Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-29

but is expected to come here again in
May.
NEWPORT.
A Mr.. Lamb has taken the Hines place
vacated by Mr.. Hunt.
The residence of the late Alfred Ran
dali will be sold at auction soon.
S. S. Lunt has rented of j. Y. Green,
the house recently occupied by F. W.
Stevens.
1t is reported that double tenement
house will be put up the coming sum-
mer on Sd street.
The sugar party on Friday evening
at Academy Hall was we'll patronized.
sum of SIG was cleared.
Corydon Cummings has sold his farm
to Dea. Lorenzo Cummings & Son, who
have taken POSSESSION. Corydon makes
nice thing on the farm trade.
Clark Hunt, who has carried on the
large farm of w. A. Hines for six or
seven years, has rented the Dea. Cum
mings place for year, with the stock,
paying $500.
The postofice here issues money orders
for Great Britain, France and other
countries. 1t costs only % cents to
send sums under fifteen dollars, larger
sums in proportion.
The Easter exercises at the M. E.
church Sunday, were unusually good.
The sermon by the pastor was very appro-
pirate. The singing of the children,
and the reading and speaking of the
elder ones was a pleasant feature of the
evening. The house was beautifully
decorated by plants and flowers loaned
from Thomas Farrant's extensive green
houses.
/ The exercises in the other churches
were very interesting, and the floral dis
play good.
NEWPORT CENTER.
Twenty-Five cases of measles in dis
trict No. IL. Every scholar in school
! has had them.
. Josiah Crawford Jr. has hired the
q George May farm near North Troy vii
| Lore hoe koI ~, o,,;o,
8 We understand that Mrs. Dinah Rice
1 late of this place, died in Sheldon las
week. Mrs Rice was highly respected
by many friends in this vicinity.
O SALEM
The wife of Mitchell Betters died o
measles on Saturday, leaving sever
! children.
NORTH TROY.
G. P. Stevens g. Co., are negotiatin,
y with John W. Currier for the purchas
of his saw mill and lumber here.
!. Rev. A. Norcross of Derby breaches
= at the Baptist church last week Sunday
=. in exchange with Rev. g. H. Parker
Levi W. Skinner a son of Josia
+ Skinner of this place, was Instant
e killed at Alderbrook, N. H., last wee
}. while loading logs.
b Matthew W. Elkins, formerly of thi
place but of late of California, is expect
e ed here this week, to look after matter
!. connected with the estate of his son W
IS G. Elkins one of the Jackson, Mich.
= victims.
h CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Twenty-Five tons of iron is melte
e daily at the scale works at st. Johns
, bury.
r. Bacon & Hastings of St. Johnsbur
j. Center have sent 80 carloads of ice t
- Boston.
/, Robt. Heath of Groton, was recentl
s. thrown down and badly bitten and il
IS jured by large SOW.
The St. Johnsbury liquor agency pull
e. fishes an account of weekly sales in th
70 Caledomian. This method will not ten
n to increase the amount of liquor sold.
III Some of the merchants in Burke al
y receiving their Boston goods. via. /
70 land Pond, the freight being less tina
y half the price paid on the Passumps
/ R. r.
Among the persons in this section
who are named as fit timber for del
gates to the National Republican Coz
> vention, are H. c. Belden and A.
Rankin.
in Charles Cade, young man employe
7s in mill in Barnet, had his right han
sawed off by circular saw which b
was running, on Friday last. He W;
70 warned of danger only moment befor
The Caledoniam is publishing seri
y of interesting articles on the "Industri
w of St. Johnsbury.' This town, not
mention the scale works. is an impo
RS tant manufacturing center and its wealt
ir and population are rapidly on the il
crease.
D. The Republican District convention