St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-07
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY

State reform School at Vergennes
named Lombey and Jones, escaped on
Monday morning while employed il
the barn milking cows. They were
captured by Homer Ball and JOIN
Adams, near Lewis creek" and re.
turned to their old quarters.
A small building owned by Mrs. S. T
ROwell of Middleburv, was built by
John Demiug in 1880 for "A tavern, and
i'll this building in 1900 a session of the
Legislature was held.
The western fever has struck Addi-
son county again, and several young
men have left and are to leave, mostly
for Colorado.
Mrs. Henry Dewey of Middlebury has
an Oleander which recently had about
| 500 buds and blossoms.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
There is lady in Winhall web-foot-
ed in the hands-three fingers on each
hand being united 10y web.
The Bennington County court docket
| for the June term contains $50 cases.
The court opens at Manchester June l.
! Tile chancery docket contains the titles
of % causes.
Miss Mary Daley, a domestic in the
household of DIR. T. w. Goodall of Ben
nlngton, by some means set fire to her
clothes while raking off the crate in
the furnace situated in the basement of
the house. developed in flames she
ran up stairs screaming, and was by DR..
Goodall placed at once in a bath-tud
standing near, the water turned on.
and the danger to herself averted. The
doctor did not escape SO easily, being
badly burned on Que hand and arm.
The girl was not burned except under
the ends of her fingers, and her hair
somewhat singed.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
A young man by the name of Phelix
De Forge, who threw stone through
the window of Il passenger car at Rich
mond, has been sent to the Reform
School for six years.
United States Marshal Henry of Bur-
lington, assisted by a deputy, have ar
rested Miles COmstOck and Henry
Sharpe of STAFFORD, and taken them to
Burlington, to answer the charge of
illicit distillation of cider brandy.
Lewis H. Cole of Boston, indicted
last winter for obtaining a signature by
fraud, appeared in court with Hon.
Daniel Roberts of Burlington. His
counsel interposed a demurrer to the
indictment which the court entertained.
After argument the court sustained the
demurrer, quashed the Indictment and
discharged the respondent. Tue court
held that the allegations in the indict-
ment constituted no offence. Cole has
been put to considerable trouble, ex-
pense and modification, and G.. L. Wa
terman, his local attorney here, will at
once commence suit for damages.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Black diphtheria prevails at Richford,
and has caused six deaths.
Berkshire boasts of a lady town
clerk. An attempt was made to defeat |
her reelection, at the late March meet
ing, on the ground that she could not
eonstitutionally hold the Office, but, af-
ter somewhat exciting ballot, she was |
trlumphantly reelected by majority
oil.
Mr.. Spaulding, of st. Adams who has
been somewhat deranged on the sub
ject of religion, and who had of late
carried a large knife ground on both
edges to illustrate his remarks on the
''sword of the spirit" has been placed
in durance vile by the authorities and
is now awaiting an examination which
will probably result in his going to
BrattlebOro.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
A dwelling house and barn. with
their contents, owned by Joseph Lara
way at Morrisville, were burned Sun
day night. Insured.
ORANGE COUNTY.
j. K. Blaisdell's dry goods and gro
Gerry store at Union Village, Thetford,
was entered by robbers early the other
morning, and goods to the value of s 100
carried away.
The Randolph normal school now en-
rolls lob persons, an increase of 10 over
any previous list for the summer term.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
E. B. Gilfillan of Bloomington, re-
Gently cut bad cash in his knee with
an Ak.
DR.. Adams of Coventry has moved
to Newport where he will be pleased to
see his friends, and continue to patch
the human system.
The widow of the late General Hid
den of Craftsbury died recently at the
age of IS years.
The ice in Willoughby Lake went ,
put April, 29.-Twelve days earlier
han last year.