St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-02
Vermont News.

James Conlin's house in Clarendon,
was burned the other night, the family
barely escaping. Insurance, 5000.
Albert Palmer of Wells, broke both
bones in one arm, while wrestling, and
its amputation may be necessary.
The Brandon News says Rutland
draws six inch hair snakes from her
reservoir and is dissatisfied about it.
Wilcox's boot and shoe store in Ben
nington, was robbed of 5000 worth of
goods the other night.
George Flanders house in Ripton,
caught fire by the explosion of a kero-
sene lamp, and was destroyed. Loss
$500.
The thief who took DIR. Lund's horse
and buggy in Burlington, was captured
in Middlebury, and the property re-
covered.
At the meeting of the Vermont Dairy
mems Association, held in Burlington,
the old officers were reelected for the
ensuing year.
The largest boulder in Vermont is
called the Green Mountain Giant, lying
on the hill in Nottingham, and con-
tains forty thousand cubic feet.
The Bennington Battle Monument
Association has decided to locate the
monument on the site of the centennial
store-house, at Bennington Centre.
Elmina Boyden of Barnard, who has
been a great sufferer from some I'M
known internal disorder during the past
two years, had sewing needle of me-
dunn size, extracted from her shoulder
few days ago, and is recovering.
Stephen P. Black and Henry Joslyn,
of Berlin, recently had quarrel, dur
ing which the former stabbed the latter
in the leg with pocket knife, inflicting
a painful but not dangerous wound. No
arrests.
rill of Reading, left will, giving the
use of his property to his wife, and after
her death the same same to go to the
Baptist church at Felchville.
James Holton, of Putney, was found
in his saw mill. Oct. 22d, with his skull
broken in and the brains oozing from
the wounds, which were probably
caused by some part of the machinery.
Lyman Peck has been committed at
South Royalton, to await trial at the
county court, for breaking into the
bank at Royalton, Oct. 8, after being
acquitted on charge of robbing the
mail Sept. A.
The annual meeting of the Vermont
Pharmaceutical Association was opened
in Rutland, the oath. A larger number
of persons were present than at any
meeting for two years. The president,
DR.. M. K. Paine of Windsor, delivered
an address; and Professor Markoe, of
the Massachusetts college of pharmacy,
delivered lecture on the metric sys-
tenn.
| Owing to unexpected embarrassments
Mr.. Libbey, contractor for building the
state workhouse, was unable to COM
mence the job this fall, and so his
bondsman, Mr.. Thomas w. Kohr of
Boston, has taken it, furnished sufficient
security and commenced work The
residence part will be erected this fall
and the prison, workhouse and hospital
wings next spring and summer.
The following statistics were pre-
scented at the state Sunday school con
vention: Sunday schools in the state,
$50 scholars, church members, officers
and teachers connected Herewith, o.
600; children of school age in the Sun
day schools, 10000; children of school
age in the state, 92,5OO; church mem
bers in the state, about 10000; attend
ants upon church service, 10000; state
population, 800, 900, of whom SO, 900 are
Catholics.
The Brattleboro Record says: ave
have heard of negro in molasses
hogshead, and snakes in beer barrel,
but we never before this week heard of
salamanders in a cider barrel A gen
tleman on cemetery hill, while rinsing
out cider barrel the other day, was
not little astonished TO see two violet
colored creatures of the order of sala-
mander yenenosa, one eight inches in
length and the other little shorter,
coming out of the bung hole. The ami