Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-05-03
State News Items.

The war against the liquor dealers
of Barre is still hot. Friday after
noon 10 barrels of beer were taken
from the Central Vermont freight
station and 10 cases of whiskey from
the Office of the American Express
company.
Thomas Carroll. who for about two
months has been the Ostensible head
of the firm of T. D. Carroll, brokers,
Bennington, left Saturday AFTERNOON.
saving that he was going to New
York and would be back Sunday
night on the sleeper, and has not
been seen since. Before going he
closed up his bank account, drawing
ont his balance. On the same night
his clerk left. Neither have return,
ed. but Mrs. Carroll left Monday
night on the sleeper to join her hus-
band.
The State railroad commission was
in session at st. Johnsbury last Thurs
dav relative to the adjustment of
a grade crossing on the Boston &
Maine railroad in the town Of Barnet.
Some time ago the commission order
ed the crossing abolished and assess
ed part of the cost of an overhead
crossing on the town of Barnet. The
town refused to obey the orders OF
Gals were summoned before the
board to give the reasons for their re
fusal. This is test case, as there are
similar ones pending in different
parts of the State.
1t is said that parties from outside
the State are negotiating with ex-
Gov. Farnham for the purchase OF the
copper mines in Corinth, which are
in his hands for sale. The mine at
South Stanford is to have a new
equipment, and the COpperfield
mines are expected to yield an in
creased output in short time, though
complications which have arisen may
cause a cessation of work at present:
The copper supply of the world is
getting low, and it is believed that
the price cannot be maintained at Its
present low level.
William Parsons of Middlesex, who
was a farmer residing in what is
known as the Slip Hill district, acct
dentally shot himself fatally April
25th. He had for some time been an
noyed by hawks stealing his chickens
and Sunday morning he took his gun
and went out to look for hawks.
While waiting for them to appear he
sat down to read with the muzzle of
the gun resting against his breast.
Upon being called to dinner by his
wife he hurridly arose and in so doing
in some way discharged the gun, the
contents penetrating his heart and
killing him instantly.
It seems likely that not far in the
future the village Of Randolph will
have electric lights. In the articles
of the warning for the annual village
meeting next Tuesday is one to see if
the village will grant a franchise to
the White River Electric Company to
put lights in the business places and
dwellings,. 1t is understood that the
will make a proposition to
put in lights for term of years at a
very moderate cost and also to furnish
them to private parties at very low
rate. At present it is not expected
that there will be much opposition.
The annual encampment of the de-
partment of Vermont, @. A. R., will
be held in Bennington, June 1928
This is radical departure from GUS
tom, as the encampments have here
tofore been held in midwinter, usual
ly in February. AS there will have
been no encampment for a year and a
half at that time, preparations are
being made for an unusual gathering
and program Of more than ordinary
interest. It is proposed to hold re-
union of all Vermont veterans and
their families, and Quartermaster
ment has promised tents enough to
supply all who desire to make their
headquarters on the field.