St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-18
State News.

The Congregational church at vest
Rutland. Rev. j. X. Williams, pastor,
has had nearly 100 additions during the
past year.
Freddie, little son of Mr.. A. N. Mer-
chant, of Burlington, was quite severe
ly bitten on the lip, by dog, Saturday
afternoon. The wound was cauterlzed,
and no serious results are feared.
The good people of Norwich were
considerably excited last week over
justice trial, the State against the no
torious George F. Kibling, for selling
liquor, three hundred offences. The case
was tried Friday and the jury, after
being out all night, came i'll Saturday
morning with disagreement of 3 to
one for conviction. The sentiment is
against Kibling, and another trial is
probable.
A sad fatality occurred at Windsor,
last week Tuesday. Nettie, little
daughter of Harvey Reed, was return
ing from school and stopped TO explore
the cellar of house burned the day
before, when her clothes caught fire
from the smOuldering brands. She was
found some twenty rods distant from
the cellar, near brook, her clothing
being completely burned off, and she
died soon after.
Mr.. Burt Taylor, of Wolcett, barely
escaped a horrible death, at the Guyer
saw mill, the other day. He was en-
gagged in taking away the lumber as
cut by large circular saw, and by some
means fell on to the carriage under AN
armful of boards in such a position as
to be helpless, just as the machinery
had been reversed and the carriage was
moving rapidly back for second cut.
His perilOus position was seen not
second too soon, as when the carriage
was stopped he was within a foot of
the murderous saw. The occurrence
happened in the early morning, but
such was the shock to the men, that no
more work was done that day.
The dwelling house and Outbuildings
in jamaica, occupied by John A. But
Ter, were burned Saturday night. Loss
$4,000; Insured.
Rutland extracts considerable COM
fort from the fact that Eseveral dogs
which fist Saw the light i'll Rutland
took prizes at the New York dog show"
Samuel Hews, IS years old and a
veteran of 1879, fell over the threshold
of his house at Fairlee on Saturday and
broke his limb above the knee.
Elisha Davis of North Cambridge at
tempted self-destruction by cutting his
throat with a razor on Saturday night.
Cause, mental dependency. He was
living Sunday evening, but will die.
A Castleton man finds that seventeen
persons have been killed by cars and
Oh the railroad track in that town since
the advent of railroads. Nine of these
were intoxicated. Some were deaf and
few were children.
A new counterfeit $50 bill on the
Central National bank, of New York
city, is in circulation. The paper is
tritie heavy, and the bill is one-eighth
of an inch shorter and narrower than
the genuine.
The rum traffic in Burlington is grad
ually giving way before the earnest APP
plicatiOn of the Nuisance law. 1t is
certain that many notorious gin-mills
have closed up the business. However,
it is well To remember that eternal Wig
lance is the price of lIberty.-FTee
Press.
~ OoDGE. "a Idlu WIS ll1duc
yesterday on the saloon of '.Pete" King,
in the north part of the city, which de
veloped IA novel ruse to evade the off
GERS of the law. A small quantity of
the ardent was found in the bar, which
at first seemed to be Peters entire stock
in trade. Further and deeper search,
however, brought beer barrel to light,
which had been hidden away III the
cellar. From this barrel pipe was
traced to the water supply pipe, which
it followed along up to the faucet in the
saloon. Just under the faucet, hidden
from the casual observer, this beer pipe
was connected with the water pipe, by
Il coupling so arranged that turned one
way only water could be drawn from
the faucet, but turned another way it
shut off the water and let on the beer.
The discovery of this very clever trick
will probably lead our officers to here
after prosecute their searches for liquor
with pertinacity that will give des-
perate trouble to liquor sellers.
Press.