Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-01-23
State News items.

| The state legislature of Massachusetts
for this year contains sixteen member,
who are natives of Vermont.
Rev. McAnn, formerly Of Vermont, is
now principal of Boydton Institute for
colored scholars, Boydton, Va
Mrs. Katie w. Clark's house at West
Hartford was burned Monday morning.
Loss, 81 700; insured for 81 900.
The lodge of Good Tempars in Iras-
burgh holds the lead with l3l members,
and Waitsheld comes next with 1874.
Col. Franklin Fairbanks has resigned
as a member of the republican state COM
mittee, position he held many years.
S. C. Cummings of South Royalton, who
was injured on the railroad, necessitating
amputation of one of his limbs, died the
Sth
A man named Simpson, while driving
a load of hay across a track at Georgia
recently, was struck by the express and
killed.
p. G Pierson of Cuttingville, while out
hunting with two companions, was mis-
taken for rabbit and received charge
of buckshot.
Senator Morrill, suffered from an attack
of indigestion last week which confined
him to his house, but a Washington dis
patch says he win be out again soon.
The executive committee of the grand
lodge of Good Templars have engaged Lo-
rim b. Kendall of Clinton, Mass, to work
in the interests of the order during the
winter.
Leland Fairbanks, aged ninety-four
years, died recently at Bennington and
was buried with Masonic honors. lie
was one of the oldest members of the
Masonic fraternity aud past master.
Following are the names of centenari7
ans in Vermont: Giles Benson of Castle
ton, ll5 years; Perault Picard of Col
chester, 10Y; Mrs. Evangeline Counter Of
Rochester, lOI James Works of Water
ford, lOl; Mrs. Sarah Gibbs of Barnard,
100.
C. S. Mellen, superintendent of the Bos-
ton & Lowell road, writes railroad officials
here that he will entertain any proposition
that the town of ST. Johnsbury or any of
its people make with regard to the remov-
al of the railroad shops from Lyndonville
to this place. Californian.
See what moral influence will do Iras-
burgh, where we published paper for
h.S ha al
lodge in the state-l3l members and
Waitsfeld, where we ran our great moral
and progressive 'thoss trot,' comes next
with l24 members, A. A. EARLE.
The number of incendiary fires has
caused talk of raising insurance rates at
Rutland. An investigation shows that
although fires have taken place oftener i'm
Rutland than in adjoining towns the loss
es have been no greater than the average,
and the rate of insurance is already great
er than In other towns.
City health officer, j, ii. Llnsley Of
Burlington, has issued letter advising
private funerals in all cases of death by
dlphtheria, and also advising that. the
newspaper notice of such deaths should
name the disease from which the death
occurred and also that no hour should be
named at which the funeral should take
place.
Rev. Jonathan Woodman died at North
Mass, Jan Is, aged 80. lie
was one Of the fathers of the Free win
Baptist denomination, and worked zeal
ously over 20 years in its behalf His
first pastorate and his last was at sutton,
VT, where he preached 10 years. He was
one of the founders of the Morning Star, |
and gave 1t Its name.
Judge Ross of the Orange coNaty conrt |
has signed decree fer Preston 5. Smith |
of Washington, p G., and Daniel +. Col |
by OF New London for Sl,9s5 against the /
Vermont Copper Mining Company of Yer
shire. This + the fgst case ever tried In
Vermont for damages to farm vegetation
by furnace smoke. Ii has been TO the SUI
preme court and back TO the county court i
through years of litigation.
The Vermont copper mines were bid or /
at auction on the 18th by i. NJ. r. Casin
Of New York for S3G,O 600. Two thousand
dollars were put up as forfeit Casin was !