Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-04-02
NEWS IN BRIEF.

his life by hanging from the limb of a
tree. He had been in i'll health.
Rev. George T. Bradford, pastor of the
| Congregational church of New Ipswich
n. H, has rendered his resignation.
The lifeless body of Dwight w. Clark,
an insurance agent, was found on a
street short distance from where Mr..
Clark lived at New London, Conn. Death
was due to apOpleXy.
Rev. o. H. Brant, associated rector OF
st. Stephens Episcopal church, Boston,
has declined the position of dean of SD
Paul's cathedral Cincinnati, to which
he was recently elected.
The First Baptist church of Brookline,
Mass, has issued a call to Rev. Avery
A Shaw of Windsor, N. S., to become the
pastor of the church.
An order from Washington received at
Boston navy yard directs that the detail
of 80 marines, which was to start for
Mare island, San Francisco, be detained
until further orders.
Three farm barns, owned by A. Fl.
Holden, near South Londonderry, VT,
were burned, together with 20 sheep, one
cow and 40 tons of hay.
At a boxing exhibition at Stamford
Conn, Joe Walker was given the de-
,cision on a foul over Dutch Monahan
in the second round of a scheduled Is
round bout.
Adolph Bouvier and Thomas Hopping,
two Fall River men, formerly residents
of Canada, have received silver medals
i'll recognition of their services in the
suppression of the F'enian raid in Can
ada in 1870.
Free Trade With Puerto Rico was
the subject for discussion at the dinner
Of tbo Enc Tra6 Ia 1aac
at Boston, and policy of President Nc
Kinley in dealing with the Puerto Rico
and Philippine questions was severely at
tackled
The outlook for the adoption of a slid
ing scale of wages mutually satisfactory
to manufa cturers and operatives of Fall
River is far from bright.
The Massachusetts general hospital
has received a gift of $75, 900, conditional
upon the same amount in addition being
raised, to be used for new out patient
building. The gift has been formally ac-
.cepted. The name of the donor is not
made public.
A fire in the Potter block at Stoning-
ton, Conn, caused upwards of $4,000
damage.
Mrs. N. B. Vars, aged "a, of Kittemaug,
Conn.,, died as a result of a quantity OF
poison taken by mistake.
John Scott, editor and proprietor of the
Peterboro IN. H) Transcript, died at
hospital at Wellesley, Mass. About a
week ago he left Peterboro in a nervous
condition and grew constantly worse.
He was born in Peterboro in 1874 and al
ways resided there. He served in the
army and was a member of the New
Hampshire legislature of 1888.
Joseph S. Brown, an eX-repreSentative,
and director in the Lowell, Lawrence and
Haverhill street railway, died at Lowell
after long period of ill health, follow
ing a stroke of apoplexy. Mr.. Brown
was born in 1919.
Daniel Fealy, SIS years of age, a resident
of North Brookfield, Mass, committed
suicide by shooting. Healy had been i'll.
The selectmen of Westwood Mass,
have granted the Norwood, Canton and
Sharon street railway a location in that
town, and the company has accepted the
same under the conditions imposed.
There is little prospect for the deepen
ing of Camden (Me.) harbor, as the board
of engineers having the project under
consideration is not willing to make the
recommendation.
The Kennebec river is open to naviga-
ton to point just above Bath. The
ice will go out in a few days.
Francis S. Brick of Belfast, Me, has
been elected superintendent of the
schools in the district composed of the
towns of Agawanl, Southwick and Gran
Vile, Mass. The salary is $500.
Charles Durand, president of q prom
inent manufacturing concern. and at one
time speaker of the Connecticut house
Of representatives, died at Ansonia, aged
80 years.
A man giving the name Of John Prev
and claiming to hail from Burlington,
Vt. was arrested at Lowell for alleged
attempt at suicide by asphyxiation at
the Washington tavern.
The Merchants National Bank Of
Rutland closed it's doors last week |
and the cashier, Chas. W. Mussey has
been arrested and has confessed to a |
shortage Of $146, 900 He was arrest |
ed Monday night by the United States |
on charge of embezzle |
ment; his bail was fixed at 100000 |
which he could not raise and was re
handed to Jail From the facts
Drought out it appears that Mussey |
1as not appropriated the money for |
his own use but that he has been loan
ng it to H. A. Mcclure, Jr., Rutland
merchant. He commenced by dis
his notes against the direc
ions Of the bank officials and after
his was once started he continued it,
md by the use of forged securities
and by misrepresentation things,
succeeded in keeping 1t from the bank
directors and also from the examiners. |