Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-07-28
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

The deposits in the Passumpsic savings
bank July 1st, amounted to $1,314, S44.S9.
A solid exhibit.
There is report that President Arthur
will soon come north for flying trip to
Pittsburgh, St. Adams, and his birth
place at Fairfield.
Brattleboro people ate five thousand
quarts of fine Strawberries this season,
which were grown by Charles E. Allen,
the enterprising florist of that town.
Daniel Chase of MiddleseX, seventy
three years old, was struck by an engine
on the 18th. One arm and two ribs were
broken, and his shoulder was displaced
He died the 10Th.
Forty-three members of u Philadelphia
excursion party under the charge of Mr..
Haggenbotham went over the Montpelier
and Wells River road recently by special
train, to join large party at Plymouth,
| N. H., and go through the White noun
| tains.
The New York police are looking for
| John III. Loehr, Rutland tailor, who is
reported to have disappeared with 81 1000
while on his way to Washington. He
left New York week ago, but his friends
in Washington or Philadelphia have seen
nothing of him.
The noted cow ssMatin,' imported Au-
gust 90, 1878, by Hon. Frederick Billings
has recently been tested seven days, dur
| ing which time she gave two hundred
and sixty-fve pounds and four ounces Of
milk that yielded seventeen pounds and
eleven ounces of butter.
81 am very glad to hear that there is tt
be no opposition to the reelection o
Senator Morrill, of Vermont for another
term-his fourth-in the senate. Mr.
Morrill,, although past seventy years
of age, is still in his intellectual prime
He may safely count on passing his eight
eth birthday in soundness of mind ant
limb. He is an admirable Representative,
of the American people, as well as tn,
state of Vermont. y Washington Capital
The engineer of train on the RUTLAND
division of the Central Vermont railroa,
near Brooksville, on the 10th, saw tw
timbers projecting up from cattl
guard. The train was under such head
way that it was impossible to stop. For
tunately the timbers wore not YER
strong, and the engine broke them off an
passed on in safety. The timbers ar
supposed to have been placed in tn
freight train.
About twelve o'clock on the night O
the 10Th a fire was discovered near tn
line of the Montpelier & Wells River raj
road, short distance above Sabin'
crossing at Montpelier, and it was at frs
thought by those at a distance that
might be located in one of the shops c
the Pioneer works. Fire had started
an old passenger car, which has stood 70
a long time near the track directly oppC
site the Pioneer works, and it was total
consumed. No alarm was sounded, an
fact of its destruction was not general
known.
, Vermont has 229O school districts an
$3.50 schools. There were 1928 scho
, ars enrolled last year against $4,000 til
, year before and 1912 in 1879, a sma
but constant decrease. The number {
men teachers is also steadily decreasing
e being $40 last year against CTS thrt
: years ago. The number of women teacl
y ers remains about the same, 372
e Only 521 teachers attended norm
schools last year against $40 three yea
ago. The men teachers are paid $S.5S
I week on the average, against S7.44 thr
f years ago, and the women average So
V week, against S4.21 then. The schoo
\ for the state cost S59O,5S0 last We
against s476,929 in 1879, though the
were less scholars, less schools and few
: teachers, and no one seems to know VIII
y makes the difference.