Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-03-30

Thos. Gale has received ms commas
sion as postmaster here.
Measles and mumps are making a clean
sweep in this village.
A. j. Miller is at Westfeld saving
lumber for Arad Brown.
Elisha Lane and Mrs Geo. Flint have
gone on visiting trip west.
Main street near j. A. ProutY's was
badly washed out a week ago.
J. Merritt has moved on to the DR..
Gaines farm.-P. A. Green has bought
Samuel BowleY's farm.
Sam Dorman's colt got on a little
speed Thursday, but finally pulled up
against c. Brady's barn, doing but little
damage.
H. H. Caswell has sold his iewery
business to F. A. Brown. He first sold
to w. Hutchins and Chas. Bigelow, but
the first trade failed.
C. P. Story was in Boston last week
and will put in a large line of clothing
and gents furnishings.--J. E. Foster is in
Boston.
Word was received here that Mrs. E.
P. Wild, widow of our former pastor, has
become insane and has been removed to
Brattleboro asylum.
NewpOrG Center.
DR.. Erwin has sold his Smith village
place to Harlow Carr for $780,
Geo. d. Percy has sold the N. Coats
place to DR.. Sherburn Locke.
We understand that the Railroad Co.,
will fill up the trestle bridge in the viii
lage the coming summer.
Mr.. Wood of Westfield has moved on
to the farm he lately purchased of DR..
Erwin.-Will Armstrong has moved on
to the Alvin Bowley farm.
| Andrew Wheeler has let for one year,
his farm in Dist. No. u, to w. Reagan,
who has taken possession. Mr.. Wheeler
expects to go west and his wife will re-
side with her daughter, Mrs. Armstrong,
while he is gone.
A special examiner of pensions was
here last week Friday taking evidence in
| CI1S a IL AAdhNONh PCiioAOlA NAolhl hhN ON
erythng looks favorable for an early al
lowance of his claim. Mr.. Hancock SER
we'd in the Florida War in the regular ar
my and contracted a difficulty that has
| affected his health and ought to have
been pensioned long ago it seems.
Troy.
Miss Lizzie Sumner has gone to New
York.
Aaron johnson has hired out to Ham
mond & Buck.
t. j. Beadle has sold his farm to En-
nest Wakeman for $500.
j. H. Hoyt has moved into part OF
C. 2. Stevens house on the James place
The following are the names of the
town officers elected at the annual March
meeting: Moderator, j. w. Currier
clerk, f. B. Hammond; agent, selectmen
treasurer, E. T. Seaver; Overseer. ID. I.
johnson; constable, B. B. Farman, Geo.
w. Day; School Supt., Chas. Putney
selectmen, S. p. Hunt, j. S. Young, c. c.
Kennedy; listers, c. c. Wheeler, J. II.
Ramsdell, C. p. Hitchcock; auditors, w.
G. Elkins, G. w. Aiken, Chas. Putney.
North Troy.
Miss Lydia Hardy has gone to johnson
to attend the Normal school.
Mr. j. c. Cattanach is to lecture al
G. A. r. hall Wednesday eve, Apr. l
Miss Ada Bennett and Mr.. Curtis
. | HCro unitaI in rppnOflU
at the residence of IL. B. Pettingill.
Mr.. Ara Livingston, who has been SO
long in the employ of ID. w Kelly has gone
Boston to ill a position in a drug store.
Harry Drew, grandson of Mr.. J. Will
liams, received an injury to the muscles
and ligaments of his leg on Monday
which confines him to the house for {
time.
Josiah Skinner died at his home ;
week ago, aged so years. Mr. Skinner
was for long time interested in the adj
vancement of the Cong. church here o
which he was Deacon, until failing healtl
and advancing age rendered it necessary
for him to give up active work. The flu
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house by Rev. Francis Parker.
w eStfieId.
Samuel Crafts has moved to Troy.
All. Hoyt is moving from E. H. Mill
ers into his own house.
Homer Walker has gone to PiermOnt
n. H., where he has been engaged to rul
a creamery for year.
The Epworth League gave an ice cream
social Tuesday evening. A good attend
ance and pleasant time.
The village schools, taught by Misse
Farman and Joslyn, closed a successful
: term Friday with an exhibition.
Benware & Hendrix have contracted t.
furnish cheese boxes for the factories il
Barton, Bloomington, Irasburgh an
this town.
t WeStnnOre-
Y Rufus Green's family have moved t
Laconia, n. II.
e Theodore Carpenter moves into tn
house vacated by Charles Smith.
Charles Allen has finished his lumbe
, lob Tor the winter anu mONel W MS la /
), in Bloomington.
Elder Grant from Island Pond is e2
d pected to preach at the Mill Brook schoo
Il house, April 5.
. Mrs. Alfred Litchf1eld, for long tim
sick, seems to be failing and there al
:. doubts of her recovery.
y CALEDONIA COUNTY.
SIT. u OhnS bury
/ William Nugent, st. Johnsbury run
Il seller, recently contributed 500 as secon
II offense fines to the state for liquor sellin:
The next time he goes to Rutland.
70 The freshet gave us altogether tc
" much water and far too little light. III
i wheels at the electric light house wei
- drowned in back water.
There is considerable talk about cree
ing a big iron bridge which shall pa
clean over the railroads from near ii
:, east side of Railroad st. to the hls
y. c.tcn