Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-09-22

summer Hotel. george Drown remains
in the winter residence, ready to enter
tain company.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Joel Richards of Kirby fell dead in
Hall & Switser's store at st. Johns
bury on Wednesday; heart disease the
supposed cause. He was middle aged
man and leaves family.
ESCAPE FROM JAIL.-Three persons,
Frank Dean. Henry Malloy and George
Sherwood-all the prisoners in the Jail
at st. Johnsbury-escaped on Sunday
night Sept 14th. They squeezed out
through ventilator hole, got out of an
attic window, and let themselves to the
ground by rope made. of bed clothes.
They fed north, stole team in Burke,
and thence went to Derby where they
left their jaded horse, and stole another,
and escaped into Canada. They were
last heard from at Capleton. Dean
was the fellow that stole Fosters team
in Barton, some time since, and Malloy
was put in Jail for stealing team in
Island Pond.
SHEFFIELD.
Fred Kimball has started his meat
cart.
| Dis. No 4 is raising money to defray
the expenses of the law suit.
| Olive O'Hara, died on the 18th aged
8S years. Remains buried in Glover.
| The Baptist Mite Society meets at
| Horace browns. Wednesday afternoon
4 and evening.
| The house and shed belonging to
George Salmon were burned on the 10Th.
The fire caught in the chamber about
the chimney. Loss well covered by
. insurance.
The Baptist church at the Hollow has
been undergoing extensive repairs,
having been newly shingled, gallery.
entry and pulpit having been built over.
and painted on the inside and out and
papered with decorating paper. 1t is
all complete now except the pews. which
have not been disturbed, but remain the
| old fashioned high back boxes. Two
hundred and fifty dollars more would
have made complete thing with modern
: slips. The people, however, have beer
very liberal in contributions, and may
before long conclude to complete the
good work by adding the modern slips
SUTTON.
l R. Ellis and wife leave town this
week for visit in Boston and New
, York.
Lewis Hyde has had another bleeding
spell from the lungs, and lies in an ex
tremely dangerous condition.
Rev. Mr.. Waterman, who has beer
e preaching in town for some time, viii
e not continue his labors longer.
J. M. Ball has finished repairing hi
mill, and is able to do better and taste
. grinding than the mill ever did before.
b The Burnham case is to be again triet
n this week Thursday. Elder Gilman
seems to be intent on tuckering Burnhan
out as well as in disgusting the town.
|
At 8 IL o'clock on Monday evenin,
last, Stephen Switser, Sem, was arouse,
q by some one knocking furiously at hi
II door. On going out he found his bar
on fire, and also fire burning on tn
back side of his house. AS the fir
} could not be put out Mr.. Switser an
}, the women folks cleared the house an
n barn as we'll as they could A hog wa
burned in the barn. Considerable fun
niture was saved, but the loss is quit
Ie heavy. Insured for $500. 1t it proba
1t BILE that the William Switser difficult
re had something to do with the setting &
4 the buildings on fire.
wFsT BURKE.
70 Joseph Parker. much esteemed cit
y zen, died suddenly on Tuesday last.
ID The Westmore Lumber Co. is prepal
ID ing to do large business this winter
They have put In one new single mi
- and purpose to put in another.
Russell Huntley is putting up a gooG
:. two-story building near the A. B. Clio
is den shop. which will be used for til
r shop, two or three offices and dwellin
or house.
re- Francis Richardson, one of the Dir
cs prietors of the Willoughby Lake Hous
: is lying dangerously i'll at his house i
cd Littleton. His brother A. r. Richard
en- son. has clos.d the house for the season
% Those desiring to make flying trip
.s the lake. via. West Burke, will find team
sc and good place to stop at Trull's hote
% SOUTH HARDWICK.
The Centennial house is having
good patronage, and the livery stab
is doing good business.
no The Morrisville Fair will be large
9 attended from this town. The bar
from this village will furnish the must
ne A. NJ. Amsden, an old and esteems
citizen fell dead in his door.yard on ii
is 10th. inst. He had appeared to be
usual health. He was about 60 yea
of age.