion of Lieut. Governor Proctor
a. the governors chair will come fror
IN, Col. Proctor has no enemies and gre;
ee many friends. and would make COVE
he nor every way satisfactory to the poop
- of the State.-Montpelser Freeman.
I'll The raising of hay for market is il
creasing throughout the State, and esp
cially in the famous grass region of tt
lie Champlain valley, where farmers clai
"a, that good crops can be raised yearly,
:. stock are kept from the meadows. man
'a' of which, especially the ''clay farms
an have not been seeded for twenty year
to and yet yield fair amount of ha
ar Some of the meadows belonging to Ma
20 shall Smith of Bridport, one of the ric
;. est men in the county, and owner of 81
lo- acres. having never been broken up, al
ny. others have not been ..laid down
all grass for over forty years. but produ
ak abundantly. The hay pressing and shi
H., ping business is also growing, and Fiel'