Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1885-05-29
STATE NEWS.

Work on the Orleans county build
ings has begun, and will be vigorously
prosecuted until their completion. The
lot on which these buildings are being
erected has a frontage on Main street
OF l05 feet and is six rods deep. The
Court House will be 90 feet in width
and 90 feet in length, with projecting
porch % feet wide. The foundation
walls are being built Of split granite
and the superstructure will be con
structed Of hard cherry colored brick.
The porch steps and threshold are to
be of hammered granite and the floor
will be laid in Swanton. The build
ing will have granite trimmings and q
slate roof 1t will be two stories in
hight, with 12-foot tower, the spire
of which will be 81 feet above the
ground. A seventeen hall runs thro'
the building on the first floor. On one
side of the hall will be rooms 22x18
feet in size, for the use of the County
Clerk and Judge of Probate. Fire
proof vaults will be connected with
these offices. The third room will be
for the use Of the Grand Jury. On the
opposite side there will be three law
offices, with consulting rooms, two Of
which will be is feet square and one
22x1S feet in size. The court room will
be II feet square and have hight of
10 feet. Rooms for cOunselors and
court officers are to occupy the front
part of the second story, and apart
ments 19X1G feet, for the Judges and
jurors take up the space in the rear of
the court room. The inside finish will
be Of clear kiln dried spruce, except
the court room, which is to be ash.
The bench, desks, railing and other
furniture in the room will be made Of
cherry. The halls and rooms will be
wainscotted in spruce. The building
is to be plain and substantial struc-
ture and the plans indicate that it
will be a very convenient one. 1t will
be completed by the summer Of 1886.
The architect of the building is Lam.
bert Packard and the contractor NJ. J.
| Caldbecl, both of st. Johnsbury. A
Jail and Jail house will be built in the
rear of the Court House at an expense
not exceeding $4,000. A tax that will
raise SIG, 900 has been levied on the
grand list OF Orleans county for the
new buildings, and Newport citizens
have contributed $4,000 in addition
thereto for the purpose of having bet
ter buildings than could be construct.
ed on the amount raised by the tax
levy.
The Tree Press says that coo cases Of
measles have been reported to the
Health Officer of Burlington, and that
the death rate therefrom is increasing
Rev. J. G. Johnson, D. D., resigned
on Sunday the pastorate of the Con
gregational Church at Rutland, which
he has held fifteen years. 1t is thought
that he intends accepting his call tc
New London, Conn.
The committee to locate the Yer
mont colony in Dakota has made it.
location in Edmunds county. Mr.
Bowman and part Of the committee
have returned, the others remaining
to look after the interests of the colony
until it gets there. They speak very
highly OF the location and think the
colony will be satisfied. Mr.. Bowman
will get the members of the colony il
readiness as soon as possible for theit
new homes. They will be located
near q railroad and not far from
Aberdeen, a thriving village.
The State prison contains six per
sons serving life sentences for murder
three others are serving ten, twelve
and twenty year sentences for man
slaughter.
e. NJ. Calkins, of Warnersvile, hat
finished a model of Mount Vernon
Washington's residence, his death bee
scene, etc, with lifelike moving fig
ures, rocks, rivers, and railway cars
The whole is on q platform 7x20, anC
the figures vera all carved with {
knife. lie has been twenty years do
ing it.
William Prentiss of Cambridge ha
lost three head more of cattle-mall
ing twenty that he has lost since til,
disease first broke out among hi
stock.