Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-07-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Hiram Lewis of Duxbury, seventy
four years Of age, has killed upwards of
forty bears on the mountains.
The Burritt Brothers. of Manchester,
Vt. brought in their 57th bear to the
town clerk and received SIS bounty.
The Troy Budget hears that Trenor
W. Park has concluded to go to Con-
gress from Vermont, next year, and
equivocally remarks: 1--WE hope he
may"
Mrs. Lucy Hinklcy, mother-in-law of
Hon. Lyman G. Hinckley, of Chelsea,
was seriously injured by fall, recently.
Her recovery is doubtful. as she is 81
years old.
Daniel Brooks, who beat his wife so
numerically at Burlington some time
ago, has been bound over in the sum of
$4,000, on the charge of assault with
intent to kill.
Among the passengers on the steamer
State of Virginia, from New York for
Glasgow, which went ashore at Sable
Island in fog last Saturday, were Mr..
and Mrs. Asa Hull of Woodstock.
An eight-year-old Brandon boy named
Bordeau quarrelled with Frederick Tru-
sha, nine years old. the other day and
shot him seriously with rifle, the bull
let passing through Trusha's body.
George Messenger. of the firm of Mes
senger & Hazen, tanners. of Norwich,
was kicked by favorite horse, breaking
his kneepan, which will result undoubt-
edly in the loss of the use of his leg.
During the first six months of the
present year there were thirty-six fail
ures in the state, with liabilities of
$4,000. During the same time last
year there were sixty-two with liabili-
ties of S1070,000.
The rear of the big drive of logs, some
three million feet, passed through Wells
River narrows on Monday. One hun
bred and fifty men are on the drive,
engaged in getting the logs off the banks
of the river and rocks below here.
The other day three girls. II or Is
years old. daughters of Hon. Henry
Ballard of Burlington. Judge Noyce and
A. G. Dixon, walked from Dixon's to
the summit of Mt. Mansfield and return
AN aggregate distance of seventeen
miles. A pretty fair walk for members
of the fair sex.
A Woodford tramp recently passed
along with half dozen hens eggs which
he had but few moments before stoler
from neighbors, and sold them for fer
cents to get his breakfast. He passed
along, bought drink of whlskey with
the money, begged another of by
stander, and in ten minutes thereafter
was lounging under some willow shrub
berry in semi conscious state.
John Dolan of Castleton met with
three severe accidents in the last siz
months. The first was being thrown
headlong from horse upon the frozer
I ground, from the effects of which he was
laid up for long time. After that tn,
4 limb of tree fell on him in the woods
from which he did not recover in severa
weeks ; and few days ago he and hi
horse and wagon with load of rubbish
backed over an embankment of thirty
or forty feet into the abyss below.
United States Marshal, General Hen
ry, reports the arrest of eight parties las
week engaged in illicit disabling Of eide
brandy. Six are from Orange county
mostly from Corinth-and two from ia
maica. in Windham county. To Collect
or Dana and his efficient deputies tn,
credit should be given for the informa
tion which led to these arrests, and t,
General Henry and his deputies thu
credit for the prompt apprehension of thu
parties implicated. We sincerely trus
that this illicit distilllng will soon b.
made so unpopular and Improbable as t.
entirely do away with it.
A terrific thunder storm passed owe
Hyde Park between ten and twelv
o'clock Monday night. The barn o
Isaac Manning of Johnson, with fort,
tons of hay, six cows and three hogs
was destroyed. The Union Hotel il
Hyde Park village was struck in tn
, north gable, the fluid passing to tn
chimney. scattering it badly. breakin,
windows and knocking down all tn
stove pipe. but injuring no person. Tn
barn of Joseph Gauthier was struck, blu
copper rod conducted the fluid off will
but slight injury. Manning's loss i
about 81 900; partially insured in tn
Vermont Mutual. The loss on the Uniol
House. fully insured, has already beel
adjusted.