Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1878-05-06
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

church at Richford, reports $3.50 rails
ed by that church the past year.
VIM. Maxwell. one of the Murphy
movement speakers, began temperance
work at st. Adams, last Monday evening.
The firm of Henry, johnson & Lord
of Burlington have effected compro-
mise with their creditors at 81 IL cents
on the dollar.
Charles Potter of Belvidere, while |
climbing fence with two guns in his
hands, was injured about the head and
hands by the discharge of one of them.
Alfred Jones of North Hydepark. was
attempting to shoot cats, the other day,
but made mistake and shot his "better
half through the right arm.
Butter sold. on Tuesday last, at St.
Adams market, at from fifteen to twen-
ty cents per pound, according to quality,
with number of fancy diaries at a
higher price.
George S. Brainerd of st. Adams. has
received patent for a variable exhaust
for locomotives and Lewis Kimball, Jr.,
of East Richford, for wooden tray ma
chimes.
At an enthusiastic meeting of the M.
E. church in St. Adams, week ago
Sunday morning, about twelve thousand
dollars was raised toward paying the
! debt and completing the church.
The dwelling house of VIM. Bryant,
in Richmond, narrowly escaped destruc-
ton by fire, the other day. A "water-
pail brigade extinguished slight fire
caused by defective chimney.
Henry P. Alden, formerly general
freight agent of the Passumpsic railroad,
has been appointed general passenger
agent of the Montreal, Boston and South
ern railroad line.
Many farmers in Rutland county have
decided to devote little land to potatoes,
this season, as they fear the ravages of
the potato bug which has already put
IN an appearance.
During the month of April there were
ten deaths by violence in this State.
During the first four months of the year
| there were "a deaths by violence, of
which were suicides.
Henry G. Cady of Mortified, was
found dead in his bed week ago last
Friday morning. He had just returned
from Western trip. and physical ex-
D haustion is supposed to have been the
cause.
= Governor Fairbanks has presented a
z White Mountain doe, from his private
park, to the Deer Association, to be
turned out with the deer that have been
e collected, and will send her to Rutland
t at once.
e Three tramps were arrested in st. AL
r bans, the other night, for breaking into
= cars. One of them was discharged on
promising to leave town, but the others,
e Frank Collins and John Burns, were
/ held to answer.
The National Bank at Fairhaven, sued
e the Allen Brothers for $1,000, the
!. amount of notes it had been carrying
- for them, and now they have retaliated
by sueing the bank for $4,000 usury
u they claim to have paid.
% One of pair of horses at Middlebury
ID became entangled in grape vine, tn,
l. other day, and in struggling to get fire,
" injured its neck so seriously that deatf
: was the result. Its mate seemed dis
consulate and has since died, apparentl.
y heart broken.
a, Fred E. Foss, member of the Yer
In mont shade roller manufacturing compa
al ny of Vergennes, and brother of Hen
:. ry Foss. who recently lost all his chill
8 dren but one by diphtheria shortly afte
" removing from Fairfield, Me, has die
from the same disease.
u Bennington selectmen offer five hund
on red dollars reward for the arrest an
bv conviction of the masked burglars VIII
= recently gagged and robbed Lawyer Hal
man and his family; or two hundre
OF and fifty dollars for the arrest of an
pit one of the parties.
n An old man was found dead in b
N. room at the Barney House in Swantor
10 last Monday morning. He had wit
~ him material for grating trees; also
ho Bible with the name of Robert Brow
ere low on the fly leaf also an old circul;
IT. advertising lecture by Robert Brow
IN low.
,er A sad accident occurred in Perkin
:. vile, the other day. A Mr.. Bill. dri
- er of quarry team, was on one of h
IN trips, having with him his ive-year-o
ars son BERTHE. The father was walking b
hind the team, while the child was ri
nor ing upon the load. which was a six-tC
:, block of stone, from which he fell
III such manner that the hind wheel pas
III ed over his head, crushing it in fea
en- full manner, and killing him instantly.
the The Republican State Committee me
as at the Pavilion on Tuesday of this wee
of for the purpose of issuing call for t
h.. next State Convention. The Commit
''' consist of George W. Grandey of We
av- gennes, George Nichols of Northfeld,
nil ]. Ormsby of Brandon, Stephen Thorn
'os- of Montpelier, Franklin Fairbanks
to St. Johnsbury, VIM. Rounds of Cheste
j. L. Barstow of Burlington, George
Dale of Island Pond, and c. S. Page
ere Hydepark.
IN John McCavitt, sawyer in the ell
sed ploy of the Rutland marble company,
lt?q the Continental mills, Center Rutlan
~ met with severe and almost fatal ac
dent, last Tuesday, while trying to rig
ou- some defect about his gang, he fe
inc striking his head on one of the saws a
tate cutting it severely. After he struck t
TO floor of the mill his head was buried
-, the sand and he received several seve
an0 blows of the gang on the chest, which
uds is feared has injured him SO severe