Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1897-04-19

has taken possession. Mr.. Ellingwood
will shortly remove his family to Nor
risville, which will be his future home.
The University of Vermont base ball
team ended its spring trip at Phila-
delphia Apr. 10th, with a defeat at the
hands of the University of Pennsyl-
vania by score of Is to 1. The Yer
monters played Is games on the trip.
Of these they won four and lost nine.
President Mckinley has announced
the appointment Of Senator E.O.Wol-
colt of Colorado, Charles j. Paine of
Boston and ex-Vice President Stew
enson as commissioner to an interna-
| tional monetary conference. These
appointments are made under the act
| approved March last, 'sfor the pro-
! motion of an international agreement
for bimetallism," and by its provis
ions does not require confirmation by
| the Senate. A
Martin S. Villas, Winooski, a grad
uate of the University of Vermont, in
1894, has been engaged by the Mont
pelier school commissioners to supply
during the remainder of the year, the
position of principal of the high
Prof. S. J. Blanpied. This will give
the board an abundance of time for
considering numerous applications
for the permanent position of princi
pal now in their hands.
In these days of rotation in office, it
is worthy of note that the treasure
ship of Chittenden county has been
held by father and son in succession
for the long term of seventy seven
years. DIR. John Peck became the in
cumbent of the office March Is, 1920,
and held it for nearly forty years, un-
til Dec. 2, 1859. His son, Edward w.
Peck, ESQ.,, succeeded to the Office on
the day of his fathers retirement and
still holds it, the present year being
the thirty eighth of his service.
Maj. John @. Stearns of Bradford
and Cassius Peck of Brookfeld left
last week for Washington to join SEN
ator Redfield Proctor on a visit to the
battlefield of Antietam to select To-
cation for monument to Vermont
troops who fought and fell in the bat
tie. The state legisla ture last fall vo-
ted to erect a monument in memory
of Vermonters on this field and Sc
lected the three gentlemen above
named as committee on site. The
monument will be of Vermont marble
or granite.
A. L. Weeks of ST. Adams, deputy
collector Of internal revenue, was
summoned by the state on Monday to
appear in Washington County court
to testify in the liquor case of state
against Henry Emmons, now on trial.
Acting under instructions received
from Collector Page at Portsmouth,
N. H., Mr.. Weeks refused to testify as
taken out q government license for
the sale of intoxicating liquors, and
also refused to produce books and
records in his possession and in his
Office at st. Adams. Mr.. Weeks ex
planned to the court his reasons for SO
refusing, because of the instruction of
his superior officer and because they |
were not official records. Judge Row
ell committed him for contempt OF |
court and proposes to make test |
case of it. sSsgtf
Persons claiming to be DIR. Cornwall |
and wife, from New York, arrived at |
Bennington few days ago. and Sc
cured quarters at one Of the most |
fashionable boarding houses in the
village. They were goodlooking
couple, he being tall and slim, smooth
faced, and of light complexion. The
woman was short and plump, of sal
low complexion. They made friends
quickly. His business was ostensibly
to introduce new remedy. One day /
he went to get his medicine. Before
leaving he paid his board with a draft
on New York, receiving the balance
in cash. Three days afterward the
woman went out and has not been
seen since. The draft came back
from New York, Endorsed "not
known While there the man I'M
dortook to purchase articles at vari-
Gus places rendering in payment for |
them checks drawn by Albany peo-
pie, but as far as learned he did not
succeed victimizing anyone, as they
we're refused. He has been heard of
north Of Rutland.