St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-07-30
Outrage by Tramps--A Brave Woman
Scalds Two Mlscreants.

MONTPELIER. VI. july -. \ couple.
ct Young men went Ia TIA" tlImh"u>,. of
Emerson Hill ia West Berlin. SATURDAY.
his " If, being alone. got some dinner
and then called t"I money and liquor
Nh. Hill ordered them To leave and
dashed most OF 81 pail al hot water in
the face of one Ia" attempted Ia seize
her. >clldiu" HIM badly. while his com
pIninm. comm" Ia the Ic~cu,. received
the iruIindrI on hi ann. iiccnmiuy
ALARMED they lett the hnIi>r .tIi set iilc
Ia the shed. which WIS >c;I>onu.,lv din
covered and rNtin"ui>hcd 10y Mrs. Hill.
Monday forenoon they set lire To some
small buildings h"l"mgIng I" Nj. Hin.
in the woods. which were also cNtilI-
gui>hcd 10y her and Il ncigIh"r.
In the AFTERNOON she SIM Il woman
approaching her house. but >u>prctimg
ii WAS Il man in disguise shut and locked
the d"oI "I him. hen fnur men armed
with rrN"lNri> appcaIrd and broke the
door III with an ny. Mrs. Hill escaped
through Il back window and they pur-
sued and fired two shots at her. one of
which grazcd her ear. The ncighhnrs
alarmed and several men last night
and to- day. armed " it'll .unS. have been
in pm silt OF the Ia>ctl>. hut at latest
accounts without success. Two of the
fellows were again seen last evening.
Twenty five baIgc> loaded with about
:i.0OO.O OO feet of lumber. arrived at Bur
lIugtnn last week.
Peter AlplI"nsaS. the Barre Bank
ruhbcI. WIS taken to the State prison at
Windsor. Monday. for better security.
The IIydcpark bank has declared
>cmi-amnual dividend of five per cent
and also gone back on the burglars 10y
obtaining a double thermometer lock.
The Vermont Savings Bank at Brat
tlchoio reports II .67l. Il4.35 standing
To the credit of dcpositorS. July 10th,
besides surplus profits amounting to
SI0. 5n3.lI.
The down train on the Central Yer
mont railroad. Monday evening, struck
Il holSc and carriage ut South RoyaltOn;
the horse WAS killed. and man named
Howard. who waS driving. received
probably fatal injuries.
Spencer French of Stockhrdge. -
Years old, Il respected farmer was found
dead in his wood>hcd. SATURDAY,. with Il
pistol hall through his head, though
whether II WAS il ease of suicide or acct
dental shooting is unknown.
An unsuccessful effort to burn the
extensive clapboard mills at Bolton.
valued at S25.W)O. was made on Satur-
day night. 10y placing Il candle in il
hottomless cask. and depositing it in a
pile of ShaNin"s, but it WAS fortunately
discovered.
1t Is proposed to nIgauizc. during the
coming soldiers reunion at Brnttleboro.
an :iss"ciItion of State soldiers who
were in rebel prisons, and to collect
data for making up Il roll of Vermont
| prisoners of war.
sunday being the anniversary of tL.
murder of Marietta Ball AT st. Albous.
about two hundred persons assembled
at the scene of the murder. where. Rev,
Mr.. Howard preached IL sermon. and
the spot WAS decorated with flowers and
| the bushes hung with GRAPE by the
scholars of the murdered girl
Mortified is getting up an unenvia-
Bile reputation for mean arts and me,uer
acts. Mr.. Lewis Ila>S;lm recently fnund
one of his horses dead in the rasture
with three bullet holes through one lep.
| The horse was valuable one and Mr..
| Hassam feels his loss severely-brt he