St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-01-16
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
A man and two horses broke through
the ice while crossing from Cedar Point
to Addison, and were all drowned. At
last accounts the mans body had not
been recovered.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
In Burlington, last year, there were
297 births, 220 deaths, and SO mar
riages.
| ORANGE COUNTY.
Albert Durkee's 14-years-0ld son at
Strafford, accidentally shot and killed
himself Saturday, while carelessly
handling a revolver.
Rev. L. H. Elliot, for the past seven
years pastor of the Congregational
church at Bradford, has just resigned
his pastorate, and preached his farewell
sermon on Sunday.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
| A pleasant ceremony was witnessed
at the Congregational church Sunday
afternoon, in the Inauguration of the
deacOns elect. After mutual vote of
support from the church, and dedicatory
prayer, together with the pronouncing
the brothers entitled to the duties and
name of deacons in Gods church, by the
pastor, the senior deacon, DR.. j. F.
Skinner, very touchingly and impress
siyely extended to them the right hand
of fellowship. Thus deacons J. w.
Hall, P. S. Hitchcock and B. F. Emer-
son became duly installed as officers in
Christ's Standardization Monitor.
| By the merest chance, the set of
buildings owned by j. w. Batchelder
were saved from burning up on Satur-
day night. l. K. Drew, who is taking
care of a horse for Mr.. Batchelder in
his absence, had just finished his chores
and was leaving the barn when he
thought he smelled smoke. On return
ing to the stable he saw a small blaze
in some straw on the barn floor. He
Immediately put it out, and on exami-
nation found match in the straw,
which was partly burned and had been
the cause of the fire. He supposes some
one had dropped the match on the floor
and that either himself or the horse
had ignited it by stepping on it. Mr..
Drew had no matches in the barn that
NATURALIZATION Monitor.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Charles McDevitt, pupil of the
West Rutland school, was badly bruis-
ed by Il sled, which, being guided by
another boy, ran over him.
Mrs. NJ. McGarry of West Rutland,
stepped from her doorway the other
evening, slipped on the icy pavement,
and falling, broke her arm near the
wrist.
The receivership of the Howe Scale
Company at Rutland, ended Thursday,
and the trustees for the bondholders-
Messrs. ROwell and KellOgg-passed
back into the hands of the company
full control of their works and property
ment having been satisfactorily ar
ranged.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Some vandal or vandals recently pro-
cured pickaxe and smashed in two of
the windows in the rear of the state
house. They did not succeed in eff
fecting an entrance, if indeed they de-
sired-Or were sober enough to.
Alvin Richardson, an aged and high
ly respected citizen of Middlesex, died
on Christmas day, aged seventy-nine
years. Five years ago last May he was
thrown from a load of manure back
wards, striking heavily on the back of
his neck and shoulders, causing an in
jury to his spine, and paralyzing his
lower limbs so that he has not been
able to bear his weight since the injury.
After over five years of helplessness
and intense pain and suffering, death
came to his relief Waterman.
tho animal pnaatipo e tho No
al life Insurance company, holden at
their office at Montpelier on the 5th
inst, the old board of directors were
reelected as follows: Paul Dillingham;,
Timothy p. Redfield, Charles Dewey,
w. Fl: H: Bingham, George w. Reed,
Dudley @: Denison, Frederick Billings,
Edward Dewey, James C. Houghton,
Jr., Fred. E. Smith, Perley p. Pitkin,
James I. Phelps, and Charles Il. Sabin.
Subsequently the following officers were
unanimously reelected: President,
Charles Dewey; vice-president, Ed
ward Dewey; secretary, George w.
Reed; actuary, John B. Thurston f;
medical examiner, Sumner Putnam, NJ.
D.
j During the year 1879 only three fires
occurred i'll the town of Montpelier,
with a total loss of about 81 800, with
, an insurance of 5000. In 1878 there
, were four fires; aggregate loss about
$4,000, with an insurance of about
81 600. In 1877 no fires occurred. In
1876 four fires with an aggregate loss OF
f So 600, an insurance of $4,000. A total
] of eleven fires during the past four
years, with loss of about 400, and
| insurance of $4,000.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
The First National and Peoples Ma
tional banks of Brattleboro, declare a
per cent. semi annual dividend each,
while the latter's net earnings for the
past six months were over Al per cent
The Vermont National bank of the
same place declares a per cent. semi
annual dividend.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The new wooden mill at North Hart
. land will be the tallest building in
town. 1t has already reached the
/ height of five stories, and the work is
? being rapidly pushed forward.
f Since Rev. DR.. Webber went to Troy