St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-08-18
State News.

\ $1,000 bet has been made in Bur
lington on the result of the coming elcc
tiun in Vermont.
NergenneS has an olcandcr tree con
tanning l6l buds and blossoms.
There are now Ii men and one wo-
man confined in the State Prison
at Windsor five of whom are colored.
One hundred OF these are at work AT b
cents Il day each for ii. ii. Marvhlnney
\ Co. of Boston on Il new onc-Ncar shoe
contract. which Went into effect Aug.
|. The remaining sixteen work for the
state as cooks. tailors. inside and out
side walters. washers. etc.
\ gang of roughs came from West
Rutland Ia attend Il Democratic ratiti-
cation meeting in Rutland. Thursday
night They got drunk and went about
knocking down the citizens and having
fight among themselves. 1t was Il dis
graceful affair.
In Rutland. Friday. a man named
John Dowley called upon an apothr-
cary. He had Il very bad wound III his
/ leg which he wanted done mp. He had
been shot in the calf of the leg the
night before. and then taken Il dull
.
inch and half in diameter down to
/ the bone and found the ball. He WAS
intoxicated when shot and when he 81
badly cut up his leg.
Ncrmont's bonded debt has been re
ducrd so 900 during the wear. The
resources exceed the nominal liabilities
/ S72.9OO. of which sum $I35.5OO known
Us the agricultural College Fund" is
deposited with the State Treasurer.
though only the yearly interest on this
amount will probably ever he called
for. This. with the excess of resources.
gives S2OS 400. ont of this sum. how :
ever. is to be paid SlO0.0O0 bonded
debt. which falls due Dec. |. as well is
the legislative and ordinary EXPENSES
for the coming year.
DIR. George X. Barrett of Chester died
very suddenly on Monday.
Luman Carter of Derby. was wound
ed 10y the premature discharge of Il
pocket pistol on Wednesday. The
ball entered his leg just above the knee
and passed nearly through. 1t WAS ex-
tracted, but it is feared that amputa-
ton of the leg will he necessary.
AT PittStield recently Rufus Holt Will,
loading hay fell in such a manner thai
Il sharp pointed stake, over an inch il
thickness, passed into his body neal
the arm pit and out at the shoulder
He will recover. On the same day ant
in the same town Thomas l.. Parmente
tell from load of hay and broke hi
left shoulder.
Mrs. Mary Fletcher of Burlington
: the widow of the late Thaddeu> Fletch
| er, one of the founders of the Free Ii
brary, died of apoplexy Saturday morn
ing.
The citizens of Mortified are putin.
up Il tine school building, to replace
that burned Il short time since. Time
l are hard and money close, but they ar,
not unwilling to put their hands int,
their pockets for school purposes. TIN
building is tilty-nine by ninety feet
: two and one-half stories high. and i
p being put up in substantial shape.
D Gen. Joseph X. Hawley is to delive
the address ut the Vermont State Fai
:. III st. Adams next September.
. The Republican headquarters show
new and handsome Transparency, tiftee
= feet long 10y six feet in height, havin
}. III the upper corners the figures "l776
II 1876" and hearing the Inscription
. Hayes and Wheeler; Union Club
Fairbanks and Proctor BmlingtO
VI Free Press.
The industrial works company a
e Springfield, the cooperative associatio
= which has been often referred to as
# successful illustration of cooperation i
manufacturing, has suspended payment
The liabilities are chiefly due to loca
tradesmen, and it is claimed that til