St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-10-18

approval of the valedictory message of
Governor Fairbanks, and hopes the ex-
ample set by him may be followed by
his successors.
Mr.. Louis Meacham, formerly of Bur-
lington, died very suddenly at Chicago,
Wednesday, of bilious collie. Mr.. Meach-
am for some time had proprietary in
terest in the old brush factory in Bur-
lington, and subsequently was assistant
editor of the Rutland Herald, going
from there to Chicago, where he was
one of the editors of the Chicago Tri-
bune, holding the position at the time
of his death.
Alvah Haynes, of Bennington, has
been arrested, charged with ravishing
his daughter, aged, as in the complaint,
from eleven to fourteen years. He is
about fifty years old, and has been for
a long time resident of Bennington,
and, with himself and family, formerly
stood well in society, his wife being a
member of one of the first families in
Wilmington. The girls mother and
brother unite with her in making the
complaint, upon which warrant is is
sued.
We regret very much to learn that
Quarter-master General L. G.. Kingsley
sustained severe fracture of both
bones of one leg on Saturday morning
last, at Rutland, by falling through a
scuttle in blacksmith shop. The frac-
ture is bad one, but, as the Generals
health is excellent, we trust his recov-
cry will be speedy.
On Monday, about noon, Mr.. Erastus
Hubbard of Montpelier fell from one of
the floors of his new building, and sus-
tanned fracture of one rib. Aside from
that he was not dangerously injured
as was at first feared. He fell a dis
lance of about ten feet.
Gov. Proctor has made the following
admirable appointments upon his staff
For SurgeOn-General, John A.,Mead of
Rutland for Aides-de-Camp George
w. Hooker of BrattlebOro, Chief of
Staff, Willard Harrington of st. Adams
and Henry A. Fletcher of Cavendish.
There yet remains one position upon
the staff untitled. Early applications
are solicited
In the case of the side judge in Orange
county, who was said to have been de-
| feated by the democratic nominee from
the misspelling of his name on the tick
cts, the error was considered as clerical
and accordingly corrected, the true
name being j. P. Cleveland, Jr.
The three large barns near Maquam
dock, Swanton, belonging to Fairbanks,
Barlow, Jewett and Hatch, were burned
with their contents at an early hour
Thursday morning. The company lose
over one hundred tons of hay. Small
insurance on barns none on hay.
Joseph Celleroy of Swanton has been
probably fatally gored by bull.
There has been a most vigorous eff
fort made by a very formidable and
combined force of well-trained lobby
lists to Overwhelm and override a senti-
ment which did exist, and which was
based upon sound reasons, that a change
was desirable because of Mr.. MOrrill's
advanced age, and the changed cohdi-
ton of political parties in the next con-
gress. We cannot but feel that the peO-
pie of the state will have occasion to
regret long before the next senatorial
term shall have expired, that they
placed in this responsible position, Il
man bowed with age, and with that di-
unfinished vitality which is always incl
dent to three-scOre and ten, if the re-
suit of tO-morrow's ballot shall return
Mr.. Morrill, to the United States Senate.
l-MORtpeLier Journal.