St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-07-05
CUITTESDEN COUNTY.

escape was discovered within halt an hour,
but as yet they have not been arrested.
though Sheriff Munson aud his assistants
have been diligently searching.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
{. j. Robinson. Of Glover, caught in |
Stones pond, lunge which weighed 13i |
pounds.
y noble eagle was caught in a trap in |
Westmore last week. by John Hunt. 1t
measured six feet from tip to tip of wings. |
The Barton Stdndad says: The death |
Of Edward. sou OF Franklin SAWYER. Of
Wc>ttield, was caused by eating piece of
common rhubarb slalk, and drinking milk
soon after. This took place at night. and
before morning, great pain and sickness
commenced. which. in about forty hours
terminated in his death.
McGallty 4 Robinson. at their saw mill
in Glover. are running & turbine water
wheel. built by J. IL. Paddock. of ST.
johnSbury. They have - feet head and
fall. all told So inch wheel. using li2
inches of water. running two piniOrs,
board mill. and 80 inch boiling saw. Last
Saturday with three hands. they sawed in
one hour ll2G feet of spruce. saving ISL
lo.s to do it. and cut the slabs at the same
time. They call this smart work. but we
don't know whether it is or not. Mes>rs.
Ford Clark and J. +. Dwinell are about
putting in similar wheels. which are pro-
nounccd % be good.-Staadari.
Last Saturday. William EOwlcy ana
William Rollins fell distance of thirteen
feel from the barn OF {. :. Batcheldcr III
Newport they booth stood upon a plank
,ndeavorinw to enter a tenor. Rollins
was not injured and only received a
/ thorough Jar. but BoWlty struck upon the
sharp edge OF a rattcr a fitted for the plate
receiving Il severe cash upon his breast,
and vas taken up tor dead. At last ac-
counts he could breathe more easily, and
it is now thought no permanent injury was
sustained.
! horse together with bride. halter
and blanket vas stolen from the barn of
:. G.. Bean in Ira>burg. on Saturday nigh,
last. The horse was taken through the
back door of the barn through a cattle
ward into Beams garden. and thence into
the sheet and tracked a short distance on
til" road leading north from the village.
On sunday morning the horse was found
near the French settlement about a mile
from The village, by The sid. of the road
nired in the swamp. 1t is supposed the
thief became frightened. or al the approach
: OF day Light attempted to conceal the
. horse in the swamp. but WAS obliged to
} leave it fast in the mud.
Sometime during the day last Saturday
the depot at East Coventry was entered
: through window and about Sl5O tahrl
: during the day. is locked. but >evcra
b, teams were drawing lumber about the de
I DOT that day. and it seems almost impOssi
,. bic that such a robbery could have heel
: accomplished without detection. y" clu'
: to the ro',bcr has yet been obtained.
r y new post office has been established
/. at the terminus OF the Conn u Pass. Il. Il
d r.. called North Derby. and George +
If West has been appointed postmaster.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Several weeks ago we noticed the stray
IN" of john and Charles two little sons G
e. K. Rogers. of Bradford. They hay
been found and returned home. They ha
" found their way to Boston. travelling til
. entire distance, excepting four miles, o
foot; feat Of pejestriani>m quite remark
!. able. There they We're found by "Cncl
u Cook" the we'll known friend Of the boy:
! and bv him taken out to West Newton
and placed in school and provided fOl
!" They look none the worse for their hH
T ~oII, little Drowned hv the eXposur,
perhaps. but will undoubtedly be Statistic
with sightseeing for the present.
HEAVY DAMAGES One of the sui
+, tried at Orange county court. was that I
J. j. Nichols rs. L. II. Gilman. a wei
known horse trainer of Montpelier. Plail
till purchased valuable horse. known ;
oil tr,
~ ter. and hired Gilman to keep and tra
the animal Tor a trOtting horse. JanHal
ed it, death to be because of the neglc
and improper conduct OF the detendan
The defendant denied this. but the eN
, drncc seemed to be with the plaintiff,
the iury gave him a verdict for Sill al
!, costs. The trial occupied one week. al
:. was conducted for the plaintiff by a.
Dickey. of Bradford. and B. F. F'itield,
81 Montpelier; for the defendant by K. Far
=, ham, of Bradford. and r. Mex. Ormsb
h.. OF New York City.
a, FIRE.-A barn in Topsham. belongi
ht to James Stevens, of COrinth, was burn
,v last Friday night. The barn contain
II IS tlceces Of wool. and as no traces of t
burning of the wool could be diScovert
it is thought that some one stole the w
~, and then set fire to the barn. The ba
had been built about a year. and was
eX- sured in the Farmers Mutual for $50
at National CpiHiCn.
10 WASHINGTON COUNTY.
So Al clock p. NJ. on Friday. the fl
'ls' bell called ont the Montpelier fire depa
END mcnt Tor work at large and troubleso
ion fire al Montpelier Junction. Thetire &C
was mcnced in the railroad bridge over |
an. river. and when discovered. the roof Y
ons ablaze. Nearly half an hour ELAPSED
: be fore the engines could get 10 the grou
any and the result was the destruction of b
ard the railroad bridge and the Highly
rive bridge adjacent. The wind was sIro
ade and the buildings on the Shepard ii
shs. took fire. but We're saved. We learn
The Mr.. Shepard on Saturday presented