St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-12-19
REMINGTON COUNTY.

BENNINGTON COUNTY.
Philo 5. Walker Of Readsboro WAS
quietly beating his wife, the other day,
when his son George intertered, and us
Philo assumes to he master of his own
mansion, he stabbed the impairment
iackanapes in the arm. kicked him out
of the house and told him he would
shoot him if he ever returned. Things
might have looked differently to Philo
if he hadn't been drunk.
\ frightful accident occurred at Ben
ningtOn, Saturday, causing the death of
an old man 10y the name of Frink. He
was employed in drawing some gravel,
and had on Il load when the horses he
came frightened AT some object and be
came mmanageablc and ran away.
Mr.. Frink was thrown from the load.
and the contents of the wagon were tip
ped upon him. :" iniurimg him that
when he was found, which was within
three minutes of the time he fell, he
was nearly covered up 10y the gravel
and perfectly lifcless, his skull having
been broken. Deceased leaves u wife
and children.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
The cankcr-ra~h Is prevailing to some
extent i'll Milton. The youngest child
\. y. Austin died on Tuesday. On
Wednesday one of the twins died.
They were buried III one coffin, Friday.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
On the morning of the I'd inst. the
house and barn belonging to Harry
Gibbs, of Eden. were burned. Suppos-
ed to have beeu inceudiarV
Albert Stone of Eden, while chopping
recently. III the woods. was nearly kill
ed 10y tree falling upon him. His in
Iuries were mostly confined to his head.
1t is expected he will recover.
a few days ago Il partridge went from
the woods and took up his abode with
Mr.. Darling's fowls in Wnlcott. Ii
seems quite tame and contcnted. and a.
much of a hen as any of EN-.
ORANGE COUNTY.
\ HARD CAsE.-Nr. VIM. Burgess
and vitc. of East Corinth. recently left
home for visit To Gruton and Wells
River. leaving their daughter. = wears
old with their mother. an old lady near
ly ~ wears of age. who WIS anxious 10
have the little girl left with her for
hoIs SAW no smoke coming from the
chimney of Mr.. Burgess house. and
thinking the old lady might Ice sick
went in about . o'clock and to their
horror found her living upon the floor,
im>cusihlc. and the little child crawling
around the stove with both feet frozen.
and nearly dead from cold. The ap-
pcarance of things indicated that Mrs.
Burgess had fallen to the floor a. she
WIS about I" wash the supper dishes.
\ pan of water upon the stove was tro2-
EN- =" that it had hulged up in the cen
ter. Mrs. Burgess lived only Il short
time after her discovery us above re-
lated. The child. it WAS at first thought.
would lose both feet. hut We since learn
that there Is ii prospect of saving them
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Deal Charles Cummings died at
Charleston the 18th. I'pto 1850 Mr.. e..
was Il prominent citizen of Morgan.
Grrcnlcaf Boynton died at Coventry
last week. He had been clerk, treasu
rcr and postmaster of the town tor
thirty wears. He was one of the n"blest
work, of God. and the scarccst an
honest man.
Greensboro gives seven hundred dol
lar, to MIR. Kingshury on account of in
iurirs received by HIM in consequence
of bad roads.
Rev l.. t. Fisk of LNndonville and
Gen. circuit of Barton. are lccturing in
the county.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
John Phmlcy. who was 80 seriously
81, I q. l. l.,
in Rutland. died on Wednesday morn
ing.
\ Young girl aged seventeen years i'll
Il Semi-intoXicatcd state. was a sad
sight. recently. on Merchants Row.
Rutland.
Frank |. Jones. son of Rev. Il. Jones
of Hubhardton, who has been missing
for several weeks, was found dead in
his room at the Libby house. New York.
the other day. There was a bullet
wound in his head and pistol by his
side. He had probably been on u long
spree.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
On the 18th inst. the barn of Carlos
Jacobs of Calais, was burned, together
with moving machine, carriages, hay,
etc. 1t caught by spark from the
burning chimney of his house.
George Butterfly of Montpelier made
up his mind that he wasn't ST. much of
a butterfly, after all, when he skated
over the dam last week and tiOated
down a hundred rods in the cold water
before he could get out.
j. E. Flanagan, one of Montpelier
most persistent rum-sellers, was sent to
Jail for 90 days for third offense, Sat
urday.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Daniel c. Clapp, twenty years old,
residing in eathcrsfield, fell from Il
building, Il few days since, and received
fatal injuries.
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