St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-29
State News.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Rev. Benjamin Shaw, of Landgrovc.
Il man noted III former wears rs an anti
slavery and temperance lecturer. and
who WAS greatly respected, was buried
the 18th. He was about ninety wears
old.
All the Catholic children were re
moved from the Bennington graded
school At the opening of the fall term.
though no complaints of S-ctirianism
have ever been made.
CTIITTENDEN COUNTY.
AT South Burlington. the other night.
Il quarrel arose between Anthony Con
we'll, the proprietor of rancho in that
suburb. and Thomas Brennan. in the
course of which Conwrll shot at Brcn-
nan with 50 much effect that the latter
will lose one eye. The weapon used
was Il shot qua. which. it is supposed.
WAS loaded only with powder.
Burlington will ask for several I'M
POI tant amendments Ia her charter at
the coming session of the legislature.
Some provision will probably Ice made
t" prevent "c"l"mizing' previous to
municipal elections.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The other day, III runhnidgc. Freddie
Jones, aged eleven Years, had his lett
arm caught in the cylinder of Il thrtSh
ing machine. and 81 terribly manglcd
that amputation near the shoulder was
necessary.
Last "Wednesday. Mrs. n b. Stevens.
returned from Mortified t" Bradford,
and Thursday night WAS rc-alIe>trI in
bear on her hond>mrn 10y prominent
citizens. and especially 10y the mort
"agc"> VIII" held mortgages on the TIot
ter house. Legal tcchnicalititS caused
some delay, and III the meantime the
respondent MAS attacked with Il fit.
tainted away and suffered from >pasm>
OF %Iicf and pain which caused the Off
ccI {" delay the c"mmittal OF further
execution OF the warrant until Mon
day.
ORLEANS cot NTl.
Edwin &. HAYDEN. who shot and kill
ed his wife at Derby Line. WAS ar
rlignrd before the Orleans County
Count, in session at lr:i>buIg. HAYDEN
Is in Il terrible >haky condition.. and.
when asked 10y the court if he desired
counsel. could hardly reply, and finally
taltcrcd ont that he did. and the court
assigned him Hon. John l.. Edwards. of
, Newport. and General W. W. GInut of
Barton. Hayden will not he tried this
term. 1t is thought his counsel will try
To get his sentence lightcncd from death
to imprisonment for life. HAYDEN is
not ;" ANXIOUS I" he hung H. he was.
= John Rrcce of Rock Island l.. O.. whu
4 /, Ill
and committed to IrlShurg Jail in de
fault of S:'Jo0 bail for uttrling forged
paper at the DERBY Line National bank
: has, through his counsel, got his cas-,
continued until the next term of court
, i'll February. Rcccc is Il Young man
VIII" has heretofore given great promis,
rs an inventor. being the originator al
the only practical circular shuttle sew.
/ ing machine i'll existence.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Rutland came near having Il case al
kidnapping. Guy, the four Years ole
son of &. \. Parkhurst, WAS playing 4
short distance from his fathers. whel
an old woman who had been beggin.
I around the village for some days. came
along and enticed the boy to follow her
! Some one who SAW, notified Mrs. Park
hurst, who followed and recovered hel
= child.
Avery Bassctt. of Brandon. Il youn.
I man twenty lone Years of age. was sud
| denly killed on Friday morning. II,
was employed 10y the Brandon Paint
company. In attempting to put IL bel
on wheel he was caught 10y the shaft
his leg broken close to the hip, and hi,
: pclvis bone crushed to pieces. He died
after IN houI of intense suffering.
Fifteen Thousand dollars has been al
, ready subscribed in Rutland for the re
m"val of the Brandon manufacturing
=, company to that place, and as mucl
D more already promised.
t wASIIINGToN COUNTY.
t Geo. NJ. ErSkine's barns in RoxburN
were burned the 10th, with 80 tons %
hay. 300 bushels of grain, and farming
tools. Loss, $1,000: insured for $1,000
Probably the work of an incendiary.
n II. X. Bard of Mortified, who wa.
y wounded in the foot in the late war
= submitted last week to an amputatiol
B, above the ankle, this course being ad
!, vlsed as necessary to save his life.
X The eight-year-old son of son of Geo
W. Kennedy of Waterbury, was fishing
for minnows in Buffers pond. the othel
y day, when he suddenly felt something
= pulling him towards the water. The
e little fellow was determined neither t.
4 he pulled into the water nor to lose hi.
pole and line, so he ran up the bank anC
pulled large pickerel out of the watel
Il when help arrived in season to secure
Il the game. 1t seems that the boy caught