Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-04-02
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

STATE NEWS ITEMS.
Nine persons joined the Essex Congre-
gational church on the 18TH
Several towns in the state have voted
sums of money for town libraries.
The fair ground at Essex Junction. is
to be converted into fruit and vegetable
garden.
The Burlington wooden company is to
erect Il new mill of large dimensions dur
ing the coming season.
The steam mill of NJ A. Graves in
Weston has been burned. Loss from
$4,000 to $1,000, with no insurance
1t is reported that the board of medical
examiners for the pension bureau at Mid
dlebury has been suspended.
Several of the Rutland BARRIERS have
agreed to close their shops on Sunday
and to prosecute those who fail to do so.
Dennis f. Mullen and Daniel w. Null
len of Rutland, informed against for liq-
uor selling, have forfeited their bail-SSOO
each.
The town of Marlboro has again vot-
ed-sixty-three to thirty-two = against
bonding for the proposed Brattleboro and
Bennington railway.
The comptroller of United States cur
rency has authorized the Killington ma
tional bank of Rutland to begin business
with a capital of 500, 900.
The state board of dental examiners
has oaganized by the choice of DIR. James
Lewis of Burlington as president, and
DR.. r. M. Chase of Bethel as secretary.
Johnson & Shlpman's livery stable in
Winooski was set on fire last Saturday by
the accidental dropping of a lantern. The
flames were put out before very much
damage was done.
The clothes of Mrs. David Coburn,
wife of Richford farmer, caught fire
last week Tuesday while she was sick in
bed and unable to move. The doctors
tnlnk she cannot recover.
Michael McCabe, an employee of John
Smith, was killed on East mountain,
Manchester, by falling tree, recently.
He came from Ireland less than a year
ago and was intending to return in the
spring.
Francis M. T. Cain, whom the supreme
conrt directed to be discharged from jail
on furnishing So 900 bail bond, has been
bailed and has served an Injunction
against the managers of the copper mine
at Ely.
The United States government has re-
imbursed Postmaster Mansur of Brattle-
boro for stamps to the value of about
$3.50, stolen from the Office about year
ago, but no allowance was made for mon
ey stolen.
The defunct Connecticut river mutual
fire insurance company at Bellows has,
through its treasurer and attorney, col
lected S12, 900 of the fourteen per cent as
sessment There remains about 50 ,O0O
to be collected.
Barney Daley, Burlington saloon
keeper, has been arrested for shameful
and criminal assault upon a respectable
He is now at home suffering from delirium
tremens. The extreme penalty is fine
of 81 900 and ten years Imprisonment.
Eugene Mcdonald was blown up and
instantly killed by a premature rock
blast at Crowell's ledge in Brattleboro re
Gently. He was hurled through the all
to distance of some rods and landed OF
the frozen ground lifeless and mutilated
He leaves a wife and children.
Frank Galligan, John and Frank Nc
| Clinton, three of the six men who are
charged with having assaulted and stab
bed Henry Burrel, procured bail Friday
| and were released from the state prison
where they were held, but were immedi
ately arrested and sent to Woodstock
Jail for private damage.
The Brooks axe factory at Brooksvill'
was burned Sunday morning at abou
halfpast five, the whole thing burning tt
the ground. Two thousand dozen axe.
were destroyed. The loss is abou
$4,000; insurance $1,000. The same
company were burned out a year ago las
May. They will rebuild at once.
Mrs. Orland Austin, wife of the bag
gage master at Windsor, was run over b,
| a locomotive and instantly killed recent
ly. She was going to neighbours nea
by and was crossing the railroad yart
while several trains were moving. Mrs
Austin leaves two little daughters, aget
six and eight. She was member of thu
Episcopal church.