Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-31

ocnoOl on North Hill closed on Friday
Miss Dell Stone, teacher, has taught "a
weeks in that district the past year.
Ben. Wedge has moved into Wesley
Kimptons house on West Hill and will
run Il repair shop i'll the old starch facto-
ry.
There was u Christmas tree ut the M.
+. church last Monday eve with appro-
pirate exercises and it's usual load of
good and useful fruit.
We StnnOre
Fred Huntoon has moved on to the
Enoch Mann place.
III. E. Lyon has gone to Charleston to
work for A. w. Lyon.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
John ID. Harris, prominent citizen of
Danville, is dead.
The celebrated case of the state against
o. E. Clay, J. d. Grant and Charles Stew
art, officers of the local granite cutters
union at South Ryegate, for conspiracy
and ntimidating non union stone-cutters,
was settled Friday by each of the men
paying fine of $40 without costs. Gen.
Roger A. Pryor of New York city appear
ed in behalf of the stone-cutters. This
! ends Il long fought trial of a case of more
than local interest. In April, 1885, eight
cen stone-cutters were bound over to the
| grand jury in $500 bonds each and in
June they were all indicted for conspiracy
against the Ryegate Granite company and
inf i'd OF,
The case was not tried but went to the
supreme court on questions of law affect
ing the legality of the indictments, to be
returned to the county court to determine
facts. The case has been in the courts
ever since. At the last term of the county
court the case against the 10 workmen !
was mol pressed. Last Friday the case
against the three officers came up and
was settled as above related Californian.
st. j OlnSbU1'Y.
The CdledOnidR believes the scheme to |
light st. Johnsbury by electricity ill-ad- |
vised at this time.
The Citizens bank has declared a divi-
dend of 1925 on a share of $75. This
represents a semi-annual dividend of |
per cent.
The downtown and Railroad street |
people are demonstrating because the au-
thorities will not move the post-Oflice to
Railroad street.
Abial Richardson, the well-known farm
er who lived just at the edge of the vils
lage, was found dead in his bed on Sun
day evening. He was Sc years old and |
had been in good health up to within a
week, when he had a fainting spell On |
Sunday night he ate his supper as usual
after which he took nap as was his Gus
tom. About O'Clock some one went in
to wake him and found him dead. He
was born in Waterford and had always |
lived here, having built the house where
he died
East Burke.
Alden Humphrey has sold his farm to
N. L. Parker.
L. A. Darling and his sister Louisa
have gone to Denver, Col.
Lemuel Walter, an old citizen of this
town, was buried on the 2Gth inst.
Ay nOOnVIIIe-
Business in the new box shop is BOOM
ing.
There was a big gathering at Music
Hall Christmas eve in which cantata
was rendered and hundreds OF presents
distributed.
New machinery has been added to the |
railroad machine shop and the whole
thing has been put in the best of order
Everything done by the new company is
most thoroughly done.
HardNVI elk.
Public installation Of officers OF ELS
worth Post Jan. 18th.
C. S. Wheeler is quite sick.-Fred
Shipman's son Harry, has scarlet sever.
Charlie Ward, who has been working
for the Telegraph Co. the past season,
has closed his labors for the season.
The Christmas exercises were unus-
ually interesting, and it took four trees
to hold the presents which were very
numerous.
The entire family of Mrs. Lewis were
home at Christmas time for a family
gathering, and to witness the marriage of
Clara to Mr.. Pennman of st. Johnsbury.
The Hyde Park train goes off the road
to-day, and the mail train runs earlier in
the morning, leaving here at 80, morn
ing, and making connection with the
Passumpsic down train. The same train
returns here at 4 81, p. m. The express
runs nearly on former time.
East I1aI-d~vzcIx.
At the reunion of the Blake family at
Henry Blakes, last Thursday, there were
10 representatives of the various branch
es of the family present. The occasion
was on enjoyable one, giving all an OPP
portunity which may not occur again, of
visiting with Geo. w. Blake of Kansas,
who is here for visit and about to re-
turn home. He has been absent % years.
Shef1ieId.
Albert Gitfin is in poor health.
Mrs. j. c. Nelson received a gold
watch as a Christmas gift.
Harry Fuller from St. Johnsbury has
been visiting at +. X. Hill's.-Rev. j. G.
Nelson's daughter and her husband have
been in town.-Ed. Richardson and wife
have returned to their home in Barnet
Hollis Brown and family have been in
town.
sutton.
Considerable sickness prevails here.
Belle Barker has finished her school in
Egypt and is stopping at home.
Willie Campbell returned from Kansas
last Tusday morning.
Josiah Brockway killed nine months
old pig recently that dressed 40 pounds.
Thomas Barker is very sick with pneu-
Pierce is sick with heart
trouble.
Christmas tree at the church on Tues
day night and at Franklin Berry's on