St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-11-12

the next evening. though missile was
hurled at him through Il window-pane.
The half-dozen or so of gentlemen OF
property and standing who signed a
playard warning Mr.. May to leave town,
we believe, have all passed away
Mary BOYLE, pastry cook at the Bates
House, Rutland, had Il narrow escape
from death Sunday morning, by her
dress catciiu. fire while she was cook
ing. Fortunately help WIS near ut hand
and she escaped with slight burns.
Victor Lovely aud Mary Ann Wood
ruff. both of Undcrhill, were ON trial at
that village last week. charged with
arson in setting on fire the house, barn
ana outbnildings of Mrs. Woodruff,
which were burned on the 2ISt of July
last. The woman was discharged and
the man bound over in the sum of 81
500. which was Immediately furnished
by Mrs. Woodruff.
One Joseph Page, born in Hyde Park =
recently returned from the State of Mis-
SoIIii. where he has for several Years re-
sided. and has wife and several chill
drcn living, on Tuesday night last. de
parted with one Nellie Page, his late
fathers witc'S daughter, OF unknown
paternity. They took the road towards
Canada. No one followed.
\ COW belonging to Mr.. Silas Davis
of Emo>hurgh, gained access recently to
MIS-. D's clothes line, and ate before
bciu" discovered. five skcins of carpet
warp yarn. six knots in sken. The
old COW undoubtedly mistook the warp
for filling. and used it for that purpose.
The new diet did not seem to injure in
the least the health of the COW, but
rather seemed to agree with her, for she
has since made IL fresh attack upon the
same line, and nearly dcvoured IL pair
of Mr. ID, pants before discovered.
The morning edition of the Burlng-
ton Daily Sentinel has been suspended.
The publisher truthfully no doubt -
says that he has ''Sacriticed many thou
sand dollars in Il vain cndcavor to es-
tabliSh Il morning edition of the Scnti
mel on Il Seli-SuStaining basis"
Orlando Heath and Emery Goodwin
thIc>hcd for |. II. Collins. in Walden,
September 18th. eighty bushels of oats
in one hour and fifty minutes, with Il
Rollins machine.
The BIattltbnro school ease. which
involves the right of Il school commit
tee to exclude children from the public
Sch"nlS. WAS argued before the supreme
court last week. but decision WAS re-
served. 1t will he remembered that 100
Roman Catholic children were kept
away from school Oh Corpus Christi
day (Junc y 10y their parents. and the
committee claimed the power 10 refuse
them the right to return except on the
promise that they wouldn't do So any
more. to which their parents would not
consent.
FATAL ACCIDENT. MI. David Camp.
of Stove. aged seventy two Years. was
almost instantly killed. Monday fore
noon. 10y Il runaway horse. which ran
against Mr.. Camps team. near the
>tuch factory. up>rtting II and throw
ing linn upon the frozen ground with
such force a> to cau>c his death in IL
few minutes after he was taken up.
The runaway team waS owned 10y j. +.
ShrrWin. and WAS hitchcd under Il shed
while its owner WAS doing business in
the village. but broke away and ran,
thus causing this sad accident. No
blame can hc attached To ANY one
The Springfield Republican argues
that many of til" WAYS at the American
women are vulgar. one of its points he
img his: No gentleman would care to
parade the streets in such attire that
one hand WAS constantly occupied in
rrctiug the slack of his hrrcchr>. after
the manner oi holding up >kit> at the
present time.
The Holy okc soldiers monument
committee have adopted the design pre-
scented hN I.aIkin G.. Mead. represent
img = soldier with kuap>ack ON his back
standing with his mu>kct at charge
haNnmrt. The soldier i ia ne of bronze.
feet high. on u granite block of the
same hight. and six 10y eight feet ut the
base. The granite pedestal Is without
much artistic design. laNin" only the
mitrd States aud the Massachusetts
coats of aims. the appropriation for
this monument j. SlO.0OO.
An impoiramt decision and opinion OF
the United States supreme Court has
lust been puhli~hrd. Il drrrImiu"> the
penalty incurred In national banks t"I
rhnI .in" "i Ircci> M - tate of interest
. exc t'illll8 lilIl dll''Nt'l Nv Ia Nv. III
( New "rk il had been decided 10y all
/ the courts. iurluding thc Court Of Ap-
/ pcal>. that these penalties are those
| prescribed 10y stale law. and include
/ the forfeiture "f the principal and IN
trrt.~t of the note ON which the Illegal
| interest had been charged or received.
| This decision is reversed 10y the Sr-
pIcmr Court in the c:~r referred Il"
and il is declared that only the interest
| Is forfeited.
The death i announced 10y cable al
| Sir John Gardner Wilkinson. the dis
/ tingui>hcd English arrlI;rnlngiSt. who
was born October >. ~. In early lit,
his attention being directed t" the study
of antiquities. he went to Egypt. and
during Il twelve Years residence i'll that
country made Il profound study of IT,
ruins. rs we'll a> of the manners and
customs of its modern inhabitants.