Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-03-04

pneumonia but is better.-Mrs. George
Calkins is very sick with the grip.
Scion Gray and wife were called to Rock
Island recently to attend the funeral of
Mrs. Gray's brothers wife, Mrs. Eugene
| MouIton.
Miss Kate Ferrin has just closed a very
successful term of school in District No. 1.
! The exhibition passed off finely and reflect
ed much credit on teacher and scholars.
Newport.
Mrs. S. w. Parker is very sick.
Ed. Blake is very sick with typhoid fever.
Fred Cattanach is working in the post
office.
Will Richmond has gone to Burlington
on a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Morse are the happy
parents of a son.
George Hayes, clerk for E. S. Ball visited
among friends in Derby last week.
Orleans Co. court opens here Wednesday,
Mar. 6, with Judge Tyler in the chair.
The funeral of Bert McLellan's little
daughter was held at his residence Feb. "a.
Mrs. Kendrick Richmond spent the past
week with her daughter, Mrs. French of
Barton Landing.
It is reported that there are ten candi-
dates for the office of road-commissioner
for the coming year.
Lawyers Young & Young, J. W. Red
mond and A. w. Farman attended circuit
court in Burlington the past week.
Mr.. Young has hired the Arlington and
is to take possession soon. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thayer move to their tenement on Sd ST.
Samuel Williams goes today (Monday)
to Bellows Falls where he will work on the
clothing store of the Goodwin Clothing Co
Hon. John Mitchell of Concord, N. H.,
recently visited L. F. Kay.-Will Keller of
Wolcott visited at L. J. Phelps the past
week.
Hon. G. A. Prouty who had been in
town for few days left Thursday for
Washington, accompanied by Mrs. G. H.
Prouty.
Geo. W. Hayes, clerk for E. S. Ball, and
Miss Rosena M. Webb were married at
Derby Center, Feb. 25, Rev. A. J. Small
officiating.
John Young succeeds Charles NJ. Wilds
as counsel for the Central Vermont r. r.
Co. He was in ST. Adams the past week
on business.
Word was received recently by Jerry
Hill that his brother Alfred who went to
West Virginia to work in a box shop, was
seriously hurt.
B.F. Moore & Co. have engaged Harry
Dale as assistant cutter IN their factory.
They are doing a big business and are
shipping lot of goods west.
S. E. Hitchcock went to Burlington the
past week as witness in case in which
some Charleston parties were interested
with government officials in the customs
office at Derby Line.
Mrs G. G. Davis was called to Springfield
last week owing to sickness of her parents.
Mr.. c. G. Davis was called to Springfield,
Mass, last week owing to the death of Mrs.
Davis father, Mr.. A. M. Bradley.
News has been received of the death by
drowning, of J. B. Grow in California
while attempting to ford Piru creek W hich
is very rap id stream. He was warned by
friends not to attempt it but to no avail.
A service in memory of the late lamented,
Hon. L. FL. Thompson, and of the late
lamented, Hon. E. A. Stewart, will be
held in the county court room at Newport
at 7:30 O'Clock on the evening of Wednes-
day, March 6, 1901.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Hinman have
returned from a trip to Florida and other
points in tho South.-Mr. f. G. Williams
has returned from his trip to Philadelphia
Mrs. John Hill has returned from Lowell
Mass, where she has been visiting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rowbotham OF Boston
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. J.
Prouty the past week.-Mrs.. Lewis Nye
and son Carl visited Mrs. Nye's daughter,
Mrs. W. E. DeLarm the past week.-Joseph
Colby is home from Dartmouth college for
a vacation.-C. E. Brook OF ST. Johnsbury
was in town Friday.
w. II. Farrar has gone to Boston for
medical treatment. DR.. J. H. Gaines ac-
companied him.-Riley Bowley has gone
to Manchester, n. H., on a visit.-Mrs. l..
J. Phelps goes to Boston Tuesday to be
away several Weeks.-Col. Z. M. Mansur
started for Washington, D. c., Thursday
night to be in attendance at the Inaugural
tion of the President.
Newport Center.
Henry Luxford is in very poor health.
Fred Estell worked at Barton Landing
in the creamery part of last week.
Enoch Hoslzins OF Franklin county has
purchased the Eugene Whipple farm in
district No. II.
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