Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1880-02-09
NEWPORT CENTER.

and successful affair.
Fred Shaw recently sawed 1920 feet
of lumber, beside the side-boards, for L.
B. Alexander in one day. Good days
work.
Quarterly meeting services will be
held at the III. E. church on Sunday
evening, Feb. Is. Rev. Austin of the
Village officiating.
The village schools closed on the 9Th.
They have been very successful Mr..
Gray of Coventry, who taught the high
er department, is a very efficient teacher.
Willie Colburn was badly injured
while at work in the woods on the 28th
ult. His father was hurt on the 3lst,
while at work in the Alexander mill
yard. Bad luck for the family.
SALEM
Arthur Crandall cut his knee quite
badly while chopping, few days ago.
Nearly every man in school Dis. No.
5, is obliged to attend the county court
at Irasburgh, this week.
Royal Foster, who snapped farms with
Frank Hunt of Derby. moves to Bolton
Center, P. @. Mr.. Hunt takes imme-
diate possession.
Lizzie. daughter of Frank Powers,
died from typhoid pneumonia after
brief but severe sickness. The family
have the sympathy of the community.
Mr.. Charles Spencer, of whose death
mention is made in West Charleston
item, was man greatly esteemed in
this town. His funeral was attended on
Friday. He was rs years of age.
NORTH TROY.
Mary, a daughter of VIM. G. Elkins,
is to 90 to Ottawa soon to attend school.
w. R. Rowell went to Boston with
States Attorney Circuit to look after the
interests of the State in the Moore for
gerry case.
Mrs. Parkhurst. the aged mother of
our popular townsman. H. B. Purkhurst,
was thrown from a sleigh recently and
badly injured.
A party of roughs pitched into 18th.
Hadlock, the proprietor of the cline
house." recently and cut severe cash
in his face
SOUTH TROY.
The measles are prevailing quite ex-
tenslvely here.
The basket meeting at J. w. Buzzelfs
last Thursday, was very we'll attended
and success.
WESI,MORE.
Mr.. Richards remains about the same.
]. G. Orne has purchased A. A.
Browns place, and Mr.. Brown has bought
the Aldrich saw-mill.
Mrs. Page, wife of J. G. Page. had a
shock of paralysis some days since and
died on Thursday night. She was near
ly unconscious from the first attack.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
ST. JoHNsBURY.
Harvey's next excursion leaves st.
Johnsbury Feb. 18th.
Geo. Spencer has bought the John
Stevens place on Summer street.
J. d. Stoddard, Esq, who is in very
feeble health, recently met with very
painful accident by falling on to stove.
Two little boys who were returning
from the Plain to Paddock's village on
Thursday morning, undertook to slide
across the track in advance of an ap.
preaching train, they were struck by the
cow-catcher and thrown many feet to the
right and left of the track. Neither
was badly hurt, but the escape was re-
, markable.
On Saturday last A. J. Willard. Esq.
was unloading wood from his sleigh be-
fore his Office, when the horse started
, suddenly and he was pitched over back
wards striking his head upon the ground
He was carried home insensible and re
3 NAMED SO for an hour before he coulG
!. speak. 1t is thought he will be al
right in a few days.
1t is reported that recognized com
: pany has taken hold of the 2. & O. R
R.. and that it will hereafter be- called
e the st. Johnsbury & Lake Champlail
D Railroad. This is more appropriate
a name. The following directors wer,
: chosen at a recent meeting: Horac,
f Fairbanks, Lewis Fitzgerald, FRANKLIN
/ Fairbanks, Geo. w. Hendee, J. J. Nc
Cook, w. H. Rhawn, Thomas Coggeshall
Bradley Barlow, A. b. Jewett.
The musical convention held at tn
> North church last week, was we'll attend
ed. There were about two hundred i
> the chorus. The larger part of tn
0 drill was from Mendelssohn's Orator.
of Elijah. Every one has word {
t praise for Mr.. Zerrahn's leadership. Nj
: Fessenden and Miss Whinnery were tn
s favorite soloists. We were especial
i pleased with Whinnery's waltz song
: given at the last concert. 1t was a SUI
y cession of slurs and trllls, forming a