St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-04-04
Vermont News.

OdCh w IllICtlnS anu OOlIu OuIlNdH
formerly of Hartford. Ct, working oil
the narrOwguage railroad at Jamaica
quarreled recently, and Sullivan re
ceived blow from a club which caused
his death. Williams has been arrested
Eben Stevens, aged IS, of East Mont
+ pelier, prominent and wealthy farm
er, and noted as the owner of many
fine horses, fell dead in one of his barns
Thursday afternoon at about 2 o'clock
He had heart trouble occasionally bu
was apparently in the best of health a
the time of his death.
Another important decision has JUS
been rendered by Judge Wheeler of the
circuit court in the famous Burdett-Es-
icy organ suit, being on the motion o.
the plaintiff fOI an attachment for con
tempt in disObeying on the part of the
defendants the in junction and order oil
the court, and in infringing on the claim
of the patent, plaintiff referring most
particularly to the valve opening. In
denying the motion the court says that
the plaintiff has no patent for any sort
of valve opening, and that the defend
ants cannot infringe 10y the mere use OF
any, however made or of whatever
shape or size. And the court further
says that this decision upon this ques-
ton, so far as it affects this motion, is
not renewable.
| Mr.. Ben. Freeman of Bradford arose
Wednesday morning feeling somewhat
unwell. He went to the barn to do the
morning work, and soon after was found
i'll the yard where he had fallen. He
was alive when carried into the house.
but before medical aid could reach him
he breathed his last.
Charles Larabee. the Waterman at
Parker's mill, Quecche, has a dog that
keeps him company during his rounds
at night, that has killed two rats night
on an average for the last fourteen
months. He seldom misses a night
without killing one, some nights from
five to eight, and on Tuesday night
last lie captured sixteen, making II total
of eight hundred and forty.-Standdrd
Col. Wheelock G. Veazey of Rutland
has accepted an invitation to deliver
the address on Decoration Day, at
Lynn, Mass.
Alexander Stewart of Proctorsville.
the alleged cousin of the late A. Il.
Stewart, has returned to his wood pile
and it is said that Mrs. Stewart and
Judge Hilton have given him Il sum of
money which will place him beyond the
reach of want for the rest of his days.
|. H. McClary of Albany has con-
tract to furnish three hundred tons of
stirred maple sugar to firm in Chi
cagO.
FATAL ACCIDENT. - Solomon Petre,
an industrious man who lived in the
southeast part of Charleston, was killed
while falling trees on Monday last. He
went to the woods 10 chop some logs
alone, and, 1t seems, some hour or two
afterwards, lodged a tree on small one.
He cut the second tree, and the two in
falling bent over small maple that
flew back and struck Mr.. PetIe on the
head with such force as to break his
skull and his shoulder. At Z O'Clock he
was found in the snow where he had
lain nearly all day, alive, but in an in
sensible condition. He lived until about
midnight. He leaves Il wife and seven
small children in peniless circumstan-
ces. He was a very hard working man,
and much respected in his community.
The Friday evenings Montreal Ex-
press train was thrown from the track
a few rods north of Coventry station, bv
a broken rail. The engine went over
the break all right, but the tender and
cars were thrown off. The Pullman and
one other car were thrown into the ditch
and turned on to their sides. There
were large number of passengers, but
fortunately no one was seriously hurt.
IhePulman car was quite badly injured.
train was sent to take the mas
sengers sOuth.-MonitOr.
In the Washington county court
Thursday, Judge Redfield sentenced
Charles E. Dodge, one of the gang of
burglars who was convicted last Sen
TENDER. His accomplices were sent to
the state prison last fall for four and six
years each. He got five years in the
House of Correction at Rutland. The
court then adjourned without date.
The Boston Journal thus unceremo-
nlously shutfles off IL servant who has
done for it not little peculiar kind of
work: personal. The connection of
Mr.. E. Morton Smith of st. Adams. VT.
with the Boston Journal has terminal.
ed."-St. Adams Messenger.
Viola Beckwith of Rochester fell from,
a swing last fall receiving so great in
juries that she has not been able to eat
much OF anything for % weeks, and she
Is starving to death.
W. AFRO Davis's eight-year-old son of
w waterbury, WAS struck in the eve Tines
Jay by sharp stick thrown by a com
panlon, and he was in a critical conJi-
Iion, the lid and ball of the eye being
Ill., o.
Inc st. Adams Messenger has a Cali
lornia correspondent who makes a good
P Pc on the Chinese question, thus
lhey Sthe Chinese) belong to the broth !
erhood of man; and God thought |
ohcuSh OF them to create 400 millions. |
nn ne thought so little of the great (?)
Oehhis kearney that he created bnt |
one such. This, from San Francisco is
certainly not bad
Inc Belmont oil works at the cornor