Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1889-12-30
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Dec. %.
! Raphel Demers of Newport has con
tracted with Gray & Gilmore to Cut Ia
/ lumber on the DoIloff lot in Morgan thi
winter.
~s,xvgDOr-t
Mrs S. W. Keith is again prostratet
with sickness.
/ Frank Flint goes to Washington ID
! c., next week to reside.
Quite party from this place attende,
/ the Christmas festival at Derby Genie
| Christmas evening.
Byron Curtis has purchased fine Is
4 tey organ of A. l.. Bailey of st. Johns
bury.-H. II. Caswel purchased bean
tiful upright Mathushek piano of A. r.
/ Cowles of Barton, for his daughter
Christmas Gift.
Newport Center.
! G. E. Percy was badly kicked in h.
| side by horse belonging to George w
/ May, last Friday.
Charles Squires' horse became fright
ened at some boys sliding on the sid,
| walk last Tuesday and ran into Charlie.
Briggs wagon in which was Briggs anf
two children, tipping them over, break
| ing one of Gracie's fingers and dislocaHn.
one. The rest were not much injured.
North Troy.
Fire broke out in the Eastman Machine
shop building early Sunday morning
Dec. %. It had made such progress tina
the citizens who rallied at the alarm wcr,
helpless so far as the shop was con
cerned The fire increased rapidly anc
soon ignited the railroad bridge STANDING
over and in the rear of the shop. In tht
meantime the w. @. Elklns building
across the old road, and the 0rrii
Porter blacksmith shop were ablaze anC
could not be saved. The Parker & Hunt
mill across the river was in great peri
and was on fire repeatedly but was
saved by heroic efforts. The loss tht
buildings, machinery and manufacture6
goods is we'll up in the thousands an6
the fire will be great misfortune to tht
village. The Eastman property CONSISTING
of the buildings, machine shop anC
foundry, tools ETC., was insured for only
50, 500. The excelsior manufactorv ii
same building, owned by J. HapgoOd {
Son lost machinery and goods valued a.
1000. Parker & Hunt ran a furnialt
mandatory in the same building, AMIDST
machinery and stock valued at 81 900 Ii
facture of carpet Innings, there was {
large amount of goods on hand-Wut
$4,000. The building was insured fol
$1,000 Here also was the wool caring
works of L. j. Sartwell and his loss il
heavy. The town bridge across tht
river, not very valuable, was destrOyed
The railroad bridge was not valuabie
one, but was serving its purpose unit Q
new one could be placed in it's stead. Ii
will be some days yet before Temporary
bridge is up, permitting the regular mn
ming of trains.
WeStGeId.
Stella Gilman has gone to Montreal
A. H. Hoyt is in i'll health. Newor
Boutwell, has cut foot.
Gerald Hodgkins is working this vim
ter at Buck & Stevens saw mill in jay
Julian Benware has made two nad
snow rollers for the town, ten feet vide
and six feet high. The expense is abut
sI35.
Charles A. Gardyne was lately married
to Miss Mary Elkins of North Toy
They have gone to housekeeping in he
tenement over his store.
Jewett Farnum of Wisconsin and Er.
nest Stebbins of Troy have sold teil
lot of timbered land in this town to ar
ties in Montgomery for $500.
Charles Kennedy of Troy has beensp-
Barnes. The commissioners are Wilrd
Farman and Edward Boynton.
DR.. H. L. Stebbins, Westfeld oy
has left Millsboro, n. Y, where he las
been practicing his profession. and fc o
few months has been an attendant phsi-
clan in the asylum for the insane or
Wards Island, N. Y.
wcStnOI.e.
The Page mill on the west side of he
lake has recently been repaired by E.W
Barron and is doing better work tar
ever before. Geo. w. BuZzell of Ba1oI
put in new tiume and power.