The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-08-11
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

country. tHc SIaucU ScHOOlS vi hutlaIu.
BrattiebOrO, Woodstock, Montpelier, Wind
sor and st. Johnsbury.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
As DR.. Carpenter. of this city. was re-
turning at late hour from a professional
visit few miles out. he was stopped some
where on Spear street by three men, one of
whom seized his horses by the head. A
sharp blow from his whip started the horses
with such force as to throw down the man
at their head. who had to take such chance
as he could get under the horses feet and
the carriage wheels. His comrades were
left to take care of him. and the DR.. made
his escape in safe:y.-Bur. Free Press.
! UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT.-The cOrpO-
ration of the university of Vermont. which
has been in almost uninterrupted session
since Tuesday last closed its labors on
Thursday evening. by the election to the
presidency of Rev. Ebenezer Cutler. of
Worcester, Mass. The selection is an ex-
cellent one. and we congratulate the cor
p0ratiOn in so tar respecting the wishes of
the alumni of the university of Vermont.
in calling to the head of the institution a
gentleman whom we are confident will be
acceptable to them. Mr.. Cutler is 10 the
manor born" being Vermonter. He is
a Caledonia county boy. hailing originally
from Waterford and was graduated from
the university in 1915. His reputation for
scholarship is high. while as a preacher and
q pastor he is one of the most popular of
the Congregational Observation-Disclosures
Times.
On Tuesday evening. Mike Conley. pri-
| v0f in ct
| shot by VIM. Faulkner. soldier of the Sth
regiment. from the latter'S house, on Water
street. COnley has since died of his wound
| Faulkner and his wife were Immediately ar
rested. and are now in custody awaiting
examination. There had been quarrel
between these two men.-BNFingt0n Free
Press.
| ORANGE COUNTY.
a family gathering of some note has just
taken place at NeWbury. All of the sur
viving children IF Mr.. and Mrs. William
Atkinson met under the parental roof again
last week, after a long separation. Two
sons and one daughter came from Illinois.
one son came from Oregon. aud two sons
reside in NeWbury. Two sons died after
attaining to positions of honor and useful
ness. Mr.. and Mrs. Atkinson are Sc and 50
years old, and celebrated their diamond
wedding" one year ago last April. AS
children. and grandchildren. and one great
grandchild, nearly thirty in number. gath
cred around them, it reminded one of the
Bible pictures Of the patriachal age. and
bore witness to New England piety and pll-
rity.
The ticket office of the Vermont Central
railroad, at West Randolph. was entered
about noon on Thursday. July 9th. while
the agent was out at dinner. and about two
hundred and fifty dollars stolen from the
money drawer.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
OBJECTIONABLE OUTRAGE."- 1t seems
as though the devil was let loose in our
country. The papers are filled with muir
ders, rapes. arson, burglaries. and a long
catalogue of lesser crimes. When we saw
the above heading in the Newport Express
we feared the cOntagiOn had reached Or
leans county: but our fears were dispelled
when by reading the article through we
learned the Outrage" was ''perpetrated''
on the circus company's bulletin board. 1t
seems the agent of the lumber company.
through misrepresentation as he claims. Or
dered the board taken down, as he wanted
to use the lumber. Through the prompt
efforts OF the Newportorians a new board
was erected and the Officious agent squelch-
ed.
About the worst instance of the rayages
OF diptheria that has come to our notice. Oc-
CURED in Albany last week. by which Mr..
RaridOn lost five children and sixth was
so badly Oft with that disease that it could
not recover. One of the child" en died on
Wednesday night and three more on Thurs
day-making four lying dead in the house
at one time. This is very great sorrow
for one family to bear. Morton Stebbins of
Westtield has lost three of his family bv
diptheria within year.-hasburg Standard.
Sloan Rowell's rum hole in Albany was
visited by States Attorney Grout on Thurs
day Of last week, who brought him to ac-
count for violations Of the liquor law. He
was fined $40 and costs, and upon prom
Use of repentance and setting better fashions
in future the states attorney agreed to let
him off on the 1000 other Offences.-Staud.
Two men from Morgan, named Eugene
and Albert Burroughs, were arrested on
Thursday for placing distractions on the
railroad. They were bound up for trial at
county court.
MIR. IL. $. Green of Newport shot Red.
tailed HaWk (Fdlc0 Boredljs) which meas
urea from tip to tip of wings four feet two
inches. from point of his bill to the end of
his tail twenty-five inches.-ErDress.
Last Sunday, while Josiah Elkins Of No.
Troy was unloading some smuooled Iionor
from a wagon, at Westfeld. the hammer of
a small revolver which he carried in his
right vest pocket caught in such manner
as to explode the cartridge, lodging the
ball in the cavity of the chest. The wound
is dangerous: but there are hopes of his
recovery. 1.-The custom house officers at
Island Pond, seized one of the locomotives
of the Grand Trunk railroad. with some
whiskey slowed away in it last Saturday
night. 1t has been practice. it seems. to
get liquor into the state in this way, and
now the officers have commenced taking
the smuggled goods together with the
vessel importing the same
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Four men were buried alive while load.
ING gravel train on the Rutland and Bur-
lington railroad, near Pittsford, on Friday
by the caving Of sand bank. Their bod.
les We're dug out in about four hours. all