St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-06-14

Dh Central Vermont Directors car,
,1;ah Vas attached recently by the st.
Albaps tax collector, for toWn' Vii"So
and school district taxes, was 500 sou ~. III
Saturday at auction, TOT @l'oo"' 'no
amoupt of the taxes and cost.
A Bridport man says he has tired ana
nroved. that tar dissolved I'D water anu
snrinkled on potato vines, is sure death
to tbe potato bugs, which have appeared
in large numbers and with sharp ap-
petite. -,
The Free Press says the frost did
much damage in Chittenden county.
ain some places in Addison county
Starksboro, Bristol, Lincoln and 0tner
towns-many gardens and potato fields
were so injured as to render second
nlanting necessary, and in few locall-
ties water was frozen-slightly OF course.
The mountains to the south of us we're
wbitened with snow; and altogether
things are looking decidedly wlntry."
Joel Dingman of Montgomery was
kicked by horse the 9th inst, and
died in a short time.
The widow of J. Sullivan Adams died
at Jacksonville, Fla, the 5th, OF typho
malarial fever.
Rev. James Dougherty, D. D., died
at johnson, the 10th, aged 81 years.
He was a graduate of the University OF
Vermont of the class of 1880, and re-
ceiyed the degree of d. d. from the
University in 1864. He was pastor OF
the Congregational church in Milton for
some years, and for 25 years or more
thereafter was pastor of the church In
johnson.
John M. Hulett, the missing Salisbury
man, has been found wandering in the
road several miles from his home, and
in q half demented condition. Only
$50 of $500 which he had when he dis
appeared were in his possession, and it
is feared that his mind has been per-
manently impaired.
An important case, the settlement of
several administrators accounts on the
estate of William F. Barnes, late of
Rutland, came before the Rutland pro-
bate court last week. Gen. Butler,
counsel for one of the legatees named
in the will, was represented by ex-
Congressman Poland, and other promi-
nent lawyers were present. The con-
structisn and adjustment of a large
number of contracts and leases, involv-
ing hundreds of thousands of dollars,
and in which many of the Rutland quar-
ries and others in the vicinity are in
terested, are necessary in the settle
ment, which is not final, but is awaited
with deep interest by the creditors and
legatees, who wish to learn the cOndi-
ton of the estate.
The Rutland Herald says On Fri
day John Brown, while crazy from
drink, entered the school house in the
Kelley district, in Dandy, about three
miles west of Dandy Borough, and as
saulted the teacher, young lady, who
for help, her screams bringing
to the rescue Mr.. Kelley and son, who
live just across the way from the school
house, when Brown Immediately left. |
The teacher tainted, and the Kelleys |
were busy with her few moments and |
did not look after the assailant during |
that time. When at liberty they search
ed for him, and found that he had
jumped off from the bridge across Mill I
Brook into the water and was drowned.
DR.. E. o. Whipple was Immediately
called and made an examination of the
body, and made an affidavit in accord
ance with the facts named above. 1t
seems that Brown had been on a drunk
en- spree for some days. He is reported
rs a worthless fellow by those who
knew him in Dandy.
Henry Webb of Clarendon lost several
hundred dollars worth of strawberries |
Dy the frost last week.