St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-19


600 by the failure of Shepard DAVIS a
Co.. and I6,OO0 by the Chase N '"'
failure.
The Connecticut River Valley Masonic
Union will hold their fourth annual les
tiyoI ON Thursday. January llth, III
Fellows Falls. The association num-
beers nearly BOO members.
An adjourned term of the Washington
rnuut> Court. Judge Rcdticld presId-
inc. assembled "Wednesday to hear c1Srs
without a Jury. There we've some TWEEN
-, n.titi,,,s for divorce, of which two
have been continued.
Creditors representing about three
fou,thS of Henry l.. FiticldS Indebted
ness met at Montpelier "Wednesday. and
,urrcL To accept :E5! per cent OF then
rI,imS as il settlement IN full, ana 1"
rnrnrmrud all the other creditors 10 do
the same.
ON Monday morning last. da>tardiN
,ttrunt WIS made to explode the boiler
in Drming \ Mrad'> tanneIY. at Chrs-
fer. \ timely discovery OF the small
quantity of water in the boiler prevent
ed an cNplu>inn. which would have
caused serious loss of life and property
An employee who was recently dINcharg-
ed is suspected.
Mrs. Bridget Lee. whose death l.
rhrnniclcd elsewhere. must have been,
we think, the oldest inlahiiant of Bur
liu"ton: and WAS. we believe. the last
surviving Revolutionary pcmSIonrr III
this city. heing the widow of il soldier
of the Revolution. She retained her
powers remarkably. and on the last
..pclSinm day. IL few weeks since. went
in person. on crutchc>. to the pension
Office to draw her stipend. She WAS III
her DIST year. B"rIjHgton Free Press.
WANToN CAHELE>>NE>>. y Young
man. Merritt Peek, while At work in his
fathers blacksmith shop at Center Rut-
land. on Friday last. came acr">, an old
Iitlc barrel which he loaded with Il min
ME ball. an. screening the gan into Il
wise. .'tourhcd her off without regard To
dnCrtinm or consequences. The Chargc
went ont of the shop through u fence
and int" tn" house at Mr.. Warren Kent.
entering a room Whrr" Nh. Kent aud
tW" children were at the time. The
bali passed near Mrs. Kent. and WAS
stopped 10y Il bureau on the opposite
side at the room.
Elisha Cotton of Shrihurnc. thinks he
should bear til" palm ;I> the champion
hcai hunter of he state. He has killed
>iN bears the past season. hut now thar
the bare ground has disappeared he will
have to bear the disappointment of
,.ca>in. To Kill bears. IL the hears can
Ent bear he. cold weather. lat hurry Ia
tlIcir den>.
1t j. Thought the Washington, county
grand Jury. " hich u>ualil meets IN Sep
I,.nh,.r. nll IL. called together at the
next March tenn. to consider the c;i>c
of Asa Smith MJ"oui. charged with
numbering RGiu> Strcctcr. of l;IrIr. oct.
It'll.
Amnmg the recent Gifts 10 the Park
Gallery of AM. connected with the | nj
lri~itN at Vermont. i u lar.." and beau
rlfui French engraving. the "iit ct Hon.
II. i. Eaton of New York. It i Il Su-
pcIn India proof. liclr and t;t>iciu!lN
framed in hird>-cNc maple. HnNaini~licd
aud iuIaid with Il dmk W""i. It viii
"r"ur> Il space SOME ten feet III length.
OH he wills al the gallery.
Washington recently had Il marriage
at h", aged Ia Years and Il "iIl "i -.
Ii i alleged that II. \. White. town
clerk. hcin" absent. tlcl procured Il
li,ru>r from Ni>. White and nn the,
~rIcngtl, OF that Elder pirkcN tied the.
knot. Another Ii Wears odd l,oN and Il
u N"ar> old mate of the other >"N aIr
said Ia have tried the same ,'.IrIr. bur
they did not make il work.
I,-...j F., l,,,., 4
his l,">iii"m H. pastor OF the C"n%rrga-
t!"u.il church III brandon. la take effect
nu N"I. 9TH. He has filled hi p">iIi"n
NIIh ability tnr more than ten Nr:u>.
Rev. e. l.. IInlhrrt. ID. D.. President of
Ni'ldl"hmrl College. supplied his place
sunday morning. and We understand.
viii continue I" ii" ;" ion the present.
On the 9Th instant Mike Pcmdri> and
James Hurley. Nv" ta>tIct"m r"ugil>.
Went t" FHilhIlrn. and rntcliu. the
store of Hugh lnuug. assaulted hir and
attempted t" take aW1N i!iirr gallons
of liquor without pay img for it. The
prompt appearance of Mrs. Young with
1 pistol CAUSED the m,.n to >hrdad,lc.
when NJ. "um" set his he" upon Pcm-
'lrrS with such effective RESULTS that th.
latter WAS obliged t" call upon Il phy>i-
ian L. dIr>> his wounds.
\ day "r ~" ago. a little three. wear
old girl of i. +. Pickett. of Water huIN
Nrnl into the bedroom with Il lighted
candle. and the fringe ON the stand
cover taking fire communicated with
he hctI aud soon it MS all IN flames
Ma. Pickett. Instead ri running into the
streets /" rive the alarm of fine. tuuk Il
NC rug. Iud rushing through the dense
smoke aud Nl'r"adln" 1t upon the tllmr>.
held the iir,. in cheek until her husband
came I" the I,~cur. and the house WAS
saved.
The Wrl;lru House. with all its
property viii hr sold At auction ON the
"lh of December. III pursuance ot fore
Cl">ulr III favor of creditors represented
10y the II. Adams Trust Co. ~ pun
cha>cI> tur 81 large Il property alr al
WaN> scarce. this Will undoubtedly 90
extremely low in c"npm >on to It's cost
and lis actual value.
\ MYSTERY REVEALED. DR.. Wallncc
Stewart. about whom 81 much has been
said III tine papers OF late in reference 10
il mysterious disappearance at Bellows
Falls. drowning. supposed suicide. etc..
made his appearance ut his fathers res
idcnrr III Clarendon. on Friday evening
last. II" is quite tcticrnt aS Ia his
movements. and says hr has been visit
iHg al kccnr y. H.. aud thcrraboutS.
This solves the Bellows Falls mystery.
His friends have cndcavorcd to invrsti-
gate the drowning mystery. and a<ccr-
tam his whereabouts. hut gained no
cine until his re-apprarancc at home
ALEI RICH. HORRIBLE CHILD MrH-
DER. James N">hurgh. Il widowcr.
married. about three Years ago. Il vo-
man 10y the name ct Alice MISSIONER.