Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-04-09


moved into Elder Halls house.
| e%tmOre.
j.. P. Lyons stallion, Morgan Whit
| Foot" is dead.
John Bishop, former resident of this
place and lately of Kansas, has been here
visiting. He does not say ego west.
We hope the borders and lines of gu
| town may be so defined and located dur
ing this season that we may know reall,
who our voters are. There is still
some CONTROVERSY over the matter o
Henry Bowley's residence, and some
people are scolding about the action o
the selectmen in the road commissions
| matter.
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
St. .JOhn<burv.
Col. Franklin Fairbanks was elected
| president of the First National Bank, anc
also president of the Fairbanks corpora
ton last week, in place of his brother
ex-Gov. Fairbanks deceased.
C. G. Stebbin's bone mill (Summerville)
was destroyed by fire at about O'Clock
yesterday morning. The building and
machinery were valued at about $500, and
insured for $500. There was quite q
quantity of bone meal in the mill.
The members of the state educational
commission, President Brainerd of Mid
dlebury college, Loveland Munson of
Manchester and S. w. Landon of Bur-
lington were here Thursday afternoon
and held a conference ON educational
matters with Rev. E. T. Sanford, Judge
Ross, A. L. Hardy and others.
Dispatches from Chicago, Mar. 31st,
stated that George A. Magoon of Muske-
gon, Mich, a welI-known ST. Johnsbury
boy, was fatally injured in railroad ac-
cdent on the Mich. Central Mr.. Ma
goon's friends East have received dis
patches from him stating that though
badly hurt, he was getting along well and
would come out all right.
N. P. Philbrick, the man who has been
so sick with pneumonia, in the care of
the Y. nj. c. A. sick committee, that no
hopes were entertained of his recovery,
is much better, ard seems in fair way
to get well. Meanwhile, Mrs. Emma A.
Curtis of Topsham, widow who has had
the care of Mr.. Philbrick's two mother
less children, and to whom he was engag
ed to be married, came here to care for him
and soon after her arrival was herself
taken i'll with pneumonia, and died We'd
nesday.
Rev. w. R Laird told his people at the
regular service of the church the other
evening that in all probability he should
accept the call which he recently received
from Newcastle, Penn. Not only the
members of the Presbyterian church, but
the citizens of st. Johnsbury will regret
to hear the news, where Mr.. Laird COM
mands the respect and esteem OF all. The
church here was organized by Mr.. Laird
nine years ago, when he came from Allie
ghany City seminary. 1t has grown dur
ing this time to a membership of $50
Mr.. Laird's efforts the debt of
over $4,000 has been recently raised and
he expects to remain to the dedication of
the church, leaving here about the middle
of May.-Cd Californian.
w est Burke
Alison Beckweth of Cherokee, Iowa
is stopping with his brother Sllas.
Fred Frasier is running Wendell Sis
oy's saw mill with Frank Warren as
striker.
Clara, daughter of Mrs. Eliza Allard,
,reated.
Leon Haywood and wife who have |
been at White River Junction the past |
Tear have moved back and will occupy |
hem back.
Hard wick.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Blake will spend |
he week at Conference.
The band had sugar party Tuesday |
evening, the Ladies Aid society Thurs |
lay evening, both well attended.
Mr.. Stone has sold the Huntey store
o Arthur Clement for $500 and Mr.. |
clement will put it in thorough repair.
DR.. Ward has been considerably out |
If health for some weeks.-Mrs. Perrin,
Y years of age, is critical state of
lealth.
Gary Houston has been having a sick
less which has confined him to the house
ONE time; Mrs. Houston has been quite
eeble all winter.
There will be considerable moving here
his spring: J. A. Hill moves over the |
1untley store, A. j. Kittredge moves in
% the tenement over the Aiken store,
dwight Kimball moves here from Slough
on, Mass. Mr.. Shattuck moves into
DR.. Reeds new house.
The temperance concert at the M. E
hurch Sunday evening was very pleas
mt affair. 1t requires ''precept upon pre-
ept, line upon line,'' with wholesome
of the law to protect COM
lunities from the evils of intemperance
sutton.
DIR. Colby is very sick with kidney
iSease.
March 80 boy at Geo. Eastmans and
girl at Herman Chapmans.
Miss Eta Whipple is engaged to teach
ne village school for this year.
Mrs. Orville Campbell of Lebanon, N.
[. has been in town for few days.
Ladies Home Circle will meet at F. M.
bbotts April Is. The society are in
ending TO buy lot of new books within
short time.
F. M. Abbott and G. M. Campbell
ttended the state convention at Bur-
ngton and at Montpelier as delegates
ON Sutton.
Rev. Mr.. Tracy has returned from
oston where he went to have polypus
,moved from the nose of his little
iughter Angie.
Cast Hard wick.
George Lawrence has nine horses for
lie, which came from Boston last Wed
esday.
Horace Cass, the father of Mrs. Elisha
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