St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-01-19


The states hay crop, last year, de-
cllned II per cent i'll quantity, because
of the drouth, but was ii per cent. bet
ter In quality than the previous year.
MONTPELIER, VT, Jan. Is. II. C.
Phinney, for many years leading sta
toner and news agent here, failed to-
day. His liabilities are heavy, but the
certain amount is unknown. He has
been considerably embarrassed for the
past year. His store was robbed some
time since, which hurt him. Phinney
has been for several years, and is now.
Sergeant-at-Arms of this State.
Our death notices, to-day, contain
the sad announcement of the removal
of the wife and two children of Mr..
Hawley r. Nash, of Shelburn- his en-
tire flmily-swept away by diphthelia.
Huntington Free Press, 18th.
The Vermont Savings Bank. at Brat
tlebOro, has 81 ,929, 643 in deposits,
paid, last year, two 81 per cent. divi-
dends, amounting to S124,92O, and has
S9S, 1898 in cash on hand.
The 81 800 which the city will have
to pay Mrs. Epson, would have done
good deal of repairing of sidewalks,
and II 1t had been spent in that way
probably would not have had to lie
spent in this. Mrs. Epson was the tel
egraph operator at the railroad depot.
She stumbled, several months ago,
over an obstruction which had been
placed in the sidewalk it is said by or
der of the then Superintendent OF
Streets, and injured her knee-pan it IS
feared for Burlington Free Press.
Mrs. A. j. Burnham, of East Mont
peiler, had a narrow escape from death.
As she was driving to Montpelier on
the river road, her horse became flight
ened and ran. The engineer of an ap-
preaching train on the Wells River
road saw that the horse was running.
ana as there were several railroad eros
sings that the team would be oblig-
ell to go over, he whistled brakes. The
train passed the last crossing Just as
the team came along, the engine brush
ing the horse, and turning him out into
the snow. Mrs. Burnham was thrown
out, and, her foot catching in the
sleigh, was dragged a considerable dis
lance and was somewhat injured.
GRAvELIN's ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE
The prisoner Gravelin convicted, at
w oodstock on Thursday of the murder
OF Herbert o. White, passed very uu-
easy night that night, and next morn
ing endeavored to obtain of another
prisoner razor, evidently for the pur-
pose OF suicide. Attempts of this kind
railing, he took piece of lOoking-glass
and retiring to cell by himself made
a fearful cash in the left side of his
neck, partially severing the iuguIar
VEN. The alarm was at once given to
the Keeper, and physicians summoned.
lhey found Gravelin endeavoring to
make his way down the stairs leading
10 the upper tier of cells with the blood
moving from the wound and hesmear-
ing the floor and stairs so that they
fesembled slaughter house. Every
Effort was made to stop the flow of
blood, but before succeeding in this he
became exceedingly weak and deliri-
Dus, yet said he was feeling well aud
perfectly happy. Finally the wound
was closed and the flow of blood check
I'd.
While deliriOus he talked about the
murder and maintained his innocence
u the crime, although stating that he
vas party to the arrangement by
Vhlch 1t was perpetrated. He said it
vas arranged between himself and two
II his hired men that they should start
or Claremont in the evening, he
hould then send White home. Alta
convenient place on the road they were
0 way-lay and murder him. Further
han this he did not say, and it is ii
natter of conjecture whether he gives
ne facts as they occurred, OF whether
MS Is a story, on which he had been
yelling with view of attempting to
held himself from the galIows. He is
cry low and if kept quiet and pre-
ented from reopening the wound,
here is thought to be bare chance of
Is recovery.