Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-04-05

ed shall be punished by fine of not
less than $50 nor more than $50;
one-half of such fine, on conviction,
to 90 to the complainant.
The arbitration suit between the
town and Geo. w. Buzzell, relative
to some property in the hands of Mr..
Buzzell. which came by the way of
his fathers estate, and which the
town claimed should be used for the
support of Jonathan Buzzell, the
father. has been decided, Amory
Dawson of Craftsbury, Geo. w.
Parker of Irasburgh, Jere DickermAn
of Newport, arbitrators, in favor of
the town. The town gets $500 of
the property, and Buzzell pays the
costs, amounting to nearly $3.50.
G. w. Preston has hired the store
recently occupied by Fred Cheney,
and will put in a good line of groce
ries, etc., with Ills line of stationery
which he sells on the road. He will
make this supply point for his whole
sale trade. Scion Preston leaves
the Heating building at the upper
end of the village and clerks for
Charles W., running at the same
time his jeweler business. Mr.. Pres
ton proposes to tell the public what
he has for sale in an ad. as soon as
his stock of goods come in.
The sudden rise of the water in
the streams in northern Vermont
and New Hampshire did damage
in. many localities, carrying away
bridges, and injuring highways.
The railroads all through northern
Vermont and New Hampshire were
damaged. The Passumpsic suffered
most in Barnet, where there was a
large washout at Passumpsic, and in
juries to bridges that will make the
road impossible at those points fol
some days yet. Meanwhile the
trains are run around through New
Hampshire by the Boston & Lowell
and Northern roads from St. Johns
bury to Wells River.
Barton Landing.
Willoughby river was very high
during the recent freshet and the
meadows were buried with ice an6
other debris.
w. S. Flanders is driving business
at his carriage shops, with a pros
pect of getting out a large lot Of
excellent buggies, etc.
A BARRIERS shop is being fitted W
under Ordway's store which will be
occupied by Mr.. Lyon, when of
duty in his stage business.
Judge Austin gave sugar party
on Saturday and not less than 49,
were present. A. F. Brockway was
present with his camera and tool
pictures of the group and the scene
Daniel Skinner having moved back
to this village is making repairs or
his buildings; he will take down ant
rebuild the barn and make repairs
on the house later.
At the annual school meeting Dan
iel Buchanan Jr.' was chosen commit
tee, A. G. Parker clerk. 1t was vo.
ted to have three schools, three terms
each of II weeks; also to paint thu
school-house This district is near
ly out of debt, and tax of only 3;
cents on dollar is raised for the com
ing year. The following teachers
have been engaged to teach for the
next year: D. S. Waterman, highe
department, Misses Furgerson ant
Lou Staples the other schools.
ALBANY.
S. G. Kimball has lost an OK O
the pair that drew premium las
fall.
At the village school meeting JOIN
Wright was elected committee, M
Cowles, treasurer, S. r. George
collector. Tax 25 cents on a dollar
Bloomington.
Lewis, only son of Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey Spaulding, formerly of thi
town, died at his home in Wheelocl
Tuesday, March 30th, after brie
illness. He spent the greater par
of his life in this town, where he will
long be remembered as kind-hearte(
and very obliging. His sudden dealt
so closely following their recent af
Fiction, leaves his parents and onl,
sister nearly heartbroken. The,
have the sympathy of their man,
friends in this vicinity.
From western paper, giving a nue.
longer account of VIM. B. Strong, VIII
will be remembered by citizens of thi
county as a bright, wide-awake Brown
ington boy, we condense the following
''Thirty years ago William B. Stron
was poor boy setting out to earn hi
own living by trying to become tele
graph operator. To-day-as for year
past he has been-he is the actual us wei
as the legal head of grand railway sys
TEN of nearly 5000 miles of lines, wit
large extensions of mileage in prospect
and is practically the controlling spirit O
two other lines, constituting a transcon
tinental route more than thousand mile
long, the three comprising together
system of nearly 1000 miles, extendin
from the Missouri river to the Pacifi
ocean, and to the Mexican border at Z
Paso, with another line reaching int
Mexico and terminating on the Gulf G
California. Told in other words thi
record of constant advancement and in
creasing power and influence, without