Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-21

the future was bright with hope. Her
father, Col. Levi Stevens, one of the FORE
most in wealth and influence died, and
shifting fortunes reduced his daughter
to poverty. At an age of more than
four score years, deserted by earthly rel
atives, she died pauper and fills
paaper's grave.
IRASBURGH.
B. B. Jackman received a telegram on
Thursday evening, April 10, that his
son, DR.. G. A. Jackman of Staunton,
Va, was lying at the point of death.
Next morning Henry Jackman started
to visit his sick brother, and reached
him on Sunday afternoon. He was alive,
but continued to sink until Wednesday
when he died. His remains were brought
to Morrisville, where the doctor had
previously lived, and buried yesterday.
JAZZ.
Guy B. Place of this town, had the
misfortune recently to break his leg.
Lester Recor, who recently received
broken leg, is said to be in very pre-
carious condition. Modification is said to
have set in.
LOWELL.
Clinton Newton has sold his farm to
w. W. Wakefield.
The roads are very good in town, it is
supposed, but they are now from one to
ten feet under the snow.
Gaylor Skinner lost one of his oxen
last week. He had recently been Of
fered $40 for the pair.
"Ten Nights in the Bar Room" will
be played by the Dramatic Club at town
hall next Wednesday night.
NEWPORT.
L. Robinson sells portion of the J.
T. Allen estate at auction on Monday
next, and S. G. Bean will sell the prop.
erty of assigned estate of Coryden Cum
mlngs on Tuesday.
J. Y. Green has the lumber nearly
ready and will soon commence to sheathe
his drug store over head, and will re-
pair and fix up generally, makinga very
neat and tasty place for his business.
1t is said that widow Kendall has
rented her house to one of the younger
members of the legal fraternity in this
place, who, without the knowledge or
consent of Madam Grundy, has formed
matrimonial copartnership.
Al White, carriage maker, has pur-
chased part of the machinery in the
Beede steam mill and has moved it to
the Prouty & Miller mill, where he is
doing job and custom work in the sash
and door line. He still carries on the
carriage business at his own stand.
An engineer and fireman. each named
Fuller, who run on one of the S. E. r.
R. trains were found in an almost insen-
sible condition, at the hotel in Farnham
P. O., on Wednesday morning. from the
effect of gas generated by a broken lamp
They retired, leaving a lamp burning
on which there was no chimney, and as
the watchman called them early in the
morning he found them nearly suffocated
1t was some hours before they got ovel
the effects of the gas. The family o.
the engineer resides in Newport.
NORTH TROY.
Eugene Porter, Charles A. Ramsdell
L. B. Livingstone and James Dubois ar,
recovering from attacks of typhoid fever
James A. Heath, Esq, of this villag,
is holding series of revival meetings a
East Richford, where he is meeting will
success.
Frank House, while at Derby Lin
last week, was thrown from his sleigl
by runaway horse and sustained
fractured leg.
John W. Currier of this village is tn
owner of one of the works of Confuciu
written in the Chinese language. Prob
ably there is where he posts up on politics
One hundred dollars has been raise,
in this town and in the villages on tn
line of the S. E. r. R. as present fo
r engineer Ladeau, by whose watchfulnes
an accident was recently averted at thi
j. place.
e SOUTH TROY.
The oldest inhabitant says that W
have never had so much snow in g.
years, as during the present season.
Hayden Skinner, who has been i
3 Kingston for the past two years fo
horse stealing, has returned to towr
. having served out his sentence.
= WESTMORE.
e Mrs. Jacob Richards is very sick wit
!, tumor.
Alonzo Rowland has purchased
farm in Bloomington and taken posses
q sion of it.
t The teachers examination will be bel
e at Mill Brook school house, on Saturda,
e April 26, commencing at 8 a. m. A
d teacher intending to teach in this tow