St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-10

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years in state prison for an attempted
rape on Inez L. Morgan.
Charles T. Scott was killed in North
Guilford, the LIST, while chopping, by a
limb falling on him.
Rev. NJ. Fl. Harris decides to remain
with the Universalists at Brattleboro
another year, with the same salary as
last year-$20OO.
Horace Eastman's little child was
probably fatally scalded at Grafton, re-
Gently, by falling into pail of boiling
water.
Castleton's first contribution for the
new house of correction at Rutland was
Thomas Kennedy, who went up for 35
days for abusing his family, consisting
of wife and seven children.
Burleigh Hunt, the half insane fellow
who fred S. S. Booths mill in Norwich,
last fall, totally destroying it and the
machinery, through jealousy toward
Booths son, has been sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
Charles Morse of Plainfield has lost
seven of his ten children in two weeks
by diptheria, their ages ranging from l
to Ii years. His oldest daughter aged
10 is recovering, another is away from
home, and the third survivor has escap-
ed the disease. Six of the children were
sick at once, two were buried in the
same coffin, and no funeral services
were held after the first two deaths.
The disease is supposed to have been
introduced by some clothing sent to the
MOrses by Barre family which recent
ly lost two members by diptheria.
Capt. Tucker has furnished the Mont
pelier Journal the following in regard
to the weather during the past year.
The number of stormy days in each
month were,-January Z; February 5 =;
March 10; April 10; May 10; June | | !;
July 8 August 16; September 10; Oc-
tober 10; November II; December 3
The coolest day was Jan. 8, when mer-
curry froze. The warmest day was July
3d-mercury at ITO degrees. There
was only one day in November that the
sun rose bright i'll the morning and con-
tinued so all day, and not one such day
in December.
John Hanly died at Manchester. the
other day, the result of an injury re-
ceived at South Dorset more than a year
ago. He was there with some compan-
ions and all had been drinking heavily,
when they got into quarrel and Han
ley was hit on the head with a stone. A
post mOrtem examination showed that
the skull was cracked, and that sac OF
matter had formed in the brain beneath,
which by its pressure had caused soft
ening of the brain, causing his death.
John Bohan was arrested fol- assault
with intent to kill, and bound up in the
sum OF $1,000.
In the Windsor county court, Henry
Babcock, 80 years old, man of wealth
and an active church member, was
found guilty of an Indictment for an at
tempt to burn his mill III Pomfret, early
last fall, with the intent to defraud the
Windsor Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany. who had an insurance on the
premises, and was sentenced to years
in the state prison. In the same court
eleven rumsellers were fined sums rang
ing from so to SI30 each, and three of
them, unable to pay, were sent to the
House of Correction, one for about 100
days, one 200 and one for 400
The United States Supreme Court has
reversed the decision of the lower court
in the case of Andrew Bean cfVermont
VS.. Daniel Beckwith ct al. 1t was an
action for assault and battery and al
legged illegal Imprisonment of Bean for
seven months by the United States pro-
voSt marshal and his assistant, during
the late war on the charge of disloyalty
and assisting rebels. Bean got YER
diet in the lower court of Sl5 100 dam
ages. This is the second time the case
has been in the supreme court.
Chauncey X. Williams of Rutland,
died very suddenly, at his residence in
that village Monday evening from an
overdose of hydrate of choral. Mr.
Williams was for many years editor of
the Rutland Herald and subsequently,
of the Globe, and was well known in all
parts of the state. He was a vigorous
and prolific writer, historical student
of no mean repute, and genial, COM
panionable man.
At the Methodist church in Burling-
ton, Monday evening, I26 persons were
received on probation ii united with
the church by letter, and II were re-
ceived into full connection.
The Rutland Herald announces the
death of Hon. Hammond Garfield of Ar
lington. The deceased has been in
broken health for some two years. He
was for many yeaIs lawyer and poll
tician of prominence in Bennington
county, which he at one time represent
ed in the State Senate and in the House
and we believe was also member of
the Constitutional Convention.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, Jan. 6. L.
NJ. knight, at North Hartlaud, VT,
while ut work in his saw -mill on Satur-
day last very narrowly escaped death.
His OveIcoat was caught by some shaft
ing, into which he was violently drawn,
and before the machinery could be
stopped he had sustained compound
fracture of the left shoulder, together
with Other serious injuries. He will
probably recover.