St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-06-30
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Adelaide Phillips, assisted by Hoffman
and l.efranc, give a concert at Burlington
next week.
Major Il. X. Pangborn of Jersey City
of the class of 1870, delivers the oratior
before the Associate Alumni of the Uni
versiiy of Vermont at the approachin:
Commencement.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
George Pierce, aged Al years, wei
known livery stable keeper, died of brair
fever ut the Mansfield House, at Stowe
on Thursday last, and was buried will
Masonic honors on Saturday, at Water
bury. Mr.. Pierce had charge of til,
stables at the Mansfield House at the
time OF his death.
ORANGE COUNTY.
AT the Orange county court, last week
Richard l.. PIllsbury, pleading guilty IL
the charge Of larceny, was sent to state
prison for three years, Frank Smith ALA,
Farmer for horse stealing TO four years,
and Edward Perkins alias IInrner, iol
horse stealing 10 five yeas
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mrs. Sarah T., mother OF DR. O. l..
FOrbuslI, in attempting TO 90 down Il
pair Of stairs at Montpelier, Il few nights
ago, fell, AMI received injuries from
which she die'l the next night
Montpelier is to have quite an old
fashioned celebration of the Fourth, with
Il balloon ascension, and Il parade of the
fire department, with fire companies
from burlington and elsewhere. During
the day the companies will play for :.
silver trumpet. The cadets from the
university at Mortified will be among
the attractions, which will wind up with
a grand display of fireworks in the
evening. The railroads are to carry for
half fare
WlNDIIAM COUNTY.
Rev. Addison Brown, of the Brattle-
boro Phenix, has gone TO Saratoga
Springs for the benefit of his health.
which has been quite poor for some time.
The body Of George IL. Walker Of
Amherst, Mass, author of the war
dramas, sold Flag" and ''Ilomc and
Country" was found suspended from IL
tree in Asy lum meadow at Bratllcboro,
Monday morning. The body had prob
ably been there since Friday afternoon,
a. he left the American House, where he
hCurJ.,l .,L,nt liu,,.r tIu,n tLnt law p,t
To eat any dinner, and had not
been seen since. The first of last week,
he applied to Mr.. Buzzcll, contractor for
building the brooks hotel at Brattlrboro
for work, and Mr.. BuzHcll engaged him
for carpcntcring. He complained the
next day OF lamcncss, ~ lie was unused
TO work, and after resting Il day came
again. Mr. l;uzzcll again set him 10
work, but in about an hour he again
that hr was - lame that lac
could not work. \ letter found ON his
person, showed that he prrmcdiiatcd the
act, that he WIS completely li>hcartcned,
and limiting at some woman difficulty.
The landlord at the American House
had noticed that he WAS much depressed,
but no one anticipated that he contcm-
plated suicide.
f. T.. Dewey of bellows Falls, liquor
seller, paid SO and costs on each of
three counts, the other day, and saw
eight gallons OF his ''good-" cmpticd rnto
the streets by the officers.
Augustus c. Slcarns an cxrcl!rnt
youny man from Windham, committed
suicide at Springfield, Saturday after
neon, 10y cutting his throat. lie was Il
member Of the Sunday school of the Me
mortal church in that city, where he was
REGULAR in his attendance, and, in his
lessons, showed II logical and wcll-bal-
anced mind, that would have secuted the
school education and had attended the
academy 1T Townsend. Ills father is
Mr. Clark Stcarns, Il well-to-do farmer
and respectable citizen of Windham.
lie was employed by Mr. Amaziah
Mayo, Of Springfield, who considered
him an Industrious man and desirable
member of the family. No cause can be
assigned for the sad and shocking act
Two lads were drowned in Morey's
mill pond at Halifax, last Wednesday,
one II years old, II son of Newman
Carley OF Nottingham, and the other,
9 years old, Il son of Emerson Smith Of
Halifax. The boys were first missed by
some people in house near the pond,
who noticed the strange actions Of Il dog
belonging TO one of them. 1t is suppos-
ed the small boy fell from the bridge
while looking into the wafer at the fish
usually To be seen at the bottom of the
pond at that place, and that the Carley
boy plunged into save his mate, as he
had taken oft his coat and vest and laid
them on the bridge.