Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-11-13
State News Items.

Edward p. Kosebrook of Guildha1l
committed suicide by hanging Nov. 8.
George Manor of Middlebury was
drowned the 9Th inst. by falling
from a trestle into the river.
Robert Flynn of Bennington was
found dead in his bed, Sunday night,
Nov. 5. Death was due natural caus-
eS.
James w. Boyle of Island Pond,
aged eighty five, received fatal injur-
les last Friday ,Nov.3 3, by being thrown
from carriage.
James Pearsall, aged twenty six, a
resident of Bennington, dropped dead
in Pratt's hotel at Pownal. His heart
was the cause.
Bishop Henry w. Warren Of Uni
versity Park, Colorado, will preside at
the next annual session of the Yer
mont Conference, which meets at
Bradford next April.
The grand list of the state of Yer
mont, based on the valuation of all the
taxable property, including polls, &C
cording to the appraisal submitted to
the secretary of state, is $1,76O,513.
Ira Dwinell of Calais died of apo
polexy last Monday, Nov. Gagged sew
enty eight years. He was one of the
Oldest citizens of that town and high
ly respected. He leaves a wife and
one son.
The December term Of the Caledo-
MIA county court opens at ST. Johns
bury, Tuesday, December 5, Judge
Rowell presiding. The docket con-
tains 80 law, % chancery, Is divorce
and several criminal cases.
A meeting of the county commits
sioners of the state has been called at
Montpelier for Wednesday, Novem-
Der 10Th, to consider some radical
changes respecting the management
of town liquor agencies.
Gov. Fuller has received the pro-
clamation of Governor Markham of
California, making the official an
nouncement of the Mid winter Expo
sition, commencing in San Francisco,
Jan. 1, 1894. Parties desiring to at
tend or to exhibit there can obtain the
facts by application to the Governor.
By the will of Charles J. Starr of
New York, who died last Thursday,
Nov. 2, Middlebury College is be
Queathed $150,000. The total gifts of
Mr.. Starr to this college have been
over quarter of a million of dollars.
He was a native of Middlebury and
always took a great interest in the
welfare Of the town and college.
The Temperance Herald has again
changed hands, Mr.. Laporte of Lyn-
don selling it to @. t. Ranlet of ST.
Johnsbury. The paper will be issued
from Mr.. Ranlet's office hereafter.
The Temperance Herald is the official
organ of the Vermont and New Hamp-
shire Good Templars and has quite an
extensive circulation in both States.
Among the changes in the rules of
practice in the courts of the State,
citation, was one to limit the argu-
ments of counsul on either side to two
hours. The attorneys are quite
agreed that some such step is advls-
able, and upon the recommendation
of the association, the Supreme Court |
will, in all probability, adopt the rule.
Mrs. Mary Gilman of Ira recently
had a severe encounter with an eagle |
near Bird Mountain. She saw the bird |
swoop down upon her fowls and en-
deavored to frighten it away. The |
eagle attack her, but after vigorous |
fight, she succeeded in killing the bird |
with a Ratchet. She had some fearful
marks of the struggle and went to
6uUlaHQ 10 nave a puy SICIsin uLSSS H0I
bruises, taking her trophy of victory
with her. The eagle measured five
and one half feet from tip to tip of |
the wings and is one of the. largest |
ever seen III this vicinity.
Essex Junction was visited by an
other extensive fire early last Sunday
The block in which were |
located the meat market of CA. Read, |
the grocery of Elmer Post, the cloth
ing store of e. A. and All. Beach, and |
the drug store of w. B. Nichols, was
burned to the ground. The upper
story was occupied by the law office
of Hon. MA. Bingham and the Grand
Army post. The buildings of S. A.
Brownen adjoining were saved with
great difficulty. All the occupants of
the building were insured in the Yer