Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-09-25
State News Items.


of the freight train and he did not
notice that the train had been sepa-
rated and in trying to cross he fell in
front of the moving train and was
horribly mutilated. He leaves wife
and one child. His home was at
Lyndonville.
Clarence Bonette, ST. Johnsbury's
noted aeronaut, was severely Injured
at the Rochester, n. H., fair last week.
He cut loose from his balloon and was
descending with his parachute. The
latter failed to open and he. fell to the
ground, distance of about 100 feet,
though the parachute opened enough
to break his fall. He struck on his
feet and received severe spinal in
iuries. He will be unable to resume
his aerial work for time.
The two Spanish guns taken from
the battle ship Castillo in Manila bay
and shipped from Mare Island navy
yard, California, to Gov. Smith, to be
mounted in the state house yard,
have arrived. They came through
from San Francisco by freight in less
than three weeks. They are savage
looking dogs Of war, IS feet long, with
A combined weight of 81, 435 pounds.
The freight charges are S759.34. They
are perpetually loaned to the state of
Vermont by the government. These
guns will be at once mounted in the
state house yard.
PA. Roach and his son of st. Johns
bury were taking barrel Of -four down
the shack stairs leading from their tene-
ment to the store in Mr.. Roach's
block last week the barrel slipped and
Mr.. Roach fell the whole length of the
stairs, the barrel with him. When
his son reached him he was in an
unconscious condition and the barrel
was lying across his body. He lived
until $3.50 but never regained con-
seriousness. The chief injuries were
at the back of his head. Ar autopsy
was held and it was found that the
skull was cracked for a distance Of
six inches.
Robert Raycroft, who is employed
at Gazely's quarry at Barre, was
fatally injured Monday afternoon,
willie attempting to stop runaway
team. His skull was fractured, his
collar bone and several ribs were
broken, and he was otherwise injur-
ed by the frightened horse that ran
over him. His physician has little
hope of his recovery. = Melville
Clement, who works at the quarry of
Jones Brothers, was also terribly
injured Monday afternoon. He was
to dig out blast that had
failed to go off, when the charge ex-
ploded. Both of Clements eyes were
destroyed, and he was terribly hurt
about the head by flying stone. His
injuries are not considered fatal
Thirty five of the thirty-si cap
tains and lieutenants Of the several
companies of the First Regiment, V.
N. G., met in Montpelier recently to
elect colonel to till the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Col 0.
D. Clark of Montpelier. Lieut.. Col.
j. II. Mimms of st. Adams, who had
been considered possible candidate
was not present at the meeting and
his name was not placed in nOmina-
ton. Those who were placed in
were Majors j. Gray
Estey of Brattleboro and II. D. Fill
more of Bennington. On the first
ballot Major Estey was elected colonel
by vote Of % to u, one blank vote
having been cast. Capt F. L. Howe
of Company F., Mortified, was elected
major to fill the vacancy caused by
the promotion of Major Estey.
A despatch from Montpelier states
that the Berlin water famine is there
in earnest and the situation is be-
coming graver every hour. At seven
O'Clock tuesday morning the pressure
was only 80 pounds to the inch in
place of the 165 pounds pressure
which exists in times of plenty, and
the users on Seminary hill and Cliff
street were unable to draw water
from their faucets. At 9 O'Clock the
pressure had dropped to SO pounds
when Mayor Senter ordered the
water shut off in the mains. The
six-inch rotary pump which has been
used to pump water from the reser-
voir, is able to furnish only about
one-half it's capacity of 800 gallons
per minute, because of the liability to
go to pieces if the speed is increased.
The three four inch jet pumps which
we're expected to be in operation
today will not be ready for use until
Wednesday and perhaps not until
J. S. Viles, proprietor of the electric
light plant at Middlesex, has brought
suit against the Barre and Montpelier
Traction company for breach of con-
tract. The amount set up in the suit
is $4,000 The First National bank of
Barre is trustee. Papers were served
on the clerk of the electric road and
the property of the company was
attached. Mr.. Viles alleges that the
directors of the electric road entered
into a five year contract with him and
that he has furnished power to the
road to the best of his ability under
all clauses in the contract, and that
he received letter from the directors
notifying him to discontinue power
The question to be decided is the
of the contract. This is the
third suit that Mr.. Viles has brought
against the road One was brought
in August for $1,000 for power fur
nished in July, and another in which
the papers were served recently, for
5000 for power in Aupust and the