St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-07-23

had been sent Mr.. Mitchell few days
before by his son in New Hampshire.
Mr.. Nj. informed them that he had paid
the money to Messrs Edwards and Dick
erman OF Derby, taking up a note they
held against him. This seemed to salts
~ the robbers, since in their search
about the house they had found the note
answering TO the description. They
then continued their search, finding moth
ing that they wanted except 80 cents i'll
change, cheap bosom pin, and Il pair
OF socks which one of them exchanged
tor those he had Oh. They then asked
Mrs. NJ. for some milk, which she
brought for them. After drinking it
, they charged the family to make no dis
turbance nor venture from the house I'M
til daylight on the peril of being shot.
Being pretty thoroughly frightened, no
movement was made until neighbor
, came early Sunday morning TO take
home horse belonging to Mr.. Mitchell.
Information was at once given to Con-
stable kingsly, who i'll company with a
Mr.. Parker of Bloomington, started in
pursuit. The robbers could be easily de-
scribed and were traced to Stanstead
Plain. The Canadian authorities were
kindly disposed to secure the parties if
possible and it is hoped they may be
overtaken and justly dealt with. Wheth-
er they came from New Hampshire
where the money was sent from, or
gained such accurate information from
some other source, is the mystery. At
all events they were probably experts
and accustomed to such daring acts.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A sad and fatal accident occurred at
one of the slate quarries in PoutIney last
week, by which man named James
Cavanaugh was blown literally to atoms
through careless management of the fuse
he was handling. He put in some II
pounds of powder in seam where he
should have put but one and the fuse
being short, the powder took fire ere he
could escape lie leaves wife and four
children.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Lane, Pitkin e Brock, of Montpelier,
manufacturers of the Lane Circular
Saw Mill, are about to commence erect
ing the walls of a new brick foundry.
The building is to be 80 by 60 feet,
with slate or metallic roof, and will be
one of the most substantial structures
of the kind in the state.
The Trustees of the Vermont Confer
encc Seminary and Fem: lie Collegiate In
>tItute at Montpelier, met last week to
arrange for the commencement Of their
new Seminary building. 1t is to be of
brick, and will contain the recitation
rooms, chapel, library, and offices of the
1t Is expected that the ioun-
'latlon Will be completed before winter.
and that the spring will witness the VIZ
orous prosecution of the work.
Mr.. y. ID. Hager, state geologist, will
soon place several hundred young salmon
i'll the tributaries of the Winooski river
near Montpelier. as the beginning of an
attempt to resiock the river with fish
which were once plenty and excellent in
its waters.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
William Martin. an Irish lad about a
dozen years OF aye. waS last Monday SEN
fenced to the Reform School hv Justice
Newton, of Irattleboro, for five years, in
of bad behavior
Last Tuesday. while Clark AkeIey, an
employe in the Brattleboro paper mill,
was oling a shaft, his sleeve caught in
the gearing. forcing his arm into contact
with supporting timber in such q man
ner that the flesh WIS literally ground
from portion of the forearm To the ma
ked bone. He was alone ut the time,
but his cries soon brought assistance. and
he was with some difficulty released.