St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-12-27

! Clarissa A. Bennett of Alburgh is IN
Jail for probably fatally assaulting Alb
bic O'COnnor's little daughter, several
of the child's ribs being broken.
Rev. Thomas Fl. Dunstone works in
the Corinth copper mines during the
week and breaches at a schOOl-house IN
the district on Sunday.
Charles Mayo of HydeparS, in fit OF
acute mania induced by IL religious ex-
element, the 21st, jumped into the La
noble river to prevent devils pursuing
him. The river, swollen and full of ice,
was too much for him, and washed him
down. Coming near the bank he was
rescued. 1t required the strength OF
five men to bind and lodge him in Jail.
Alonzo Foss, young man twenty five
years of age, who lived with his broth
er, George Foss, on the West Hill,
Mortified, shot himself through the
head, last Saturday noon. On the day
before he tried to get an ounce of laud-
anum at Potter's drug store, but the
clerk refused to give it to him. The
next day, Saturday, he procured re-
volver, went to his room and shot him
self. Disappointment in love is said to
be the cause of the act.
The shrewd fellow who managed to
draw 5000 from the Newport bank on a
forged note has been captured. He was
found in Boston. The Journal of Fri
day has the following: estate Detect
i've Hersom on Thursday evening ar
rested one A. E. Moore alias A. E. Bish-
OPP, who is charged with forging note
for $3.50 and passing it on the National
Bank or Newport. The forgery was
committed some months ago, and a de-
spatch was received on Thursday stat
ing that the man was probably in this
city. Detective Hersom succeeded in
tracing him to a gambling saloon on
Hanover street where he arrested him.
He was arraigned in the municipal court
Friday and held in $4,000 until Tuesday
next, when requisitiOn papers will prob
ably be received. Moore is about forty
years of age, and was formerly en-
ployed as conductor on the South BOs-
ton horse railroad"
The six largest towns in the state
have the following populations: Bur-
lington, 1850: Rutland, 12,287; st.
Adams, 1909; Bennington, 6l02; Brat
tleboro, 6090; st. JOhnsbury, 548l.
Diphtheria prevails alarmingly at
Bridgewater, and last week Hosea
MOOre's two sons, aged II and 9, died,
and were buried in the same grave,
without funeral services.
A large eagle carried off a 15-pOunds
gobbler at Pomfret the other day.
The Mary Fletcher hospital, Burling-
ton is finished and is being furnished
it will be formally opened January %.
A Cuttingsville man jumped from his
bed the other night to throttle a burg
lar whom he saw by the dim moonlight
in the dark corner of the room, and
upon getting a good grip found he had
captured the old family bass-viol.
Justin E. Colburn, United States con-
sui general at the city of Mexico, who
died of consumption in that city on the
ID inst, was native of Vermont, 80
years of age, and a Journalist by pro-
fession. In 1869 he went to Washing
ton as private secretary to Senator
Sprague. Subsequently, however, he
found employment in the Washington
bureau of the New York Times. Mr.. |
Colburn lost his health in overwork at
the capital. 1t was hoped that his APP
pOintment would he the means of pro-
longing his life. He leaves IL wife, who |
is now on her way home.
The other day Il seedy looking old |
fellow called on tenant farmer, named |
at Waltham, praised up the
butter made by the latter's wife, and
said lie had come to see if he could not
rent them a large and well stocked
LARRY farm in Rutland county. The
tenant bit, set on the cider and finally
invited his visitor to stay over night.
The next morning the old fellow left,
to call again during the week
md asked Washburn in case he
shouldn't get around, to come down to
Rutland county to see him. He didn't
;Ome back, however, and Washburn's
Iisit to Rutland shows that his visitor
vas fraud who had imposed similarly
IN people in other parts of the state