Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-09-28

choice selection of songs and na-
tional allegory, introducing beauti-
full Illuminated tableaux The per-
Torrance will conclude with the
comic opera of ''Jenny Lind" intro
ducing the popular songs and music
of the day.
West Glover.
Harvey Lewis has purchased all
the real estate belonging to Horace
Whitney, including mills, paying
$1,000.
Broken arms are very fashionable
in this vicinity. M. H. Lewis is the
last one to go into splints. A colt
lifted her foot and projected it with
little too much emphasis and
"Mert'' started for the doctor. There
| are two broken arms in the same
| house and three others in the near
vicinity.
Holland.
A rainbow was seen late on the
evening of the 18th inst. and snow
st orm that broke down fruit and for
est trees on the 23d INST.
lrasbure,h.
Ira Drew recently lost a horse of
what appeared to be diphtheria. He
had one die of the same disease about
year ago.
Mary Burt has gone to Holyoke,
Mass.-Eva Foss has returned from
Peake's Island, where she has been
staying for her health.
Laura Brewster, who was caring
for her sister, Mrs. S. w. Allen,
was taken violently sick recently
and lived but twelve hours.
Morgan.
Miss Jessie Albee has gone to New
York.-Mrs. B. F. Moore has been
visiting at Springfield, VT.
Chas Wilder died at the residence
of his son Frank at Buffers Mills the
23d inst. The funeral services were
held at the Corner, attended by Rev.
Mr.. Farrow.
About one hundred of the friends
of Edgar Smith and wife met at his
house Friday night, to remind them
that they had been married fifteen
years, leaving with them presents as
a token of their friendship. Cake
and coffee were served and all enjoy
ed a good time.
Newport.
Bert Kittridge died yesterday
morning of typhoid fever.
There have been two more deaths
at Batesville of liphtheria in one
family.
At the International mill S. H.
Flint recently ground 1000 pounds
of corn meal in eighty minutes.
Thieves tried to break into H.
Cas- wells house on Main street one
night recently, but the dogs drove
them off.
DIR. Gaines has been appointed |
examining physician to examine peo-
pie travelling on the trains that enter
this place from Montreal.
A matter that has sed great |
deal of talk, and not little indig-
nation, was the recent arrest of Benz. |
Smith by Mr.. Goodrich for small
debt, which Smith was owing him.
A body writ was made out on an
oath that Smith was soon to leave
the state. AS Mrs. has some prop
erty, usually pays his bills, and was
in trouble on account of the recent
death of his father-in-l and the
sickness of friends, and prospective
sickness in his own family, the arrest
seemed unwarranted and unjust.
NEWPORT Center,
Messrs Hines & Eastman shipped
14O head of cattle from this station
the 10Th c. S. Drown lot of hogs,
sheep, and calves the 18th.
The friends of 0. j. Adams and
wife joined with them in celebrating
their goth anniversary; pleasant
time and many substantial gifts.
Mrs. Orissa Tracy has returned
from Lowell, Mass, where she has
been visiting son.-Mrs. Fred Con-
ner has returned from Burlington.
A rather curio us affair occurred in
which several parties of honorable
standing are involved, which will
doubtless be cleared up. X. Inger-
son undertook to send $3.50 to G. L.
Drown of this place from Newport.
A clerk, Mr.. Young, was running in
Express messenger Hardy's place.
He took the money of Ingerson and
when he arrived at this station took
a receipt for it of Station Agent,
Smith, who says he did get a receipt
for it, but Young carried it by.
Young says he did this but brought
thespackage back on the return train,
which Smith denies. The r. r. Co.
settled with Mr.. Drown and the
mystery will be unraveled ere long,
doubtless.
L. Fl. Annis has commenced build
ng on the lot he bought last spring.
Silas Hill has sold to T. B. Cowan
of Burke 60 acres of land off the
north part of the Hill place, known
as the Atwell lot. Price $500.