St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-23
Vermont News.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

The collar and elbow wrestling match
at Burlington, Thursday, between
George w. Flagg of Braintree. and H
NJ. Durfur of Marlboro, Mass. for s5r
side and the championship of Amer.
ca, was won 10y Durfur, he Throwing
t1agg In two out of three bouts. The
time was hours Is minutes. Its
said that neither man has ever befo,p
been beaten.
James Muir of Burlington, who cue
his throat recently, died last THURSDAY
afternoon.
At the third annual meeting OF the
| Vermont Numismatic Society, held at
Burlington, January 6, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, NJ. d. Gilman, Mont
pelier Vice President, j. H. Haynes,
st. Adams; Secretary, H. P. Allen,
Burlington Treasurer and Curator, c.
K. Palmer. The society is reported to
be in a prosperous condition.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The St. Adams national bank quar-
rel is temporarily settled by Bank X
aminer HeDdee recognizing for IN
present the election declared by the
judges, and authorizing Albert Sowes
to continue as cashier.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Mrs. w. H. Beecher, of Irasburg,
slipped on the ice some days since and
fell, striking her head on "a stone door
step, cutting long cash and rendering
her insensible. 1t was thought that
she would not survive.
Mrs. Ann Graham, South ALBANY
deaf woman, recently fell over a hot
stove in a fainting fit and was fatally
burned.
Rev. j. l.. Litch, pastor of the Con
gregational church at Derby Line, has
accepted call to Littleton, n. H.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
DR.. John A. Mead and Joel NJ. Ha-
ven have purchased for $I20,OOO the
Bates house at Rutland, the stores i1
the block, and the furniture and fz-
lures in the hotel and fixtures in The
stores, except that of Mr.. Higgins $40
owns the fixtures in that store. TWs
Is the largest real-estate transaction W
the history of Rutland.
A correspondent of the Free Press
says that at the Brandon reunion pri-
vate walked 18 miles to see his old col
Onel once more. He exhibited an auto
graph which the officer gave nim, with
as much pride as if it had been gold,
and went home seemingly happy.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Central Vermont Poultry AsSO-
station have a show at village hall,
Montpelier, January 81, %, 90, and 81
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The BrattlebOro post office REALMS
for the past year $l0,500 from the sai'
of stamps, envelopes and postal cardS,
The money order depHT6fnenC has pald
ont on 53S6 orders S39, O75, and for or
,iers issned hos received S23,450 while
if has bapdied 6I42 registered letters.
Major John c. Tyler, 43 years old
and onl y son of the late Ferdinand Ty-
Ter, died Sunday at the Vermont asy-
lum for the insane mt BrattleborO,
where he had been taken about fort
night before. A graduate of Yale col
lege in 1861, he entered the army as
major OF the Fourth Vermont regiment
in the fall of 1861, resigned the follow
ing year, and afterward served on Gen:
Badly Smiths staff. He was selected
by Grant for the Odessa cOnsulshp
but the appointment was not confirmed
He leaves widow, a cousin of the late
artist, William Hunt.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The Springfield Republican tells this
story ga well known Windsor county
rector created considerable merrimenI
at Vergennes last week, where he, WIN
many others, had gone to attend tns
church choir musical convention, py
installing at the depot one Of the hack
in an Irish funeral procession for Tue
village bus. 1t was not until the weaI
ry and unsuspecting clergyman nao
been in the hack some time thai ~
was informed in answer to his query 40
to the cause of the delay, that the pre-
cession would move so soon as w
hearse got into line.' Though enense'
ically smothered, the joke got out"