St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-05-03
Vermont News.

U. w. Goodale, 81 years old, an en-
ploye of the saw mill at Middlesex, was
killed, the other day, by being struck
in the forehead by piece of lumber.
Horse thieves are operating in Lud-
low, having taken four good horses the
other night. They have not yet been
captured, though their trail has been
found.
Alfred Jones of North Hyde Park,
was attempting to shoot cats the other
day, but made mistake and shot his
better half through the right arm.
On Wednesday evening last a fire
broke out in a tenement-where a
''French funk" was being enjoyed-at
Milton, which destroyed nearly $4,000
in property, including the town hall,
the residence of II. C.. Boardman, Esq,
the stoIe and goods of d. F. Quinn, be-
sides doing considerable more damage.
The fire ragged until Thursday morning,
and was fought with persistency by the
entire community. Most of the prop
erty, we learn was literally insured.
Rev. C. B. Drake of RoyaIton, died
-f I-..-ss-.-->-.-i-. Lost S....ls.y. H. Ls.-.
been the pastor of the First COngrega-
tiOnal church of RoyaIton, since 1887.
Prouty & Miller of Newport met with
quite loss last Tuesday. They were
coming up the lake with large raft of
logs, containing zoo, 900 feet. aud when
within about two miles of the Mountain
House the boom broke, letting them all
loose. The logs were scattered to the
four winds by the waves and winds.
There was a sad tragedy in Cam
bridge, Sunday afternoon. Barney
Gray, young man laboring for Thomas
Edwards, at East Cambridge, shot his
brother, John Gray, with a shot gun,
killing him instantly. They were visit
ing, with others, in Edwards barn when
Barney took Il gun and pointed it say
ing "loOk out; I'll shoot you" fired,
and the shot took effect in the neck,
nearly severing the head The gun
was supposed to be unloaded.
Bennington's selectmen offer $500 re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of
the masked burglars who recently gag
ged and robbed Lawyer Harmon and
his family; or $3.50 for the arrest of any
one of the party.
Fred K. Foss, member of the Yer
mont shade roller manufacturing COM
pany OF Nergennes, and a brother of
Henry FOss, who recently lost all his
children but one by diphtheria shortly
after removing from Fairfield, Me-, has
died from the same disease.
Rutland wants SIS, 1000 for more wa
terworks. The village has already
spent $65,OOO and owes $50, 900 more to
get the water from watershed of two
N thraa NH, 4
1t Is now proposed to tap East creek
with l2-inch pipe and carry the water
three miles. A meeting will be held
May 8.
AT the creditors meeting in Burling
ton, of the st. Adams Foundry Co.. re-
Gently failed and gone into bankruptcy.
held last Saturday, before L. Lawrence.
Register in Bankruptcy, Hon. Worth
thingtOn c. Smith was chosen assignee.
Unsecured claims amounting to about
S6O,OOO were presented and fled with
the Registrar. Another meeting of
creditors will soon be held. This fail
ure is considered an unavoidable one
and considerable sympathy is felt tow
ard the proprietors thus embarrassed.
AT Huntington, Friday night, Oscar
Tomlinson's barn, together with ten
cows and four or five tons of hay, were
destroyed by fire. Insurance, $50.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tilton has been sick
since she made her confession, and has
been under the care of physician.
At Marshall, Texas, masked robbers
Sunday night compelled the postmaster
to open the safe and two thousand dol
off.
Out of 5000 Russians at Rustchuk 40
or gu die daily of ordinary and spotted
typhus. At Adrianople, Sistova and
Ilrnova hundreds die daily.
A dispatch from Troy, New York,
states that Senator Morrissey was
stricken with paralysis on Sunday. His
right arm is helpless, and he cannot
speak, but still eats and drinks.
Ex-Judge Gleason and his son, aged
IL years, were found insensble in bed,
at Baltimore, Monday. 1t is supposed
they blew out the gas instead of turning
it off. The young man died and the
judge is said to be dying.
The authorities at Bellevue Hospital,
New York, are much puzzled by a mys-
terious case which was brought in
few days ago. A policeman observed
well-dressed man slowly walking up
the street, who suddenly paused and
stood motionless in the centre of the