Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-31
GENERAL NEWS.
Colorado's Trial Trip.


built for the government by the
Cramps, of Philadelphia, started on
her official trial trip Monday. She
made an average speed of about
twentyt three knots.
Scattering His Wealth.
DIR. NJ. Weyman of st. Joseph, Mo-,
was last week committed to the Mis-
souri, state hospital for insane after
having driven rapidly down the city
street scattering by hand fuls $4,000 in
gold and silver coins to pedestrians.
Mormon Land Purchase.
Mormon Bishop Cluff of Salt Lake
City has closed deal in the State of
Tabasco, Mexico, for the purchase of
nearly $40, 900 acres of land. There is
ample room for thousand families
aud 500 are ready to take up home
steads on the property.
Raised SI5O,O0O.
By finishing last Monday its task of
raising S15O,O00 for central building
in Cleveland, the Cleveland Young
Women's Christian association will
secure 100000 promised by John D.
Rockefeller. The money was required
to be subscribed by November 1.
Transport Christmas Gifts Free.
The quartermaster's department of
the army gives notice that the govern
ment will ship free of charge from
San Francisco to Manila such Christ
mas packages as reach the superin-
tendent of the army transport service
in San Francisco by December 1.
Killed by Mob.
George w. Blount, the negro pro-
prietor of fish and oyster shop in
the suburbs of Berkeley, Va, and for
many years regro republican lead
er, was taken early today from the
police station by mob of fifty masked
men and beaten to death. He had
been arrested for striking T. D. Hol-
loman, a policeman who had gone to
Blount's place to arrest another negro.
A $4,000 Fire.
A loss estimated at $4,000 was
caused by fire at South Royalton,
Mass, Tuesday, which destroyed one
building of the George E. Whitney
wooden mill, schoolhouse containing
mechanics hall on the upper floor, the
Congregational church and covered
bridge across Miller's river and bad
ly damaged dwelling houses. The
fire also severely scorched the village
store and a number of dwellings.
There is partial insurance on all the
burned buildings.
| Laying of Cornerstone at Dartmouth.
The alumni and friends of Dart
mouth college filed the town of Han
over, N. H, Wednesday to attend the
exercises in connection with the lay
| ing of the cornerstone of the new
Dartmouth hall, which will replace the
old building of that name destroyed
by fire last winter. The Earl of Dart
mouth, descendant of the earl from
whom the college took its name. came
from England to lay the cornerstone
of the new building. The degree OF
Doctor of Laws was conferred upon
him by President William ]. Tucker.
Professor Francis Brown, D. D., de-
liverei an historical address on "The
Origins of Dartmouth College," At
the afternoon exercises, @. F. Mat
thewson of New York spoke of the
new Dartmouth Hall. He said in
part: SIT is designed that the new
hall shall provide for all the languages
and for philosophy. Therein over
twenty instructors will do their entire
work, the plant including in addition
to recitation and seminary rooms, {
large lecture room to accommodate
from four to five hundred students OF
the ground floor of the old chapel
and every student, through the re
quirements of English, will be com
PEELED in order to earn his diploma, t,
spend good portion of his time il
Dartmouth Hall. Let, then, the new
Dartmouth rise, as speedily as thu
troWel and hammer can accomplish it
let the shades of bygone days scat
!. tered bv the flames of winter. regath
(. er about its beautiful bell tower an,
repeople its classic halls that the re
turning alumnus may not only behol,
IN it the reproduction of the outwar,
| proportions which ha Iovod h,,+ 49,,
/. come again to look upon it as SYM
Dol, the repository, and the incarna
ton of all the glories and tradition
of the past"
Church Notes.