St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-19

the determination was reaffirmad
adopt any plan till the funds arc 1T. not to
The next meeting is to be held o ta use
niDgton. ~ Den-
"Cafifornia jack" recently Iod.,
Windsor Jail for the robbery of PS efg. IN
& Marsh's safe at Chester. ho" ooOlns
having visited every state in tho n' T'. Of
besides most of the large cit Gi"'on,
Europe. He is known as a da a,eS In
character, and, although he nroteate
that he had never before been '".esed
road, one of the conductors on tt Un That
land division quickly recogpizad d" L. nut
a passenger who had given him a nl!l as
tussie IN bis endeavor to eject him f,oIl
the train for nonpayment of fare ION
Edwin Hyde of StrafforG dro.
dead from sun-stroke while hayirdP S
other day. "s The
The Windsor county democrot.,
made these nominations Senato,naye
c: Pollard of Windsor, G. W. Gafo,s u:
White River junction, NJ. J. Cline u
Bethel; assistant judges, L. S. Part"i1H
of Norwich, S. r. StOckel of Wind"uSe
judges of probate, E. B. Baldwin
Sharon, F. w. Marsh of Chester at VI
attorney, M. H. Goddard of Lnd Ioae
sheriff, Paul D. Dean of Barnard Ii,j
bailiff, c. B. Carpenter of Bridgey1n,,gsn
1t is now stated that while Paris "'
is killing the potato bugs, it is also i pS
ing hundreds of birds that eat the b"",
The poison should not be used Wis.,,
it may infect the garden vegetabIo'
Several persons have been poisoned "r
late I'D this way. SwantOn farmers ovo
using slaked lime in their potato fields
with good effect. "''uS
SHOCKING SUICIDE.-Amhrosa Son =
Charles Bancroft, Young man 10 r"a =.
old, living with his parents a half mile
south of Plainfeld village, blew hi
brains out about 2 o'clock Friday after
noon. The body was found bv his
father in a maple grove, some so rods
from the house, as he was bringing mn
the cows about 6 O'clock. The thumb
and fOrefinger of the left hand wero
burned and blackened by the powder
the ramrod was clutched in the riobt
hand, and everything indicated that he
had taken the muzzle of the gun in his
left hand, held it under his chin. and
with the rod in his right hand the Gun
was fired. The charge went THROUGH
his head, tearing out his jaws and face
blowing piece of skull nearly as LARGE
as a saucer clean off tit was picked IN
several yards away, and scattering ali
the braius out of the head. The Gun
had evidently been heavily loaded for
the purpose, and it was burst and br.
ken to pieces by the explosion. He
had some ill-tempered words with his
father in the bayfield, in the forenoon
and after dinner refused to work unless
he "could be used better" Violence
and uncontrolled passion characterized
his boyhood, and occasional threats to
kill himself or others.
The recent attempt on the life Of
Hon. Edward H. G off, president of the
Montreal, Portland& Boston railroad has
created intense excitement in RichfOrd
The missing watch dog was found Fri
day in a covered drain, having been
poisoned. Mr. Golf has made many
bitter enemies by his course as IL polti-
clan, in Canada, and many believe the
secret of the attempt to murder him lies
in this. No clue to the miscreants has
yet been obtained.
c. w. Morse, Viewpoints embezzling
collector, has returned from Canada,
and compromised with the town by
turning over enough of his personal
property to secure it from loss. He
used the towns funds and then, being
unable to raise money enough to re-
place them, he had to flee till the mat
ter could be adjusted.
Edward Leonard of Fair Haven, a
Middlebury college student, has just
died from the effects of hard study.
His father, Howard Leonard, who'll
sale and retail liquor dealer, considers
his present bereavement and the long
continued illness of Il daughter, Judg-
ments on him for his business, and gives
it up.