St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-03-26
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

ADDISON COUNTY.
Neither church or post office has yet
appeared in Waltham, and the place is
80 years old. Let's see, isn't Waltham
the place where the people held pub
lie meeting 80 years ago, and passed a
resolution against advertising in the
newspapers ALBANY Journal.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Smith Wright of Williston has stored
in his large refrigerator packing houses
$50 tons of poultry, portion of which
is for western parties. The aggregate
value ut present prices is about $780,
600.
Two trustees of the state university
have offered $50 in prizes to boys not
over II years old, who raise the most
corn or the most potatoes on one-eighth
of an acre.
George Bates of Essex Junction acct
dentally discharged pistol into his
knee on Sunday. The ball struck the
kneepan and followed up the limb, and
has not yet been removed.
Victor III. Lovely invaded the prem
Uses of Joseph Dexter at Underhill
last week, and when Dexter, aided by
hired man named Morehouse, tried to
eject him. shot the latter in the head
with probably fatal effect.
Elk Lieut.. Gov. Russell S. Taft has
brought bill in chancery in the name
of himself and wife, against the city Of
Burlington and LOomis j. Smith, con-
stable, calculated to test the validity of
the assessment of taxes by the city as
SCISSORS, and should the orators prevail.
to rs~.'i"tivuizc tine INK list to Il large
extent. The city has advertised their
property for sale, on which they refuse
to pay taxes. The bill alleges that n
large amount of real and personal pro-
perty, and the polls of scores of citizens
lawfully subject to taxation, were will
fully omitted from the list by the asses
sors that they did not make the list as
required by law, but used a copy of an
old one, full of errors and omissions
that they refused to assess the property
at its true value and that they omit
ted 100000 worth of property, and
performed their duties so negligently
that no equal and ratable tax can be
levied upon the list, which, with all
proceedings and assessments based
upon it, is utterly null and void. An
injunction has been granted by the
court OF claims, restraining the cOnsta-
BILE from proceeding with the sale, and
the case will come up at the spring
term.
ESSEX COUNTY.
The lumber business is booming at
North Concord. sc carloads of lumber
have been shipped from that station so
far this month, and much lumber is
waiting now to go. Cars cannot be
procured fast enough to answer the de-
mand fol- them.
| LAMOILLE COUNTY.
A man named Clivy, of Morrisville,
after threatening to kill all his family,
has mysteriously disappeared.
Jonas G. Thompson, aged 65, of
North Hydepark, fell dead ON Tuesday
in the street, while driving his oxen
with load of wood to the village.
ORANGE COUNTY.
Two brothers named Rowland, from
Newbury, assaulted, Saturday night,
Fred Mcintyre of Haverhill, who in self
defense stabbed one of the Howlands so
that he is expected to die.
| ORLEANS COUNTY.
Reports from all the towns in the vi
cinity of Barton show that much sick
ness prevails and many are dying.
A young man by the name of Labor.
at Barton, fell from the slide atthe ice
house, Thursday, and had an arm bro
ken and was otherwise badly hurt.
Harry Sartle, son of the late J. P.
Sartle of Barton, had leg broken and
a knee badly injured on Friday, by an
accident with load of logs.
The dwelling house of Dwight Dvi-
nell of Glover was destroyed by fire
Friday morning, the 18th. Most of the
household goods we're saved. The
property was insured. Fire probably
took from defective fue.
Several persons of Lowell, who were
insured in the Champlain Mutual, hay-
ing refused to pay the funeral expenses
of the concern, are being proceeded
against with writs. They propose to
stand trial.
The horse business is brisk at New
port. Nearly dozen swaps and sales
have been made within few days.
1t is reported that more lumberinp
has been done in Newport than was
ever done in single winter before.
Mrs. j. R. Hunt of North Troy, fell
and sustained a fractured leg last
Thursday. This lady is unfortunate.
being just up from a bed of sickness.
A B. Rowland from Bloomington.
met with a frightful accident while
chOpping on Tuesday last. He fell a
tree on which another was lodged, and
when the trees went down his arm was
caught on the stump, and crushed SO
badly that amputation was necessary.
Luke Cas-, an aged man who has
lived with D. r. Hunt, Jr., of Brown