St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-05-03
ORLEANS COUNTY.

Mr.. R. NJ. Kimball has been removed
by Gen. Stannard from the office of In.
spector, and Chas. W. Smith appointed in
his place. Mr.. Kimball was removed from
the postmastership at Barton two or three
weeks ago. He will think misfortunes
never come singly.
A serious accident occurred in Crafts
bury one day last week, by which little
daughter of Ira Davis, seven years old, in
attempting to use an old fashioned straw
cutter cut off three fingers from her right
hand.
The citizens of Newport are stirring
themselves to provide site for the new
custom house which the government will
erect for them if such site is secured.
They want to raise $1,000.
Nelson Pierce, who run away with A.
Benjamin's team, at Salem. was caught
in Canada, and is now in Irasburg jail.
RumOr says there is trouble between the
Passumpsic railroad Co. and West Derby.
The K. K. Co. run their track across the
highway bridge that leads to Newport,
the two bridges forming sort of letter x.
The Derbyites don't propose to have their
inalienable rights abridged in this manner
so the employees of the town are engaged
in planking over the railroad track and
guarding the highway bridge, while the
R.R.CO. amuse themselves by tearing their
work to pieces.
The Ecclesiastical Council, called at
lrasburg last Tuesday to consider the re-
quest OF Rev. j. II. Woodward for dismiss
sion, declined to advise the sundering of
his relations to his church, and expressed
the desire that he will cordially remain in
his present place.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Mrs. Daniel Kent Of East Wallingford.
on Saturday evening last, started to 90 to
the place where her husband was boiling
sap, but, becoming bewildefed. lost her
way. Her cries were heard by various
persons, but were not recognized as pro-
ceeding from a human being. She at last
succeeded in getting within about twenty
rods of her home, when she fell from ex-
haustion, and was found dead on Sunday
morning.
Mir. Martin Leonard of Pittsford from
eight hens raised last year fOrty-tive chick
ems, sold seven hundred and ten dozen
eggs for Sl62, besides using one hundred
and ten dozen in his family. Mr.. L. says
his hens are greater source of profit to
him than his sheep. Can any one in this
vicinity tell a bigger egg story" and
have it true?-.St. Adams Messenger.
We don't believe they can. As near as
we can figure, Mr.. LeOnard's biddies must
have laid an egg apiece every seven hours.
night and day. week days and Sundays.
in the year, to bring about the above sur
prsing result, land have it true. Bur
hRgtOn Press.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Walton's Daily gives an account of a
homicide, or something worse, at Montpe-
lier: AT about midnight of Wednesday.
April 24th. Patrick Gibbons. a young
lrishman of about 40 years, was killed by
a stab. There had been dance at Vii
lage Hall, at which Gibbons and other
lrishmen were present looking on. Two
lrishmen living here. and three young
men from abroad left the hall about mid
night when Gibbons seized a chair and
followed them down State Street to the
space between the American House and
ID. Dewey Il Co.'S store. where. within
perhaps five minutes after leaving the hal
Gibbons was killed. An investigation is
now being made. so we refrain from giving
the rumOrs of the street. except the well
authenticated one. to wit, that the Irish
men had drank enough to make them
ugly. This is the third death by violence
in Montpelier since the settlement of the
town. and liquor was the cause in each
instance. The first person killed was q
negro at the old tavern stand, long since
removed, known as the Eaton tavern.
The other two victims were Irishmen.
Corigan and Gibbons. Gibbons left a
family.
In a late date, Walton's paper notifies
and adds to its former statement The
name Of the man killed on Wednesday
night was Patrick Fitzgibbon. an employe
on the railroad, residing near this village.
1t is remarkable that his father was sud-
denly killed. on the Central railroad. at
Sandusky station. The examination OF
Mr.. F.'s body showed stab, clear through
the heart and touching the liver. A single
blow doubtless resulted in instant death.
Up to the time of writing this, the examin-
alton of every body, likely to throw light
upon the affair, has been so far private
that only few have been admitted. 1t is
probable that sufficient will be elected
to warrant public examination, when,
of course, the facts developed will be
made known. We suspect that two theO.
ries prevail outside of the examining mag.
istrates, which are that Fitzgibbon was
killed in selt-defense by some one he assail,
ed with the chair; OF, that in the darkness
he was killed through mistake by one OF
his friends. The body was found by the
side OF the chair. On Saturday public eX.
animation of one of the three young mel
was commenced with a view of determin.
ing whether he shall be held to appear al
the County Court. Five persons only left
the hall few minutes preceding the kill
ing of Fitzgibbon. Three of these were
strangers, agents of Boston and New
York houses. They say that they re-
mOnstrated with the two Irishman. when
to avoid disturbance, in the hall. the
three Young men left, and the two Irish
men followed them-Patrick Fitzgibbor