St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-30

| E. O. Hunts sugar house, in Jay
with contents and $50 pounds of sugar
was burned on the night of the 18th.
While Frank Stevens of Coventry
was attending Mr.. Samuel Burbank's
sugar works, last Wednesday, he
sugared-Off the evaporater with con-
tents.
The Oldest inhabitaut in Westfield,
Mrs. Joseph Martin, died on the 2lst.
inst, aged 10l years.
The sneak thieves of West Newport
broke into the sugar house carried on
by Pin Brooks, and stole 3 tubs of
sugar, making about 100 lbs.
d. w. Potter, of North Troy for an
assault on Jerry Allen at a school meet
ing, was last TUESDAY. fined s., and
cost, aud for disturbing the meeting, an
additional S5 and costs.
Pref A. j. Sanborn died last Thurs
day morning after a lingering illness.
Having partially lost his health bv con-
slant devotion to teaching for many
years, Mr.. Sanborn changed his occupa-
ton and came to Newport some three
or four years ago, and bought farm
beautifully located on the western shore
of Lake Memphremagog. He worked
diligently, improving his farm, erecting
buildings, ETC., until he Was Frustrated
by di~oas-
ORANGE COUNTY.
o. E. Nettleton, travelling dentist,
has sued the Wells River Riverside for
$4,000 for libel.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The number of men employed now at
the Howe Scale works at Rutland is
larger than ever before. The payroll
last month showed 285 employees, and
amounted to over $4,000.
Since Dea. Haven opened the Bates
a large patronage, probably because it
is well kept rather than because it is
kept as a temperance house. Soon af-
ter this house was bought by Dea. Ha-
ven, the supreme court met at Rutland, |
and he invited the judges to stop with
MN to give their cOuntenance to his
plan, but they went where they had
been accustomed to go. While there
they were invited to spend an evening
to tea at Judye Prout's, and as they |
were riding to the judges in the hotel
hack, they were much surprised at be-
ing taken far out of the direct course
into a cemetery and there peremptorily
ordered by the driver to ''get out"
They got out and walked back to their
hosts. The opinion they formed of the
driver of hotel that was not kept on
strictly temperance principles has not
been made public.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Eugene Carr, who has lived with his
father, in Middlesex, the other day stole
about 100 pounds of sugar from Ezekiel
Chase, borrowed IA horse of AFRO Chase,
drove to Montpelier, disposed of the
sugar and then started for Lawrence,
Mass.
Mr.. Prentis Shepard, living just across
the line in East Montpelier from Plain
field, had a su9aT-house burned last
Saturday night, with all its contents
and all the sugar he had made this sea-
son. Loss one hundred dollars; insured
for fifty dollars.
Three young men, while boating Sun
day on Factory pond, at North Mont
pelier, were thrown into the water by
the boat capsizing, and one of them,
named Whitney, was drowned. His |
companions, Nelson and Simpson, were |
rescued, as they were about sinking the
third time, by another boat.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
Superintendent Hobart and corps
of railroad employees arrived at Brattle-
bOro yesterday, prepared to begin work |
on the narrow gauge line, which they
will push to rapid completion. Their
iron is. avnqcteh in three waAI-"--e IL
meantime the work OF 1eveling up the
road bed and laying the ties will go on.
The Brattleboro Phoenix and the Re
former have jointly bought the Brattle-
borO Record and Farmer for : 400.