Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-02-08
Frank Holmes is in town this week.

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Frank Holmes is in town this week
Mr. Olmstead is Il great sufferer from
cancer on his face.
Manson Whipple has bought John
Rices farm on the Barton road
Mrs Ora Jesseman, who was hurt bv
being tipped from "A sleigh, has nearly
recovered.
Shoemaker Ranney of Sheffield, who
was barnt out at the time of the fire last
fall, has opened Il shop in Elder Gil
mans house.
The series of meetings begun here Jan.
10, under the combined efforts of Rev.
Anna Smith, an evangelist, and our pas
tor. Rev. A. P. Tracy, are still continued
There is a good work being done, the
church being revived and strengthened
and there have been quite number Of
conversions, the work embraces all ages
from so down to the children. Last
Sabbath evening in a praise meeting of
% minutes there were 80 testimonies
There is ii deep interest all through the
parish and we are expecting yet greater
blessings in answer to prayer.
WheeIOcIx.
Thermometer % below Saturday morn
ing.
Geo. Graves is going to Barton to
work for VIM. Teller.
West Burke.
Dwight L. Marshall is at home on
visit.
Mr.. Jameson will open a select school
Feb. %, in this village.
Misses Hattie and Della Dolloff will en-
ter the state normal school at Johnson.
Remember the adjourned Quarterly
Conference at M. E. church vestry Satur-
| day next.
Rev. F. f. Healev will give his lecture
| on "Human Destiny on Tuesday evening
| at UniverSaiSt church.
| At the County Temperance convention
held at St. JohnsburY the 4th, J. P. Otis
was re-nomnated for county commits
sioner
Annual meeting of Third District
union 1. 0. G. 7. at Good Templars' hall
at St. Johnsbury, Saturday, Feb. -. All
Good Templars are cordially invited. Re-
turn checks.
Recently slxty-four delegates from
various miners organizations in all
parts of the anthracite coal regions
met in Wllkesbarre, Penn, and voted
to demand an immediate advance in
wages. They are members are not
only of the Miners and Laborers'
Amalgamated Association, but of
the knights of Labor, and are said
to represent all told, $4,000 men.
Last year 36,S53,0 tons of an
thra cite coal were mined in the re-
gions they profess to control. Theil
address, which it was voted to issue
to people of the whole country. will
declare that they are greatly Cypress
ed and not given even living wages
If a strike follows this apparently
determined action of the delegates
serious results will be likely to fol
low.
The condition of Ireland is said te
be more alarming than ever before
The tenants are conspiring against
the landlords, and the landlords are
organizing against the tenants. A
general strike against rents is immi
nent. The feeling is largely intensi
fed by the resignation of the Vice.
roy, who accepted office in order to
adopt eonciliatory policy and will
Mr.. Parnells assistance TO maintain
order. The nationalists think tina
his resignation means coercion in it:
most stringent form, and they de-
clare that the people will not submit
either to eviction, or to punishment
for resistance. Open reprisals are
threatened if the government at
tempts to enforce the law.
The Massachusetts appropriation
to the Bennington Battle Monument
fund has iapsed, and efforts are nov
being made to have it not only re
newed, bnt increased from 81. 800 t.
$4,000. Vermont's appropriation
is SD, 900, and that of New Hamp
shire, 81 800 Should Massachusett.
renew her appropriation, as it is now
expected she will, the association
will have about $4,000 available, .
sum which ought to raise the shat
800 feet or more. There ale hope.
that work will commence on tn,
foundation next summer. and tina
the next two or three years may Sc,
the whole work far enough advanced
to give promise of completion befor,
another generation passes.
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