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

1t is said that the American House in
Brattleboro has been made to paw 5000
and costs for ten offenses against the IL
quor law.
Burlington is to have the first street
railway in the state. The cars are now
being built in Philadelphia and the ties
will soon be shipped from Fort Ann, N. Y.
Rev Mr. Sears of Manchester, N. H..
who has just been elected to the vacant
chair of history and literature in the uni
versity of Vermont, is a graduate of Yale
of the class of '62.
Of 26 candidates examined for admis-
sion to the Normal school at Randolph,
only nine passed and were admitted. The
youngest of these rejected was over l6
years of age and six of them had taught
school.
E. B. Taft of Burlington has purchased
and presented to the University of Yer
mont the fine collection of Indian relics
made by Mr.. P. c. Deming, formerly of
Milton and now of Minneapolis, MINI.
1t is said that Brainerd, the defaulter,
is at the Queens Hotel, Hamilton, Cana
da. Detective Wood, however, thinks
he is secreted near St. Paul, Mimi, and
offers $4,000 reward for his recapture.
A Richford dispatch says: ssSmall-pox
has not reached this side Of the Canadian
boundary yet, and the supposed case at
Sutton proved otherwise. So the epidem-
ic is confined to Montreal city and proba-
bly, will not spread to the states
WILDER Perrigo, who stabbed Officer
Larose at Burlington, some time ago,
and subsequently escaped from Jail, has
been arrested in Chicago and brought
back to Burlington. His address was
learned by means of an express package
sent to him by his mother.
A driving snow storm prevailed be-
tween Bellows Falls and Rutland last
Wednesday. At Mount Holly and other
stations on the Rutland Road the ground
was covered with snow to the depth Of
several inches. The mercury was near the
freezing point and there was danger of Il
cold snap which would cause much harm
to unharvested crops.
All but five of st. Johnsbury's seventy
telephone subscribers protest against the
advance in rates. The advance began in
Rutland ahd Burlington the 10Th. In Rut-
land twenty out of one hundred forty
seven telephones have been taken out
and in Burlington thirty out of two hum
dred thirty-three. The St. Adams SER
vice will probably be discontinued.
An express train from Whitehall struck
Luman Porter of Castleton in his car
riage, on the crossing near the Fairhaven
fair grounds, Wednesday afternoon, Sc
riously injuring Mr.. Potter. The horse
escaped without injury, but the wagon
was wrecked and Mr.. Potter was taken
insensible on the train to his house. Al
though IS years old and seriously injured
he will probably recover.
In the suit of the Bradley Fertilizer
company of Boston against DR.. Hiram A.
Cutting, secretary of the state board of
agriculture, to recover $4,000 damages
for alleged libellous statements made
against the plaintiff by the defendant in
one of his courses of lectures in the VIM
ter of 1SS1-S2, stipulation has been filed
for discontinuance and it is understood
that the case has been settled
Among the patents granted to invent
i've Vermonters for the week ending Sep
TENDER 18th, are the following Elton P.
Kendall and A. S. Vose, Windsor, bead
ing tool; Leonidas and A. Y. Gray, Mid
dletown Springs, governor; John III.
| Clayton, st. Johnsbury, mechanism for
| operating road-crossing gate; Frederick
| R. Patch, Proctor, assignor to himself
| and r. Proctor, Center Rutland, pump
| ing-machine for stone-saws.
AS Byron wilkins, Henry Howard,
Frank Stevens and another young man
were out hunting the 10Th inst, at Ches
ter, all of them under the influence OF
| liquor, it is said that they got into a row,
and that wilkins struck Stevens across
the back, nearly breaking the spine, with
his gun, and broke Towards arm by the
same means. 1t was thought at first that
| Stevens could not live, but he is now
somewhat better Wilkins has been plac-
ed under arrest.
The State Sunday School Convention
to be held in Burlington on Wednesday
and Thursday, Sept 30 and Oct. l, bids
fair to fully maintain its former reputa-
ton for interest and profit.
The committee have been fortunate in
securing the services of ]. L. Hurlbert,
d. D., of New York, and B. F. Jacobs,
ESQ.,, of Chicago,-twO veteran Sunday
School workers. With these and Miss
Lucia f. I. Kimball, who speaks on tenn
i perance, together with the State work
ers, the meeting can hardly fail of being
Il success.
Each Sunday School in the State is en-
titled to two delegates.
Free entertainment will be furnished
delegates, and we understand the Burning
ton people are prepared to entertain a
large number. The railroads will give
free return checks to all who attend the
| convention