St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-10-24
LAMOHIE COUNTY,

room about six o'clock in the afternoon.
His wife had been out visiting in the
afternoon and was expecting her hus-
band to come for her. He not doing
this, she became apprehensive, and
went home. On entering the bedroom
she found him lying dead on the floor
with his hat on his head, where he had
evidently fallen as he was preparing to
go for her. Mr.. Chandler was well
known in this vicinity, his wife, Sally
Chase, being one the Middlesex family
of Chases, and his remains were buried
in that town on Friday last. His
death was one of the sad and mysteri-
GUS prOvidences so alarmingly frequent
in these days.-Freeman
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Geo. G. Williams, of Craftsbury, has
eight cows from which he has made
and sold during the past season, 100
pounds of butter, for which he got the
highest market price. AT 40 cents per
pound this would amount to the snug
little sum of $3.50.
One of Thomas McClellan's little
girls of Albany, had Il hand shockingly
mangled between the cog wheels of n
thrashing machine Il few days since.
Saturday night, Oct. Ilth, the pris-
oner Fisher confined i'll Irashurg Jail on
charge of burglary, made his escape.
He managed to get hold OLA small iron
bar, and with this and small piece of
skillet handle and a small bolt, he
was able to pry out the bolts bedded
into the granite and holding the lock,
and thus opening the outside door of
the upper part of the Jail. He then
went through Il window to the top of il
low shed, and easily reached the
ground. The last heard of him. he was
i'll the Queens Dominions.
Rev. A. w. Wild was dismissed from
the passionate of congregational church,
10y the council which met at Green's
boro on Tuesday the 18th inst.
XXI ILAND COT MY.
SINGULAR DEATH. The one hun
dredth anniversary of the settlement of
Wallingford was celebrated last week
and the following singular incident is
reported by the Rutland Herald: In
mediately before the last address, Mr..
Joseph Haskill, of East Wallingford, Il
man "a years old, came upon the stand
and sang a song The building of Solo
mons Temple" He sang the first few
verses with vigor for Il man of his age,
but was apparently considerably cX-
hausted by the time he reached the last
feeble. and though he acknowledged 10y
bow the vociferOuS cheers that greet
ed the close of his song. he tottcred
from the platform and moved slowly IL
few rods. and sank to the earth and
lived but Il few moments. Mr.. IiaSkill
has often expressed his desire to die
without lingering sickness. His
wishes were gratitied. and nearly his
last words were the song he sung from
the platform. Mr.. HaSkill was born in
| Hollis. y. H.. % Years ago last Fchrua-
ny, and did duty as Il private soldier ut
the burial of Washington, in 1899.
Diphtheria of ii most virIlrnt type
has appeared in Rutland County. OF
seven cases occurring in three families
in West Castleton, five proved fatal.
some within Il very short time after
seizure. In Hydeville also the disease
assumes Il very malignant form.
wASHINGToN COUNTY.
The difference between trying il rum
seller by justice court where he is
usually fined five or ten dollars and
having him indicted 10y the grand jury,
NAV he gathered from the late cases at
Montpelier: The following parties
against whom indictments were found
by the grand jury. have paid up: c.
Blakcly, $500 and costs; BiNby x Co.,
$40 and costs; Babcock & Cutler,
$40 and costs; l.. Il. Huntington, II III
and costs; Orrin Daily, $40 and costs.
All the above are druggists, except the
two latter, who are eating house keep
ers.
Richard l.. Sargent. of East Warren,
who fell from the roof of il barn i'll RoX-
bury on the 26th of July last, and was
badly injured in his back and kidneys,
and paralyzed below his hips, died
Tuesday night, September Both, aged
80 years He lived Il great sufferer tol
nearly ten weeks, when death came to
his relief On Tuesday of the fourth
week after the accident he was placed
on ii stretcher, under the care of his at
tending physician, and by kind neigh
bors and faithful friends carried oven
the mountain to his home in East War
rem, Il distance of some seven miles
For this kind act, so carefully perform
ed, he was profoundly thankful.
On the 9th inst. Mr.. Andrew English
a prominent citizen of Marshtield, died
of liberation of the larynX. MIR. Eng
lish was in his sixty-eighth year and
was well known throughout his town
and this county. For twenty-five years
he held the office of town clerk and was
several times representative in the
legislature.
J. NJ. Dana, residing "under the
mountain" in Woodbury., has young
natiye annie tree in his orchard. the