Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-27
State News Items.

E. o. Leonard who has so success
fully managed the St. Johnsbury Re
publican for over year past, Will re-
tire from the paper. Mrs. q. L. Wal
ter of Lyndon is the purchaser OF his
interest. Since Nj. Leonard has own,
ed the paper it has been enlarged and
improved and a new CottrelI press
snd much new material have been ad-
ded to the plant. Mr.. Leonard is I'M
decided what he will do further than
that he will continue in the newspa-
per business somewhere. 1t Is proDa-
BILE that Charles T.. Walter will be ed
itor under the new company.
Last Tuesday in the presence of
large crowd, Eleazer l.. Waterman,
special master. sold the Central Yer
mont and all its branches, leases and
other roads, and all equities of what
soever name and nature, and all pro-
perty owned by said company, to
Ezra III. Baker, Boston, chairman OF
the bondholder's committee, in behalf
of the purchasing committee, himself,
and Henry B. Day of Boston, in the
interests of the bOndholders, for the
purpose of carrying out the reorgani-
zation scheme of Sept. 90, 1898, for 81
100000. There was only one bid. No
tice was filed by 0. ID. Young, New
York, counsel for the Lamoille Valley
extension bondholders, in which the
New York Central joined, that parties
purchasing were subject to the claims
of the previous named intercOurses.
The proceedings throughout were
purely formal. Very few from out
side of the city were present.
Frederick M. Barstow, son of Ex-
Gov. J. l.. Barstow of Shelburne, died
at his fathers home on Thursday eve
ming. Lieut.. Barstow was soldier IN
the late war, as his father had been in
the great civil war. Again, as in
thousands of other cases, the martial
spirit of the sire descended to the son,
and the ready answer came when the
government called for volunteers. The
young man graduated from the Uni
Versity of Vermont, and became
civil engineer. Enlist in May, he pass
ed with credit the competitive exam
ination for place in~the engineers,
and he was commissioned first lieu
tenant of Company F, Third regiment
in that department of the service.
Lieut.. Barstow served at various
places in the South. He resigned late
in January because of poor health, and
returned to his home. No particular
solicitude was aroused until day or SO
before his death, when his disease was
pronounced to be typhoid fever. The
end came very suddenly. Elk. Gov.
Barstow, known and highly respected
throughout the State, and the young
wife, will have the warmest Sympa-
thy of all Vermonters in their loss
of son and Waterman.
It will be gratifying intelligence to
veterans of the Spanish American
war, as we'll as to the public at large,
that, through the generosity of Col.
w. Seward Webb, all Vermont sol
diers in the war with Spain, or, in
case of death, their nearest relatives,
are soon to be presented with medal
of honor, the pin bar of which is made
from medal taken from Cevera's flag
ship. 1t will be remembered that at
the last session of the general assem-
bly, bill was introduced authorizing
the governor to issue to each veteran
of the Spanish American war certif-
icate of service similar to that grant
ed to the veterans of the civil We
The bill was smothered in committee.
Then Col. Webb, representative from
Shelburne, presented bill providing
for the reorganization of the National
Guard, and also containg section
authorizing the distribution of medals
Of honor to the veterans of the late
war. This also failed of passage. Both
measures were lost in the excitement
occasioned by the investigation" of
certain state officials. Col. Webb how
ever, has been determined that the
older boys should have some such
souvenir of their service, hence this
splendid evidence of his generosity.
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