Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-20
State News Items.

State News Items.
The annual meeting of the State
Dental Association was held in Bur
lington Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday of last week.
Charles B. Mitchell, a farmer, was
arrested Monday in Georgia, and TAX
en- to Burlington, where he was want
ed on a charge of bigamy. Mitchell
was taken before Judge Russell and
was sentenced to Is months at Wind
sor. The first wife died in November
in st. Adams and was buried in Swan
top, but he had long before married
Nettie Mitchell of Milton and left her
and was living with another woman.
life size statue of Admiral Dewey :,
which was recently completed in New
York city, by Aorama Ghigli, the
sculptor, at his studio in New York,
has been presented to the Thomas w.
Wood collection of fine arts in Mont
pelier. Charles Dewey, brother of
the Admiral, who made the presenta-
ton, pronounces the bust lifelike in
every particular. Sculptor Ghigli is
now moulding in clay life size statue
of the Admiral, to be erected in Mont
pelier as soon as completed.
The storehouse of the Valentine Knit
ting company at Bennington was to-
tally destroyed by fire at 3 O'Clock
Wednesday morning. The structure
which was partly wood protected by
tin, was 120 by 80 feet. The building
contained 5000 dozens of knit under
wear and a large quantity Of wool.
The fire was not large one, but the
flames badly damaged the fine barn of
Maj. Valentine close by and the mill
of the Bennington Knitting Co. was
scorcF ed. The fire is supposed to have
originated from the hot air furnace
in the building.
Department Commander Harris of
the Vermont Grand Army has fully
dec ided to hold the next annual en-
campmen at Montrealin June, proba
bly, during the third week. This de-
parture has been earnestly discussed
throughout the winter, and it is be-
lieved the decision will prove popular
and, besides benefiting the posts
which this department has established
in Montreal and Quebec, tend to in
crease the present good feeling be-
tween ourselves and our British neigh
bors. w. I'll. IL. Slack Of Spring field
is most prominently mentioned as
next department commander.
John B. Schofield who has been pro-
NOTED to be chief clerk of the war de
partment is a Vermonter. He was
born on his fathers farm at Pittsford
in 1860. He graduated from Middle
bury college in the class of 80. He
was cashier In winter resort hotel
and later principal Of an academy at
Eastman, Ga, before going to Wash
ington in 1884. He was clerk in the
surgeon generals Office six years, and
Secretary of War Proctor detailed
him to correspondence duty in his of
flee. He has remained there until
now, as chief clerk to the assistant
secretary of war. He is a graduate
of the law school of Columbia univer-
sity at Washington.
Edward Murphy, who was shot by
George Doherty in an alleged quarrel
over a young lady named Miss Rock,
near Bolton a few weeks ago, was
carried to Burlington last week aud
taken to the Mary Fletcher hospital
for treatment. The patient stood the
journey well, and rested easily. No
examination will be made until all the
effects of the journey from Waterbury
to this place have disappeared The
wound is in the left lung and not in
the stomach as was at first supposed.
Murphy claims to know Of no reason
why anybody should attempt to take
his life and says he wants Doherty's
punishment light. He also says, SO
far as he knows, Miss Rock had moth
ing to do with the shooting. She has
been attending him, but did not. go to
Burlington.
Few people realize the extent of the
business done by the Howe Scale Co.
of Rutland. The annual product ap-
proaches a million dollars OF goods
| which go to nearly all the countries
of South and Central America, Eng
| land and he colonies, Russia Ger
many, the Orient and Egypt. A con
siderable proportion of the goods
shipped to these latter provinces are
the army scale, a portable machine.
1t is interesting fact that nine Lentns
of the scales used in the world are
made in Vermont. 1t is further seor-
thy of note that one day last week
was a record breaker in the Dumuer
and amount of the orders received py
the Howe Co. since it came into ex-
isteDce. The machinery ordered in
this single day would make S. Veral
carloads.