Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-04-07
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

b. F. HaviIand of Danvllle, has sold
one pair of his bay horses for twelve
hundred dollars, it is said.
Adelphus Happo, the only prisoner in
the Addison county Jail, is confined for
refusing to pay tax of 90 cents.
Frank Palmer was badly kicked in the
head by one of his horses, and was insen-
sible when found. He resided in Dan
vile.
The name of n. P. Bowman of St.
Johnsbury is being prominently mention
ed in connection with the lieutenant-gov-
ernorship on the democratic state ticket.
Suit has been instituted against Joe
Doyle of st. Adams by Mrs. S. NJ. Potter
for $4,000 damages under the civil damage
act for selling her husband the liquor
which caused his death recently.
Jeremiah Smith was killed by the cars
at Essex Junction on Tuesday night of
last week. He was walking on the track,
with head down, moving toward the train.
He lived at Essex Junction and leaves a
family.
A protracted school-meeting was held
ata bennington last week, and the old re-
gime which supported Defaulter Tiffany
was overthrown, a clean sweep of the
trustees being made. Tiffanys defalca-
lions amount to $1,000. The school fund
of $2,O 900 given by Park Valentine will
be returned to him.
Ira Sherman, one of the Dandy gang of
desperadoes, has been sentenced to the
house of correction for five years by the
Rutland county court for assault upon
Deputy Sheriff J. c. Williams of Dandy,
with intent to kill. This makes four of
the Dandy gang that have been sentenced
at the present term of court.
The new savings bank at ST. Adams
organized under the old charter of 1878,
with Victor Atwood as president and
some Of the best business men in town
on the board OF trustees, will not open
before autumn, but it is believed that
it is so backed up financially that it will
restore confidence in the business circles.
The venerable Ex-Governor, Paul Dill
ingham it is said, is afflicted with cata-
ract on each eye, and is almost entirely
blind. He is now So years old. His
bodily strength is good, and his health
unimpaired, and it is hoped that when
the cataracts ''ripen" he will be able to
sustain an operation, and his sight be
restored.-Argas.
A WILLISTON man was left at home to
care for young child on recent Sunday
while his wife went to church. He had
been addicted to drink and did not refrain
from it on this occasion. On his wife's
return she found the baby lying asleep on
the floor, while the husband lay on the
| lounge. She supposed of course that he
was asleep, and did not try to awaken
| him till about time to do the chores, and
then fonnd that he was not asleep, but
| dead, death having resulted, it is said,
from indulgence in liquor. -MesseR-
| ger.
The Garfield clock, made two years ago
last winter by Simeon Holton of Middle
bury and a description of which was pub
lished widely in the papers, has lately
been touched up and considerably improv-
ed by Mr.. Holton. The mechanism has
been greatly changed and improved, and
the clock-work is now probably the most
perfect piece of mechanism in the United
States. The images representing those
who took part in the scenes at the depot
where Garfield was shot have been made
more realistic and life-like, and the scenes
representing the hanging of Guiteau has
been made much more vivid.