Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-08-05

The population of Barre is said to be
5000 an increase of 6OOO in eight years.
A Barre party has just been fined S25
for selling Jamaica Ginger"
Harvey Lumbrey, lumber manufactures
at Montgomery, has gone into insol-
vency.
The Fuller Battery of Brattleboro has
just received four new guns. Their cost
was $50, 900.
Surveyors have commenced work on
the Mount Mansfield railroad from Water
bury to Stowe.
The Green Mountain Christian Union
will hold its annual camp meeting at
Bethel commencing Aug. 20.
Major A. b. Valentine of Bennington
has returned from six weeks trip to
New Mexico and the far West.
Chauncy Wood, farmer of Fair Ha-
ven, fell dead while eating his supper on
Monday evening of last week.
Judge Veazey has gone to the st. Law
renee fishing grounds, in the interest of
his health-and little fishing sport.
Mrs. Charles C. Huntington was found
| dead in chair last week Sunday at Mid
/ dlebury. She had been apparently i'm
good health.
Blight is hurting potatoes badly in
Southern Vermont, and in many fields in
Windsor county the later varieties will
be total failure.
The railroad commissioners will com
pete their tour of inspection of Vermont
railroads this week. The report will not
be made till next fall.
Fremont w. Gould, aged twenty-seven,
of Rutland, fell dead from bycicle while
riding on the road to West Rutland, last
Friday. Heat disease was the cause.
Homer Riggs of Middlebury, a special
pension examiner, has been assigned To
the east and north part of the State; and
will make his headquarters at st. Johns
bury.
Postmasters have been appointed as
follows: C. II. Gilhllan at Barnet, A. A.
Aseltine at Lowell, Mrs. II. M. Peabody
at Simonsville, Dexter Waite at Wards
horo and Albert L. Cook at Whitingham.
William Pryor of Winooski was found
drowned in fifteen feet of water i'm the
Winooski river Friday at about noon.
The case is undoubtedly one of suicide,
as the unfortunate mans coat ami hat
were found on the bank of the river.
The body of Henry C. Hoy, aged 22
who was drowned recently at Bellows
Falls, was discovered last week Wednes-
day near East Putney. reward of $25
had been offered for the body. 1t was
taken to Bellows Falls by the father and
brother.
Three surveyors have been sent on by
the Central Vermont and are at work Sc
lecting a route for the proposed Mount
Mansfield railroad. Stowe people have
subscribed to pay the expenses OF brush
cutting and for men to carry the chain
and other implements. After the route
has been selected the directors OF the
Central Vermont railroad will decide
whether it is expedient to build the road.
The severe rain of last week caused
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Pittsfeld. A dam gave way short dis
tance above the Guernsey forge at North
Sherburne, endangering the lives OF i've
persons. Fortunately the break was
quickly discovered. The neighbors rush
ed out in their night clothes and soon
found themselves wading in three feet
OF water. Mrs. Edward Brown, who
was sick, was taken from her bed and
carried to "a neighbor's for safety.
Secretary Proctor enjoyed short va
cation at his Vermont home last week.
His next leave will occur in the latter
part of August, when he will attend the
encampment OF the Vermont MALTA, be-
ginning August %, and deliver an adj
dress at the reunion of the Fletcher fam-
lily in fremont Temple, Boston, August
2s. This will be reunion of the descen-
dents OF Robert Fletcher, who arrived In
this country in 1880 from England.