Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-07-04
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. Edison has received the degree of
Phi. d. from the Lewis University.
Miss Minnie Arms of Duxbury spelled
correctly all but four out of 5647 words.
Charles B. Sawtelle, Boston druggist,
fell dead at White River Junction the 22d.
Rev. C. E. Ferrin of Plainfeld, prom
inent Congregational clergyman, died last
Monday.
The Randolph Herald says Moulton
Brothers have refused $4,000 for fine
Jersey calf.
The free delivery system goes into OPP
Grafton in Burlington to-day. There are
four carriers.
L. d. Kelley's barn and out-buildings
were burned at Bradford last week; loss
$4,000, insured. .aH
Two sons of Jared Smith of Eden, aged
respectively eight and ten years, were
drowned Saturday afternoon.
Rev. c. B. Hubert, late of Middlebury,
will supply for the summer the Congrega-
tional church at Lyndonville.
George Parmeter of Sharon paid SIS
and cost on complaint of the town grand
juror for selling cider last week.
A French family at Bennington consists
of man, his wife and their twenty chill
dren, with two cats and four dogs.
Pin White, a notorious swindler, for
merly of Vermont, was indicted by the
grand jury at New York on Monday.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, June U.s.
The market was quiet and prices lower.
| Good to choice butter sold at 10 to 81 cents
per pound; selections 22 cents Eggs 16
| cents per. dozen. 1855 7E s.-a
George Lawrence of Turlock, CAL left
last February to visit friends in Boston
Mass. and st. Johnsbury. He has not
been heard from since and his friends are
trying to find him.
The passenger cars of the Burlington 6
Lamoille r. r. are being reprinted in the
fashionable shades of olive green and ole
gold, and present very handsome anC
unique appearance.
George Fairbanks, son of the late T. R.
Fairbanks of st. Johnsbury, committed
suicide in Massachusetts, while insane
by shooting himself through the head
He was twenty years old.
A series of woman suffrage meetings
are being held in Vermont, beginning a
Rutland last week. Lucy Stone, JUL,
Ward Howe and others will be there
They meet at St. Adams during the ses
sion of the American institute of learning
Henry BiXby, butcher at Essex juno
ton, in attempting to slaughter bull OIL
Wednesday with sledge hammer, misse,
the animal and was precipitated upon tn
bulls horns, when the Infatuated beas
turned upon the unfortunate man an
gored him in shocking manner.
Hon. Pitt W. Hyde of Hydeville died a
his residence at that place the %, after
long sickness. The deceased has bee
prominent in the business interests of til
west side of Rutland county for man
years. He has held many offices of homo
and trust. He has been member of bot
houses of the Vermont legislature. Hi
age YVES siXty-fve years.
According to the custdm house Stats
tics just issued by the government, Vel
mont (Which is classified as a single port
ranks next to Boston in the amount {
business transacted. The receipts fC
the fiscal year just closed were S754,95i
New Haven, Ct, comes next with $3.50
900; Providence, r. l., follows with $500
900 and Portland, Me-, with $4,000
Ex-Congressman j. Allen Barber, VIII
: died at Lancaster, Wis, last week, le