Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-07-05
STATE NEWS.
Masonic Temple at ST J ohnabury.

J ohnshury has bought lot OF DR..
Harry G. Billiard, on Eastern avenue
and will erect handsome Masonic
temple. 60 by 80 feet and three stories
in height. C. A. Calderwood of St.
Johnsbury is chairman of the building
committee.
Fire Swept Club House.
Because there was dead calm over
Lake Champlain this morning, Bur-
lington was saved from a fire disaster
when flames destroyed the house of
the Champlain Yacht club at the foot
of College street. Had the fire been
famed by wind it would have swept
the big lumber yard district, which is
adjoining. The loss is estimated at
between $4,000 and $1,000.
Commence cement at u. ". NJ.
The exercises in connection with
the 10th commencement of the Uni
versity of Vermont were held at the
Strong theatre, followed by the cor
poration dinner at the Van Ness
house at Burlington last week Wed
nesday. The principal address at the
exercises in the theatre was by Henry
Holt Of New York. with Prof. G. H.
Perkins. dean of the college faculty,
presiding. A total of 1O3 degrees
were conferred in course, Of which
forty were graduates of the medical
college. No honorary degrees were
conferred, this function having been
deferred until the inaugurat ton of
President Benton in October.
Vermont Press Meeting.
The big event of the outing of the
Vermont Press association at Burling-
ton was the annual banquet of the as
socia ton at the Van Ness house at 8
o'clock. This was the most elaborate
affair of its kind to which the news
papermen Of the state have treated
themselves for some time. r. w.
McCuen OF the Vergennes Enter
prise, president of the association,
acted as POSTMASTER. The chief
speaker of the evening was Editor
O'Brlen Of the Boston Herald, who
discussed the changes in newspaper
methods during the past 20 years.
The other speakers were Col. F. l..
Greene of St. Adams, Cy Warman,
F. A. Musgrove and Col. 4. D. Had
ley. A short business session pre-
coded the banquet at which action
lutions were passed on the deaths dur
liam H. Bishop of Island Pond and
Edwin A. Mutt Of Montpelier.
Sues Railroad for $4,000.
Papers have been filed III. a SIS, 600
negligence suit against the Boston &
Maine railroad, brought by Adm F.
nj 9 FRI Of
Ter, of Dummerston, through Clark e
G. Fits Of Brattleboro as attorney.
! The case is returnabIe at the October
term of Federal court in Rutland.
MIR. Miller was one Of Dummerston S
most prominent business men. At
the time Of his death he had 10 chill
dren, whose mother had died previ-
ously. He was killed at the Dunn.
merston depot on September %, 1910.
! 1t is set up in the declara ton that
he boarded at Windsor train SEIZED
uled to stop at Dummerston, but that
it did not stop there. When nearing
the station, according to the state
ment of the plaintiff. the train slowed
down as if to stop. and Mr.. Miller
went out on to the platform of one of
the cars to get off. The claim is that
instead of stopping as the slow speed
! would indicate, the train started
ahead suddenly and Mr.. Miller was
} thrown off by the jolt and killed.
Passing Worthless Checks Charged.
Albert B. McKinnon, of Somerville,
Mass, waived examination at a hear.
ing before Justice of the Peace A. J.
Darrah in White River Junction Wed
nesday upon a charge of passing
bogus checks and was bound over to
county court in the sum of $500.
McKinnon accompanied By young
man named J. Russell Smith arrived
from Claremont, N H., in ar
automobile belonging to the Knapp
Automobile company. He gave a
check to the chauffeur to pay for his
passage, drawn upon the Newport
Trust Co, Of Newport, r. I. At
Hartford village McKinnon purchased
articles at millinery store to the
value Of $1.75 and gave a check for
So, receiving the balance in change.
Both checks were worthless. The
men were then carried to En-
| field, n. II. Meanwhile dispatched
! from Claremont disclosed that SINH
lar check had been passed there, ans
| the services Of Sheriff Stearns were
solicited and an arrest was made
The men consented to return without
extradition. Smith claimed to be in.
nocent of knowledge of his compan.
ions method of raising the wind, anc
as there was no means of showing &C.
tual completely, he was discharged.
Those Who Take Foley Kidney Pills
For their kidney and baddr ailments
nd tor annoying irregularities are Away
grateful both for the quick and permanent
e'ief they afford, and for their tonic ant
frightening effect as well. Try Fole,
Kidney Pills. F. d. Pierce.
CID Time Theater Rowdies.
Rowdyism in London theaters was {
commons occurrence in the old days, a.
} IS shown by the following from the
London Post of Oct. q, 1913:
Two men in the pit at Drury Lane
; theater last night were so turbulen
and riotous during the last act O.
Henry " that the performance wa