Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-03-08
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Ten persons united with the Method
ist church at Montpelier recently.
Montpelier's debt sl46, 1876 50-a re-
duction of Sll ,443 from last year.
President Hayes has nominated Gen.
Wells for collector of customs for Yer
mont.
The Western Vermont Masonic festi-
val occurred at Middlebury last week
Tuesday.
Montpelier liquor agency sold $751;
so worth of liquors during the quarter
ending January 81.
A letter from Sing Sing to Sheriff
Halbert states that Kindt, the burglar,
is recovering from his wounds.
Edward Tatro, who murdered Mrs.
Charles Butler at Higbgate, in June,
1876, is to be executed on April "a.
The doctors have found boy in Brat
tleboro with his heart located on his
right side-a rare but not unprecedented
case.
A Mortified hotel has a clock over
100 years old, and, although the inside
works are of wood, it still keeps excel
lent time.
G. S. Royce's farm house at East
Richford was destroyed by fire on Sat-
urday morning. Cause, defective CHM
ney; total loss.
The quarrymen of West Rutland, VT,
numbering 200, have struck for II IL
cents an hour, their pay having been
just raised to 81 day.
The Vermont Central and connecting
roads have ordered estimates for an ele-
vator, of at least 100000 bushels ca
pacity, for Boston harbor.
Among the delegates at the state con-
vention at Montpelier, Wednesday.
were Is state senators, quorum of that
body, and some of its officers.
Sheriff Halbert of St. Adams received
Wednesday, from the Sing Sing prison
officials, check for $50, as his reward
for arresting Gus Kindt, the robber.
The 23d ult George Varney and Al
bert Meader, of Lincoln, caught cata-
mount that measured three feet. His
claws were as long as mans fingers.
The Vermont farm-machine company
of Bellows Falls are arranging grand
meeting of dairymen. to be held in their
new building the second week of March.
That ancient Bennington Democrat,
John Libbey, died last week aged 80
years. His first vote for President was
for Jackson, and his last for sinful Sam.
uel.
The report published in so many
papers that the great organ suit has
cost the Esteys of Brattleboro $4,000
is false, they have spent no such money
in that suit.
Mrs. Nancy Mcmahon of Stowe, aged
one hundred and three years, was bur.
led on Friday. She was the last one Of
the family. and lived to see her ten chill
dren buried but two.
During January, $4,000 hogs passed
over the Central Vermont road il
freight cars. No accurate count wa
made of those which passed over tn,
road in passenger cars.
SOUTH RoYALToN, Vt, March 4. Tn
barn and contents belonging to Care
Foster in Tunbridge were burned las
night. Loss $1,000; insured in th
Vermont Mutual. Accidental.
} Hon. W. G. Veazey is at the Capital
| engaged with Hon. G. W. Willard Il
E working upon the revision of tn
Vermont Statutes, in accordance wit
an act of the Legislature.
Letters from Bishop De Goesbrian
{ announce that he arrived at Jerusalem
Decemqer %. and has since been trave
D ling in Palestine. 1t is his purpose
sail for home sometime in March.
! The Central management will {
once commence the building of SCI
: arate track from their depot at Mon
: pelier to the Coffee House junction, s
e as to give them an independent line
Barre.
A COW, seventeen years of age, belong
ing to Gideon Burnham, of Woodbur
has renewed her age by the growth of
new set of teeth. the first set havin
K given out some years ago. She appea
good for another decade.
Mr.. Lucius Cummings, of East Mon
pelier, has placed 1000 in the han,
of one of the Montpelier clergymen. Il
81 interest of which shall be used in b
. discretion for the relief of suffering h
manity. The benefaction is unrestrict,
o as to locality, sect or race.
i A Rutland man who was recent
committed to the House of Correcti,
te under the nuisance act. has bought 81
at for $500 damages against the SUPERB
70 tendent, Mr.. Eayres, and his assistar
Mr.. Hewitt, for cutting off his bea
he when he arrived at the institution.
ID Brattleboro's veteran. Mrs. Sal
is Stockwell, who celebrated her one hu
dreth birthday last April. was marri
re at the age of sixteen and has surviv
* her husband twenty-five years. S
a has great-grandchildren men grow
ne and several Observation-Disclosures.
The ice in Lake Champlain is openi
is from the outlet near Rouse Point up t
as lake; there is clear sheet of wal
sh for long distance in the center of
l. lake. Navigation has opened on
ce Hudson, and the St. Lawrence in
vicinity of 0gdensburg is clear of il
ia and everything points to early naVie
an ton on that river.
We z. G. Blake of Derby bought p;
IL of oxen of one Asa B. French of Newal
ty a while ago, paying him S85 for the
lis Soon after the Lyndon Mill Co. cal
lie round and CLAIMED the oxen representa-