St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-09-12
Vermont News.

Hon. C. w. Clark of Chelsea, has
been taken to the BrattlebOro asylum
on account of mental arrangement.
John Kennedy, who maliclously de-
stroyed quantity of deliberately nm
ished marble slabs belonging to Judson
J. Loomis of Bennington last spring,
and was lodged in Jail therefor, has
broken jail and is now enjoying his lib
erty.
Bellows Falls is enjoying tremen-
dOus smallpox scare. A Frencnman
named Busted, wid0wer with faml-
ly of children, was taken sick a snort
time after a visit to Montreal, and 1t
was several days before it was ascer-
tanned that he had the smallpox, he and
the children meantime moving about
freely among the people, the children,
indeed, attending school. All the
schools have been closed for three
weeks, and the excitement and fear are
great.
A. A. Smith, constable and tax col
lector at Weston, is pronounced a de-
fauIter of several hundred dollars.
James FL. Batchelder, the notorious
Brandon bank wrecker, has obtained a
discharge in bankruptcy. Batchelder
is now engaged in the clap-bOard busl-
ness, as before, at Burlington, where he
has some ii hands at work and ships
several car loads weekly to Boston.
The New Haven camp meeting assO-
citation has just closed a successful meet
ing of ten days, fully $4,000 being
present one day. There are over l25
cottages on the grounds, and the sale of
lots during the past season has been
unprecedented. A hotel and chapel
have also been erected recently.
Senator Edmunds is being greatly
benefited by his European visit.
Robert Mcintosh, a farm laborer, was
assaulted on the highway at White
River Junction, Friday evening by a
man, who, springing from the bushes,
felled him with a club and pounded
him until he was unconscious. The as
sailant secured bag of money which
Mcintosh had concealed under his
clothing, but becoming alarmed drop
ped it to make his escape. Michael
McCue, an associate of Mcintosh, has
been arrested OH suspicion.
AS Forepaugh's street procession was
doubling in the parade at Waterbury,
the band team met cage of monkeys,
when the horses jumped and overturn-
ed the cage into the ditch, throwing the
driver among the wheels, cutting his
head badly. The horses ran amongst
the crowd with the fOrewheeis of the
carriage. The elephant team was
thrown into confusion, and great dis
aster was only prevented by the exer-
lions of the keepers, who stopped the
horses and quieted the elephants.
The Hon. Beonie Buck, who died
recently at Springfield, Mass, at the
age of nearly eighty years, was one of
Vermont's honored citizens. He was
born at Reading, VT, and served in
public life with honor and distinction.
AS IA member of both branches of the
legislature, especially as senator in
1888, when matters of Importance
came before the senate, he was always
found on the side of right and honesty.
He leaves one brother, Charles, who
now lives at Reading. He had lived
for the past few years with his daugl-
ter, Mrs. c. NJ. Reyes, at Springfield,
who has made his declining years as
pleasant as possible. Young men whom
Mr.. Buck has aided to start in life will
hear of his decease with sorrow.
Asa t. Barron of White River juno
ton and the White Mountains, the
well known hotel keeper, was fined 81
and costs at West Lebanon, N. H., on
Wednesday, for profane and abusive
language. He appealed.
Saturday morning as young man
driving Charles p. Smiths team was
crossing the tracks near Blodgett's mill
III Burlington, while two locomotives
were approaching from opposite direc-
tons, the horse became frightened and
stood stock still, and the wagon was
struck by one of the locomotives-that
used i'll switching-the boy thrown out
and severely though not seriously in
Jured, and the wagon completely
wrecked.
MIR. and Mrs. E. r. Hyde of Chelsea,
celebrated the first anniversary of the
birth of their little daughter by very
line baby party, Aug. 81. There were
10 babies present, and when they were
all grouped together on the carpet, they
presented ii sight worthy of an artists
pencil.