St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1878-08-30

district, DR.. H. D. HOlton of Brattlo
boro, to whose suggestion Mr.. TvIor
owes his nomination., remarkinr that l.
is the business of his profession to brin~
unnamed people forward, while apotboSS
man, referring to Mr.. Tyler's long Ser
vice as trustee of the insane asylnn,
says it is only step from the mad
house to congI ess.
One of the Rutland Sunday school
teachers tells this good story She 70.
Gently asked her scholars to each brine
penny weekly for some charity. One
little girl, to whom the fund for th,,
support of the pastor had just been ex-
planned, and who contributed five cents
weekly thereto, ran home and demand
ed another cent each week, explaining
that her teacher wanted it. On beinSS
asked what it was for she replied
''Why, to support Mrs 1.-THE teach.
er) of course. She's got to live some
way, hasn't she ?" She got the cent.
Lucius Goodwin, a jealous husband
made brutal attempt to kill his wife
in Montpelier Oh Saturday night. He
beat her badly about the head, and She
is still suffering from her injuries. No.
ticing this and another disturbance as
the result of drunkenness, our cor.
respondent writes: Drunkenness, has
greatly increased here during the last
two or three months, and is no doubt
owing to the unrestricted sale of lager
beer at five cents glass. A smart
competition in the sale of beer has in
duced the vendors to sell by the bottle.
glass. or in pals and pitchers, and takeit
to shops and other places, where it is
drank in large quantities. These vend-
ers, and even the officials, must be ig-
nOrant of the decision of the Supreme
Court of Vermont, which declares lager
beer to be Intoxicating and that it is no
more necessary to offer proof to show
it to be such than it would be to
offer proof that gunpowder was ex-
plOsive."
Sunday night, Oscar Burnham, resid-
tempted to shoot Henry Wiley of Mont
pelier, his wife's brother-in-law, dis
charging a shot gun at him. The shot
struck him on the hand and lip, draw
ing blood. Wiley fled. Burnham load
ed rifle and attempted to shoot again,
but was prevented by his wife Selling
the rifle. Burnham and Wiley married
sisters. The former, jealous of the latter
being too intimate with Mrs. Burnham,
attacked him while standing in Burn
hams door talking with her. Wiley
received no serious injuries.
A grand firemen's muster will be held
at BrattIebOrO, Sept. IL, when prizes of
$500 S175, 800 and $50 will he offer
ed for hand-engine companies. and
800 and $50 for hose companies.
James ID. Leet, aged 25, was instant
ly killed in ID. BOyntOn's saw mill at
North Springfield on Thursday, by get
ting caught i'll the machinery and hay
ing his brains dashed out.
The Rutland democratic caucus to
nominate candidate for town reple
sentative, made choice of l.. w. Red
ington. The vote stood: RedIngtOn
$50; j. A. Sanford lSl.
J Several persons are digging for gold
} at Plymouth, and it is reported that
two men recently took out Ill one day,
gold to the amount of Sl3, and that one
nugget was found worth 81.
Two barns and a shed belonging to
Albert Alger in Irasburgll were burned
with their contents of hay and grain.
Cause unknown. The loss falls heavy
on a Woodworking man.
The HAYDEN MURDER CASE. - At
Irasbugh Thursday, in the Hayden
murder case, on motion of Henry Bal
lard, hearing of respondents eXcep-
lions was adjourned till the General
) Term of the Supreme Court, to be held
at Montpelier, in October next. The
motion was based upon the claim that
sufficient time was not afforded respon-
dents counsel to examine thoroughly
the testimony taken by the state; also
, that there was not a majority of the full
bench present, occasioned by the alb
, sence of Judge Barrett on account of
sudden illness in his family. The court
stated that they had jurisdiction yet,
, as the case was especially important, if
, respondent so desired, the hearing
would be deferred to the General Term
, and it was so ordered.
Rev. Lawrence S. Phelps, son of Prof.
Phelps of Andover, Mass. theological
1 seminary, was married in the Congre-
, gational church at Middlebury last
: Thursday to Miss Cora Kingsley, Rev.
Mr.. Hall of Vergennes performing the
} ceremony. The young couple spend
few days in Montreal. MI. Phelps is tC
: be installed over the congregational
| church at Barton next month.