St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-17
Vermont News.

Vermont News.
RUNS DOINGs.-Last night a man
(whOse name we will not mentiOn) was
arrested and lodged in jail for intOxi
cation. He is a man with family, and,
as he says, has not drank before for five
years. Coming here on Monday, he
fell in with crowd of roughs and was
inveigled into a spree, during which he
got rid of fifty dollars. Those into
whose company he fell abused him and
pounded him to their hearts content,
and then, when his money was gone,
had him taken off to Jail. 1t is IL burn
ing shame and disgrace upon st. Adams
that such things can happen-that these
low, vile saloons Tor rum shops of any
sort) are allowed to exist and go on
with their degrading work.-St. Adams
Messenger.
Alfred Fordham, aged Is, while
chopping in Duxbury a few days ago,
YVES crushed to the ground by large
tree which his father was telling, the
weight of the tree being partially sus-
tanned by IA pile of wood. There is
some hope of his recovery, although he
is in a critical condition.
A man giving the name of Frank
Hudson, while attempting, with a gang
of men, to rob some freight cars at st.
Adams, was arrested Saturday night,
and was sentenced Monday to the work
house for ITO days. The gang fired on
the policeman making the arrest.
GoRED TO DEATH.-John r. Haynes,
a prominent citizen of LandgrOve, was
gored to death by bull the other eve
ming. He was driving his cows home
when attaekeao v The AR, RfsfG9aHEureReefy was
not fOnnd until about two hours after
wards. 1t was discovered by his daugh-
ter and some of the neighbors, and was
in terribly mangled condition. The
bull stood near by with the dead mans
shirt on his neck, and all appearances
indicated that Mr.. Haynes had been al
most instantly killed. Mr.. Haynes was
quite a prominent man in that section,
having been a member of the legisla-
ture of 1865, and long IA prominent and
highly appreciated citizen of his town.
He leaves sick wife and daughter.
The barns of L. R. Joslyn, in Waits
field, were consumed on Monday night,
the 9TH. The fire started in the stable,
near those big white oxen that have
taken so many premiums, and are called
the largest in the state. They were
burned; also two other head of cattle,
valuable stock. The house was cleared
of its contents, but was saved by great
exertion on the part of the citizens. H.
B. Cady's and j. C. Joslyn's barns were
discovered on fire, but were eXtinguish-
ed without much damage. Only from
the fact of the near vicinity of the river
the house and probably more buildings
would have been destroyed
A competent young woman teacher
from West Rutland, engaged by the
CastletOn school committee fol nine
months, has been refused admittance to
the school house at the beginning of the
second term because the committee had
discovered that she was Il Roman Catho-
lie. However the girl can collect her
salary for the whole time.
In the Rutland county court recently
a batch of twelve liquor sellers, includ-
ing the prOprietOrs of the Berwick and
Bates Houses were fined-the aggre-
gate amounting to $1,000.
Amasa Scott of Craftsbury finished
his haying-the third crop-October
9TH.
The chair shop of w. H. Marshall at
was destroyed by fire on
Friday evening, with contents. Loss
$4,000, insurance $4,000. Cause I'M
known.
Eliza Bennett, an aged unmarried
lady, was run over by train on the
Troy u Boston road near North Pownal
on Saturday, and loses both legs and an
arm.
The Washington county grand jury
concluded to let the Montpelier hotels
alone, but have ''gone forn every one of
the druggists and other dealers in the
liquids, holding them in
from $3.50 to $4OO bonds each to appear
before the county court.
Five barns belonging to Byron Davis
in Richford, were burned on Saturday
night. A horse, lot of grain, a NOW.
ing machine, farm tools, etc., were
burned. Loss $4,000; insured for $500.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from the engine of freight train pass
ing near. Mr.. Davis has been uDfortu-
nate lately. Within a year he has had
house burned, and lost a child by
At the annual meeting of the corpor-
alton of the Home for Destitute Chill
dren, held in Burlington on Thursday
Oct. 9th, the following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year
President, Mrs. VIM. C. Hickok vice
president, Mrs. j. A. Shedd; treasurer,
Mrs. L. M. Clapp; recording secretary,
Mis-. c. E. Miner; corresponding secre-
tary, Kate w. Morton.
The death of Mrs. Celestia Whitney,
wife of Mr.. James Whitney, the tenor
singer so well known in Orleans county.
occurred on the 10th of Sept. The last
years of Mrs. Whitney's life have been
filed with toll and hardship. She was
highly respected and beloved by all