St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-26

may he tNltcIeu ~ '"ih '"'
swimdler. as well as Sroffer ana sian
derel. - BurIinJtOn Free Press.
The Woodstock !Snndard is author
lied To state that the loss of the W hlte
River Bank of Bethel, by the recent
failures. will he less than Sl3,Wo- Inc
bank has in undivided profits and sur
plus S:&.2l6.l2.
Assistant POSTMASTER Lester y. Mil
Ter. of Woodstock, has retired from duty
in the poSt"t1icr. owing t" I'll health.
He ha, served Uncle sam and the peo-
nile of Woodstock almost continuous
il since lS:}2 period OF tortN-tirce
Years.
\ three wear old son of Henry Bal
lard Esq. of Burlington. while playing
with Il screw driver the other day. fell
ou To it and drove the blade into his
,yelid and up over the eyebrow into
the socket of the eye, imtlirtimg very
serious wound. The doctor who dressed
the wound expresses the opinion that
the sight of the eye is not endangered
and will not he: but il WIS Il very mar
row escape.
VIM. Cooley of Waterbury, has in
vented IL jar to he made TT stone OF
carthcn, in which to keep butter per
ttctlv sweet amy length vi time, II being
sealed and remaining alr-ti@hl TILL want
cd for market, when il Is easily tiaiIN-
t,lrcd to new tubs in which II L. shipped.
Mrs. W. II. Peck, of st. Adams, WIS
struck 10y Il runaway hack, Monday
night, and 81 badly injured that she died
in Il few minutes.
VIM. Rogers of Tnp>ham lost Il horse
last week, valued at $50, 10y her get
ting hung 10y the halter III the stable.
The referees on the unadiI>tcd mat
tens between y. {. MumSom and The
Montpelier and Wells River railroad
will commence their session at the Gem
tr;l house. Montpelier, on the 1th of
December.
e. Il. MmnSon'S residence IN MInchcS-
ter. had Il uIiION escape from contiIg!I-
lion the other day. and the origin of
the iilc i my>teI inIl>. Some oi The
family. dming the day, discovered the
od"r nt burning clothing. and on search
Il back chamber Na> found to he full of
smoke. On examination Il box filled
with pieces of linen and cotton and Il
few wooden goods WAS found To bc on
fire. one end of the box having burned
through when discovered. No member
of the family had been To the box for Il
long time. and whether the fine WAS the
result of Spontaneous combustion ar
whether Il match had accidentally got
into the box and been i"nItcd 10y the
mice VIII perhaps never Ice known.
prArm or THOMAS l.. SHELDON OF
IA,
the hutilmd Gi"hc. al the sudden death.
l., accident. OF Thomas sheldon. Esq.
rt Rupert. Il member ut the Vermont
iiuard ut Agriculture. lie Went INTO
the woods OH Thursday Ia cut trees for
~iW Logs His pr"lrirtcd ;ih>cmcc c:iti>-
ed his family some anxiety. and they
sent i party t. lind hIm. lie WAS tnumd
dead under Il tlrc which lc had cut
d"W:,. and was probably killed instant
ll. Mr.. sheldon WIS not far from ~
lcaI> "l age and leaves u y if, and >,y-
rI,h children. He represented Rupert
III tine Legislature in I~ti and I-,i1 He
Vas Grand Secretary oi the Grand .odue
81 odd Fellows of this State from lr.IO
I" l-'n. In i-12 he WAS appointed Il
mcmhcl of the Vermont Buald of A"l-
culture. lie WAS highly esteemed in
every ltIatlul oi me.
T.. II. CurlcN. VIII" i under ares AZ
M"uiprlirr. charged with completely in
the Ban" bank robbery. does NOT think |
much of the rn>,.-cul"Icd descriptions of
him that are floating through the papers. |
He SAYS that hc WAS Il Suh>titut,-hIokcrI
At Troy. y y. during the war. Was not
IN the city when his hotel burned. never
hiird Miles To rob for him. and isn't |
worth Il cent. having sold his furniture
To rnpl"y counsel. lie thinks these
''"IIc> are gotten mp to prejudice his
cas-, N Vermont. in the interest OF Geo.
W liir. CuIIry'> wife and little gill are
coming here Ia visit him early in De
ccmhcr. and will stay ill after New
\ ears. They have engaged rooms at
the Central house. CurirN i very much
pleased. The New York sun had Il
sensational account. last week. of Cur
ley : life. in which it credited him with
being worth two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. and being the very
prince of burglars. II i believed that
lilies friends are at the hnttum of these
ildlcHluuS stories. III which To give pco-
pie the idea that he WAS CuIley'S tool.
which l. ITO" thin" .Montpcii,r .JoHr-
Hdi
The dwelling house of l.. VI. parmcu-
ter i'll East Montpelier. had narrow
escape from fine. on "Wednesday of last
week. the lire having its origin III the
Spontaneous combustion OF what Mr..
Parmrurcr hou@ht for Il wool mattress.
but which MAS filled with oid WOODEN
rags. old >u>pcndrrs. some feathers.
Hurkin% swept from the floor of woulru
- /
covered to hc ou fine WIS in Il close room
and emitted Il stencil 80 offensive that
II" ne c"uld inhnIr il long and live.
The upper portion If the house WAS
considerably damaged hy smoke. and
the lower part 10y water. Nh Paimci-
ter il justly indignant ut the IMPOSITION
rraclIrcd upon him in the sale of such
an article, under the high >oumdim" tenn
"i wool mattress, aud adv iS,S all PEG
pie purchasing such AN article to cX-
anime It's true inWaIdnc>>" critically.
lie thinks. and with good reason. that
such articles should he inspected before
leaving the manufacturers hands, and
Il heavy fine imposed Tor any neglect in
this respect.
ATTEMrTEpOrTEAG IorNGLADr
Assaulted At NORM GEuEGlA. El
t"L"RED MAN. WHO E>C>rE~. -Ahout
ten "'ci"ck. Thursday mnIuimg. lis Mis-,
Elizabeth story. daughter of Mr. Lewis
stony. of Fairfax. WAS Nalkim" from tn,
house of her sister Mrs Judd. To the,
station at North Gcnr giI. she WIS met
or "Ncrtakcu 10y 'olCIrd man and as
Saultcd. The Young lady screamed and
resisted him with all her power. but it
Is reported that he had nearly oyrr,.,u,.