Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1905-10-16

license, the offence being committed
during the recent Rutland county
fair. was fined $500 and costs, which
he paid.
No Filter System for st Johnsbury.
At a special village meeting held
Monday evening resolution intro
duced providing for the establishment
of a new filter system for purifying
the village water at cost not exceed
ing $40, 900 was defeated by a vote of
131 to 100.
south Ryegate Strike Ended.
The strike of the quarrymen at the
three granite quarries in South Rye
gate, which has been in progress
since October 2, when the old bill of
prices ceased, has been settled, a
new bill of prices calling for an eight
hour day and % cents an hour pay
having been decided upon.
Williams Sentenced
Without the contraction of an eye
lid, Benjamin Williams, who was
found guilty of murder in the second
degree for shooting and killing
Policeman McGrath, received SEN
tence of life imprisonment at Bur-
lington Wednesday from Judge
Seneca Haselton in county court. He
maintained the silence which has
signalized his demeanor since his
arrest and was apparently the most
uninterested person in the court
room.
Suit Was for Sl5O,OOO.
1t is learned from an official source
that the amount for which Receiver
Fish of the Peoples National Bank of
Swanton has brought suit against
former President Ferris of the bank
is S15O,OOO Ferris is under $4,000
bonds on the charge of having mis-
appropriated two notes owned by the
! Peoples bank by means of false
entries on books and also having
made an incorrect report of the
banks condition to the comptroller
of currency.
| Physicians Summoned.
The members of the state board OF
medical examiners have discovered
that fully eighty physicians in the
state, some with state reputation
are practicing illegally according to
the law passed by the last legislature
which provides that every practicing
physician shall have his certificate
recorded by the state secretary. This
many have not done and are now
compelled by law to pass another
examination and have the certificate
recorded as provided.
Moves to Advance Case.
Attorney General Fits has entered
motion before the Supreme Cour
of the United States for the advance
ment on the docket of the case o
Mary M. Rogers, under conviction b.
the Vermont courts on the charge O
killing her husband at Bennington il
1902. He said if the case should no
be disposed of before December
) next, great delay must necessaril.
result because of a conflict of stat
and federal laws. The motion wa
opposed by Mrs. Rogers attorneys.
Barre Offers 40 Acres.
The Barre city council at meetin;
on Wednesday evening offered sit
for the Proctor tuberculosis sanitori
UNI on the hill just above the cit.
farm on Merchant street. This is 10
Gated on the road toward East Mont
pelier. The site offered is 40 acre
located on the land of the city farm
Asked what he thought of it DR.. FL. D
7 Holton of Brattleboro said, sit is al
, right" Health Officer Jackson ha
gone to Burlington to lay the matte
before the tuberculosis commission.
Grand Lodge 1. o. G. T.
q The annual grand lodge of tn
e Independent Order of Good Templar
d was opened in Hardwick Tuesday
there being about 100 in attendance
' A literary entertainment was given
An address of welcome was delivere
. by the Rev. j. D. Waldron of Hard
il wick and response by Grand Chic
:. Templar @ III. Hayden of Riverside
h There was also vocal and instrumen
y tai music, reading and an origins
Is drama by Mrs. Brunell of Hardwich
ST pantomine and tableaux. Refresh
% ments were also served.
Another Post office Robbery.
"a The post-office at East Fairfield WE
v broken into Tuesday night and S5(