St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-04
State News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

bv Charles ID. Hay, about TWO h,neS
north of the village OF Mia In
were DESTROYED by fire on THURSDAY
night. Everything that was III t ti,o
barns and almost everyt mhS III .nt
bouse was consumed, and had II .I"'
been for a dog that jumped !p"" 'm
bed where Mr.. Hay and family "e,I
sIeeping. and awoke them, they M M,I
have nerished in the flames. lhele
was very little insurance on the prop
ertv. The fire is supposed TO oe .io
work of an incendiary. Good i"l 'ii'
dog. -,
G. :. Tisdale & Co.'S steam SAW mil
at RiptOn, was wholly cohs'thu
fire about II o'clock Friday night ny
spark that must have been III tiie say: Nj"
dust in the lower part OF the hu'i''lilS.
| 1t WAS il new mill and. was ""ilS
large business in manufacturing slaves,
clapboardS, single, and lumber Oh All
kinds suitable for building purposes
| Loss estimated at S6.UW; no llis'i
uucc. Quite number of acres OF lahu
are being entirely run over by iiie' am"
another mill about one mile on L. soon
eypected TO lie burned Ivy fire III the
woods.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
Collins Merrill of Montpelier, was
brought up before Justice Hollcnbeck;
Saturday morning, and find - ana
costs for intoXicatiOn.
Patrick Gleason. Young lrishman,
aged %. broke into Colchester depot on
Friday afternoon. and robbed the tick
ct office of half a dozen tickets. but
! ~, hn
WAS arrested at Milton in the evening
and lodged in Jail Saturday morning.
Hannah Mobbs, a dissolutc character,
was found dead in the road i'll jericho.
A post mortem revealed that she died
of poison, but the evidence Is that she
administered it.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Daniel Fuller. of Cambridge. was
drowned in the Lamoillc river, near
his residence. while in bathing on the
26tli inst He was IL worthy and am
bilious Young farmer, about - years
of age. and leaves wife and IN"
children.
The real estate. water power. macllliI-
crv, etc. of the Mnrli>Nillc Manuiar-
turing Company was sold at auction on
"Wednesday last to Edwards. Stevens y
Co. of WinooSki. far about S~.Hs.
Two carloads of Germans are cX-
pcctcd at IIydcpark 10 work "n the
| Portland y Ogdeu>hmg railroad.
ORANGE COZ NTl.
jaime McDutfrc of Bradford, whose
death took place recently. at the age OF
seventy three. had been from time
l al al,
dug 1900 graves while holding that r"-
>itiOn.
The Orange County Court now i'll
session at Chelsea has been engaged III
the Trial of John Carleton for the muir
der of Alunzo Davis nj NcrShirc last
wear. Judge Rcdicld prc>idrs. States
Attorney Gamhcll and John w. Row
ell of Randolph were counsel tor the
State. Hon. Dudley &. Dcni>0n of
Royaltnn. Hon. Charles II. Heath of
Montpelier. and Hon. Roswell Farm
ham of Bradford. were counsel for the
prisoner. The jury on Thursday
brought in verdict of manSlaughtcr.
The case WAS tried Il Near ago. but the
jury could not agree.
West Randolph seems to bc Just now
the subject of Il large number of blum
dcling paragraphs. An unfortunate
man had the small poN i'll East Gran
vile. a part of Granville extensively
known AZ Sandusky. He died. and the
West Randolph correspondent of the
Windsor JoHyHdI duly reported it. but
the types put the item under the West
Randolph mead and said that the man
who was sick at "Sam Dusky's was
dead. And now the thing is goim" I'M
der full head that West Randolph has
had fatal case of the small p0X.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The installation of Rev. Charles Van
Norlcn over the congregational Church
at 1t. Adams. took place Wednesday
evening. Rev. W. ii. Lord. ID. d.. OF
Montpelier. delivered the sermon. and
the exercises were of unusual interest
The butchers strike mt st. Alhaus has
ended. two of the combination having
gone back on THEN pledges. one 10y sell
ing ont and another Ivy re-Openmg.
without giving the required notice.
he Messenger says: Thus cudcth the
:. battle of the butchers. 1t has been a.
hloodle>S rs much of their meat WAS ne
fore. 1t began i'll mistake and has
ended i'll Il lesson.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
All this at Barton Landing i'll one
day Daniel q. Brown had his ankle
: badly >prained John Kelly clipped
two of his fingers severed >on plane
Mrs. II. {. Rogers fell down stairs aud
WAS badly hurt Geo. Bush who had
just missed being thrown from the plat,
of the same building. fell frnm the stag
ing, Il distance of eighteen feet. and
was picked up for dead He remained
insensihle for some time. but WIS final
~ restored to consciousness. Fortu-
natcly no bones were broken. and he is
about again though sore and lame.
On the 2}d inst. town meeting was
held i'll Craitsbury to see if the town
would vote to aid in the building of the
railroad. Many refused to vote ut all.
on account of the manner i'll which the
subject was presented. The enemies
| of the measure out generated it,
friends, and the vote was lost by ten,
1t was also voted to adjourn the meet
ing until next November. The friend,
OF the measure have called meeting
for July 9Th, and do not propose to give
1t up Net.-.NOHifOr.
In Troy the 23d. J. Q. Wheeler,
house: shed and two barns were DIES
troyed by fire. But Il few articles of
furniture and clothing were saved.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The dwelling house of Robert w
Jones, Ill Fanhaven, was burned early
tuesday morning. His wife and child
rem barely esrnnpb .li,o -, ,I,.;,. -: i