Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-05-07
State News items.

The Connecticut river was eighteen
feet above low-water mark on Sunday.
The sugar exchange at Brattleboro re,
ceived 1000 to 5000 pounds a day last
week.
The soap-stone interest at Perkinsville
is soon to begin operations on larger
scale than ever before.
Collector SmalIey, who has been i'll at
/ Senator Morrill's residence in Washing
! ton, is now convalescent.
Rev. G. w. H. Clark of st. Adams has
gone to Derry, N. H., where he is TO have
charge of Methodist church.
The latest gossip connected with the
name Of Minister Phelps is that he is to
succeed Mr.. Bayard as secretary of state.
A Middletown Springs firm recently
shipped to Africa rice threshingma-
chine, to be run by man instead of horse
power.
The Vermont Construction Company
of St. Adams has just contracted to build
two bridges in Connecticut to cost Sl2,-
600.
The two-year-old son of A. j. Howieson
of Stowe took a dose of morphine Sun
day by mistake and died after being I'M
conscious nine hours.
The trustees of the Home for the Aged
Women at Burlington expect to locate in
the Louise Howard house. They have
raised about 81 800
Several dealers in the ardent at Rut-
land were disagreeably surprised last
week by officers of the law, who raided
their premises and seized quite a quanti
ty of liquor.
The following patents were issued to
Vermonters April 81: A. II. Carpenter,
West Waterford. for feathering paddle
wheels; f Fairbanks, st. Johnsbury, for
feed water heaters; w. NJ. Scott, Cam
bridge, heating railroad cars.
1t is stated that the maple sugar crop
in the state proves to be fully up to the
average and the recently-intrOduced i'm
provements in its manufacture have
greatly improved the quality. The yield
is estimated at 100000 pounds, includ-
ing 200, 900 gallons of syrup.
Seward j. Ainsworth of Rutland was
tried at Wallin9ford recently for violat-
ing the prohibit0ry law and fined $5l5 on
forty-ive counts. He was supposed to
be an upright young man, was member
of the Congregational church and once
superintendent of the SundaY-school. He
had a partner, who has escaped. The
liquor was sold or given away in Aims
worth's house, and the majority of Gus
toners were boys ranging in age from
fourteen to eighteen years.
Projects for building a railroad from
Barre to the quarries were recently start
ed by rival concerns, one composed of
citizens and the president of the Montpel-
Ter Wells River Railroad, the other sup
posed to be backed by the Central Yer
mont Railroad. A certain piece of ground
has been desired by both parties. The
Central Vermont Company recorded
survey through it, but the Montpelier
Wells River Company rushed in and bot
it. One day recently fears were enter
tanned of some movement by the Central
Vermont towards taking possession of
the land, and at night the Montpelier
road ordered two car loads of rails and
ties brought from Montpelier, and at 10
p. m. large gang of Barre citizens, in
Guiding some prominent towsmen, went
to work and laid four tracks across the
land, finishing at a. m. in spite of efforts
from the other side to thwart them. EX-
citing events are anticipated in the future.