Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-03-17
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

gift of $1,000 to the Vermont Conference
Seminary at Montpelier.
Edwin Fisher of Lyndon has Jersey
COW which made, the second week in Jan.
IA pounds of butter, on what hay she
would eat, pint of corn meal and three
pints of fine feed.
Antoine Larvey, a french lumberman,
was instantly killed at Pine Valley,
Woodford, by being caught in rolling
pile of logs. He was 43 years old.
Mrs. Ann Page, of Felchville while in
a fit of insanity jumped from a window
over twelve feet from the ground, struck
on the ice below and broke her neck.
The new 900 building, which John
Howard, has built for the medicinal de-
partment of the Vermont university at
Burlington, was dedicated last Thursday
Lawyer Heny Ballard, made the presen-
tation speech aud President Buckham
accepted the gift.
Miss Betsey Foot of Sudbury persisted
| in the storm on Thursday night, the 9Th
| She had been to Brandon after something,
| aud had got almost back home, when it
appears she got bewildered in the storm,
and sitting down, froze to death. She
was IS years Old
Hugh G.. Hughes, proprietor of the
| Eureka slate quarries, and one of the
most prominent Welshmen in Vermont,
was instantly killed in one of his quarries
recently, by large stone which was be-
ing hoisted up from the pit falling upon
him. Griffith Hughes was seriously in
jured at the same time.
Rev. James M. Beattie died at his res
idence last Sunday afternoon, aged 70
years, nine months. He has been losing
his faculties for several months, and had
his death, from which he never rallied.
He has been the pastor of the Reformed
Presbyterian church for about forty years,
and actively engaged until about two
years ogo, when age and feeble health
compelled him to give up preaching. His
wife and four children survive him.
The Vermont Republican State Com
mttee met at Montpelier Tuesday ant
decided to hold the State Convention, fol-
choice of four delegates at large to the
Chicago Convention, on the Both of Apri
at Montpelier. The convention for nom
ination of State officers is called at Bur
lington, June Is. From the sentimen
developed it is evident that Vermont Re
publicans are solid for ''Edmunds ant
Lincoln
A decision was rendered at Montreal
?. O., last Saturday in an importan
phase of the litigation growing out of TIL
connection of Bradley Barlow with tn
Southeastern railroad matters. Whel
Mr.. Barlow failed the Canadian Pacifi
Directors applied for and obtained an in
junction to restrain the shareholders o
the Montreal, Portland and Boston rail
road from holding a meeting to elect Di
rectors, baSing their claim on being cred
itors, having advanced nearly $780, 0
: to Barlow, so as to control the line as Il
outlet to the American Atlantic ports TO
their through continental traffic in winter
Bradley Barlow, who still held 81 ,00
out of 10000 shares, and j. c. Hatton
owner of Il thousand shares, beside
5 $3S, 900 worth of bonds, interviewed an
proved that Barlow had not pledged hi
shares, and that the Directors of the Ca
madam Pacific were only ordinary creditor
of the company. The court decided t
dismiss the petition of the Canadian P;
cifc Directors, dissolve the injunction
e and maintain the interventions of Barlo'
and Hatton. This will relieve the share
, holders from danger of losing their roa
to the Canadian Pacific, and will yer
largely increase the assets of the defunt
1st National Bank Of st. Adams, the cree
L itors of which seem likely to get mue
n nearer the face of their claims than G
= those of the moribund Trust Company.