St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-31
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

II DENNlNhlON COUNTY,.
AS Mrs. Betsy King, wife of Lemuel
:; hing OF Sunderland, was sitting near a
window of her kitchen. one dav recently.
she noticed that one of her shoe strings
was united, and stopped over to tie it. and
at that instant rifle ball passed through
the window and also through the stove
pipe, lodging in the wall of the room. Had
hrs. Hing been sitting in ali upright posi-
ton the ball would have passed through
her head. Whether the shot was the re-
suit OF an accidental discharge OF gun.
or deliberate attempt upon the life of
Mrs. Hing, remains mystery.
All the towns assessed tor the Harlem
extension from Bennington have voted to
raise the money, except Winhall and Peru.
whose assessment was only $4,000. In
0lVlduals have assumed that sum. and I'M
less New York towns fail the extension is
secured.
The steam saw mill owned by n. r.
Douglas of salisbury, took fire about
O'Clock on Thursday morning last. aud
When discovered the flames had made such
progress as to render all attempts at saw
ing it futile, hence the Yill was. with all
It's contents. entirely consumed. Loss un-
known.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Wilson Whitmarsh of Jericho Centre. is
, the lucky owner OF a calf which weighed
{ 40 pounds twenty-tour hours after its
BIRTH
The store OF Henry Morton in WilliSton
village was broken into on Saturday night
and twenty-five dollars in cash and goods
to the value ot about one hundred dollars
taken. There is as yet no definite clue to
the robbers. but strong suspicious are en-
tertained Of certain parties
ESSEN COUNTY.
We learn from the Lancaster Republic
: can: On Saturday. the 10Th inst. Hiram
Howell of Canaan, while examining pa
tent breech loading gun. dropped the
chamber. which discharged at hi. feet. the
entire. charge of buck shot passing through
his lee below the knee. manglng it in Il
, horrible manner and scattering the flesh
and bones upon the ground He failed
rapidly through the night and died Sunday
afternoon.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
{ }. G. French OF Ilyd,park found an old
.. bear dead in his sugar BUSH 1t was very
: poor. its teeth all gone, and had apparent
1 ~ died of starvation or old age.
: ORLEANS COUNTY.
:. {. Otis OF Barton has made GA lbs
l dry maple sugar from 2l3 trees
I VIM. Drew Of Glover has a hen tha,
laycd an egg that weighed five ounces.
The Boston Lumber Co. at Irasburg has
tailed - liabilities about $50. 900 The
1 Standard thinks there is something rotten
i in Denmark.
Josiah Stanford. brother of Samuel
: Stanford of Irasburg, was murdered at
Bridgewater, Mimi. by neighbor named
: Hoyt. Stanford had driven from his sugar
i bush HOyt's cows: WhereupOn HOyt killed
Stanford with an axe. and then went to
SIS house and attacked Mrs. Stanford.
: She. however. caught the axe and held
out till two of her brothers were called.
who secured the murderer. HOyt was Il
bounty jumper and deserter. Had he been
Shot for those crimes. at least one murder
; would have been prevented
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Frank Z. Spaulding, boy aged about
Il years, who has been employed as a
, clerk in the Rutland post office for the
past nine months, was on Monday arrest
ed on charge of robbing the nails, and
is now awaiting examination.
The new Wardwell patent marble cut
ter, which is being introduced into the
qudrrieS Of Vermont. is regarded with
very unfriendly feelings by the Irish la
borerS. One of them in tue Baxter quarry
at West Rutland. after watching its work,
ings intently. exclaimed, " Be jabers. We
p can cheat six or eight honest Irishmen out
Oftheir wages, but We can't vote for John
Cain Cain is editor of the cOpperhead
Courier.
! WASHINGTON COUNTY.
' The Montpelier banks give notice that
$ they will not receive state bank bills al
e par after June lst. The reason is that the
:. Boston banks will not receive them after
s that date. A similar notice is given by
/ Cashier May in our paper to-day.
Y The governor has appointed John Spaul.
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