Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-10-17

Young, died ut Orwell recently, aged
one hundred and one years. She was
born at Athol, Mass, and of late years
has been noted for her benevolence.
Jennie, a fourteen-years-old daugh.
ter of Joseph Carpenter of Burlington,
on Saturday afternoon fell from a pi-
azza twelve feet to the ground below,
breaking her left arm just above the
wrist.
Reports from Cornwall and other
fruit sections of Addison county indi-
cate a large crop of good quality.
Growers and dealers are of the opinion
that $3.50 to $1.7j barrel will be
about the rate for winter apples.
a farm hand answering to the name
of Will Blakely, and employed by
John Sears of West Addison, took a
trip to Massachusetts, recently with a
$3.50 horse and quantity of plumber,
the result of Il burglary, as the sequel
proved. The mans real name is Stod.
dard. He is now in Middlebury Jail.
The work of completing the long de-
layed Bennington battle monument
at the north end of Center Benning-
| ton, will soon be under way. The
committee on design has yielded his
views to the general committee. 1t is
proposed to lay out a park of fifteen
acres around the site of the monument
so that the view may not be INSTRUCTED.
Trees will be cut down when neces-
sary, and drives will be laid out on
the surrounding hill. The land is al
ready surveyed, and Edward Rice is
making map CT the site, The i'm
provements will necessitate the pur.
chase and removal of nine dwellings.
A railroad will be Built with a side
track for excursion trains. 1t is hoped
to have everything complete by the
time of the next anniversary.
AT Montpelier considerable curiosity
was awakened on Saturday by the
finding of a child of premature birth
in the tiume at the grist mill of f. W.
Bailey & Co. When found there was
no clothing upon the body, which, to
all appearances, had not been in the
water over twenty-four hours, nor
were there any marks indicating an
intention to sink it. Selectlnan Geo.
A. Peck was notified and the body was
properly cared for. There is no clue
as to the parentage of the child, and,
SO far IT'S we are able to learn, no steps
have been taken to ascertain the par
ties guilty of the horrible crime which
the circumstances related bring to
! light. .H0IApe5ier Daily Journal,
According to the annual report of
| the state railroad commissioner, Yer
mont has ,055 miles of railroad, which
cost S41 ops ,0i5. The roads have a
capital of 50? ,4jS, 300 and IL funded
debt of $40, 239, 800. DuriRg the two
years ended July 81, 1884, twenty
eight persons were killed by the cars,
all employees of the roads sixty-nine
persons were injured, of whom three
were passengers.
The twenty-first annual reunion of
Vermont officers will be held at Mont
pelier on Wednesday, October 20. The
usual business meeting will be held at
the State House at three o'clock We'd
nesday afternoon. Col. Aldace f..
Walker of Rutland will deliver the
Grafton in the evening, in the hall of
the House of Representatives The an
nual banquet will take place at the
Pavilion hotel at 10 o'clock p. NJ.
The annual state prison port shows
that for the two years ended July 81
last, the expenses exceeded the income
by ST, 461. The average number of
prisoners was lightweight, as against
one hundred twenty for the preceding
two years, and the present number is
eighty-nine. The house of correction
cost the state about $1,000 for the two
years. During that time it received
three hundred twenty-seven prisoners
and now contains siXty-one. The re-
fora school has cost the State $22,5 $50
1t contained on July 81 last siXty-sev-
en- boys and seventeen girls.
The case of State os. John B. Page
of Rutland for embezlement, has been
continued to the next term of the Rut-
land county court, at the request Of
the states attorney.
The West Randolph Herald lays out
big job for the Legislature. 1t wants
the county seats changed so as to
bring all of them upon railroad line;
the number of counties reduced and
the stat so districted for election pur-
poses as to reduce tho number Of rep,
resentatives to about fifty.
CONSUMPTION CURED.