Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-11-11
State News items.

non. James A. Farnsworth, lead
ing business man of Bellows Falls,
oleo last week, aged sixty one years.
A fire in Edward McHugh's house
at Rutland, was caused by Miss Nc
hugh, who attempted to cover a pan
OF llve Goals with an apron. When
she discovered that the apron was on
hfe she threw it into a clothes basket.
Chief of Police Dumas of Burling
ton, was called to Philadelphia to
testify in the celebrated Holmes case
He took with him the articles brought
to light in the Richardson house,
formerly occupied by Holmes in Bur-
1ngton, to be used as evidence in the
trial.
Douglass Potter, aged So years, a
life long resident of Rutland, died
Wednesday afternoon, from the
effects of an overdose Of oil of winter
green. 1t is thought that he COM
mltted suicide. Two of Potter's sons
have killed themselves within two
years. One blew out his brains and
the other took laudanum.
Fred Pike, who halls from st. AL
bans, was arrested in Boston recently
for extensive -thieving. During
the two years he has been following
this, the police say, he has stolen 1O,-
900 hens and chickens. He did bust
ness Systematically, taking orders at
very low prices and delivering the
goods next day-meanwhile in the
night visiting hen-roosts in towns a
few miles out of Boston.
The main building at the University
of Vermont, Burlington, was slightly
damaged Tuesday evening, by fire
in the room occupied by the minerol
ogy class. The fire was caused by
live charcoal in coal hod left there
on the adjournment Of the class in
the afternoon It had heated the hod
red and thus set fire to the floor and
worked along to the partition walls.
This made a hard fire to get at. The
loss is covered by insurance.
At the annual meeting of the Yer
mont Bible society at Mortified,
recently, these officers were elected:
President, E. n. Smith, ID. of Mont
pelier; vice presidents, Rev. L. Ten
ney of Waterbury, Rev. H.A. Spencer
of Montpelier; cor. agent and secre-
tary, Rev. L. I'll. Elliott of Waterbury;
rec. sec., Rev. l.. o. Sherourn Of
Williamstown; treas. Chas. A. Smith
of Barre; auditor, Frank McWharton
Of Barre. The treasurer's report
showed receipts of $4,000 during the
past year, Rev. @. d. Hills of Man
chester delivered an address in the
evening.
The case Of State VS. Titcomb for
furnishing liquor to the Legislature at
the fish hatchery junket on the oath
Of October, 1894, had an airing last
week. Several distinguished Solons
testified in regard to the amount of
fish bait they drank on the occasion,
and after all the evidence was in the
jury wrestled with the case from Fri
day evening till noon on Saturday,
and were completely foored. It is re-
ported that four Of the juryman were
conviction, and, being unable to
agree, they were discharged.
George A. Colby of Ludlow, com
mitted suicide last Monday morning,
by drowning himself fin the canal of
the Black River Wooden company.
Mrs. Colby missed her husband about
4 o'clock. She went to the neighbors
for help, who, with her sons, went in
search of Colby. 1t had been raining,
and his track was easily followed TO
the canal bridge, where his coat and
hat were found. Mr.. Colby was 33
years of age, of good habits and in
dustrious He had not been we'll for
few days and was probably tempo
rarily insane; he leaves a widow and
two children.
The twenty third annual reunion
Of the survivors of the First Vermont
Cavalry was held last Friday in Bur-
lington. The following officers were
elected; President, J. d. Trussell of
East Peacham; secretary, S. H. Wood
of ST. Adams; treasurer, w L. Green
leaf of Burlington. The following are
the vice presidents: Company A, G..
D. Arson; Company B., Q. II. Gotta;
Company c., Pliny Motif; Company
D., NJ. NJ. Wheeler; Company E.,
Charles Wheeler; Company F., T. S.
Peck; Company g., ST. Dennis Black
mer; Company H., Frank Ross; Com
pany L., Franklin Mead; Company K,
B. @. Sheldon; Company L., Allen
Evarts; Company NJ, George Far
ringtOn.
Detective Maloney of Boston has
been assisting Roadmaster Clark of
the Boston & Maine railroad in his
attempt to locate the men who re-
Gently tried to wreck a passenger
train near Brattleboro. After thor
ough investigation they came to the
conclusion that the attempt of the
train wrecking was made by three
brothers, who are among the hardest
characters in Brattleboro. Warrants
were issued by the district attorney
for their arrest, but it was found that
they had left for Montreal on one of
the night freights. 1t is thought that
all the train wrecking in this vicinity
for the past few years has been done
by this same gang. Officers have gone
to Montreal to try and locate them.