Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-03-17
STATE NEWS.
Former Sheriff Dies

Former Sheriff Dies
Barney F. Kelley. formerly sheriff of
Franklin county and long prominent
politically. died at st Adams March 9
at the age of CT years. He at one
time lived in Boston.
immigration Turned Back.
For the first time in the history of
the United States the flow of immigra-
ton has been turned back toward
Europe, due to the war. More Italians
are leaving the United States than are
coming here to make their homes.
c. We Business Increases.
The business of the Central Vermont
railway, has increased so per cent the
past week and furnished work for all
the spare train and engine crews which
had been practically idle the past few
months. The increase has been espe-
cially noticeable in the westbound
business.
Premature Blast Kills Man.
VIM. Hughes, quarryman. was in
stantly killed and Thomas Burns. a
fellow work er, was terribly injured by
the premature explosion of a blast
March 10 at the Eureka Slate Quarry
at North Poultney. Burns was blown
Is feet into the quarry pit. He may
die. Hughes leaves a wife and four
children.
Vermont Officer Home from Mexico.
Lieut.. John Greed, U. S. A, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. James E. Creed Of Rut-
land, and a graduate of Norwich uni
versity, Mortified, in 1911, is home on
two months leave of absence after
spending year on the Mexican border
with United States troops He expects
to sail from San Francisco on May
| for Tienstin. China, where there are
stationed two battalions Of the 18th
| infantry
State Engineers Hold Meeting.
The Vermont Society of Engineers
elected officers as follows March II at
their annual meeting at Burlington
President, A. C. Grover of Rutland
vice president, w. H. Vorce Of st
Adams; secret airy. G. A. Reed of
Barre; treasurer. A. E. Winslow
director. j. W. Votey of Burlington
The membership Of the society is 1O2,
there being 10 new ones. A committee
was appointed to consider possible affil-
iatiOns.
New Officials Take Oath.
Harland B. Howe of St. Johnsbury
and Vernon A. Billiard of Burlington
took oath of Office March at Burling
ton as United States district court
judge and United States district attor
ney respectively The oath of office
was administered by presiding Judge
Augustus H. Hand Of New York in the
presence of court officials and specta
tors. Judge Howe succeeds the late
J. L. Martin and MIR. Billiard steps
into the shoes of Alexander Dunnet
of st. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Redfield Proctor's Requests.
There are four public requests il
the will of Mrs. Emily j. Proctor
widow of Senator Redfeld Proctor
which was probated March 9, trus
funds being left to the Proctor library
! Cavendish Baptist church and to tn
poor people of Proctor and Cavendisl
who are unable to pay their board a
the Vermont sanatorium. Frank C
} Partridge is named as executor of tn
will. One public bequest named il
the will is offset in a codicil becaus
! the gift was made during the lifetim
of Mrs. Proctor.
Acceptance of MIR. Wallis Gift.
The joint resolution of the senat
? accepting the Vail gift of the agricul
t tural school at Lyndon and Speedwel
, Farms was adopted by the house i
r concurrence and with an amendmen
making the acceptance of the gift
dependent upon the approval of tn
governor. The original resolutio
0 reads:
? q. r. S. 81 Whereas. Theodor
N. Vail of Lyndon. has offered to til
0 state of Vermont for educational pul
e poses the agricultural school at Lyr
e don. and the farm and farm building
;. at Speedwell with their equipment an
r stock of animals and tools:
+. Therefore, be it resolved by til
: senate and house of representatives
t That said offer, as above specified, be
e and hereby is accented by the peopl
i of Vermont. through their represent;
S tives here assembled, and that tn
e thanks of the people of Vermont
e through this representative body /
t extended to Mr. Val! for his munif
cent gift in token of their appreciate
of the disinterested loyalty and publ
spirit which have prompted it.
!. That a copy of this resolution /
!, spread upon the records of the gener
:. assembly and
j. That copy thereof signed by tt
It governor, acknowledgements, and tt
:. speaker of the house of Representative.
s be delivered to Mr.. Vail.
Why Country Newspapers Are So Inse
=, esting.
!. In the March American Magazir
n David Grayson. writing his stol
= entitled. "Hempfeld, presents
n character who comments as follows {