St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-07-12
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
Rutland is vigorously abating the
tramp nuisance, having sentenced 10
tramps caught sleeping in barn in the
suburbs to Jail for from 10 to 20 days
each.
The state wOrk-hOuse commissioners
are pushing their building at Rutland
SO as to have it ready for an apprOpria-
ton for furniture at the next session of
the Legislature.
Ira Brown and his wife of Stock bridge
celebrated their golden wedding re-
Gently. Three of Mr.. Browns brothers
have had their golden weddings, and
their wives are still living.
The First Congregational church at
Townsend was 100 years old june 81,
1877, but, being without pastor at the
time, the celebration was postponed till
last week, when it came off in the shape
of an Old England tea-party in the
village park, a large number being
present.
The Westfield gold miners have gone
to haying, as it pays better.
There were 81 deaths by violence in
Vermont during the first half of the
year just passed, June leading the other
months with Ia. Of the whole number
23 were suicides-hanging being the
favOrite method-two infanticides and
one victim of abortion, while the re-
mainder were accidental.
The recent suicide of VIM. Cummins
of Berlin, seems to have been one of
hereditary insanity. No less than six
of his relatives have taken their own
lives.
The Congregational society in Rut-
land realized $40 and the MethOdists
800 profit, from the sale of refresh
ments the Fourth.
On the night of Dec. 81, 1877, the
town treasurer's office at Athens, Wind
ham county, was broken into and rob
bed of Sl25. An investigation has been
going on for some time, and resulted
the Sd, i'll the arrest of Stephen C.. Ran
ner, the treasurer himself, who is the
real culprit.
The burglar who robbed the safe of
Robbins q Marsh at Chester depot,
May 10, 1877, is now in Jail at Roches-
ter, n. Y, for carrying concealed
weapons, and will soon he brought to
the state for trial. He has robbed Is
or 20 postoffices in the country, and is
considered very dangerous fellow.
A Troy young woman declined in
health. lost 40 pounds of flesh and was
confined to her bed much of the time
last winter and spring in consequence
of a too constant diet of cloves, but
medical treatment has finally removed
considerable quantities of undigested
spice, which she ate eight months ago,
from her stomach and bowels, and she
is rapidly recovering.
The suit of NJ. c. Hayes formerly of
Northampton, Mass, against the Phil
adelphia fire association, to collect in
surance on property burned in the old
Rutland opera-hOuse fire, which he was
accused of setting, has been decided in
his favor by Judge Powers. Four suits
pending against other companies will
probably be influenced by the decision.
An attempt is being made to induce
the Novelty company, whose shops
were recently burned at Springfield to
move to Rutland.
Another wonderful clock is reported,
this time from Hartland. 1t was whit
tied out by L. Morrison, village genius,
23 years ago during his spare moments,
and is of wood. 1t runs 81 DAYS with
out winding, keeps good time, and has
month, hour, minute and second hands
moving on separate faces. The peudu-
lum weighs IL pounds and the weight
25 pounds.
Now the lawyers say that Dea. Smith,
the Vergennes wife pOisoner, will escape
on his trial for adultery, as the only
adultery which can be proved was in
the state of New York, where that little
irregularity is not a crime.
Great excitement prevailed at Water
bury, the 5th inst, on account of mad
dog that bit two men and large num-
Der of dogs. A company of children
had a narrow escape. He was pursued
until late at night and early Saturday
morning until lie went into a house I'M
uer ii bed and was killed.
The Montpelier Savings Bank and
Trust Company declared an annual
dividend of six per cent. to the stock
holders, payable July LIST. The amount
of deposits in that bank have usually
been about $400,00 but since the bank
commenced paying depositors only four
per cent. interest the amount of de-
pOsits has fallen off about One-fourtb.
The First National Bank declared and
paid semi-annual dividend of five Der
cent. on the first instant.
DR.. Hunt of Worcester, VT, has been
at Montpelier and employed counsel to
commence an action of libel against
Hiram Atkins for damages for the pub
| LEGATION in the Argus and Patriot of n
statement that a body of young woman
had been found in the Doctors hog pen
in Worcester.
Joshua M. Dana of Woodbury. COM
mitted suicide July Bird by HANGING
himself in his barn. Ill health, causing
mental arrangement, said to be the
cause. He was farmer and 70 wears
old. Jo"''
Rain has fallen in North China and
faint hopes are entertained that the
long drouth with its miseries NAV end
but up to this time there is no abata ,