Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-08-03
STATE NEWS.
$4,000 St. John.bury Corporation.


$4,000 St. Johnsbury Corporation.
| The Peck company, of st. Johns
bury, with a capital of $25, 900 has
been organized for the purpose of
wholesaling paints, hardware, and
building supplies, and has filed articles
of incorporation in the office OF the
secretary of state.
Calls Special Term.
Chief Judge John w. Rowell of
Randolph has called a special term
of the Supreme court to be held in the
Washington county court house in
Montpelier, August 16 at ten clock in
the morning, to hear the appeal of the
railroads from the recent order of the
| public service commission on the
alterations on the White River juno
ton railroad station and approaches.
The case is that of John L. Bacon
VS.. the Boston & Maine, Central Yer
mont and Woodstock railroads.
Held in 81 900 Bail.
Throwing a hard substance at a
moving passenger rain doesn't sound
like much of crime, but just the same
Henry Muir is held in $1,000 bail for
the September term of county court
| for that offense. It is alleged that on
July rs, Muir threw said substance
| and that he also piled lot of tin
cans, bricks and other junk on the
track. He is technically charged wi tn
throwing a hard substance at the
train, and bail was fixed at 81 900. In
default of bail, he has been placed in
the Chittenden coanty Jail.
Newspaper Gives Prize.
The Morgan horse will be given
much attention at the Vermont State
Fair at White River Junction, Septem-
Der 20 to %. and he will be there in
great numbers. Many prizes have
been offered and more are being
made. The Montpelier Morning
Journal makes the latest prize offer.
The Journal will give handsome silver
cup for the best Morgan mare with
two Of her get exhibited at the state
fair. The Journal is a great believer
In the Morgan horse and at this time
| when the Morgan is attracting so
much attention the cap will make an
| added interest to this department of
the fair.
Secures Many Contracts.
| Within the past three weeks the
Woodbury. Granite company has
secured contracts fsr all the granite
work On the following buildings
Missouri Savings Association bank at
Kansas City, Mo. post-office, Lander,
Wyo. new terminal station, Memphis.
Tenn. +; telephone building, Rock ford,
ILL.,. post-office Appleton, Wis. post
office. Rochester, MINI. post office.
Estherviaie. Iowa; karpen building,
Chicago; step for city hall, Middle
town, N Y. Woodbury. gray grant e
will be used in the construction of
each with the exception of the Karpen
building 10 which Bethel granite will
be used. Part of the work is already
in progress and granite cutters are
being added to the force daily.
Will Climb Vermont Peaks.
j. P. Taylor. president of the Yer
mont Mountain Climbing club, is
travelling the state to interest people
in forming local clubs and proposes
to form club in Rutland to make
a speciality Of Mt. Killington, the
members being expected to make and
maintain shelter and trails for the
climbers. The plan Of the club is to
connect all the principal peaks by
trail or system of trails and the peaks
included in the system are Mount
Anthony, southern Vermont, Mount
Equinox, Mount Eolus. Killington,
Shrewsbury, Pico. Birdseye, Mt.
Horrid Lincoln, Cancels Hump, Mans
field, Sterling and Jay Peak. State
Forester A. F. Halves is all ardent
supporter of the movement.
Deer Killed out of Season.
The retiring state commissioner of
fisheries and game, II. g. Thomas,
reports the number of deer
killed out of season for the past two
years as follows: Illegally killed,
38l killed by dogs, 1853; wounded and
killed by orders of wardens, 90; by
railroad trains, "a; killed in wire
fence, 6; killed by lynxes, II; by
moving machine, /; poisoned, z killed
by lightning. ;killed in snare, 1 died a
natural death, 3; cause of death I'M
known, Al; total, TIA. Commissioner
Thomas has received reports of the
following deer killed by dogs in July:
one each in the towns of Vergennes
and Hlghgate; shot or otherwise
illegally killed, one each in the towns
OF Windsor, Weston, Johnson and
Brunswick total, six.
St. Johnsbury's Water Problem.
Considerable disafection is being
manifested about ST. Johnsbury be-
cause of the outcome of the recent
village meeting. 1t appears that at
the meeting in question there was not
fair representation of the voters of
the village and that there was a motion
MADE and voted that the village should
suspend its use of the Passumpsic river
water Tor domestic purposes. Now
the complaint arises that the village
authorities are stopping the water in
pursuance of the order and that fam
lies on the outskirts of the village
are being deprived of it's use unjustly. |
They feel that they should be allowed