Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-25

land of Butler Shipman's back of the
town house, entrance to it from the
street past the east end of town house.
Shipman is awarded $3.50 for his land.
sutton.
Frank Ball and Fremont Frost had an
interview with the measles last week,
and do not like them at all.
David Chapman and family are visit
ing his brother in Laconia, N. H., and
are going from there for few weeks
stay at York Beach in Maine.
J. F. Ruggles, druggist at West Burke,
is going to put in branch store at this
place in the house Of S. N. Whipple, to
be in charge of Alvah Brockway.
M. A. Campbell has received letter
from his wife, who went to Lynn,
Mass. for her health, saying she is rap
idly failing; he is going there to-day.
Rev. B. A. Sherwood will go to Old
Orchard Beach to attend the large Bap-
fist meeting to be held there. Rev. Mr.
Lewis, Methodist, by invitation Of the
desk committee, occupied the pulpit
July 10Th.
A heavy thunder shower passed over
this village on the evening fully goth,
stirring up the inhabitants to an unusu-
al degree of excitement. The lightning
struck tree In J. G. Tibbett's door-yard,
only two rods from the house. James
Dunklee was in the house at the time,
and his horse was hitched near the barn,
short distance from the tree. Upon
going to the door the horse was found
to be stunned on the ground. Both
shafts of the wagon were broken, but
the horse seemed to suffer no material
damage.
There seems to be quite a rush of
visitors in Sutton at present: Miss
Rachel Eastman of Concord, N. III. is
home on VISIT Mrs. Charles Ball of
New York, Lilla Parker,) is spending
the summer with her father-in-law, Levi
Ball Adelbert Eaton, for number of
years clerk in a provision store in Bos-
ton, is visiting friends in this vicinity /;
Mrs. Luther Harris of Manchester, N
H., has furnished their house in this
village, and with her mother and chill
dren, has come to stay through the
hot weather; Daniel Ball of Omaha,
Neb. with his wife and two children are
visiting his brother, A. H. Ball; Daniel
has been absent sixteen years Mrs.
David Joy and daughter from Ludlow,
Mass. are stopping few weeks with
her mother, Mrs. Beckwith; Mrs. J. W.
Colby is expecting two boarders from
Boston in few days, who think that
her rich cream, custard pies, and old
fashioned doughnuts will effect cure
for city i'll health.
West Burke.
B. Marshall steps pretty high since
last Sunday, but it is only boy.
J. N. Silsby and family from Hart
ford, Conn.,, are stopping in town.
NJ. W. Stoddard is charging his bus
mess by building store-house by his
MILL
Mr.. Charles Moulton buried his wife
Friday. She was sick with consump'
ton for long time.
j. S. Kimball and wife leave for Lake
Pleasant in few days, to be gone about
six weeks. Mr.. Barnes takes charge o.
the depot during Mr.. Kimball's absence
, Robert Solomon is invoicing his good.
+ and expects to have his insurance mat
ter adjusted soon. He moves his good
into the Allard block, and his family
q into the Healy house.-Henry Bugbe
moves into the Ed. Carr house near tn
Eden meeting house.-Selem move
q home to mother. - l.. M. Smith ha
Q moved into the Bishop house.
r EASTERN TOWNSHIPS NOTES
a The Eastern townships turf club he'll
}, meeting at Sweetsburg last week an
: voted to hold races on their trottin
o park this fall, which shall be the bes
IS ever held in this vicinity.
d It is reported from good authorit
u that the South Eastern company Wi
erect large car shop at West Farnhal
this fall, and will not only repair br
l. will construct their own cars in future.
A brute by the name of Joe Wien, wh
l. has been terror to the village of Gov
l. ansville for some time past, was sent
d Jail Friday for assault upon his vii
v and attempting to cut her throat with
jackknife.
ID Tuesday night, at Roxton Falls, tt
N Roman Catholic presbytery caught fiji
and was totally destroyed. Fatht
" Larue, who was sick at the time an
1t confined to his bed, persisted in tt
flames. The fire took in his room an
8 it is supposed that he accidental
a. knocked over coal oil lamp, which WI
~ burning near his bedside.
The new ferry-boat which is to