Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-05-03

they may do so. The water supply III
this village is limited, and had it not been
for cistern water the fire would have
swept out the court house and the Wheel
er buildings.
Our correspondent writes further thai |
Mr.. Fishers loss is $1,000. John ORD |
lost wood, provisions, ETC., worth Sl5o.
Mr.. Newland had no insurance on about |
$1,000 worth of dental tools and goods.
Mr.. Holdridge, who owned the Worth
ington store, offers to put $1,000 into
new building if any one else will go in
and put up new store on his site, or he
will sell the land. Mr.. Newland puts his
goods into the hotel Jones & Buchanan
occupy the old court house, and will try
to sell out their goods there.
Lowell.
Eddie Lang has returned to Boston
to his old job.
Arthur Wheelock is at home, as
is also Rose Sylvester.
Lew Brigham is putting up a fine
cooking barn adjoining his house.
Leander Sinclear has moved to
town and Frank Stokes is in town.
The village schools have commenced
with Miss. Davis and Miss. Camp
bell in charge both excellent teach
ers.
Derby.
Chas. Hyland has moved to West
Alba ny where he will carry on the
blacksmith's business. He is good
wol kman.
The w. G. L. U. held a parlor
meeting at Methodist church vestry,
Friday evening, to raise money to de-
fray the expense incurred in printing
the memoirs ofNIrs. Newcomb, writ
ten by Mrs. Norcross.
Holland.
The j. H. Smith place was sold at
auction, and bid off by S. M. Davis,
for 81, 25O.
H. B. Bates tears down his old mill
and erects better one, with run OF
mill-stones to grind provender, etc.
Morgan Center.
Fred Hlldreth has gone TO Phila
delphia.
The telephone office has been NOV
ed TO A. j. Applebee's store.
A. j. Applebee has built larg,
storehouse to be used in connection
with his store.
Newport.
Mr.. Searles and wife start 70
North Carolina this morning.
The Lady of the Lake commence,
running last week, towing logs 70
the international. ).
Miss May Dorman has returned
home from Boston where she has bee
spending the winter.
j. Y. Green has moved his bar
which stood on Mrs. Moulton's lot
on to his own land.
DR.. Miller of New York gives
free lecture tonight in the Oper
House on physiology; afterward
a course.
j. G. Elder is to manage st. Law
renee Hall at Cacouna, Que, tn
coming summer, the same hous
which he managed two years ago.
Last night, as Geo. Dow went int
the Jail to lock the prisoners int
their cells, they stood ready to jun
upon him as he entered the inne
door. He was overpowered, an
u Daniel Brown, the old Jail breaker
i Pat Heating the Swede, who was il
ca:celated for lurglary, and Almo
Anderson rushed out by him and es
capped. Geo. froze on to Anderson
VI stripped off part of his coat, but b
got away. He next seized youn
v Brown and held him till help arrived
o Mr.. Miles, the sheriff, happened t
J. be out at the moment, and the fe
n lows made the best time possible
: probably towards Canada. Old Brow
. is a notorious criminal, and this
e the third time he has escaped Jail i
J. this county. If he has run so ia
e away that he cannot be caught it wi
e be good thing. Young Anderso
was incarcerated for bastardy, and
. not captured, no matter, SO be l.
o keeps running. Heating had BEEF
e recently delivered up by his bonds
p men on a charge of rape, and state
II prison seemed to be his destiny; tn
Swede was of less consequence. Th
" extraordinary advantages of havin
i a new Jail, close to Canada line, al
IS becoming more and more to be rea
III ICED.
NEWPORT Center.
d. Jack. Courtney has been maxim
lg quite extensive repairs on his hous,
= A. Dawson & Son of Craftsbur,
80 have been in town the past week bu,
cd ing cattle
ry A little child of Will Aliens abo
u six weeks old, was found dead in Il
- bed on recent morning.
he WeStfeId.
ng H. D.Reed has bought full-blot
1g registered bovine from Barnet, Vt.
~ The candidates for license to tea,
nd were successful, four being presen
Id School commenced in district N
no 2 last week, Miss Della Stone, teac
" Ell.
lis
he Francis Lapiere claims to he at f