Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


Trenor W. Park is reported as the
loser of $4,000 by the failure of Bon
ner & Co.. the New York brokers.
Mr.. J. b. Conkey of Orwell. tapped
thirty maple trees one day last week,
boiled down the twenty pailfuls of sap
obtained and gave sugar party In the
evening.
Hon. Charles K Field. Of Brattle-
boro. one of the best known citizens of
Vermont. got bad fall last Thursday
evening, while making call at the res
idence of Postmaster G.. H. Mansur.
Dorman B Eaton. of New York, son
of Hon. Nathaniel Eaton. of Middlesex.
has bought the '.Pettus farm just
north of Brattleboro village. intending
to make that his summer home in the
future. M
c. E. Benton aud DR.. N. s. Boyce.
two prominent citizens of GuildhalI. in
dulged in dispute the other day which
resulted in trial of physical force. the
former knocking the latter down, and
shaking him. ha
A malignant type of diphtheria has
prevailed in some parts of Ferrlsburgh
so fatal that it is stated twenty out
of tweny-one children were attacked. the
whole school population of one district
have died. 1f
Windsor county is not quite para
disc. A recent grand jury there found
thirteen indictments for rum selling.
f,r psrju ry. and quite number for
larceny. burglary, assault and careless
use of firearms.
During the first four weeks of the
present term of the Windsor county
court. the aggregate of verdicts recover
ed was Sl36. and Judge Barrett relieved
his mind by saying that the cases were
not worthy of trial by hackwoods JUS
tice.
One George Colby. sewing machine
agent. who recently used abusive and
unprovoked language toward young
lady 10 New Haven. with whom he had
left machine on trial. was lately met
and horse-whipped by the lady's 'big
brother"
Col. Henry Oliver Gillett. of Whit
ingham. died last week Wednesday.
aged Al years. He had held various
offices in his town, and was first Lieu
tenant in the 10Th Vermont volunteers.
He was also a member of the present
Legislature.
1
Mike Dougherty. Tom Devanney and
William Dowlan. of Victory recently
went to an exhibition at the school
house. threw off their coats in the en-
try. aid entered and cleared the house
of people, tearing down the staging,
ETC.
Large numbers of sheep and cattle
are being shipped from the state. Re.
Gently carload of choice Merino sheep,
comprising twenty eight bucks and for
ty-two ewes, valued at thirty-Gve hun
dred dollars, were started from Hub.
bardtown, consigned for Texas.
Peter Whalan, a st. Adams young
man, was called to the door last Tues
day evening and stabbed in the mech
aud shoulder by Andy o, Day. who was
in liquor. The wounds are not dan
gerous ODay was arrested and viii
be examined as soon as Whalan is abb,
, to testify.
We understand that freights over tn,
railroads are more now than last year a
this time. On the Central road. tho,
are running one more freight train pc
day than one year ago This with sim
liar reports on other roads would seen
to indicate permanent increase Of bust
ness in the country.-B. r. Times.
} A person calling himself Capt. Soho
field. of Wisconsin, is travelling through
out the State, claiming that he was ter
ribly wounded at Gettysburg. and tina
t considerable arrears of pension none
D are due him from the Government. Hi
tale has enabled him to obtain none
and clothing in various sections. but
letter from the Pension office at Wash
ington says that he is doubtless an i'm
: postor.
e The Murphy movement is producin,
r marked results in. Bennington. Meet
ings have been held and over one thou
sand names have been signed to tn
:, pledge. Among the temperance con
I verts are Louis Gates of tho Gates hous
! and Col. Cady of the Stark house. VII
r have closed their bars. If the effect @
the movement could be little NOR
general and permanent it would work
wonderful revolution in Remington
The United States Government RI
ceives license fees from one wholesal
d liquor establishment. two breweries an
e 433 saloons in Vermont. and vet tn
q state officials can't find one of thes
places. 1t is proposed in the next Les
islature to make the payment of l
l. cense to the general government or tn
= receipt therefor. prima facie evidence {
'e the manufacture or the sale of liquor
r Such law would have increased We
8 mont's revenue the past year $40, 900.
# The recent story about the migrator
quail. imported to Rutland from E,
y rope by Judge Everts. last Spring. ha,
st ing been seen near cape. Hatteras. +;
,r which point they few to sea, is no
70 pronounced hoax. The letter cor
tanning the information was copied I'M
the Forest and Stream with the hea,
9 line, "Have we new species of birt
te in America, and the Rutland Hera
is and Globe accounted for the birds pu
"a ting to sea on the ground that in the
: European mIgrations they had crosse
- the Mediterranean that the fight fro
g Vermont to Cape Hatteras was Il
at length of their usual land fight, ar
te that they mistook the Atlantic for Il
,c Mediterranean. and were of course. los
e The hoax which was nririnated hu d