Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1881-04-25
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
ST. Adams is to have telephone ex
lange with thirtY-tMO subscribers.

cured of rheumatism by the application |
of sweet oil, aided by the prayers of an
s'elder" Of the church.
Chief Justice Pierpoint has decided that |
has never been held in Yer !
mont sufficient cause for divorce, and |
has refused to grant one on that ground.
The corporation of Middlebury college |
has voted to continue the improvements
on the college buildings begun by Presi-
dent Hamlin, and work has already begun.
The Episcopal diocesan convention will
be held in Burlington June s, and the
following week will be occupied by the
meetings of the various state Masonic
organizations.
Diphtheria is raging at Montpelier
again, and there have been three deaths
within a week. Advertised entertain
ments are given up, and there is talk of
closing the schools.
The returns of the savings banks of
this state for the first quarter of this
year shows and increase of deposits of
1862, TAO. This increase is probably
caused largely by the new tax law.
A Barre woman is troubled because she
expected to get married on the strength
of having a few thousand dollars, while
the tax law shows that she has no such
sum and the prospective husband is likely
to back out.
A preliminary survey of branch rail
road from Bristol to some point on the
Rutland & Burlington railroad will be
made soon. The business people of
Lincoln, Starksboro and Monkton are
favoring the project.
A lumber firm in Ottawa has contracted
to forward 100000 feet of lumber to
Burlington during the coming summer.
1t is said that the freight rate will be
advanced twenty-five cents per 1000 feet
over last years rate.
| Daniel DAILY, night shifter at the rail-
soad yard, St. Adams, while coupling a
caboose on a train, Tuesday evening,
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woods and it was badly crushed at the
elbow, SO that his physician fears that he
may lose his arm.
The liabilities of HI. w. Mason & Co.,
of Winooski, ruined by the defalcation OF
III. w. Mason, $62 1922, and assets $42,-
713. The largest creditors are the Mer-
chants National Bauk of Burlington,
$25, 900, and the National Revere bank OF
Boston, $18, 100.
A thirteen=feet pulley in the Bennington
wooden mill burst on the 10th inst. just
after the employees had passed out fol
dinner, smashing floors and things gener
ally. Had the accident occurred a few
minutes earlier the loss of life must have
been enormous.
The confirmation of Gen. James S. Peel
as postmaster of Montpelier will necessi
tate his resigning his office of adjutan
and inspector-general and there ar
already several candidates for the place
Col. Theodore S. Peck of Burlington il
recommended as being fitted for the place
Mrs. Parks of Springfield has just re
ceived the album, diary, and other articles
taken from the person of her son, Ser
geant L. H. Parks, who was killed a
Ridley's Shops, Virginia, in June, 1864
and many of the details of facts connect
ed with his death and burial that hav
long been sought for.
The Connecticut River lumber compa
ny began operations Tuesday on thei
raft at McIndoes Falls. They will driv
100000 feet of lumber down the rive
this season, much more than the usus
, quantity, and it is expected that with
good flow of water it will take 80 to 10
days to put the lumber into the boom q
Holyoke,
h 1t was unfortunate for the high reputs
n ton of this state for maple sweet, tha
! the census year had one of the poores
sugar seasons known for a long time
Had the census been taken this year il
stead of last, Vermont would have repor
o ed more than twice as much. The yiel
of maple sugar this spring will reach
higher figure than has ever appeared
: any census report.
r Rumor has it that Geo. w. Grandey,
V Vergennes, was offered the consul genera
ship at Montreal, but declined after a nj
r ture consideration. Can it be possib
n that Ohio men are to be trodden on in tn
J. way? John Smith of Ohio is now holdir
d the position mentioned. The name is n,
: fictitious. The place belongs properly
l. Vermont and we hope that some stalwa
lie Green Mountain republican will get it.
y The statement going the rounds of tt
d papers that Fred Douglass, some yea
= since, went to Vergennes to deliver {
. anti-slavery lecture, and was refused Il
u use of the hall to lecture in, is said to
- false. The facts are that the Congreg
III tional house was thrown open, and dens
u ly packed by people who were eager
U listen to the young colored man. He al
IL went to dinner at the hotel with sever
D. prominent citizens.
Hon. James Barrett of Woodstock b
: been retained by Alexander Stewart in
. suit, now pending before the United Stat
= district court of Vermont, against Jud
= Hilton of New York, to recover the bi
: ance claimed by him as due on settleme
= of his suit, commenced two years ago
p New York to test the will ofthe late A.
- Stewart to secure his rights and recov
his share as cousin and heir of the Ne
= York merchant prince.
ay Owing to the increased demand a
RS ready sale of Merino sheep througho
no Addison county, the listers in sever
en- towns are appraising them at $50 7
vn head for entire flocks, which makes
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