Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-02-18
STATE NEWS ITEMS

Colonel Kittridge Haskins of Brattle-
boro has drawn arrears ofpension amount
ing, it is said, to about 50, 100.
There are in Burlington ten pensioners
of the United States government for the
war of 1912, among them the venerable
John B. Hollenbeck.
The court will order the receiver to sell
the Ely mining property in Vershire for
the benefit of the bondholders and cred
itors. The property is valued at $1,OOO,-
900.
L. S. Strong & Co., general traders,
Island Pond, who failed recently, have
gone into insolvency, quite a number of
the creditors having refused the firms of
fer of thirty cents on dollar.
The supreme court are in session at the
Brattleboro Opera hall, instead of driv-
ing out TO Newfane where the court house
is. The Brattleboro and Bennington
railroad case is expected to be heard soon.
A large number Of reserved seats were
sold Monday night for the Taurus clubs
carnival. The Estey guard are talking
of q carnival before Easter
2. E. Wilson of Bethel has the ivory
head of cane broken over the head of
soldier by Benedict Arnold at West Point
just before his exposure. The stick was
picked up and the head secured by Fifield
Lyford, Mrs. Wilson's father, who saw
the affair. Mr.. Lyford was then a lad of
IA and was acting as orderly for his IA
ther, a lieutenant stationed at West Point,
shocking accident occurred at West
Fairlee recently. Mr.. Horace Sibley was
at work in his carriage shop, and while
attempting to adjust belt, which had
run off a pulley, his arm was caught by
kink and torn, or twisted, entirely off be-
low the elbow. Drs. Simpson and Gill
cite amputated the arm just above the ell
shreds. At last accounts he seemed to
be doing well.
A correspondent OF the Woodstock Age
suggests B. B. Smalley of Burlington as
the democratic candidate for governor,
and says: "Mr. Smalley is well and IA
vorably known to the voters of Vermont,
and also has national reputation, well
earned in his patriotic personal efforts in
assisting the putting in nomination of
General Hancock, and of efforts to secure
his election.
The Vermont Farmer and the North
field Neacs, which have been combined
into one paper, which is called the Farm
er and Meas. The publisher says: sit is
often said that there are too many news
| papers in Vermont. Perhaps so. At any
rate, we do our share in reducing the
number by combining our two papers. :"
We regard the change as wise one, and
| believe the new paper will be better than
it was possible to make either of the 9TH
| erS.
The Caledonia county temperance con-
vention met at Lyndonville last week Fri
day, and organized by electing Rev. III.
p. Gushing of West Burke, president,
and A. L. Aldrich of West Burke, secre-
tary. w. p. Houghton of Lyndon was
nominated for county commissioner. The
convention was addressed by Mrs. H. NJ.
T. Cutler of Illinois, her subject being a
resolution that the cause of temperance
would be promoted by giving woman the
| ballot.
Oscar Meyer, alias Won Blumenthal,
was arrested by Officers S. G.. Macomber
and Hiram Tobias at Albany, n. Y, last
week Monday morning, charged with
the murder of Herman Krauser, at Grand
Isle two weeks ago. Meyer claims he is
innocent, but the evidence against him is
strong. On his peason were found two
letters-one written in German. to his
brother in Germany, and the other in
English, to Mr.. Hoag, purporting to come
from the murdered man, in which it was
requested that the latter's trunk be sent
to Albany for him. He was fonnd at a
United States recruiting post, where he
had enlisted recently.