Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-07-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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Adams, in the second week of September.
The First National Bank of Montpel-
Ter has just declared semi-annual divi-
dend of five per cent.
The Central Vermont railroad compa-
ny have commenced laying ten miles of
steel rails north from Rutland.
A. P. K. Stafford, formerly resident
of Hydepark, now governor of Arizona
Territory, spent a few days in his native
town last week.
The Bennington Baptists order 49,
900 Hook & Hastings organ for their
new church, and it promises to be one
of the best in the state.
The house of Lucius Haskell, of Guild
hall, was struck by lightning last week
Wednesday night, and Mrs. Haskell and
daughter were severely injured.
Three Bellows Falls lager beer sellers
have been fined $50 apiece for selling;
two paid and gave $500 bond not to
sell again, and the third has been COM
mitted.
A large boarding house of the Fitton
mill at Cavendish, which had just been
fitted up for summer visitors, part of the
rooms being engaged, was burned Mon
day night.
Mrs. Prussia Pearsons Walton, widow
of Gen. E. P. Walton, and mother of
Hon. E. P. Walton of Montpelier, died
in that place June 18th, in the seth
year Of her age.
/ South Londonderry's candidate for
being the meanest man in the country
sneaked into the village cemetery tomb
recently to cut off his wife's hair, for the
purpose of selling it.
Miss Mary Cummins, school teacher
at Middlesex, was wounded, probably
fatally, last week by the accidental dis
charge of a revolver. while a young lad
was carelessly handling it.
In the River and Harbor bill. passed
by Congress, Vermont gets $4,000 of
the plumber, as follows: Burlington
harbor, $4,000; Swanton harbor, $780,
600; Otter creek, $4,000.
Rev. A. S. Gilbert, who has been
pastor of the Baptist church at Mont
; gomery Center the past five years, has
E accepted unanimous call to the pasto-
e rate of the Baptist church in Hines
burgh.
In most of the valleys of Vermont the
apple crop proves to have been affected
e by the late frosts. The young apples
q are dropping off and probably few es.
b capped the blight upon the low ground
q Upon the hills. however, there were moi
so many injured.
Among the high figures of the Their
% mometer announced from various parts
= of New England for the last two days
l. are 1O2 at st. Adams, White River juno
ton, and Nashua, N. H.; SO at Little
" ton, n. H.. 100 at Concord; 104 a
Fitchburg; and liz in Middlesex coun
ty, Massachusetts.
} Two sons of Mr.. George Bartell, o
II West Rutland, aged respectively eigh
N and nine years, entered barn in the vi
h cinity of their residence Tuesday after
70 noon about three o'clock, where the,
: found gun. The oldest one, thinkin
u the gun was unloaded, pointed the wea
t pom at his little brother 'just for fun,
to and snapped the trigger. The content
N were discharged into the unfortunat
= boys head, and death was instantane
Gus.
= At Bridport, the other day, Ne
" Yorker, by the name of William Chris
Il tian, became raving maniac, his cor
he dition being such that it took severa
be men to subdue him. In his struggle
- he tore his clothing in pieces. He wa
~ confined in an upper room of house
at but leaped from the window to the groun
d. and started for the lake. He was, how
IS ever, recaptured. He manifested
r. laudable desire to kill the devil. which
~ he said, would set him free.
1t is reported that Mr. Gulley, fatht
u of Mrs. Deacon Smith. the Vergenn,
'r- woman who was poisoned, will appl
y, for new trial of her husband, on tt
he ground that several of the jurors wi
of acquitted him had formed and expresse
opinions favorable to him previous
Is the recent trial. Mr.. Champlin, hui
ty band of the alleged paramour of De
ng con Smith, has just made a length
at statement, generating his wife, b.
III making things look rather dark for IL
~ Deacon.
FRANKLIN COUNTY NoMINATIoNs.-Tl
OF Franklin County Republican Conventit
in was held at Sheldon last week Wedne
day, when the following ticket was nor
as. mated: SenatorS-Albert Sowles, of S
: Adams; Col. E. H. Powell. of Richfor
~ ~ Col. G. X. Leach, of Fletcher. Assi
n tant Judges-Rodney Whittemore, of
on Adams; Daniel Leach. States ditto
ed ney-C. ?. Hogan, of Sheldon. She
m if-Julius Habert. High Bahf-Jol
:, f. Draper, of Sheldon. Judge of Pr
ei- 6ate-Myron W. Bailey.
OF The Vermont Witness, for some yea
nal past published by W. W. Atwater,
ted been presented by him to the Graz
rst Temperance organizations of the stat
Co.. which have accepted it as their orga
~ 1t is now printed by Mott Brothers,
LUX Brandon, under the control of genel
Tho supervisory committee of the vario
RS. temperance bodies of the state. Mr..
er. water, formerly well known as author
IL the Vermont Directory. is retained
ny editor, rendering his services gratuitou
mas ly, that the price may be reduced
she only fifty cents per year.
nan The survivors of the old Sixteen
has Vermont Regiment held at Chester, J
NOT ly Sd, their first reunion. Three hun
=, red members and their families parti
peo pated. Letters were received from &c
GIT ernor Fairbanks and Vermont's delee
his ton to Congress, expressing regret