St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-07-17

accept the call of the Second Congre%I'
tional church i'm Norwich, Conn, and
read his letter of resignation last Sab
bath. He will not leave his present
work, however, till some time in August
The brick work of the new school
house walls is completed.
ADDISON COUNTY.
On Saturday evening MesSrs. GcnTg.
4. Merrill, Alvah StcarnS. +. \. Colby.
of Rutland. and f.. Gillette. OF Nergcn
mes with J. McDurtce. rs oarSman. left
for Gardeners Island. the boat being
heavily loaded with camp cquipagc
When near Bluff Point Il squall struck
and swampcd the boat. Gillette and
Colby swan ashore. The others chung
to the boat for some time. when, he
coming exhausted. Young Stcarns drop
ped of and WAS drowned. Merrill and
McDuricc held on to the boat until il
drifted ashore. Mr.. Stcarns was Il ma
tive of Rutland. and lately IL drug
clerk in Boston.
As Mr.. Grin Cooper, of Shoreham,
was riding in his buggy Il short distance
from home on Thursday last. Il pitch
fork lying under the seat of the wagon,
WAS struck 10y one of the wheels in such
IL manner aS To thrust the tines through
both his feet, each tine passing entirely
through each foot.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
There WAS Il remarkable display of
fireworks at ESSEX Junction on the
Fourth. 1t seems that the committee
on fire works. composed of some of the
best citizens i'll the place. had put up Il
platform at the entrance to the fine
brick school house. intending Ia exhibit
the fire works from there. Owing to Il
shower coming mp the committee after
ward deposited the fire. works in the
building and within Il few moments
they were ignitcd and the result WAS
anything but pleasant rockets went
through the ceiling and windows. and
some "f the inside blinds were torn
from their fIStcningS. while all the
walls were charrcd and hlackcncd and
much damaged. BY great effort the
tirc WIS put ont and the building saved.
though it was damaged not less than
500. Free P,c~S
Willie Mcclau. who WAS employed
10y Taft. Morgan X Co.. of Burlington.
L" shovel ShaNiugS. during the absence
OF Mr. Morgan left his work and went
t" f""limg with Il circular saw. Nh.
Mon gan came in and found him nj the
saw bench and told him to go away
from it, but as soon H. Mr.. Morgan'>
back WIS turned he resumed operations.
and the result WAS the loss of two
tII,r,.IS and tIIIut |, fran, lii Lift hahI
Just after the arrival of the New
\ ok express from the south. SATURDAY
evening, Frank Gilman of Rutland. the
brakeman on the train. was engaged in
coupling the baggage and passenger
ears. when the engine backed up the
baggage ear and damned him between
the two. iniuIing his shoulders and
chest severely. hruiSing his left arm.
and rIpturing the blood vessels of the
lungs. 1t is hoped he is not fatally
injured. Free Press
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The ST. Adams Lecture Committee
recommend only eight lectures for the
c"uI>c. Their next season is To include
Rev. DIR. Chaplin, James +. Fields.
Professor Churchill. Mark Twain. and
the Temple Quartcttr. The a>Snciatinn
had only Il balance of S;1l.GJ over cN-
pcnsc>. last season. John &. Farrar
has htrh elected president for the Year
ensuing. and the price of season tickets
admitting" one person only has been
fixed at S2JO
LANoIILE COZ NTN.
In Stove, during The thunder storm
I,,1 81 A
Adams. aged about seventeen Years
WAS ~ ing on Il bed III his fathers
house, his feet being about six inches
from an open Window. the lightnin"
struck the house. and entering The win
dow, killed him instantly. His brother.
ing on the same bed with him. and
his mother, in the same room. were
severely stunned 10y the shock. \ dog
in the same room. near the mother. was
killed. without making il movement af-
ter he WAS struck. The house was con-
>iderahlN injured 10y the shock.
Freddie Russell of Johnson. five
Years old. is So unfortunate Ms to have
IL step mother and Il more brutal father.
VIII" have been accustomed to beat him
till he was covered with bruises. and
once they held him. head downward.
in Il barrel of ice water till he WAS near
ly dead. while hanging him up by the
arms for hours has been no uncommon
amusement t. them. The ncighbors
have taken the child away from them.
and they have fled. The boys are go
ing to make it lively for them, if they
come back.
Good dog. Last week "Wednesday il
large dog belonging to john Carpenter
of Johnson. attacked one of his bows.
hit him very severely, and probably
would have killed him had there not
been ncighhors present. The dog was
shot. Last spring the dog bit Il man.
and because the man turned and fired
ut the dog Mr.. c. had him fined 50.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The new Congregational church mt
Barton is nearly completed, the society
has extended IL unanimous call to Rev.
Austin Dodge of East Brideewatcr,
Mass. We understand the call has been
accepted, and Mr.. Dodge will come to
his charge this week. The new church
is Il fine structure, 42N69 feet. with rear
addition of IlXH feet. The architect
is Lambert Packard, and master work
man +. NJ. Hall, both of st. .Johnsbury.
Mrs. Snow of Greensboro HIS with
drawn her suit against David Simpson.
which she brought against him for
damages, IN consequence of the sale of
liquor to her husband
Willard Clark, who has been in the
Vermont State Prison nineteen wears
for killing IL man who had scduced il
woman that he loved is to he irnnsfer-