Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-09-24
State News Items.

have just been taken to task for selling |
the ardent.
F. M Cory and j. A. Locklin of Mont
pelier have a thousand dollar bet on the
presidential election.
At the Mad River Valley fair in Waits
field, on the last day, there were about
nine smashups by runaways.
The third annual reunion of the Third |
Regiment, Vermont Volunteers, will be |
held at st. Johnsbury, October 10.
The general term of the supreme court |
of Vermont is to open i'm the court room |
in the library annex to the state house,
October %.
The old board of directors of the f. &
7. Fairbanks & Co., scale manufacturers
at St. Johnsbury, was elected at the annu-
al meeting held last week Wednesday.
There are thirteen members of the Yer
mont house of representatives who serv-
ed in that body two years ago, and thirty
eight who have had legislative experience.
The father of the Vermont house will
be r. c.. Abel of West Haven, who has
already represented the town in nine leg
islatures and has also served a term as
senator.
The people of Stowe are very DESTROYS
that railroad should be built from that
place to Morrisville and think that the in
dustrial advantages of that region will
make it pay.
The fourteenth annual meeting OF the
| Vermont Woman's Christian Temperance
Union will be held at Rutland, September
26 and o. Most of the railroads will
sell round trip tickets for fare one way.
The barn and farm buildings owned by
Hiram Barrett at South Strafford were
set on fire by a spark from a tramp's pipe
recently. It is supposed the tramp per-
ished in the flames. The loss was $780,
600; fully insured.
The directors and higher officials Of
the Boston & Maine and the Maine Cen
trail railroad, with ladies, were invited 10
Stowe on the 18th inst, to spend few
days as guests at the Mount Mansfield
House. Silas Quincy, proprietor.
The completion of the central building
of the Vermont Academy at SaXton's
River is announced. The dedication takes
place the early part of this week if ar
rangements can be made. ID. l.. Moody
has been invited to deliver the address.
Fred Charbono, son OF John Charbono,
left st. Adams, July 2l, i'm company with
Clarence Carter and has not been seen or
heard of by his father since that time.
Young Carter declares he knows nothing
of the boys whereabouts.
William Mcclure was shot and killed
by William Houran at Bennington Thurs
day morning. Mcclure was intoxicated
and insulted ladies whom Houran and
Frank Chaplin were escorting from the
train after attending the Battenkill Val
lev fair, when Houran drew upon him and
fired with insanity fatal effect.
Large purchases of land have been
made near Pownal at place known as
White Oaks. The tract contains about a
thousand acres, lying partly over the
Massachusetts, line and was the property
of six or eight different owners. Captain
Peter Dooley of Stamford has conducted
the negotiations, the object of which is
not known.
Bishop Bissell of the Vermont diocese
was stricken with paralysis of the right
side, Sunday morning, at the residence OF
Rev. Josiah SWEET of Highgate, where he
was making his annual visitation. Mon
dav evening he was reported to be I'm q
critical condition and unable under the
most favorable conditions to be removed
to his home, for some time TO come.
Frank Dodge, young farmer of Dunn
merston, was bound over to the grand jury
) last week and put under bail for the muir.
der of Miss Geneva Knapp, postmistress
of that place, who was found dead i'm hei
office the morning of August 20. The
grand jury found an indictment against
Dodge Thursday, and his trial is expect
= ed to take place before the present term
| of the county court.
= The Bennington Woman's Christian
= Temperance Union has taken the inltla
tive in a movement to secure reconsidera
ton of the vote taken at the State Uniof
at Woodstock last year by which the I'm
prohibition party and woman suffrage
n The Bennington Union has addressed
p circular to the others OF Vermont il
" which it gives good and sufficient reasol
, for reconsideration and urges the selec
e ton of delegates to the next annual meet
ing who will reverse the action taken las
year.
Business circles were thrown into fe
II yer of excitement at Burlington about /
= O'Clock on the evening OF Sept. 10, by tn
" announcement that the body of man
Il supposed to be Mr.. A. l.. Wright, of I'll
W. firm of Wright & Sawyer of Boston, ha
been washed ashore on he beach nea
Sand Bar Bridge, about 10 miles north O
LII this city. He went out on a fishing tri
p with John Van Sicklen, of the firm O
al Van Sicklen & Spaulding, the larges
A. grocery firm in this city, yesterday, an
20 Van Sicklen was probably drowned als'
+, Wrights body was found entangled
10 netting, and the boat, which came ashor
10 was upset. Young Van Sicklen was on
of the leading young men in Burlingto
and highly connected. Search is now b.
~ ing made for Van Sicklen's body.
- The annual meeting and reunion Of q
First Artillery, Eleventh Vermont Volul
of teers, was held in Burlington Sept. /
a. The business meeting was held at Graz
no Army Hall at 2 p. m, with Gen. j.
a. Warner of Albany, president Of the ass
citation, i'm the chair The following o
e ficers were elected President, Col A
u, dace f. Walker Of Rutlandi vice pres
Sc dents, Major ID. j. Stafford OF Morrisvil
nd and Surgeon C. b. Parks of Des Moine
~ Ia; Secretary, II. @. IL. Lewis of BE
lows Falls; Treasurer, o. IL. Austin
Barton Landing; Chaplain, Rev. NEWT
N. Glazier of Greenfield, Mass. Surgeo
f. O. Porter of Cornwall; Executive Coz
oy mittee, Capt. f. J. Griswold of St.John
Der bury, A. w. Roberts OF ST. Johnsbur
les Lieut.. J. S. Drenan Of Hardwick. 5.
at Foster of North CALAIS, r. Il. iathorn
- TndIoxv rha animal address WAS deli