St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-06-15
State News.

made her second attempt at Sulclue ny
hanging, the Sd, but was discovered in
time to defeat her design.
Mrs. Taylor Parker, of Marshtield
aged about thirty years, hung herself
with a rope, on the 9th inst, III hel
husbands barn. She was out of health
and low spirited. Two uncles and a
brother have committed suicide before
her.
Miss j. C. Houghton, of Marlboro, has
been committed to Jail in default OF
5000 bonds, for obtaining two names to
note, by false pretences.
Four tramps have been arrested in
Andover for breaking into Orson Dim
ick's house during the absence of the
family, and stealing S75 worth of prop
erty.
A young lady in Westminster had d
narrow escape from death, from dose
of morphine taken by the advice OF d
physician to ease the pain of an aching
tooth.
Martin G.. Evarts, of Rutland, has re-
ceived 200 migratory quaIls from Sicily
which will be set free upon the noun
tains in the vicinity. These birds,
which have never before been imported
to this country, are about as large as
our common quail, and are said to be
very prolific and hardy.
Rev. Charles Redfield has closed his
labors with the Plaintield Congrega-
tiOnal church.
The Burlington cotton mill cOmpany's
property at Winooski, was sold at
auction few days ago, to William p.
Clark, of Lawrence, Mass, for S27 900,
subject to mortgages of S24, 500. The
original cost was about $3.50, 900.
Charles Washburn, of Goshen, who
weighs 300 pounds, was chased a long
distance by an enraged bull the other
day, and finally saved himself by climb
ing IA tree. Taurus took his stand at
three hours in the hot sun.
A state exchange puts it thusly =
"These are the days when good, honest,
ambitious men lean Oh their hoe han
dies, at the rate of Is cents an hour, on
the road. 1t is strange that men will
be perfectly honorable everywhere else,
but will cheat the highway"
A little child of Mr.. Beecher, of Ran
dolph, came near being killed by the
cars the other day. Its mother had
only just time to drag it from the track
where it was sitting unconscious of its
danger. On account of Il curve the
engineer did not discover the child in
season to stop the train.
Grin Wheeler, of Newbury, died the
9TH, from accidentally drinking poison
When first asked by his physician if he
had taken poison he denied it, but the
next day he told his physician that he
drank something from il bottle labeled
'.whisky." The bottle was found tC
contain corrosive sublimate.
There was big squirrel hunt" il
Wardsboro, last week, in which about
200 squirrels were killed, and othel
game in proportion. We think IA potat,
bug hunt would be more in order.
Rev. James p. Stone intends closing
his lahors at Highgate, ut the expira
ton of his fifth year there, the last o
September.
The st. Adams Messenger under
stands that Judge Royce has decided t,
dismiss the petition of the Central Yer
mont for a consolidation of roads ant
reconstruction of securities.
1t is stated that the President ha
decided to postpone his visit to Yer
mont until the month of August, il
order to participate in the Centennia
anniversary of the battle of Benning
ton.
Another fatal accident occurred a
the West Rutland quarries, Thursday
Hugh Flanagan, employed in tn,
quarry of Clement, ellison s. WOodfn
slipped and fell from the top to tn,
bottom of the quarry, $50 feet below
He lived about half an hour. He leaves
a wife and nine children.