Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-11-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Daniel Boswell, a Plymouth farmer,
hung himself the other day, on account
domestic troubles.
An intelligent tramp appeared in
Bennington last week who could beg in
ten different languages.
John Bell, postmaster at Ferrisburgh
for over Seventeen years. has resigned in
favor of Mrs. B. E. Coulter.
The Passumpsic road cut down the
price of help the first of November, and
are reducing the number of their en-
ployes.
The receipt of lumber at Burlington
in October were 100000 feet, the
largest amount of the month for three
years.
During the eleven years working of
the National Bankrupt Law 992 petit
tions were fled in this State. or one in
every 333 of the population.
Mrs. Hammond, the Methodist reyiy-
alist is holding meetings in Burlington.
They are largely attended and much
religious interest is becoming manifest.
The grocery of J.. A. Hatch, of Wells
River, was burglarized the other night
| by Curtis Beard, who was arrested, and
sent to the Reform School during his
minority.
] E. Crane of Bridport has shipped
three tons of choice clover honey of his
own raising to Boston market, although
he calls the honey crop light one this
year compared to last year.
Thomas Kelley was arraigned in Bur-
lington on the 29th ult.. for knocking
down man and robbing him of his
watch, and was bound up in the sum of
$500, failing to procure which he was
, committed to Jail.
! BUTTER MARKET.-At st. Adams,
! Tuesday, common to good sold at from
twelve to seventeen cents; choice, eigh-
teen to twenty cents; selections, twenty.
two to twenty-three cents per pound,
with some extra lots at niger price.
At st. Mary's Cathedral, in Burling.
: ton, Wednesday. was celebrated, with
. imposing ceremonies, the twenty fifth
anniversary of the conservation of the
Right Rev. Louis DeGoesbriand as Bish.
op Of the Roman Catholic diocese o.
Burlington.
, Daniel Dervin, Mendon farmer. OF
the 3lst ult., fell from barn loft, land
ing in the shed underneath, striking hi
:. head on sharp stone, cutting it severe
: ly, and severing one of the arteries
which came near resulting in his bleed
ing to death.
The new Rutland afternoon daily pa
!. per. the Times, has put in an appear
ance at our office 1t is we'll made u
and clearly printed, has an abundanc
of local matter, and starts off on its ca
reer with much promise of success.
e L. Macarthur is its editor and publisher
g That swell legislator, Ely-Goddard Q
l. West Fairlee, who is said to have
t, dozen or more different pairs of shoe
r. and as many hats. keeps number {
. game cocks, and entertained choic
coterie of his friends with real COG
- fight in the basement of his hotel q
G. Montpelier the other evening.
The canal-boat +. A. Hall was sun
at midnight, the 3Oth ult, near Yves
,t port, Lake Champlain, in 200 feet {
water 1t was laden with 100 tons
: pig-iron for Maquam bay, and it is SUI
T. posed the iron broke down the deck an
o. crashed through the bottom of the boa
of The captain and his boy were asleep
the cabin at the time and had vel
:. narrow escape, hearing the noise just
40 time to leap aboard the next boat. I'll
be Hall was one of several boats in tow
a the Winslow; and was insured. I'll
Ia value of the iron was $1,7OO.
en- Messrs. Sprague & Wells, of Cabo
IA were victimized last Wednesday by
- stranger who went into their store an
le purchased seven or eight dollars wort
ID, of goods, giving in payment therefor
nd 6fty-dollar bill. They soon after pa
th the bill to runner" who sortly tel
graphed them that it was counterfe
On making further inquiry they four
that the same stranger had gone
10 Lower Cabot and passed some of t
he same sort of money at the store of MI
ed McDaniels. Mr.. Sprague then start
+as in pursuit and Put Sheriff futile
~ the track. After thorough search
'n- the several towns of this county, n
eth Tuttle traced his man to BurlIngt
ect and there arrested him on Tuesds
,ah bringing him to Montpelier Tuesd
~ night. He gives his name as Jack Hong
'.'' ton, alias .Glycerine Jack" and is So
Is to be an old offender. The bill was
ain the Trademarks Bank. of New Ye
tn, city. The prisoner procured a team
Dudley's stable. with which to go
Cabot. Sheriff Drew of Burlington. a
his police force rendered Sheriff Tut
me all the assistance in their power, a
ons are worthy of much credit for the co
ct tesy shown.