Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-02-11
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Enosburea Falls has two brass bar

has reached Manchester and Factory
Point.
Seventeen tramps lodged at the Bur-
lington police station, the other night.
Will R. Page Of Rutland, will repre-
sent the Howe Scale Company at the
Paris Exposition.
A Swanton mans claim to distinction
is based upon the fact that he has worn
one pair of pants for % years.
DIR. Middleton Goldsmith of Rutland,
is making a collection of casts of all Vt.
fishes for the state cabinet at Montpelier.
The late Stephen D. Marcy has left
by his will two thousand dollars for the
benefit of the Methodist church in Hart
land.
George Walker of Ludlow, has failed,
his liabilities being heavy assets small.
He was a prominent harness-maker and
quite heavy dealer.
John Marston of Corinth, was acct
dentally shot in the abdomen by a
school-fellow, Thursday of week before
last. There Is no hope for his recovery.
Charles Mason of Vergennes, has sold
some seven hundred Merino bucks IN
Colorado, the past season. He sold one
carload for four thousand two hundred
dollars in gold
At Brattleboro, the other day, BERTHE
LeFranc. theFrench pedestrienne, walk
ed twenty seven miles in five hours and
twenty minutes, the fastest time on re-
cord for woman.
The Methodist church at Marshfeld,
burned up Sunday morning. the Sd. The
cause of the fire is supposed to have been
defective stove. We do not learn of
any insurance.
The employees of the Lane Manufac-
turing company at Montpelier, were
paid off in silver trade dollars, week be-
fore last The works are now running
nine hours day.
At the St. Adams butter market, last
Tuesday, winter butter sold at from
eighteen to twenty-five cents per pound.
Choice fall butter is wanted, and would
command ready sale at good prices.
At Pittsford, the other morning, Mr.
Israel Hewett died, aged eighty sever
years. He was soldier in the regular
army in the war of 1912, and served
under Generals Dearborn and Wilkinson
Seventeen persons were baptized re
Gently, at SALISBURY Center, by Rev
S Mr.. Chandler, who has lately come t.
' labor with the SALISBURY Baptist church
0 The good work begun by Miss Townsle.
still goes on.
Peter Rivers of South Hero, was ar
raigned before justice of the peace, tn
! other day. for cruelty to animals, an
e fined twenty five dollars and sentence
f to three months IN the county Jail, whic
serves him right.
# The other day, L. Hersey of Williams
. town, shot large coon, weighing twer
L ty pounds, and the next day three tia
weighed thirteen pounds each; and
Ia while ago, Curtis Brown of Belvider,
% killed his thirty-ninth bear-a thrt
>. hundred FOUNDER.
&c Brattleboro, in special town NEE
ing, recently voted adversely to tran
6 ferring fifty thousand dollars to the pr
Id jected narrow-gauge railroad from tn;
is place to South Londonderry, sum Fl
in which the town was recently bonded
i, aid of the contemplated route from Bra
tleboro to Whitehall.
i
~ burn the dwelling and store of l..
"a Parker of East Richford. the 29th u
ly A large amount of kerosene was pour
ed on the building, and shavings and pie
he es of dry cedar wood piled up again
= the building and set on fire, but fort
;" nately it proved unsuccessful.
- At Essex Junction, week ago la
70 Saturday night, passenger train sep
to rated between the passenger and bagga
of car, and, the bell ringing, the enginee
is Ignorant of the accident, reversed t
.; engine and stopped his end of the trai
" The result was that the rear cars car
up and struck the forward end of t
as train with great force, giving the pa
De- sengers a remarkably vigorous shaki
ed up. One man, who stood looking out
- a door window, involuntarily plung
" his head through the glass, but fort
'm nately his cap saved his head. He So
his all he wanted to. Another hapless pa
RS, senger had one or two teeth knocked OIL
no The damages to the cars were light.
w. A destructive fire broke out IN t
No post. Office block, at So. Royalton, abo
half-past two o'clock, last Wednesd
SSS morning, which was not quelled uni
or nearly nine o'clock. The fire is suppc
I'd ed to have taken from stove in t
,nt band room. The block was occupied
~ Southgate & Foster, tailors, and sever
- others, who saved very little. The ne
ar block. called the Tarbell block, was {
ng cupied by Winslow & Durkee, me
tor chants. This soon took fire and was
lid tally consumed. The adjoining bloc
;on occupied by w. H. Martin as a sto
'on was soon in flames and burned to t
zen ground. At this time it is almost j
to possible to calculate the loss, but it W
be quite heavy for so small a village
the South Royalton. There was conslderal
insurance, but at this time we are III
10, BILE to give it in detail.
lad
- Mr.. D. c. Bascom, through whose
'Sn fetal misconduct the Brandon Natiol
al. Bank loses about 100000, which v
la exposed week before last, did not f
on. as has been stated, but merely visit
III Rutland. He has now returned. and
~ completely Frustrated by his disgra
o'o He protests that he was not persona
nst benefited 81 by discounting Batchelde
ran worthless paper, but that he was dra
he lnto IL lnnocently. he says ): n. Bat
~ elder had been customer of the bal