St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-10-24
Vermont News.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

ton, with a phaeton, fifty bushels of
wheat and a quantity of farming tools,
was totally destroyed by fire. The
house was only fifty feet distant from
the residence, and it was only by the
most strenuous exertiOns that the latter
could be saved. The fire was undOubt-
eddy the work of an incendiary. Loss
$1,000; insurance $500.
Frank A. Wood, of Williston, was
committed to the House of Correction
Friday for 70 days, for refusing to pay
fare as passenger on the cars. Edgar
H. Vanderson, of Warren, was commit
ted the same day, for burglary. Term
eighteen months.
Mr.. Drew, of the American House,
Burlington, received recently from Hon.
Jed Clark of Milton, muskallonge
which weighed, dressed and without
the head, twenty three pounds. The
entire fish could not have weighed less
than thirty pounds.
Daniel Sullivan has been committed
to the House of Correction from Bur-
lingtOn, for 27l days, for liquor selling.
Senator Edmunds will be accom-
panied on his return next month by his
daughter Mary, Mrs. Edmunds and Miss
Julia remaining at Carlsbad for the
winter.
Jennie Collier, who pleaded guilty of
an assault in the Chittenden county
court, was unable to pay the fine and
costs and has been taken to the House
of Correction to serve out a term of 16S
days.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The St. Adams Messenger says it is
reported that lady of that village
went at night to call on neighbor, and
on arriving at the house found strange
man stationed at the gate, who asked
her where she was going; and refused
to let her enter the house. She was
frightened, of course, and sought refuge
in a house near by. If this sort of thing
keeps up, something has got to be done.
The reputation of the town is worth
looking after.
The same paper says that Paul Smith,
the proprietor of the st. Regis Lake
House, visited Montreal the other night
with the Knights Templar, and while
at the Ottawa House his clothes, which
were lying on a chair, were stolen from
his room by some thief who reached
over the door through the transom with
pole. His pocket book containing
5 100 in money and 81 900 in notes, was
taken with the clothes, and in the
morning all that remained of Mr.. Smith
was his body and his shirt.
Edward McPeck, an Irish laboring
man, was run over by "wild" engine
on the Central Vermont, at Jewett's
Crossing, two miles north of st. Adams,
ut two O'clock Wednesday morning and
killed, lie being cut completely in two,
and portion of the body thrown on
one side of the track and portion on
the other side. 1t is said that McPeck
had been drinking the night before, and
he probably lay down across the track
and was so stupetied with liquor as not
to realize his position. He leaves a
wife and six children. 1t would seem
that the liquor law needs enforcing at
st. Adams also.
A disgraceful sight on the streets to-
day was Il gray-haiIed old man so COM
pletely under the influence of liquor as
to make himself the laughing stock of
bystanders. So says the st. Adams
Messenger. Why don't you try the
Rutland plan ?"
ORANGE COUNTY.
A painter named S. HI. Dumas, at
tempted suicide at Randolph ON Thurs
day, by shooting himself in the mouth.
! He WIS alive ut last accounts.
A West COrinth farmer lost an OK in
peculiar manner recently. The ami
NAL was drinking, when, i'm consequence
of the yoke that he wore sticking into
the ground in such an manner as to
thrust the nose of the OK into the water,
he was drowned.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
John Riley of Newport Center, had a
funny accident happen to him the other
night. He had threshed his grain the
day previous and put it in the chamber
over his kitchen. In the morning he
found his kitchen filled with the grain
mixed promiscuOusly with the stove
and chairs. The floor had given away.
Francis Haddock of Albany, seven
years old, while playing recently with
loaded horse-pistol, fatally shot his
sister Elizabeth, 10 years old.
Lewis Hitchcock of Newport, was
fined Sl5.35 for striking and kicking j..
w. Cassidy of Coventry.
Mark harrington, employed about
the barn of Dudley Davis of Derby, fell
fourteen feet into the cellar, Monday,
striking OH his head. He died in two
hours.
On Tuesday night, the 18th, the barn,
hog house and granary, belonging to
George DIN of Newport, were burned
with the contents; and on Wednesday
the house and barn, with nearly all the
contents, belonging to Baxter Bowman.
Partly insured fire accidental.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Rutland had Il grand jubilee over its
new water works Saturday, including
an inspection of the new hydrants, force
of stream, ETC., a procession of its fire
department and grand ''banquet" in
the evening.-The railroads have pour
ed about 1900 Vermonters into New
York city this season by means of four
cheap excursions, for which tickets were
sold at less than half the usual rate one
way. The last one started Sunday,
and was more crowded than any of the
preceding.
The fall of a staging at West Pawlet
quarries the other day, let John Thomas
and Dennis Mccormick down 35 feet
on to the rocks. McCormiclx's collar
bone was broken, his head cut, and he
is injured internally. Thomas had his
head cut, broke several ribs and was
badly bruised.
A young warrior in one of Rutland's
primary schools was relieved of pistol
by the teacher Friday.
The steam saw and grist mill in
Simonsville, owned and run by E. A.