Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-01-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

twenty five less than in 1876. Q
There are four applications from Yer
mont for space at the Paris exposition.
Frank I.angdon. of Burlington, had
leg fractured while coasting the other
evening.
Four sisters in Powlet were married
in one day. recently. and all went off
together for their wedding trip.
Rev. R. D. Whittemore. of Belvidere,
has gathered over six hundred pounds of
spruce gum during the past year
There are over one hundred and sew
enty-fve convicts in the state prison
now. with accommodations for one hun
dred and fifty.
A four year-old son of Albert Gates,
of Ludlow was burned to death, recently
by his clothing coming in contract with
the draft of a stove.
There were 237 deaths at Burlington
last year, 1O1 from diphtheria. In 1876
there were only 148 deaths, 10 of those
being from diphtheria.
Mrs. Ruby Luce Of Stowe, aged eighty
two years, walks distance of four miles
to and from church each Sunday, and
does the work Of at least one girl of the
period.
John Francisco. soldier of the war
of 1912, died at West Rutland, the
10th, aged eighty-six years. HIS mem
DRY of general and local events was re-
markable to the last.
Col. George A. Merrill and John N.
Baxter of Rutland. have gone to Call
) fornia and Lieutenant Governor Red
field Proctor and his family to Wash
. ington, on route for the South.
Hon. Frederick Billings of Woodstock,
received last week four years old COW,
e two years old heifer, and a two years
e old bull, which were imported from the
! Island of Jersey last December.
i Walter Cotton, native of Rutland VT,
published the first newspaper and built
the first schoolhouse in California He
Il was first to make known the discovery
IS of gold in that State.
Ks Rutland has only 542 dogs. Poor
re Rutland We have adds the Burling-
h ton Free P-ess), it is confidently believ-
- ed, over hundred thousand-most OF
= them night blooming vocalists.
y While Michael Cosgrove, in the EN-.
Sc ploy of Sheldon & Slason, of West Rut-
K land, was stripping jumper IN a mar
ur BILE mill, piece of steel flew and en-
!" tered his right eye, cutting it complete
nv ly IN two.
- 1t is said that tramps have adopted ;
= new dodge. They profess to be temper
~ ance converts and make show of the
me blue ribbon or badge. This is for tn
H. purpose of helping them to success i
,av begging. Look out for them.
in Mr.. J. B. Hyde, "a well-known farme
- of Sudbury, died about o'clock Wed
0iu nesday evening He did not feel we
IN during the afternoon, and about o'cloc
Use. in the afternoon he went into coDvu
red sion which continued at short interval
.;tr until death relieved him from his SUI
for ferings.
In the matter of the injunction aske
lug for by the Central Vermont TO prevel
ney the Woodstock railroad from crossing i
low track at grade at White River Junctio
any the Supreme Court has decied that tt
IF proceedings taken by the Woodstoc
road are illegal, and have granted tt
o INDUCTION.
na'- sents remarkable example of tenaci
User of life. He was kicked in the head
and horse recently, and twenty-four piec
The of bone have been taken from his SKI
Tho and two or three tablespoonful
W brains have been removed, yet he bi
ess- fair to recover.
u 70 Tatro. the Highgate murderer, who
here counsel appealed to the Supreme Cot
ap- upon exceptions, has received his dea
our. sentence, the exceptions not being !;
frmed. He is to be executed on t
first Friday in April, 1880. This max
p1s- the fifth murderer in the state now
=. der sentence of death.
Steamboat traffic on Lake Champla
onu is pretty we'll used up. as is shown
/, on the fact that the capital of the steal
re- boat company at Burlington. which "
wed reduced from two hundred thousal
,rca dollars to one hundred thousand dolla
three years ago, has again been C
neie down to sixty-fve thousand dollars.
car A Townshend correspondent of t
son. Messenger says: 'Last week Sunda
lict- Rev. George Porter in accordance wi
ag- previous notice, preached to children
er0t sermon of unusual interest, in viii
there was not single word of me
'nge than one syllable. The sermon was
lmi- very ingenious production, and was L
hree tened to with naked attention"
wing AsJulius Wimmette was coming doy
His the mountain near East Middlebur
-. Tuesday, with heavy load, his 81
nis slowed against the railing on the low
osed side of the road, which gave way, al
his the team and driver were precipitat
ime, 200 feet, killing one horse, severely
lker juring the other, and probably fatal
I, : injuring Wimmette.
BUTTER MARKET.-At the ST. Alba
9ui- butter market, Tuesday, winter butt
Not sold from Is to % cents per poun
forts straight diaries and fall ends 25 to
ools cents per pound. A small quantity
booo new butter coming forward, but n
49, enough to make quotation. We he
acks Of two stra;obt da;r;os sall;na 81 On =,
VI oWo SoidiSn0 udiIlcS SeIiIuS DIT OF d.
rect 81 cents respectively.
roat The new hall of Phenix Lodge, n
b of %, f. and A. NJ. at West RandolI
,em- was dedicated Friday of Jan. II wi
] - imposing ceremonies. The new hall
one of the finest in the State, and
finished throughout in all elegant a
costly manner. Prominent Masons FRI
various parts Oft the State and from 9th
at New England States were present a