St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-11-07


Lake Champlain Sunday evening, ana
was drowned. He leaves wife and
four children.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The prospects are so promising lor
the establishment of Unlversallst
church here, that Rev. Mr.. Farnsworth,
the state missionary, gave notice to his
congregation in Good Templars' Hall
yesterday, that service will be held
regularly once in two weeks, under his
personal passionate for year to come.
st. Adams Messenger.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Antoine Picord, of North Hero, has
been committed to the House OF Cor
rectiOn for selling, furnishing and CIV
ing away liquor. His age, he says, is
70 years, and his fine and costs call for
,235 days service.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Joseph Tatro, Frenchman, So years
of age, was terribly beaten Monday
evening by crowd of rutfians, near the
Vermont state line, while returning
home from Williamstown. One arm
was broken, his face was terribly
bruised, and his head bore serious
scalp wound, made, doubtless, by a
slug shot. He had on his person at the
time pocket book containing $25 in
money, which is missing.
At the election of officers of Co. G.,
First Vermont regiment, at Bradford,
L. w. Dickey was elected captain, vice
j. r. Wilson, resigned Charles Dickey,
first lieutenant j. r. Squires, second
lieutenant; F. E. Hilands, orderly.
The Orange county agricultural so
ciety will pay only 20 per cent of the
premiums that were awarded at the
late fair, for the want of funds to pay
more.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The following item from the town of
Lowell shows that sit never rains but
it pours" with some people: On Sun
day, while Dennis Shortsleeves was on
the way to attend funeral in West
field, carrying his wife and another
lady in buggy, his horse broke through
sluice way and the plank flew up and
broke the reaches to the wagon. This
frightened the horse into brisk run
which resulted in throwing the whole
party to the ground. Dennis, who was
standing up behind the women, fell with
great force upon his wife, nearly break
ing her back. They sent boy in great
haste after DR.. Dutton, when a dog
sprung out, just as the boy was making
a sharp turn in the road, and frightened
his horse so that he ran away with the
boy, threw him out, and then ran into
John Martins wagon, seriously injuring
him and badly demolishing the boys
wagon. Mrs. Shertsleeves was the only
person dangerously injured, and it is
now thought she will recover.
Some time since, man by the name
of Putnam, a New Hampshire cattle
drOver, called on a woman in Troy who
has the management of farm, in the
absence of her husband, and priced her
calves. The price asked was about
fail, but the drover, having seen the
husband, concluded he could drive a
better bargain with him, went and
closed a trade with him paying a small
sum down. In due time the drover re-
turned and drove off the animals, but
did not pay forS, them. The woman,
mistrusting that all was not right, in
vestigated the matter and found that
tuc was CuC SCHG
officer after him, and found the calves
in Glover, but the buyer had just slip
ped off on the train. The woman by
her spunk and energy saved the calves,
but was to considerable expense in do
ing it.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A Bates-house guest at Rutland, blew
out his gas Monday night, and was dis
covered just in time to escape suffGca-
ton.
Col. Wheelock G.. Veazey of Rutland,
has accepted the Supreme Court judge
ship made vacant by the resignation of
Judge Dunton.
Rev. Mr.. Pugh, the Fair Haven Welsh
minister lately charged with beating
his wife with stove-cover litter, has
placed her in lunatic asylum.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mrs. Amy Woodland, in the Goth year
of her age, and one of earliest settlers
of Waterbury, died there Wednesday.
Further investigation of the rumered
confession of the Waitsfield incendiary
sustains the first report. Joseph Seaver,
30 years old and lately married, made
Il written confession before Magistrate
j. III. Hastings, that he set the follow
ing fires: April, 1877, ]. C. Towle's
barn and dwelling; May, 1877, G. w.
FulsOm's barn and II cows; October 7,
1878, Y. S. w. Farr's entire set of build
ings; October 7, 1879, L. R. Joslyn's
three barns and several cattle October
Is, 1879, r. HI. Barnard's two barns !;
October %, 1879, E. w. Bisbee's build
ings. Seaver declares that he had no
motive, but a mania, and could not re-
sist the impulse. He was upon the
most intimate terms with the above
parties, all living in Waitsfeld. He
was committed to Washington county
Jail in Montpelier, in default of $4,000
bail.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
The Bellows Falls lecture course will
be opened November 20 by James Par
ton. He will be followed by Mrs. Liv-
ermore, Miss Georgia E. Cayvan, Maj.
Henry c. Dane, Tod Ford and Charles
II. Brainard.
A contemplation to that of Muir
derer Wooley's attorney is circulating
at Grafton, asking Gov. Proctor that
the good name of Vermont be not tar
nished by the pardon of this deliberate
fratricide. At the trial, the Judge
reprimanded the jury for not finding
him guilty of murder in the first de-
gree.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
A wooden mill to have six sets of ma
chlnery is to be shortly built at North
Hartland.
A wealthy Norwich woman has just