Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-08-17
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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pany organization to light the city.
The Bennington wooden mills have be-
gun work, after being idle nearly two
years.
The Rutland Congregational church has
called Rev DIR. Norman Seaver, who was
pastor of the church previous to 1869.
A new Methodist church at West Ran
dolph was dedicated recently, Rev. DR..
B. X. Pierce of Boston preaching the SER
mon.
An infant child of John Lavine of Bur-
lington fell down stairs on Tuesday and
dislocated her neck, dying in an hour and
a half.
George E. Johnson Of Burlington has
been appointed clerk of the United States
district and circuit courts in place of
Col. B. B. Smalley.
Francis Lyman Stowe, recent gradu-
ate of Canton, N. Y, Theological School,
was ordained at the Universalist church,
Rochester, the eth inst.
A hand tournament is to be held on the
memorial hall grounds at North Calais,
August 21st, under the auspices of the
Calais and Woodbury. bands.
The village of Rutland has been sued
for damages by two citizens who have
lost children by what the physicians are
alleged to have said was sewer poisoning.
Burglars entered Swanton depot Wed
nesday night of last week, blew open the
express safe and stole between three hun
dred and five hundred dollars. There is
no clue to the offenders.
Milton Blake, mail agent between Bos-
ton and Essex Junction, by way of the
removed, and the place given to a Mr..
Button of Keene, N. HI.
Curtis Davis, farmer residing in Ath-
ems, committed suicide by hanging early
on Monday morning. Pecuniary trou-
bles had unsettled his mind. He leaves
widow and seven children.
Charles Woodbury., son of Mayor Wood
bury of Burlington, while camping on
Lake Champlain killed a rattlesnake which
measured four feet and four inches In
length and had seven rattles.
The advance of the annual log drive has
| reached Windsor, and the river at this
point has since been full of logs. The
drive this year is a small one, measuring
only about 15,OOO,O 900 feet.
A party which climbed Mount Mans
field Saturday made heap of stones as ;
monument to Grant, and left an inscrip
ton inviting each visitor who comes tt
add one stone to the pile.
A suit has been brought against the
town of Brandon, by Lieut. Gov. Orms
bee to stop the erection of the monumen
in the place decided upon by the tow
meeting on the ground that it would in
jure his property.
Peter Combs, French boy II years old
was terribly cut in Braintree the othe
day He was at work with saving ma
chine, the arbor broke and the saw wa
thrown against Combs leg and cut gasl
two feet long and deep enough to lay
hand in. He will probably die.
The daughter of George Scott of Gro
ton, aged IA years, took to her bed Janu
airy Z, and went to sleep, and has contin
, ued to sleep ever since, with the excel
{ | ton of a very few minutes at time, whe
they give her a little liquid food. She ha
not lost much flesh, and does not seem t
be in any pain. She is as helpless as
baby. Various doctors have been Gale
to see her but do not know what to ca
/ the case.
: Jonas Barber of Richmond, who die
. recently had some 500, 900, of which h
;, gives small requests to relatives, 5000
to Goddard seminary at Barre, $500
: the Universalist church in Richmond fe
Sunday school, books, $500 to the tow
: for free library, and the rest OF the e.
: tate in three equal parts to the Goddar
: seminary, the Universalist church and I'll
/ town of Richmond for the free librar.
His wife died 10 years ago and his onl
daughter 20 years ago.
The annual grove meeting of We
mont Universalists opened at Queen Gil
!, Park Aug. 18th. The fist forenoon Re
i 7. ). Lewis of South Boston offered pra