Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1907-07-29

ORLEANS COUNTY MCNITO,
just after going to work at the quarry
of A. E. Bruce & Sons company in
Barre. He was struck by 900 pound
granite marker, which fell go feet.
1t struck him in the middle of his
body and nearly cut it in two.
Another Vermont Insurance Company
Organized.
The stockholders of the Fairview
Casualty company, which was incor-
porated at the last session of the
General Asse mbly, have completed
their organization. The company
will make speciality of issuing in
dustrial, health and accident ins ur-
ance. The officers are: j. A. Jud-
kins of Mortified, president; I'll. O.
! Gleason of Burlington, vice president;
A. Chase of Richmond, secretary and
general manager; G. A. Edwards
Richmond, treasurer; J. e. Cushman,
Burlington, attorney; Walter Dale of
Mortified and John w. Cleveland of
Northfield, auditors.
Twenty-Five Districts.
The completion of all returns to the
department of education enables Supt.
Mason s. Stone to announce the for
nation of twenty-five supervision
districts in the state under the terms
of No. As of the Acts of 1905 whereby
any two or more neighboring towns
having an aggregate of not more than
70 nor less than 80 schools may form
a union for the purpose Of employing
superintendent of schools, and, if the
superintendent is paid a salary of not
less than $3.50, the state will give
81, 900 toward said salary.
Successful Raid on Sunderland Saloon.
A sherriff's raid on the saloon of the
Morriseys at Sunderland last week
was about the most successful on rec
ord. Three wagon loads of liquor
valued at $1,000 were hauled away.
The men were held for the action of
county court in December. 1t is al
legged that they are non-residents
and therefore, conducted a saloon
without legal right. The opening
days business amounted to sits, it
is said, and if the fine of $500 for each
illegal sale is enforced, the Morriseys
will be in debt for the tidy sum of S16,-
600. Edward Pike, father of the Ii
censee, furnished bail of So, 900 for the
arrested men.
Vermont in 1890.
In the year 1890, the trst census
was taken in the United States and
although Vermont had not yet been
admitted to the Union, yet she Was
one of the settlements to be included
in the census that year. Vermont in
1890 had more inhabitants than either
Rhode Island, Delaware, Kentucky
or Georgia and in those states were
quite a large percentage of slaves.
Vermont had no slaves and only Is
| free colored persons. Her total pop
J ulation was S5,425 of which 1852
/ resided in Windham. The largest
) population of any town was in Gull
t ford which had 2,422. Marshfeld and
= Woodbury. were not inhabited, Dux-
f bury had 80, Middlesex so, Moretown
"a, Waitsield 81, Waterbury SO, Ber-
lin 1874, Cabot 1872, Calais 45, Mortified
40, Roxbury IA, Montpelier 11S,
Wildersburgh (now Barre) rs, Burling-
= ton $50, Rutland 1417 while Hardwick
= was happy and contented with three
persons.
n Attempt to Wreck Train at Bennington
% An attempt was made late Tuesda,
afternoon to wreck the northboune
le flyer on the Rutland railroad. Tie
were placed across the track and tn
y fact that the train for which the
10 were intended was late was the onl
thing that prevented serious acci
y dent. A northbound freight trail
- which leaves Bennington in the after
IL noon pulled out on the time of til
u flyer. When a few miles north, tn
liz engineer of the freight discovered tn
49, ties on the track and pulled up hi
train just in tins to avert an acciden
. The ties were removed by the trai
ne crew and the freight proceeded t
Manchester, where the matter we
e. reported. The southbound passenge
from Manchester narrowly misse
7s, running into the ties at the sam
spot, the would-5e wreckers havin
it'll nlaced than hack on the track aoai
after the freight had passed. Pre-
vious attempts have been made
en- wreck the flyer under cover of mig b
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