St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-11-05
Vermont News.
CHITTENpEN COUNTY.

John P. Howard, Esq, has given
$4,000 to St. Paul's church in Burling-
ton, for the building of new chapel.
Louisa Howard has also given $4,000 to
the home for destitute children, in that
city, to pay off the mortgage which has
been threatening it. =
The lumber business is exceedingly
brisk, and the only trouble at Burling-
ton is the difficulty of procuring cars
enough for the extraordinary large
shipments. -
Redfield Proctor's war on the man
agement of the reform school, certainly
has brought no credit to himself or the
state. Superintendent Fairbank may
be avaricious, like all the good people
of Vergennes, and many lad may have
received too heavy a sentence to this
institution yet, as it is conducted on
humane principles, and to the average
VermOnter, seemingly about as it
should be, we think it about time this
grumbling is Gained down. Burling-
ton Clipper.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
About 80 tons of steel rails are now
being manufactured daily at the rolling
mill in st. Adams. Twenty tons of the
steel are made here and the remainder
is imported.
Daniel Harper of Richford had his
left leg badly crushed by large stone
falling upon him from a staging while
at work on the foundation of the new
Southeastern depot, Thursday after
noon.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The hotel of C. P. Simpson of Waits
River has been burned loss $4,000.
Mr.. Charles Rogers, aged IS Years,
walked from Bradford to OrfoId, z
miles, to hear Hon. Walter Hartman
speak on the political issues of the day.
The late censns of the town of Ran
dolph shows that there are four persons
over 80 years and less than 100; 40
persons over 80 and less than 90; 14s
persons over 20 and less than 80, and
1874 exceeding the common age of man.
NJ. G.. Flanders of Bradford took
down to market this week cattle and
81 sheep. Among the cattle was pair
: of 6 years old oxen fed by Samuel
Eastman of South Newbury which he
bought last fall, late. They worked in
the woods numbering till 2 weeks after
snow went off, and worked through
springs work, haying and the grain
harvest. They made a net gain of CSC
lbs. up to Oct. 1st, and in Is days gain,
ed "a lbs. They were one of the bes
pairs in the market, and sold for cts
dressed weight-the top of the market
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Mrs. Edwin Gregory of Troy has just
received pension for herself and chill.
dren amounting to 81 200.
Mr.. George, father of Clement George
of Holland, recently attempted to com
NIT suicide by cutting his throat, HI
was discovered in the act and his life
was spared.
The boss on the bridge job at New
port Centre fell from the top of tn,
bridge few days ago, striking in tn,
water 80 feet below he was badly
bruised but not seriously hurt, it il
hoped.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Lewis Cardell of Warren was strucl
, at railroad crossing near Roxbury
l recently, thrown from his wagon on tt
the cow-catcher of the engine, and re
manned there until the train was stop
ped. He was not much hurt, but hi
team was badly used up,
The passenger train on the Montpel
Ter and Wells River railroad going int
Montpelier last Thursday evening wa
thrown from the track by the engine
, jumping the rails. No damage wa
done, though it took about four hour
to right the matter. ......
5 Judge Redfeld of Montpelier has re
turned from his attendance upon tn,
= triennial convention of the Episcopa
lians of the United States, which ha
been in session at New York.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
:. Col. A. F. Walker of Rutland ha
gone to England on professional bust
ness.
Wednesday was pay day on the Rut
!. land division of the Vermont Contra
f; railroad. Charles Olmstead the pay
+ master disbursed over $4,000 to EN-
ployees.
Rutland lumber merchants report
u busy and prosperous season. There i
more stock on hand than there was a
: the corresponding period last year.
w1NDHAM COUNTY,
] Receiver Pierce, of the First Nation
al bank, of Brattleboro, expects to pa
Is per cent. dividend to the creditor
> of the bank next week, making 90 pc
cent. in all.
The body of the late Horace Burch
!. ard, of Brattleboro, has got to be move
< from its present resting place, beeaua
Waite, in his loose way of doing bus
: ness, had sold the lot to other partie
years before. Is ~
Col. Kittridge Haskins, of Brattlt
t boro, has been appointed acting Unite