Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1890-03-31

/ during the past few dayS.-MrS. Curtis IS
! improving slowly.
Mrs. E. Lane, who was reported on the
gain, after protracted illness of several
months, is not so well.
w. B. Heyer has finished his year at
Troy and has moved into Mr.. Safford's
house on School Street
1t is expected that Capt. Bullock of the
Lady of the Lake" will make this place
his home, having sold his house in Gran
by, p. Q.
z. O. Holt has opened the business of
spring by laying hard wood floors and
otherwise improving his house on Second
street
There is considerable excitement here
over the Canadian labor question, a pc
ttion has been sent to Washington to
have the law put in force.
Cartwright, of Line House fame, is
having rest behind the bars in the cool
er, for violating the revenue law, in de-
fault of $500 bail, awaiting his trial April
18th.
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of the Vermont Savings Investment Co.,
organized local board of the company
at this place Thursday, consisting of some
of our best business men. Those who
have taken part are sure of a good safe
! investment.
Mrs. F. G, Bates died in Batesville last
| Wednesday night after Il long and severe
| sickness of consumption. Her husband
| who lives in New York arrived just few
| days before she breathed her last and
was present at the funeral which was held
on Friday, the Rev. N. w Wilder officiat-
ing.
Ezra Dawson who is now in his 91st.
year and living in Derby with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. S. Cutting, spent last week
| Sunday and attended church here with
his friends. The old gentleman at this ad-
vanced age is able to do some light work
and help about the chores, or walk a mile
or two, just like any other man, and bids
fair to see several more birth days yet.
The Knight Templars of Newport will
hold Easter services in St. Marks church
on Sunday evening, April 6. The SER
mon will be delivered by the rector, the
Rev. and Sir Knight, George G.. Jones.
The knights will meet in conclave at
ther asylum promptly at o'clock p. m.
and march to the church in a column. A
special conclave is called for work on
Friday evening, April 4th.
NEWPORT Center.
Robert r. Lathe has sold his village
residence here to Mr.. Connal for 5000, and
will move to Coventry about May 1st, he
having bought the residence of the late
d. P. Walworth at that place.-Seth Her.
rick has moved from the Isaac Babcock
farm at West Newport, into the Geo.
Haslett house in this village.-Nelson
Hardy of No. Troy has moved into the
creamery again this season, for Burnap
& Co.-Wesley Regain has hired Chas.
Grifin's farm for one year, and moved on
to tt. Percy has moved back to his
farm from Jay, where he has been lum-
boring the past winter.
WestGeId.
Charles Hitchcock and Miss Myrtle
Bailey of Troy were married March 26.
George Goddard has moved on to Wm
Trumpass' farm, which he has rented.
Mrs. David Hitchcock has been in i'll
health for several weeks. Mrs. Adelbert
Austin is sick.
L. S. Woodwork, H. p. Woodwork
and Jack Coburn have new iron sugar
arches, from Ohio.
On March %, there was an auction sale
of the personal property belonging to the
estate of the late Philander Barnes.
Silas Hill of Bolton, p. O., wasrecent-
ly in town.-Hoyt Hill of ST. Johnsbury
is spending few days in this section.
AFRO Aseltine has closed his Iabors in
Barre and returned home..-Alice Hazel
tine is spending few weeks with friends
in Derby Mrs. L. p. James has gone to
Three Rivers, Mass, to visit relatives
from there she intends to go to Ohio and
Iowa, where she has friends, and the sum-
mer she expects to spend with her daugh
ter Mrs. Harvey Porter in Idaho. She
will probably remain in the West perma-
nently, as Mrs. Geo. Hoyt, her daughter,
with whom she has been living, is soon
to leave Westfeld, to join her husband,
in Omaha.