Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-07-16

thrown 10 MIN Dub DeluS unaDle 10
grasp it he was drowned. At last
accounts the body had not been
found. Deceased was in the 44th
year of his age and was employed as
engineer on the steamer.
School closed here last Friday.
The following are names of scholars
having DO marks: Agnes McKown,
Eta Grow, Eva Dodd, Hattie Morse,
Lillian Robbins, Mabel Stevens,
Charley Critchett. Charlie Peck, Ed
die Collins, Fred Wright, Harry
Cowles and Robert Dodd. The high
est general standing was Agnes Nc
Kown, 100; Fred Wright, SO SO;
Eddie Collins, SO 10. In the pri-
mary department 81 names were on
the register; the average attendance
being so. Twenty of the number
having no marks. The school has
been a success and the same teach
ers, Misses Ida and Stella Hadlock,
have been engaged to teach the fall
term.
We gather the following particu-
lars from the Cdledonidn s.Bradley
Jones, a carpenter, while at work on
M. T. Fenno's house on Pearl street
on Monday of last week, received in
juries which resulted in his death
Friday night. He was standing on
carpenters horse, holding one end
of plank which he and another
workman were lifting. He slipped
and fell, the end of the plank strik-
ing him in the bowels. He leaves a
wife and two children, who draw
$4,000 from the Knights. of Honor,
of which order he was a member.
His funeral was attended on Sunday
by the fraternity, and interment was
had in the cemetery here. He was
formerly a resident of Barton Land
ing.
Coventry.
Hon. Elijah Cleveland died last
night at II o'clock, after brief i'll
ness. A more extended obituary
notice Will be given next week. His
funeral will be held on Tuesday, at
2 o'clock p. m.
We are glad to see so many of our
old friends in town again. Mrs. Per-
sons and Miss Mary Persons from
New York; Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Wright from Baltimore Mrs. Ella
Chamberlin from Boston, and George
and May Walworth from Worcester.
While Mrs. Pliny L. Webster was
spending few days at the home Of
her parents, her friends and former
schoolmates planned a surprise birth
day visit, carrying cake, ice cream,
strawberries and other Injuries. The
afternoon visit was very agreeable
to all.
Mrs. Langmaid, widow of Leon
Langmaid and mother of E. w.
Langmaid of this town, died in Con-
cord, N. H. after a long and dis
tressing illness. Mrs. Langmaid
formerly lived in the West Hill dis
trict, and was much esteemed by all
who knew her. Her remains were
brought here for interment.
Craftsburv.
DR.. Huntington has eight city
boarders.
1t is understood that DR.. Corey
had heavy insurance on his life,
$4,000 of which was in the Connect
cut General, advertised in this paper.
Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Hodgdon,
two aged ladies, who have been con-
fined to their beds, are growing more
feeble and probably can live but a
short time.
The funeral services of Lemuel
Newell, attended by Rev. F. Parker,
were held at the residence of Mrs.
Kilborne, where the deceased had
long made his home. Mr.. Newell
was IA years of age. Sixty-three
years ago his father was killed at the
raising of the Congregational church
in this town.
Derby.
The school in district No. closed
July 6, Miss A. E. Cowles, teacher.
The names of scholars having no alb
sent or tardy marks are, Willie
Clough, Willie Daley, Inez Grout.
Gertrude, Grace, Percy and Harvey
Robbins, Mabel Shedd. The names
of those having absent but no tardy
marks are Ina Adams, Bessie Allbee
Hattie Badger, Rose, Sarah, Matte
and Meta Elder, Mary Grout, Belle
and Harvey Human, Ada Leland
Fred Moran, Ola Shedd, Sadie Sill.
yer, Bertha Smith, Frank Stoliker
Helen Wiley, Jesse Wilson, FREQ
Tertaw. -Four visits by the superin-
tendent, three by the committee.
Glover.
The Ladies' Society will meet a
the vestry Thursday afternoon. All
invited.
The doors of the South churcl
will be open for Sunday school mex
Sunday again.
Daniel Sartwell of Boston hal
erected large and costly monumen
in the cemetery. 1t is of granite ant
stands Is feet in height. 1t is sur
mounted with a statue and is tn
largest monument in the yard.