Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-10-30
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

George Searles of South Reading,
deaf and crippled pauper, committed sui
eide recently by throwing himself from
bridge upon the rocks below.
Judge Noah Brooks, of Lunenburgh,
died two weeks ago, aged 81. He had
represented Lunenburgh in the legislature
several terms, and had held the office of
judge of probate.
Helen M. Lincoln, of Rutland, was on
day recently required to furnish bail in
the sum of Sd, 500 or go to the house of
correction for term of thirty-four years,
for the selling of intoxicants. She pre-
ferred to furnish bail and did so.
The third annual convention of the
Green Mountain Musical Association
commenced it's four days session in Swan
ton on Tuesday, Oct. "a, with good at
tendance and good class of singers I'M
der the direction of H. S. Perkins of Chi
cago.
Burlington stands fair chance of get
ting a large factory for making paper
from wood pulp. The concern, with
$25O,0O0 capital, proposes to put up
buildings costing, with machinery, $780,
900 and Burlington is asked to give $780,
900 worth of help.
The case of Meyers against the town
of Rutland, to recover $4,000 taxes on the
ground that plaintiff is resident of
Cleveland, o., was decided in favor of
the town by jury in the United States
district court there. The judge held the
doubling clause of the law to be consti-
tutional.
T. G. Jewett, of South Woodbury., is
| razing the barn near his house preparato-
| ry to building a new one, and while SO
| doing last week some help were standing
on the floor when it gave way, precipitat-
| ing them with some loose tlmbers some
| 10 or IL feet below. Fortunately but one
| person was hurt, and he not dangerously.
Hon. M. A. Bingham, of Essex juno
| ton, has resigned as states attorney for
Chittenden county, and J. w. Russell, of
Burlington, who was chosen to that posi-
ton at the September election, has been
appointed to fill the vacancy. His legis-
lative duties prevented Mr.. Bingham at
tending to the duties of states attorney,
and it is a way of his to faithfully do
what he pretends to do at all.
The case of Franklin Willis against the
town of Fairhaven, involving the con-
struction of the doubling clause of the
tax law, has been decided in favor OF
Willis. The listers, believing that Willis
had made out a false inventory of his
property, doubled it. Willis brought
suit to recover the excess, and proved
that his inventory was correct, and the
county court decides that he is entitled
to recover. The case goes to the su
preme court.
The supreme court of Vermont has
virtually decided that Bev. E. D. Hop
kins is a forger. In the case of the Fir,
Association of Philadelphia against tn,
Merchants National Bank, of St. Johns
bury, it sustains the judgment Of tn
county court, declaring the signature o
Charles II. Green on a draft forgery
The case has been tried twice each in tn
county and supreme courts, but this de
cision is final. If that signature wa
forged, it goes without saying that Hop
!, kins forged it.
Charlie, eldest son of Riley Gle, O
, West Bolton, met a fearful death re
Gently on the great ledge in the notch
He had spent the night with Mrs, LON
bard, his aunt, who lives back of tn
ledge. The land here slopes quite gra6
ually to the summit of the hill, then tel
inmates abruptly in a perpendicular pre-
ipice of solid rock 300 feet high. Th
little fellow was playing on the very edge
when he lost his foot hold and fell hea(
long down the awful height. 1t is though
. | that life must have been extinct before b
( reached the bottom. After much scare
, | the remains were found in the brushwoo
r at the base, they being but slightly di.
8 figured. He was 10 years old.