Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1885-02-02
STATE NEWS ITEMS.

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who has for a number of years done
heavy business in hay and produce, has
failed His liabilities are estimated at
from So, 900 to 100000
WEST RANDOLPH, Vt. Jan. 2Sth. More |
than foot of snow has fallen all through |
GENITAL Vermont since an early hour this
morning, and it is still showing hard. |
Trains from the north and south are al |
ready several hours behind time
George Gotchey, who stole SIG from |
canal boat captain at st. Adams Bay
last fall, appeared before the Court last
week and pleaded guilty, and was SEN
fenced to two years and six months at
hard labor in the StatesPrison.
Mrs. Mary J. Powers of Rutland whose
husband was killed by jumping out of a
three story block last March, while crazy
drunk from liquor alleged to have been
procured at the Berwick House, has sued
Landlord Richardson for $40 ,000damages
under the civil damage act.
States Attorney Hawkins, of Addison
county, assisted by the grand jurors of
the several towns, is engaged in pros
ecuting citizens for neglecting to pay
their dog taxes. In Bristol. the first
Selectman of the town took the first dose;
He pleaded guilty and was fined SIS and
costs, amounting in all to $19,41.
A Washington correspondent writes
that Mr.. Edmunds' signature is droller
than the hieroglyphics of Mr.. Spinner.
''The Vermont senator makes well de-
fined 'E' then comes a tape worm with
cholera morbus then an s. which COM
pletes the monsters agonized tail"
The liberty bell was taken from indie
pendence hall, Philadelphia, (for New
Orleans,) under an escort of five hundred
policemen. The truck on which it was
hauled was decorated with flowers and
flags and drawn by six horses handsomely
caparisoned Two bands were in the
procession and many houses along the
route were decorated
w iiIlteii W. Nv eti 70: Juoo SiSNoNN jill
ator from New York, fell in love with
his wife when she was sixteen years old
and he 4 green boy at college. She was
the daughter of Treasurer Wardner, of
Vermont, and was as pretty as young Ev-
arts was homely. They became engaged
at her home, and Evarts went away to
New York, promising to return when he
had made enough to warrant his marry
ing. At twenty-five years of age he had
made name for himself as a lawyer, and
was q member of one of the chief New
York law firms, making, it is said, to-
tai of 100000 year. At this time he
married, and his wife, after bearing him
thirteen children, is still well and happy.
The new Billings library OF the Yer
mont university at Burlington will be
dedicated at commencement in June. 1t
is of Longmeadow stone, one hundred
sixty-five feet long by forty-six feet wide,
and contains a reading-room forty-five by
forty-four The main book-room is sixty
two by forty-one. The capacity of the
building is one hundred thousand vol
umes, the university library now contain
| ing about thirty-three thousand volumes.
| The librarians room is in the center of
| the building, and there are also several
rooms for special studies in the building.
The gift of 100000 by Friedrich Billings
| of Woodstock for the erection of this
| spacious and fire-proof building is the
most conspicuous and muniticent gift ever
received by the university.
| Heman S. Royce, one of the most prom
inent lawyers in Franklin county, died at
his home in st. Adams last Friday morn
ing, as the result of a stroke of apoplexY
last week Tuesday. Mr.. Royce was born
in Richford, June 18th 1918, and was
therefore in his 9th year He was the
son of Caleb Royce and one of a family OF
five sons and six daughters, of whom one
son and four daughters are now living.
He attended school for a little time at the
Enosburgh Academy, but had no collegi
ate training; studied law, and was adj
united to the bar in Franklin county il
1914 began his practice in Highgate
and was for a time deputy collector there
was in partnership with II. E. Royce
Esq, now Chief Judge, in East Berkshire
for two or three years; subsequently hi
returned to Highgate, and there married
Miss Mary Parsons he moved to st
Adams some 20 years ago; was Senator
from Franklin county for one or two
terms when the Legislature met annually
was States Attorney for two years, an(
was for time in partnership will
Bryant Hail.