Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1898-10-24
NEWS IN BRIEF.
NEW ENGLAND HAPPENINGS.
SUNDAY, OCT. Is.

ton of this will be cleared out before
the middle of November. Allowing for
waste of old ice. of which there were
about $4,000 tons in stock when the sea-
son opened, and for waste and shrink
age of the whole stock by handling and
from the weather it is estimated that
10000 tons of ice were available for
shipment, of which about $4,000 tons
have been sent forward. leaving 1900
tons yet to go.
The White mountains are completely
covered with snow Three inches fell
Saturday.
MONDAY. OCT. 1t.
About so people were precipitated
into the water in Bridgeport by the
giving away of a platform on which
they were standing watching the body
of a drowned man being taken out of
the water. No one was injured, as the
tide was low.
Elizabeth Ware of Boston gives $25,-
900 to the Boston lying-in hospital, $40
coo to the children's hospital, $4,000 to
the Massachusetts, infant asylum OF
Jamaica Plain, $4,000 to the home for
aged colored women, $4,000 to the tenn
porary home for destitute children,
$1,000 to the Boston female asylum,
$4,000 to the Massachusetts general
hospital So 600 to the industrial school
for girls in Dorchester. and 81 900 to the
Perkins institution for the blind.
The executive committee OF the cen
trail committee of the Peoples party in
Massachusetts has endorsed the Demo-
cratic nominees for state officers.
Phoebe Blanchard of Gardiner, Me,
aged Sc years, of her own choice does
all the homework at her daughters
home.
TUESDAY, OCT. 10.
1t is practically decided that the First
New Hampshire regiment Will not go to
Porto Rico, as only 200 Of the regiment
have expressed a Willingness to remain
in the service. The regiment will there
fore be mustered out as soon as posi-
bic.
A bill has been introduced in the Yer
mont legislature forbiGding the use Of
the American flag for advertising pur-
poses.
All the shoe manufacturers in Middle
boro, Mass, except the firm Of Leonard
& Barrows, have succumbed to the de-
mands Of the striking Iasters, and the
men are at work. The Leonard & Bar
rows factory. which has long been main
tanned as a free shop, has a full com
pIement of new men, and the managers
say they will not allow any of the strik-
ers to return to the places they vacated.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 10.
Low water has caused a temporary
suspension of the electric power in Nor
way, Me, and kerosene is used in the
streets, stores, residences and supreme
court room for lighting. Street cars are
stalled and factories, shops and the water
system are without power. The street
railway company will install a steam
plant to furnish power.
According in rarOrt4 of ba fro
urer Of the Laurel Lake mill Of Fall
River, who severed his connection with
the corporation q few days ago, the mill
lost $37. 500 net last year, and $25O goo
more if the percentage for depreciation
is included.
The four largest columns cut in Con
cord, n. H, since the erection of the
state house are now ready for shipment
They are for a bank building in Pitts
burg, and measure % feet and 10 inches |
in length by 8 feet and 10 inches in
diameter.
The Lowell police believe that George /
B. Yearly, alias James B. Allen, under
arrest in Providence and an alleged ex- !
pert silk thief, is the burglar who stole |
several hundred dollars worth of silk
from the store Of John Bull in BilIerica |
Centre Dec. %. 1886.
THURSDAY, OCT. 20.
The trustees of Colby university in
WateFviIle, Me. have secured the serv-
ices of DR.. Ira Remsen, head professor
of chemistry in the Johns Hopkins uni |
VersIty, for the next commencement |
orator at Colby
The report of the grand keeper Of rec |
ords of the New Hampshire Pythiars |
shows the following statistics: Number
of lodges, 81; members July L, 5431; as
sets Of subordinate lodges, SIS, 679.23:
amount paid for relief, S1O74499 !
Professor Fl. Z. Holt, well known in /
musical circles in New England and |
other parts of the country, died at his
home in Lexington, Mass, where he had
been conductor Of the normal school Of /
music. .@5
The registration at Harvard univer
sity includes 423 officers of instruction
and 3,774 students. These figures show
a gain of 81 students over last wear. and
is the largest total in the history of the
university.
FRIDAY, OCT. 81
The election of judges of the supreme
court and state officers of Vermont by
the joint assembly of the legislature
took place Thursday. The old officers
were reelected. General Peck of Bur
lingtOn, who has held the office of ad-
jutant-generaq for II years, received a
unanimous reelection. 81
The news that an agreement has been
arrived at by Fall River manufacturers
has stimulated the interest of BUYERS.
and inquiries for the classes of goods
that are to be held are lively. Within
couple of days the mills have refused
offers for contracts at advanced prices,
and there are other offers in sight quite
Rs attractive.
SATURDAY, OCT. %.
The B. B. and r. Knight mill in Jack
son. r. l., shut down today indefinitely,