Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-07-30
STATE NEWS.
Republican Campaign Button

decided on the official button which
will be worn during the campaign
1t is a flag on white button with the
word Republican" in gold letters OIL
border of the button. They are nov
being distributed.
Man and Woman Killed by train.
The Rutland railroads. flyer from
Boston, two miles south of Rutland
Tuesday afternoon, struck and in
stantly killed Mrs. Whitton and Harry
V. Reed, aged 3S and 81 years, respec.
lively. The body of Mrs Whitton vas
nearly cutin halves and was carried on
the catcher Of the engine until the
train came to stop about three hun
dred yards beyond the crossing. Reeds
body was thrown beside the track
and mangled almost beyond recogni-
ton by the splnters from the wrecked
vehicle, the head being crushed to a
pulp.
State Finances.
State Treasurer John L. Bacon has
just published his statement for the
fiscal year ended June 30 From this
it appears that the receipts for the year
were 81 ,339, 463. OF this amount $685.
S07 came from corporation taxes;
| S106, 879 from judicial department.;
| S258, 000 from state school and high
way taxes; $4,000 from collateral
inheritance tax; S42, 900 from e8aca-
tional funds, and $4,000 from tenn
porary loan. The total disburse-
ments of the year were 81, 1850. s22,
and the treasurer now has 1894 $50,
cash on hand and in bank. For she
biennial term ended june Both, tae
excess of receipts over expenses was
1923, 0S7. For the preceding bienn5sl
term there was an excess of expenses,
over receipts of s4A9, $50. For the
coming year, the state has 1894, 800 or.
hand in cash and liabilities payable
of 1922, 078, leaving q. balance for pay
ment of current expenses of S72. 484,
eacners III WoOGstoCk.
State Superintendent NJ. s. Stone is
sending out booklet prepared by
the department of education of Yer
mont relating to the summer outing
for teachers and schoo! Of industrial
education to be held Woodstock.
August to 49,. Instruction will be
given in agriculture and manual train
ing and the magnificent Billings estate,
with it's fields, golf grounds and barns
will be open to the teachers for this
purpose. The Hon. George AitkenaI
will give instrnstion in domestic an
imals and poul ry; Prof. S, L. Hills os5
Burlington in dairying, and principles,
and practice CT. stock feeding; Pros.
L. Jones in grasses and clovers and
wayside weeds; in field study, Amos
Eaton; in manual training, L. w.
Walhstrom, Instructor in the Ethical
Culture school, New York. Follow
ing are return trip prices from sta
tions in this vicinity Newport,
81 %; Coventry, $4eO6; Barton Land
ng,s3 go; Barton, ss.75; South Barson,
So Co.. Sutton, $40; West Burke,
$685.; Lyndonville, $40; ST. Joans-
bury, $3.50.
State K. P's.
The annual conWocation of the Grand
lodge Of Vermont, knights of Py5hias,
which was in session at Mon5pelier
from Monday till Wednesday after
noon, Of last week, closed wish the in
stallation of officers. The following
officers were elected: Grand chan
cellor, Guy w. Bailey of Essex juno
ton; grand vice-chanoallor, O. P.
Ewins, of North Troy; grand prelate,
NJ. 6. Rosenburg of Burlington; grand
master of exchequer, F. w. Booth of
Essex Junction; grand keeper of
records and seals, c. F. o. Tinker of
st. Johnsbury; grand masters at arms,
q. F. @. Shonio of Lyndonville; grand
inner guard, Q. D. Reed of Montpe-
her; grand outer guard, F. A. Ekins,
of Island Pond, grand trustee (for
three years.. Q. W. Richardson of
Burlington; grand tribune, M P.
Maurice of Moitgomery. The report
of 1T. Remington, retiring grand
chancellor, slowed gain of over two
hundred members of the order in
Vermont during the year just closed.
Four new lodges were established
during the year, one at Watervilla.
one a5Montgomery. one at Vergennes
and one at Coventry.
Morrill, Hall.
The contract for the erection of
Morrill, Hall, the gift of the state to
agriculture, to be erected at the UNI
versity of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural college, was signed on
Wednesday, July Is. The building is
tn ha arectod by the Champlain Man