St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-01-18

were the cause of her suicide.-Fre'
Press.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A FAMILY.-A'
, o'clock a. m, on the Sd, as il MT
Pearce of Middlesex was on his way
home from Montpelier, he discovered
that the house and barn of Mr.. Il. A
Rollins. at ''Wright's Mills" were on
fire. He Immediately gave the alarm
reused Mr.. and Mrs. Green, who lIveC
inst this side of the Rollins house, and
turning his horse drove rapidly tt
Montpelier for aid. The Greens on be-
ing aroused Immediately sat to work
removing their valuables from the
house, but perceiving that none of the
Rollins family were about, Mr.. Greer
started to arouse them, while Mrs
Green made a rally of the neighbors
The fire had gained such Roadway thai
every avenue of escape, save from
second story window into creek some
twenty feet below, by the side of winch
the house had been built, was cut OIL
A ladder was procured and set against
the house, but proved too short; hook
ladder was then secured to the window
sill, and with the aid of the two the
Rollins family escaped, Mrs Rollins and
her daughter coming first, followed 10y
the Younger Mr.. Rollins, all in theil
night clothes, and lastly, Mr.. Rollins,
who had been holding a bed against a
door that had proved insufficient to
keep the fire and smoke from their last
refuge. Mr.. Rollins, with his hands
and face badly burned in his fight
against fire, was very thankful to his
neighbors for their timely assistance,
which two minutes later would, in all
probability, have been too late.-Free-
man.
Woodstock has just had a question of
domicie, discussion arising at the an
nual meeting of the Woodstock railroad
directors as to the residence of Edward
Dana, one of the board. Some claimed
that he belonged in Boston. and never
paid taxes i'm Woodstock. and others
that he belonged in the town, because
he had just bought Il house there. 1t
was finally decided that Woodstock
owned him. A. @. Dewey was re-
elected president, with the old board of
directors.
Vermont has another revolving abOr-
ton case, this time ut Brandon, where
Mrs. Julia F. Moore, alias Donah, is
under arrest, charged with being a reg
ular abOrtionist and having committed
abortion Oh six women, the last of whom
lies in Il critical condition. Mrs. Moore
is about 35 years old and formerly mar
ried to Moses TatrO, Il notorious crimi-
nal sentenced to the state prison il num-
Der of years ago, and was divorced and
married to her present husband.
The Bald mountain elk association of
Rutland are about to place strong
guard to prevent hunters from neigh
boring towns from coming over with
hounds to drive the stock into deep ra-
vines and shoot them at short range.
They say they will protect their game
with shot guns if need be.-The we'd
ding trip of G.. G. Bells of Fairfax came
to Il sad end ut Rutland. He was mar
ried New years day to Nellie Robinson
ut SwantOn, and went to Montreal.
where he had Il shock of paralysis in
his left leg and ann, and left for Rut-
land. The shocks were repeated till
Wednesday, when he died ut the resi-
dence OF his brother.
E. T. Holbrooh'S tannery at Milton
Sured for $4,000.
Israel Harper of Richtord, a short
time ago. found very young babe on
his doorstep.
Oliver Clark of Berlin, 81 years old,
committed suicide 10y hanging, Sunday
The barn of Mrs. Nathan Orcutt of
Derby was recently burned, and with
it woke of oxen and some smaller
stock.
Chief Justice Pierpoint is expected to
appoint George w. Grandey of Nergen-
mes. partner of the late States Attorney
Chapman. to fill the latter's uneXpred
term.
The Vermont reform school managers
are complaining of overcrOwding. Only |
Il6 boys and 10 girls can be accommo-
dated comfortably, but there are now
l34 boys and IL girls, and disagreeable |
shifts have to he employed to lodge !
them.
The suits against the Howe scale |
works of Brandon for Infringement of
patents have damaged the company not
4 little i'll consequence of the alarm
with which they have inspired custom
ers. Some parties even refuse to pay
for scales which they have purchased.
Others require bonds to indemnify them
against prosecution, aud still others
have taken out scales which had al
ready been set up on their PREMISES
Springfield Republican 9th.