Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1896-07-13

The Citizens Savings Bank has declared
its semi-annua1 dividend of 4 per cent to
stockholders and 2 per cent to depositors,
payable July 1st. The total deposits at
the close of business, June 30th, were
! S1,04S, 1925, with undivided profits
amounting to S35, 734.39.
The Merchants National bank has declar-
ed dividend of per cent to stockholders
and per cent in the savings department,
carrying $1,000 to surplus and leaving un-
divided profits of $23, 900. The bank has
done profitable business during the past
six months, notwithstanding the business
| depression.
| County court opens again to-day at z
O'Clock to try the case of the State VS..
Marshall Way. Twenty-Five extra jurors
| have been drawn, and it is expected that
the case will last from 10 days to two
weeks. States Attorney Taylor will be as
sisted by Wendell P. Stafford and Mr.. Way
will be defended by Bates & Nav and Dun
nett & Slack. The defense will claim in
sanity as the cause of the deed and viii
introduce a number of medical experts to
| support their claim. 1t has been about
eighteen years since there was murder
trial in court, and this case has many feat
ures about it that will make it unusually
interesting.
LyndOnvi1le.
The trotting horse Kendall, owned by
parties here, recently won race in 2:1S.
Pretty good!
DIR. c. w. Staples recently perforated a
hand with pistol ball while monkeying
with pistol.
The Marie Arkwright dramatic company
which has been giving shows in this Sec
ton, came to grief here by running short
of funds. Sheriff Silsby was compelled to
hold the trunks until they settled their
bills
East Hardwick.
Miss Judkins of GrinnelI, Iowa, is visit
ing Mrs. c. M. Bailey.
j. B.. Curtis saw deer in the road near
Henry Blake's last week.
Mrs. Farr has returned from Barton
Landing, where she had been caring for
Mrs. Mark Stone.
Wheelock.
Independent Grange will meet with A.
Judge Rogers and wife from ST. Johns
bury called on some of their old neighbors
last week.
Mrs. r. A. Craig has gone to Peacham
on visit.-D. B. Leslie and wife went to
Hardwick visiting last week.
N. d. Sawyer has sold his new set of
buildings to A.Drown for 81 200. We hope
Sawyer will conclude to buy here again.
Sutton.
Dana LaGlair erected pew barn. barn last asst
W wee -nsH sns1E .moH-. Iseqa hi .1edta1b
Schools in town, with the exeeptienofo
the North district, finished last week.
Mrs Corydon Parker, who has been ill
for long time, has been failing rapidly of
late.
Mrs. Jennie (Miles) Abbey is home from
Mclean hospital, where she is employed
as nurse, for two weeks vacation.
Alfred Burnham started his carding ma
chine Monday, after extensiverepairs,l and
is doing heavy business this seasonts5y 90
baTTncle Peck was presented a straw berry 7
recently by Wilbur AIlard, weighing o.,
which was the largest he ever saw in the 81
years of his life.
The remains of Charles Barker were
brought here for burial Thursday. He
died at East Burke, at the home of his sis
ter Mrs DIR. Root.
Miss Lucy Fisher of Lawrence, Mass, is
spending a vacation with her sister, Mrs.
Geo. Willard.-Mrs. Fida (Smith) May is
visiting her sister, Mrs. Ed. Brockway.--
Mrs. Francis Mckee is at Mrs. Henry
Mitchell's.
The village school, taught by Miss Var
ney, gave fine exhibition on Friday eve.
In No. 6, there was picnic Thursday at
ternoon in J.E. Wizards grove, ice cream,
cake, etc., having been prepared as sur
prise to the teacher, Miss Madge e. Burn
ham.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Bean from Fran
coma, n. H., are visiting at E. w. Brock
way's-Geo Giffin made short visit in
town last week. Mrs. Jennie Abbey is
visiting at her fathers. She has been
working in an insane asylum in Somerville,
Mass.
West Burke.
E. Wellington is visiting his sister, Mrs.
D. r. Densmore.
Mrs. Mary Marshall and her sons,
Charles, Fred, and Dwight, are visiting
old friends here.
d. r. Densmore's little son Clarence was
at Willoughby lake last week, and was
playing around the wharf alone and fell
into the water and came near being
drowned. He rescued himself by clinging
to the wharf when he rose to the surface.
The village schools closed last Friday
with literary exercises and picnic in the
grove back of the M. E. church.-Alice
Varney has closed her school at Sutton,