Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-28
State News Items.

Dohney of Vermont, the New York
pitcher who was suspended for insub-
ordination, has been leased to Corn
ing, n. Y, and reported there Satur-
day.
There is a family in STAFFORD that
has two rather peculiarly named
children, respectively Freedom, who
was born on independence Day, and
Blizzard, who was born on the day of
the great blizzard nine years ago.
Two homing pigeons were iberat-
ed at Kansas City, Mo-, and are ex-
pected to make the longest fight on
record. from that city to Montpelier,
this state. The birds were taken to
Kansas City by Chester Palmer,
carrier pigeon fancier of Cincinnati,
to whom they had been shipped from
Vermont.
At the special city meeting held in
Montpelier last week, the taxpayers
seemed to be in mood for granting
appropriations, and it was voted to
expend $32, 900 this year in permanent
improvements. Of this amount $15,-
600 will be expended in building mac
adamized roads, and $17 900 in build
ing a steel bridge across the Winooski
river at the foot of South Main street,
connecting Montpelier and Berlin.
The annual readjustment of the
salaries of presidential postmasters,
based on the increase of receipts for
four quarters, has been announced.
Here are the Vermont changes: In
creases, 'Enosburgh Falls, S1100 to
$1,000; Fair Haven, $1,000 to $17O0;
Newport, S17OO to $500; Proctor,
$500 to $1,000. Decrease, Bethel, $14,
90 to $1,000; Bradford, $1,000 to
$500; Brandon, $1700 to $1,000;
Richford, $1,000 to $11O0; Rutland,
$1,000.
The machine and mounting shops
of the Highgate Foundry company
caught fire in the planning room Sat
urday morning and burned to the
ground. Cause unknown. Loss about
$1,000, no insurance. About twenty
stroyed and considerable valuable
machinery. There being but little
wind and through the hard work Of
the bucket brigade the Office, store
house, pattern building and foundry
proper were saved. The company
expect to rebuild at once. A number
Of men are thrown out Of employment
for the time being.
Francis A Eaton was arrested
year ago or more, for fishing in
Thayer brook in Braintree which had
been stocked and posted by the State.
The fine was $50, and Mr.. Eaton con-
tested the case, which was tried last
week in Orange county court The
unconstitutionality of the law was
advocated by J. II. Watson of Brad
ford and j. D. DeniSOn of Randolph,
counsel for Eaton. After the evil
dence was all in Judge Thompson
ordered verdict of acquittal. He
ruled that, as far as unbeatable
waters are concerned, the statute un
der which state waters are closed
against fishing for three years is I'M
constitutional, and that the state has
no authority or right to post streams
not navigable by boats The state
took no exception to this decision,
which practically nul1fies any work
that has been done in this direction
by the state fish hatchery and the fish
commissioners. The result will un-
doubtedly be that fishermen will mul-
tiply on streams now posted by the
state, and if arrested can refer the
fish wardens to Judge Thompson.
This was the first case that has been
before a Vermont court in which the
onstitutionality of the law has been
raj sed.