St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-09-10
Vermont News
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Vermont News.
rENDEN COUNTY,
One hundred persons were main,
Ized at the Thursdays session "" os
IN, United states Court in Burlinoton ,ne
10 at windsor on the previous dav "Hu
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Thursday night, as tbo ~
Brothers, of Georgia. wero ,o newton
from the fair with six bnn, leVurning
they had been exhibiting mf winch
this side of the ColwelI nIoo "nen Just
rnsnea out at the horses and fripbtenoSG
turned, the four horses which W%S oyer t
hind got away, and one of the No oe-
had three ribs broken, besides IONS ,u:
otherwise badly shaken up.-TStO eIHg
bans Messenger. l''' Al
A terrible accident happened .,
Rouse's Point N. Y, Saturday morninE
on the freight dock of the OgdensbnreS
and Lake Champlain Railroad. +
seems that while a Frenchman named
Sweeney was at work running tba
steam hosting apparatus his grandson.
lad of six years, who was PLAYING
around the machinery, became entan7
gled In the pulley belt and had his arm
torn OF at the shoulder. Sweeney. in
his frantic efforts to save the child.
neglected to throw the machinery ont
OF gear, and catching hold of the bov
was himself caught by his legs in the
rapidly revolving wheel and had tbe
lower portion of his leg torn off wb;ie
ne was pitched into the wafer
bystanders rescued him from the Iaka
put his recovery is doubtful. The hoy1
Is also IN precarious condition.
LAMoILLE COUNTY.
Two barns and a fifty foot sbe5 bo
longing to Asa Smith, at Hyde PARK
were destroyed by fire the other night
Loss, $1,000; insurance 5000. e1''
Within the past eight Years the Ia
dies Aid Society of MOrrisvMe haze
taken S1525 and paid it to the necessi-
ties of the church.
A woman in Eden has this season
boiled the sap from nearly 300 trees,
held the pillow (side billy to pillow acres
of ground-turning the plow herself
assisted to plant the seed, loaded all
the hay and did her part of the raking,
has made the butter from 9 COWS, has 5
children the oldest being years of age,
the youngest about 9 months, aud
wherever we have seen the children
they looked tidy and her house in good
order.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Burglars entered the dwelling house
of Perley Mason, station agent at Fair
lee, OH the morning of the 2nd inst,
took what silverware, etc., they want
ed, took the depot keys from his pocket
in his sleeping room and repaired to
the Oxford and Fairlee station, on the
Connecticut and Passumpsic railroad,
where they rummaged everything,
even to lady's trunk that was lodged
there over night for the morning train,
taking money, tickets, express pack
ages, etc.
The new Catholic Church of Ely is
rapidly nearing completion and will be
ready for occupation about October Is.
In the principal cemetery at Corinth
a handsome marble slab has lust been
placed by the selectmen at the head of
an aged woman who died this spring
after having been for long time an
inmate of the town pOOr-honse. Many
years ago this most respectable woman,
being without friends or means of sup
port, and feeling that there was no 9th
er place for her, "threw herself on the
town." She was industrious and pru-
dent, and the authorities, believing she
had saved the town hundreds of dollars.
erected this memorial tablet. 1t is
doubtful whether parallel case can be
found anywhere in the country.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
There will be a reunion of the Yer
mont veterans at Newport Sept. 81 ~
and %. Tents, straw aud wood will be
furnished all veterans who wish to
camp, and rations at COST Low fare
on the railroads. Gen. Thomas, Gen.
Henry, and Capt. Lull are expected,
as well as the Governor, and Governor
elect.
Willard Walker of Newport was
found dead in his bed last Monday
morning. He was 80 years of age.
The storm of August % did a great
deal of damage in Holland, by blowing
down timber and fences.
Philetus MOrey of West Charleston
recently lost horse in singular man
ner. He tied the horses head to one
of its feet, and left it feeding near the
house, when it commenced pulling
back on the strap, and kept backing
until it reeled over backwards, striking
its head on a stone, killing it instantly.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
A bear weighing about two hundred
pounds was caught on the mountain in
Chittenden, last week, by o. R. Bios
som.
A rattle-snake recently entered the
house of Robert Hassett, of West Ha-
ven. Mr.. Hassett succeeded in captur-
ing and killing the intruder.
George w. Jones, suspected of burn
ing John A. COnant's barns at Brandon,
is held in $1,000 for the September term
of the county court.
Thomas Logan was drowned in Lake
Bomoseen, Castleton, on Saturday
evening last, by jumping from boat
while drunk. He was 10 years old and
belonged in Ira.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Montpelier has fire bug of the most
desperate character within its borders.
Saturday night two incendiary fires
were discovered before much damage
was done, and two other places found
where preparations had been made
with shavings and light wood to start Il
of d. w. Dudley in the central part of
the town. The second fire was in a
paint shop, coat being soaked with