Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-09-12
NEWS IN BRIEF
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY. SEPT. 4.


The return of company K, First Yer
mont volunteers, from Camp Olympia
| Fort Ethan Allen, Sunday, was the sig
! nal for one Of the most patriotic demon
| strations Of the year in Bennington. Ar
| immense crowd welcomed the boys at
| the depot and procession, which in
Guided many organizations escorted
them to the armory where dinner was
served by ladies of the Soldiers Aid So
/ ciety. OrIy 81 men returned, the remain
ing SO being dead, sick or on furlough.
A few days ago Richard Packard who
lives in Machias. Me, saw a bottle in the
river bobbing up and down in quite a
| lively and singular manner which he
was at a loss to account for, until the
bottle took an extra jerk heavenward
! when a gOOd-siZed eel was seen with his
| head in the neck.
MONDAY, SEPT. 5.
! Amelia Bates was arrested in Norwell,
Mass, On the charge. of the murder of
! her daughter, Lottie S. Bates, II years
old, April 10, 1897. It was thought to
| have been case OF suicide.
Another chapter has been unfolded in
the sad life story Of Charles Albro once
a millionaire and owner of the then pros
porous Hopewen mills of Taunton, which
are now going to decay and rust who
died penniless nearly two years ago. the
victim OF kravery and misplaced con-
fidence.
Charles NJ. Sherman and wife of West
Windsor celebrated their golden we'd
ding Saturday, and their son, Charles S.
Sherman, and wife Of Windsor, their
silver wedding. The happy event took
place at the old homestead in Browns
vile, VT, where, % years ago, the older
couple celebrated their silver wedding
ard the younger couple We're married.
TUESDAY, SEPT. Z.
Lizzie B. Day Of Nashua has filed pa
pers for divorce from her husband
Charles Moses Day, upon statutory
grounds. Mr.. and Mrs. Day are we'll
known and popular young people, and
the airing of their marital troubles in
court Will be watched with the deepest
interest.
The magnificent bathing house al Re
we're Beach, Mass, the largest and most
elaborate in America if not in the world
and the favOrite resort of muItitudes
was totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The flames broke out in the cupola
from a cause unknown. The building
cost more than $125,0O
The Boston steamer Lewiston, ran on
the breakWater off Point Judith last
evening in a fog. Sick men of the Ninth
Massachusetts regiment and from other
commands that were on her were taken
off in a lighter, which was toWed to New
port by a tug.
WEDNESDAY,, SEPT. 7.
By the will Of Lucy E. Hartshorn of
Somerville, Mass, $1,000 are given to the
Evangelical Congregational church and
society Of Berlin, Mass, and $500 to the
NiSCi0ToIrx- ioty of
New York.
The Democratic state committee OF
New Hampshire has organized by the
choice of John T. Amey of Lancaster
as chairman and II. w. George of Barn
stead as secretary. Charles F. Stone
of Laconia was named as chairman of
the executive committee.
The forest fire which started in Ply
mouth. Mass, Sunday. is still burning
despite strenuous efforts to control it,
Rain is sOreIy needed to extinguish the
blaze.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8.
A deal has been closed whereby the
AndrCscoggin Water Power company
delivers to a syndicate, represented by
Waldo PettingiI of Rumford Falls, Co.
600 acres Of wild land in Oxford county,
Me, for q consideration of $500 00O
The formal dedication Of the new
Rhode Island normal school took place
in Providence yesterday, Governor Dyer
and all the prominent state officials be-
ing present.
The new board of insanity for Mas
sachusetts is as follows: For five
years, DR.. George F. Jelly Of Boston;
four years, DR.. Herbert B. Howard of
Boston; three years. Colonel Charles H.
Goldman Of Cotuit; two years, Ex-Sen-
ator Edward s. Bradford of Springfield:
one year. Francis B. Gardner of Brock
ton
The jubilee for the benefit of the mem
bers of company z. First Vermont vol
Unteers. was one Of the greatest out
pourings Of people ever known in Barre.
There was q parade fully a mile long,
made up of bands and civic societies, in
terspersed with many floats.
FRIDAY. SEPT. 8.
Dennis DooIan of Ware, Mass, So years
o. age, was killed by lightning at Jeffer-
son, where he was at work on the Bos-
ton and Maine railroad.
The Fairfield, Me, Floral company
closed it's doors yesterday, after a five
months litigation in the United States
courts, having decided that the effort to
do business through the United States
mails would be futile. This action may
result in winding UP the affairs of the
company, which will be a severe blow to
Fairfield, as the concern gave employ
ment TO q, large number of girls.
There was a mammoth reception to
Gunner Charette, the Lowell hero of the
Merrimac expedition, yesterday after
noon. Thousands of citizens were pres
ent. Charette was presented with a
gold watch by the mayor in behalf of
the citizens
SATURDAY. SEPT. TO-
In Maine there are now 514 societies of |
Christian E.ndeavnr with active NAM