Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-06-24

sold to Edward S. Sears, formerly of
the Boston 1raceuer and the Boston
Globe. Mr.. Sears is spoken of as a
journalist of ability.
E. H. Farnham of Newbury has on a
crab apple tree near his summer board
ing house, where the apples are the
size of cherries, two full blown white
roses. These appeared after all of the
apple blossoms had fallen.
The copper mines at Ely are the
third in point of production of any in
the United States. Their monthly
product of smelted copper reaches near
ly seventy-fve tons, and they employ
between six and seven hundred work
men.
There was good attendance at the
ST. Adams butter market Tuesday, with
an improved feeling and slight advance
in prices. Common to fair sold at from
ten to sixteen cents. and selections at
from seventeen to eighteen cents per
pound.
Ex-Gov. J. Gregory Smith, accom-
panied by his wife, son Edward and
daughters Annie and Julia, sailed from
Boston for Europe Saturday on the
Cunard steamer Parthia. They propose
making tour of Great Britain and the
continent, and will return home in Sep
| TENDER.
?. Hubbard, of Williamstown, has a
goose which deserves to fall into line
with other fowl of whom great things
are announced. The goose in question
began laying March lst, and continued
till June Sd, laying in sixty three days
fifty seven eggs; her tenth egg weighed
twenty-four ounces. When the old
goose is beaten, Hubbard says he will
buy another.
James t. Thurston, Esq, of Mont
pelier, died at his residence In that
place, Friday morning, after linger-
ing illness. aged So years. He has
held many offices of trust in the town
was for many years connected with the
Vt. Mutual Fire Insurance company
and National Life Insurance company
in prominent official relations, and was
vice president of the First National
Bank of Montpelier at the time of his
death. He leaves large estate.
The great log drive on the upper
waters of the Connecticut has formed
jam at South Vernon against the piers
of the Ashuelot Railroad bridge at that
place. There are from 100000 tc
100000 feet of logs in the raft
The jam extends for half mile up the
river. occupying the entire width of the
channel. and it is estimated to be from
10 to Is feet thick. Fears for the safe
ty of the bridge are entertained, but ;
large force of men are at work endeav
oring to break up the jam.
Thursday evening stranger calling
himself George Smith of Auburn, N. Y.
entered the Junction House, Essex juno
ton, with his head and face covered
with blood, exclaiming, 81 am shot.
After washing him two bullet wound
were found in his head, both seal
wounds. One ball lodged under tn
scalp. He claimed that he had BEEF
assaulted and shot in the shed of a store
Friday morning he told different sto
, ry, saying he shot himself and threy
the pistol away. which was found wher
he said. covered with blood. The pisto
is single barrelled, breach loading
small-sized one. He now says he di
, it under the depression of spirits cause
t by long sickness and destitute circum
f stances. He will probably recover
= though he is in a bad condition an
) Two brothers by the name of Dodge
from Calais, arrived at Stanstead som
u two weeks ago, and soon after bough
e out the grocery business of A. O'Rourkt
e Stanstead Plain. They also bought
horse from Mr.. A. Gilmore and bugg
from Mr.. G. W. Bangs, paying cash fo
I their purchases. Some time during tn
J, past week, they evidently took alarr
: at a report that officers were in pursui
s of them, and after effec.ing sale BAG
of the property to Mr.. O'Rourke, left o
Thursday night for the north. On Fri
. day officer futile. from Montpelier, Vt
4 caused their arrest at Sherbrooke b
s High Constable Loomis. On Saturda
{ they returned to Vermont in compan
with officer Tuttlc voluntarily. 1t an
pears that the property they had bee
spending here was stolen from tn
i houses of Messrs. Ainsworth, Burne
a and Gray, of Montpelier. amounting t
!. about $4,000. They will be tried 70
burglary. The horse and wagon wer
J taken to MONTPELIER.