Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-06-14
State News items.


William J. Bryan, the democratic
candidate for president last fall,
spoke at some length TO crowded
house in Burlington last Wednesday
evening.
The u. S. district court will convene
at Montpelier today. Fifteen cases
are set for hearing before the grand
iurv. The first Jury trial will be the
| United States VS.. George and John
Holtham, for the alleged larceny of
letter from the postoffice at Sutton.
This case was tried last July, but the
| jury failed to agree.
A. B. Luce of Waterbury hanged
himself in sugar house on his farm
| SUNDAY. Dependency and financial
troubles were believed to have caused
| the act. He left a widow with one
son and two daughters. lie was born
| in Stowe, where he resided for some
years, but later moved to MorrlstoWn.
He had lived in Waterbury about %
years, and was nearly so years of age.
Miss Cora Bedard of Poultney, while
riding on a tandem recently, was bad
ly hurt The tandem was going up
College street, iwhen it was run into
by team going toward Hampton.
Miss Bedard was knocked unconsc1-
Gus, and thes wheel was demolished.
The occupants of the carriage drove
away rapidly, not stopping to learn
the result of the injury. Their names
have not been learned.
Frank @. Denison of Pittsford has
been appointed United States consul
at Woodstock. N. B. Mr.. Denison has
been resident of Pittsford nearly
twenty five years. He has held the
Office of postmaster under several ad-
ministrations, has held nearly every
office in the gift of the town, and is
now chairman of the board of school
commissioners and chairman of the
republican county committee.
One of the important cases that will
probably come before the present
term of Washington county court is
Moulton against Lamb. Both PLAIN
tiff and defendant are heavy tax
payers and prominent in social circles
in Barre. The plaintiff sues for the
alienation of the affections of her
husband, placing the damages at
$4,000. Defendant Lamb was re-
Gently divorced from DR.. M. D. Lamb,
and of the leading physicians of
Barre.
The stockholders Of the Burlington
and LamOille railroad held their an
nual meeting last Wednesday in the
Office of the Montpelier National bank.
Col. George T. Childs of st. Adams
was reelected clerk, and the follow
ing directors were chosen: D. d. |
Ranlett, E. G. Smith, E. S. Stranahan,
ST. Adams; Albert futile, Fairhaven; |
B. B. Smalley, Burlington. Nothing |
was done that indicated verification |
of the rumcr that this road was to be
leased to the Boston and Maine.
j. E. Walsh, the Vermont Wheel
club champion, made his first appear
ance this season on the track at
Cambridge, Mass, a few days ago. /
He won his trial heat in the two miles
professional handicap, riding from
the 1876 yard mark, but he was dis
qualified for beating the pistol at the
start. His time was 1929. In the two
mile professional tandem race Walsh
and Callahan were second, the win
ners being Tom and Nat Butler, who
made the distance in LOO 15. Ellery
Blake of Keno, who is we'll known IN
Vermont, distinguished himself by
twice breaking the worlds amateur
record for one third mile in competi
ton. In his trial heat his time was
AZ 3-5ths seconds, and in the final Al
4-5ths seconds.
III. NJ. Dufur, a we'll known insur-
ance agent of Montepelier, was hit last
by stray bullet fired from
a gun in the hands of DR.. Samuel J.
Allen of White River Junction. Mr..
Dufur was sitting in the caboose of
the Passumpsic railroad way freight,
and DIR. Allen was shooting at tar
get near by. The bullet grazed the
neck of Conductor Seeley, entered
Dufur's mouth from the right cheek,
splitting the tongue and upper lip,
tearing out the front teeth, and inn
bedded itself inside the car. Mr.. Du-
fur was taken to the Junction House,
where medical aid was quickly sum-
DIR. Allen was notified of
what he had done but would not go
to the wounded man in the car. The
doctor was arrested and is now out
under 900 bail.