Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-05-29

A train of eight cars and locomo
tive on the Barre railroad ran away
recently and dashed down the noun
tain at frightful speed bringing up
in the yards where it eollided with
about $50, 900. No one was seriously
Injured.
The 18th encampment of the VT.
Sons of Veterans is to be held at Brat
tleboro, in connection with the Lad
ies' Aid Societies of VT Division, on
the 9th, 18th and 8th of June. There
will be reception Tuesday evening,
the 9Th, and reduced rates of fare will
be made by the ct. VT r. r.
Authentic advices state that the
amount of Northwestern Granite and
Loan Company paper held in Yer
mont is fully 100000. The largest
business done was in Caledonia coun-
ty, but people all over the state are
involved, and in many instances the
savings of lifetime are swept away.
In the case of VIM. Johnston vs.
the Canadian Pacific r. r., for $780,
600, tried before the u. S. Supreme
Court at Windsor, the jury found for
the plaintiff verdict of So, 125, last
Friday. The dfdt moved for new
trial. In the case of q. S. VS.. John
Trow for violation of postal laws, re-
sspondent pleaded guilty and was fined
$500.
Thomas Enright, in jail in Benning
ten for the past four weeks for not
making an acceptable disclosure in a
Liquor case, weakened last week, and
In place of swearing, that he got his
liquor of Hoosic Falls parties as he
had persisted in, he disclosed on Will
liam Mexican of Bennington. He was
fined and released from custody,
though there is some talk of prose-
cutting Aldm for perjury.
Mrs. Bridget McDonough of Rut-
land was fatally burned last Tuesday,
Mrs. McNonough was placing some
rubbish on a fire in the garden when
her dress caught fire. The flames
we're put out by people who were at
tracted by her screams, but not until
her legs and lower part of her body
had been burned almost to crisp.
Her hair was completely burned off,
but her face was not disfigured,
Rt. Rev. William Henry Augustus
Bissell, for the past twenty five years
bishop of the diocese of Vermont, died
May II, at his home in Burlington.
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December with heart trouble, which
followed longstanding arrangement
of the stomach, although he was able
to sit on the piazza Of his home as
late as the Thursday before he died.
Bishop Bissel was a native of Ran
dolph, VT, and was seventy nine
years of age.
Major Gen. Oliver o. Howard, U. S.
and r. lent GOdfrav Macdonald
1st Calvary, u. S. A., aide de- camp,
are in Bur Iington, arriving there Tues
day afternoon. They are the guests
of Col. LeGrand B. Cannon. On their
arrival the distinguished guests were
honored with a salute of ID guns.
Flags were raised on several of pub
lie buildings and private residences.
On Tuesday evening the General at
tended the annual banquet of the
Vermont Commandery of the Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the y.
S. at the Van Ness House.
The Vermont Investment and Guar
antee company and the firm of Ham
mond, Bush & Co., both of Orwell,
have been compelled by the string
ency of the M oney market to go into
The distrust occasioned
by the rece MT failures in the west has
rendered un available large amount
of western security held by them for
raising funds needed to meet matur-
ing paper. just how much the pat
rons of the concerns will suffer is not
known, but the farmers in this vicin
ty have been doing considerable bust
ness with them, and it is reported that
a few Middlebury people may be in
volved.