Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-02-02
STATE NEWS.
Plan Summer Meeting.


A meeting was held Saturday of the
executive committee of the Vermont
Horticultural society to plan business
Tor the year and also the summer out
door meeting in September at South
Hero. when there will be practical
demonstrations of spraying, etc. The
next annual meeting is likely to be
held at Brattleboro.
Scrambled Eggs Were Fatal.
death with peculiar cause was
recorded Thursday, When the death
certificate of Dennis Bourne. Bur-
lIngton grocer, was presented, show
ing that he died from ptomaine pois-
oning from eating eggs. Two weeks
ago Bourne was taken i'll and it was
found that the cause was poisoning
from eating scrambled eggs, which
had remained too long in the dish.
Small Fire at State Hospital.
A small fire was discovered in the
paint shop of the State hospital for
the insane at about Z 80 O'Clock Fri
day. which was extinguished with but
nominal loss. The blaze was confined
to the shop and the adjoining stock
room. A stream was turned on by
the hospital force before the village
department arrived and as the lire
was some distance from the nearest
ward there was but little excitement
among the patients.
Fire Threatened Steamer.
Fire, which was discovered early
Wednesday mornir g in the sawmill,
destroyed the machine shop and paint
shop of the Champlain Transporter
tion Company at ..Shelburne harbor.
The loss is estimated from S12, 900 to
$4,000. The blaze caught in the
boiler.room of the machine shop. He
roic work by a bucket brigade of the
employees and the assistance received
from Shelburne farms, the steamers
Vermont, Ticonderoga and Chateau
gay were saved as was the remainder
of the plant. The fire will greatly in
convenience the company. The plant
will be rebuilt.
City.sOfficial Is Sustained.
Michael C. Powers, the police COM
missioner appointed by Mayor j. +.
Burke during his former adminlstra-
ton, was Wednesday evening acquit-
ted on the charge of negligence, inca
pacity and misconduct preferred by
the mayor and heard before the board
of aldermen. The vote stood one to
three for acquittal, the aldermen vot-
ing to sustain the charge being
Cowles and McCaffery, Repub!i: cans,
Pine, Democrat. The principal wit
nesses were two d etc C lives
from Boston, who testified to
the alleged irregularity of Powers
connecting him with the so-called
fsure thing" game here dur ing the
tercentenary week last July. The
case has created widespread interest.
So Day Wages in Burlington.
All contractors in the city Thurs
day received notice from the presi-
dent of the local carpenters union
stating that after May /, 1910, the
minimum wage for journeymen car
pentars would be So for day of nine
hours. The present high cost of liv
ing was given as the reason for the
req lest. Al present jOurneymen car
penters are receiving wage of $2.75
for day Of nine hours. The wage
was raised Is cents day about two
years ago. The carpenters and con-
tractors have always been on good
terms in this city and it is felt that
the request of the hammer and saw
men will be granted. Considering
the high prices of meats and other
eat tables So day is not considered an
lmmOderate request.
COME ses Two Burglaries.
The second class liquor store of
Dennis F. Copps was broken into on
Jan oath. and again o. Ian. 25th snd
Jan. 26 James 90 gdol of G n
ter Rutland was arr oted, chargo,.
with having made the breaks. He
admitted his guilt AMI implicated
Thomas and Williams Kenuedy aad
Bernard Battles. The three laOter de
MED aving had anything TO DO with
the breaks and Oongdon finally adj
mltted that no one was Implicated
with him. He said he s'"'e three
quarts of whiskey the fire. n hit and
Two quarts of whiskty and .D.ee pints
of alcohol the second night. He gave
three others mentioned a quart OF
whiskey. They we're released and
Congdon will receive nis sentence
from the Rutland Cty Court within
few days.
Dr. E. A. Bishop Honored.
Rev. DR.. E. A. Bishop, principal
of Montpelier Seminary. has returned
from successful Western trip in the
interests of the Seminary. While
away he attended a meeting of the
Presidents of Colleg' and Principals
of Secondary Schools of Methodism
held at the Ohio Wesleyan University
at Delaware, Ohio, where he was
electeI to the Vice Presidency of the
association. DR.. Bishops friends
are highly pleased because Of this
public recognition of his attachments
and the services which he has rendered
not Only to the ocal institution which
he represents, but to secondary edu-
cation in general, especially as it is
conferred by body of educators
whose ability is reco gniz d
throughout the country.
Big Cut in Rates.
One of the great st booms that has
come to Brattleboro and it's industrial