St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-02

at large. In the meantime, Warehouses;
condition is reported as critical, he hav-
ing caught cold in his wound.
The trial of Joseph B. Woods and
Mrs. Luman A. Smith, the Williston
homicides, which was to take place at
the April term of the Chittenden coun-
ty court, will not occur until the Sep
TENDER term, as there will be no grand
jury at this session.
Philip Pipsin of Milton, % years old,
laid upon the railroad track while in
toxicated, and was killed by train.
Joseph Mason of the same place has
committed suicide by shooting, through
domestic troubles.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The ladies of st. Adams voted one
day last week for the handsomest mar
rled man in town, and the lucky iDdi-
vldual getting the most votes received
a book from the managers of the book
auction.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
There was singular circumstance
connected with the robbery of Mrs.
Cults house in Belvidere. The night of
the robbery Mrs. Gull was at Claremont,
N. H., and dreamed that the house was
broken into by IL man and boy, and
that several things were taken. The
dream was SO much like reality that she
told 1T to her daughter and family next
day. As soon as the word came to her
it was found that the details of the af
fair correspondent in every particular
with those of the dream.
ORANGE COUNTY.
About two o'clock Saturday morning
Charles Holbrook of Orange, heard a
noise about his door, and upon going
there, found man and woman, who
handed him Il girl baby apparently
about two weeks old, with plenty OF
clothing and $50 in money. They told
him to keep the child and they would
be back in il year, take it, and give Mr..
Holbrook $500 more.-Bradf0rd Opin-
ion.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Messrs. VIM. H. Rideing and S. j.
McCutcheOn are in Rutland gathering
material for an illustrated article on
Maple Sugar Making i'll Vermont for
Harper's Magazine.
j. Edward Porter of Rutland, and
James S. Davis of Providence, r. L.,
have purchased of the bank of POultney
the Union block on Main street. The
block is to be hereafter known as the
Porter block. The price paid for the
property was S4,IO0.
Samuel Nelson of West Pawlet was
found unconscious in the woods, last
h, al,
wood, and had been struck 10y falling
limb. He is not expected to recover.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
An exciting town meeting was held
at Duxbury the other day, to act upon
the matter of the defalcation of HaZen
Morse, tax collector. which amounts to
81 200. Mr.. Morse offered his home
stead, werth $500. but the town voted
to prosecute his bondsmen, who have
lately put their property out of their
hands.
H. A. Huse Esq, of Montpelier, is to
deliver the Grafton on Decoration Day
in Bradford.
Matthew Mccartney of Waterbury,
refused to feed his cattle for three days
and put tar upon his children, saying
that he feared the spotted fever. The
neighbOrs interfered, found him hope
lessly insane, and took him to the asy-
lum at BrattlebOrO.
There are 100 cases of measles at
Waterbury Centre, and the disease is
spreading through the town.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
j. Durham, for collecting the taxes
of the town of Athens, gets the hand
some sum of so.
The New London Northern railroad
has appointed Mrs. Seth S. Stebbins
agent of their road at Vernon, in place
of her deceased husband.
The two daughters of Mrs j. b.
Whltcomb, former teacher at Bellows
Falls, and whose sister, Mrs. o. d.
Gray, still lives there, Were recently
sitting in the woods near Oakland, Cal,
when two hunters mistoOk the plume
on one of their hats for wildcat, and
fired double charge of buck-shot into
the thicket. Harris, the oldest, aged
23, was killed, but Alice, little girl,
will recover.
DR.. Ebenezer Tucker, who died at his
home in Marlboro Tuesday, aged 81,
was one of the oldest practicing physi-
clans in the state. He was venerated
by large circle of friends, and in years
gone by his practice was large and sue
cessful throughout the county. He fol-
lowed his professional duties until with
in a few weeks of his death, when he
was stricken with paralysis.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
Henry, I2-yeaIs-old son of Charles
Mower, was the other day precipitated
from the cupola of VIM. Britton's barn,
near Ascutney Dam, distance of 35
feet, striking on a plank floor, and was
carried home for dead. That evening
he showed some signs of life. All pos
sible efforts were then made to restore
him to consciousness, but without sue
cess.
A stOne-cutter in Erie, Pa, has gone
crazy over "13, Is, a." and has been