Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-09-11

aioo ieouIHeu lrOIn MagOS anu gone
into the same house with Elliott.
Newport.
The guests at the hotels and sum-
mer boarders hereabout will soon
leave for their homes.
Pinafore, the fireworks etc. occu-
pied attention last week and called
great many people to town.
A sad accident occurred at the
Bellevue House on Friday evening
which resulted in death. Mr.. Charles
button of Irasburgh, a man about |
forty-five years of age, who came to
the hotel on Thursday evening, and,
as it is supposed, went down the lake
on the excursion Friday, to return
about seven o'clock, stepped into the
Bellevue and undertook to go to the
water-closet below, when he made a
misstep and fell to the bottom of the
stairs. He was injured in the head
and remained unconscious until early
Sunday morning when he died. His
wife and friends were sent for. The
remains were carried to his home in
Irasburgh, and the funeral is held
this forenoon.
WeStfieId.
Lightning struck Ed Dusham's
barn Monday night, tearing off a
couple of boards, but luckily did not
set fire to the building.
DR.. F. S. Gray from Coventry has
located here and appears to be get
ting some work to do; hope he will
be a good physician and remain with
US.
Monday night some thief stole
from S. N. Anger buggy wagon,
and from Rev. G.. H. Burnham a
harness and buffalo. Officer Wright
followed up the thief and found he
had gone to Canada.
Westmore.
The Lyndonville cornet band Wis
it's this town on the 18th (Friday),
and will give fine concert at the
Willoughby Lake House in the after
noon and upon the steamer on the
lake in the evening. Bigelows' band
furnishes music in the hall where a
ball will be held in the evening.
The hotel proprietor will run stages
to West Burke depot and the Pass.
r. R. gives half fare tickets.
Those who have not visited the lake
this season should 90 there on Fri
day and hear the concerts.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Sheffield.
For town that undertook to send
two Poland delegates to the district
convention, Sheffield scores up pref
ty well for Grout. Poland 20,
Fletcher "a, Grout 1O4.
This town sends Noah L. Folsom,
democrat, representative, and the
Union man thinks he must drink lots
of rum if he suitably represents
the democracy of seventeen towns.
st. JohnSbury.
Dick Peabody who failed up some
years ago owing a very large sum,
and who afterwards forged several
notes, was recently arrested for
dumping his bail" There is little
prospect that he will be punished.
The academy opens under most
suspicious circumstances, there being
$50 in attendance with a prospect of
additions, which is the largest num-
Der ever attending the school, a fact
which must be gratifying to the trus-
tees and to the instructors. Aside
from the excellent advantages afford
ed In the school, the privileges of
the Athenaum are highly priced by
the pupils and by their parents and
guardians, which are not the least of
the attractions in the selection of st.
Johnsbury for acquiring an educa-
ton.
Lyndon.
Hall & Lincoln, in the lumber en-
terprise at Frankfort, Mich, have
sawed and shipped 14,500,000 of
pine lumber since the 1st day of May
besides world of shingles, and
during the time have hauled in 81
100000 of pine logs.
Hubbard McKoy and wife arrived
in town last week from California
and are visiting at c. w. McKoy's.
Mr.. McKoy left Lyndon 80 years
ago and this is his first return. He
brought with him, as a present to his
brother, clock framed in specimens
of all the ores and rich stones on the
Pacific coast, the specimens being
numbered and named. 1t is a curl
GUS and interesting piece of furni-
ture.
Sutton.
Mrs. Levi Frost is thought to be
fatally sick.
George, son of William Ruggles,
who has been west about 20 years,
recently died in Arizona.
| Rev. w. HI. Holmes from Illinois,
who is visiting his parents here,
preached an excellent sermon on the
Sd inst.
Fida Smith goes to Lyndon Center
teaching.-Mattie Campbell teaches
her third term in the Barker district
in this town.
At the late monthly meeting of the