Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-01-16
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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Messrs. Sherman, Gleason Proctor of
Rutland have 100000 of blue marble in
sight, in a portion of their quarry long
since abandoned
Last Monday Edward S. Stevens, night
Waterman at Buffers mill at Island Pond,
VT while oiling machinery, got entangled, |
was whirled over the shafting, sustaining
injuries from which he died Thursday
According to the census, Vermont |
shows the smallest gain in population of |
any state during the last ten years, or on |
ly one half of one per cent, while Dakota |
shows the largest, or 853 per cent-prob-
ably all Vermonters. sfi i.a
Last year there were IS accidental |
deaths in Vermont and 80 suicides. Of
the former, 16 were from drowning, and
Ii by falling trees, while poisoning took
off four, and met death on railroads.
Four murders have been committed in
the state, and two murderers hung.
Charles N. Davenport, Esq, of Brattle-
boro has retired from active practice of
the law ON account of ill-health. His
place in the law firm of Davenport & Eddy
is taken by Speaker James L. Martin,
who has taken up his residence at Brat
tleboro.
ST. ALBANs BUTTER MARKET, Jan. 10
Attendance good, receipts fair, market
active and prices firm. We quote winter
butter 20 to 25 cents; selections, % cents;
no fall butter offering. Shipments, about
$50 packages. We hear of one dairy of
Is packages of summer butter selling at
80 cents, and 8 packages of fall at So
cents.
Hon. J. w. Rowell of Randolph has
been appointed sixth associate justice.
He is 46 years old, was states attorney
for Orange county in 1923, representa-
| tive In 1862, senator in 1874, and SUI
preme court reporter 1S72-SO. He receiv-
ed large vote in the last legislature for
the office, which was finally accorded to
Judge Taft. He is an intimate personal
friend of Gov. Farnham and if selected
| for the post will make an able and wor-
thy judge.
| Col. Clarke, in his admirable address,
stated that the loss of Vermont in killed
and wounded in the war "was exceeded
only by that of Iowa and Kansas" He
might have made the statement stronger.
The tables of the provost marshal gener-
al at Washington show that the loss of
only by that of Kansas. Vermont lost So
men and fraction to the thousand, Kan
sas 81. The loss of no other state ex-
ceeded AZ to the thousand.
According to just-issued census bulle-
tin, the area of Vermont is 1855 square
miles, of which so are occupied by rivers
and smaller streams, and $50 by lakes and
/ ponds. The land area in square miles by
counties is as follows: Addison, TAO;
Bennington 700; Caledonia, $40; Chitten-
den, Bis; Essex, 7SO; Franklin, $40;
Grand Isle, So Lamoille. 450; Orange,
$50; Orleans, 700; Rutland, 900; Wash
ington, $50; Windham, 800; Windsor,
1000. Lake Champlain has an area of 4SS
square miles.
Col. E. Ely-Goddard has sent a Gear
field spike" to the poultry show managers
to be given as a premium for the best ex-
hibit of Plymouth Rocks. At the time
the temporary railroad track, which was
laid from the main line to the door of FL
boron cottage for the accommodation of
President Garfeld's car, was taken up,
Tiffany G. Co. of New York sent on and
bought all the spikes that were used in
the work, and silver plated them to be
sold as momentoes Of the sad occasion.
1t is one of these spikes which Col God
dard has kindly sent as a special premium.
!, A Bennington dispatch, Tuesday, says
, Gas the county court assembled this
morning, the jury in the Readsboro muir.
der case came in with verdict that Full
Ter is guilty of murder in the first degree
! This case was given them at 3 80 O'Clock
: Monday afternoon, and the jury were Out
! all night, although they agreed at
o'clock. This result was not wholly un
expected after the arguments and tn,
/ charge Of the judge were heard. This
e case has been fought well on both side
$ and by the best attorneys in Windhan
y and Bennington counties. 1t has LASTED
:. more than two weeks, and the case will
: probably go to the supreme court on ex
t captions"
e The Hon. John Pierpont, chief justic
/ of the supreme court of Vermont, died a
g his home in Vergennes on the 18th inst.
e at 20 p. m, aged seventy-five years
+ Judge Pierpont had been in failing healtl
S for the past year, and his death was no
a unexpected. In spite of his age and in
n trinity, however, his brilliant intellect II
d manned to the last, apparently unimpail
2 ed He was born in Litchfield, Conn
1t September 10, 1906. He enjoyed only a
le academical education as preparation fo
3 his professional studies. He graduate
S at the law-school in Litchfeld, and stut
s. led afterwards under his brother, the LAT
,e Robert Pierpont of Rutland, and was az
in mitted to the bar of the supreme court
re that place. He removed to Vergennes
II May, 1899, and entered upon his profe
l. sional career, and has ever since lived
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