St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-05-02

grown up together ana "iO ,OiJ
each other. One day the dog came I'D
from the garden completely covered
with burdOcks, when the cat, percelv-
ing his condition, placed her fore paws
on him, and with her teeth picked OH
one at time, till the whole we're re-
moved.
The editor of the Burlington Sentinel,
Mr.. A. N. Merchant, announces IN the
last issue of his paper, his coming re-
mOyal to Providence, r. l., where, as
we understand, he is to publish new
Democratic paper. He will, he says,
remain the proprietor of the Sentinel,
committing the charge of it to other
hands, and will return to Burlington II
his expectations of better success else
where are unrealized.
At Middlebury, Friday morning, one
of the prisoners of the Jail, named Du-
shang who was saving wood in the
yard, went into the house and sat down
in the kitchen. No one was present
but Mrs. Cobb. Mrs. Cobb had Occa-
sion to go up stairs, and while she was
gone, Dushang went to private draw
er, obtained the keys, unlocked his
shackles, also the doors leading to the
cells, and let out the noted horse thief,
Frank Emory, both of them taking "leg
bail" across lots.
Saturday night, 10Th, Gen. W. w.
Lynde was taken with commissions,
preceding a severe attack of congestion
of the brain. For several days his con-
ditiOn was regarded very precarious,
but under DR.. Gales skillful treatment
we are happy to report that he is now
rapidly improving, and if there is no
setback he may be able to resume
business in a week or two. About ten
days ago he was thrown from his buggy
while driving into his yard and receiv
ed severe confusion on the head, and
this it is thought may have caused his
Henry j. Lovejoy, station and ex-
press agent at Cuttingsville, is in Jail at
Rutland charged with stealing some
5000 from the express company. 1t is
said that he has done the stealing to
continue an improper connection with
married woman of the town.
Those inhabitants of Ely who Oppes
ed changing its name from Vershire
have brought a suit of quo warranto,
claiming that the meeting, at which the
name was changed, was illegal.
j. g. T. Coden's grocery store at Rut-
land was burned Saturday with two
houses aud barn near by: loss $15,-
900, insurance $4,000. Several fire.
men and citizens were somewhat injur-
ed by an explosion of kerosene.
Postmasters appointed Mrs. Harriet
NJ. Fay, Evansville, Orleans county;
Edison Weed, Stannard, Caledonia cOun-
ty; Henry j. Elmer, Thetford. A post
office has been established at Swanton
Centre.
In 1874, the iron railroad bridge over
the river near Waterbury fell through
while undergoing a test after its COM
pletiOn, and the Central Vermont Rail
road Company sued the contractors for
damages resulting therefrom. The su-
peIiOr court at Boston, the oath, gave
Judgment in favor of the railroad for
$25, 900 and costs.
A Montpelier dispatch says In a
street broil Friday afternoon over the
possession of an express wagon, claimed
by John w. Clark, postmaster here, and
j. V. Morrow, a struckman, Clark was
badly handled. He attempted to take
the wagon from Morrow by force,
which was resisted, Morrow using a
heavy whipstock SO sharply as to break
several bones and smash the kuuckles
in one of Clark's hands and badly bruis-
ed him about the head. Clark was at
tempting to take the wagon without le-
gal papers. Threats of suits are made
on both sides.
The Swanton Courier says a rock
weighing about twenty-five pounds was
thrown by Il blast, ut the JewetJ Lime
kllns, one day last week, high into the
air and when it came down the missile
went crashing through the roof of ''Joc-
kon Campbell's house SCATTERING shin
giles and demoralizing roof boards, find
ing a resting place on the chamber floor.
The rock was only prevented from 60
ing down To the first floor by the joist.
Two children were sleeping on bed
about two feet from where the rock
struck.
The other day, three small boys of
Mr.. jerome Warner, of Swanton juno
ton. being alone, heard some one walk
ing in the chamber. They armed them
selves with revolver and shotgun and
walked up stairs. After looking about
they saw man in corner behind a
bed. They drew the revolver, but it
only snapped the cap. After two caps
had been snapped in his face the man
ran down stairs and out of the house.
The second little fellow shot the gun at
him, but did not hit him and he fled for