St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-05-28
ORANGE COUNTY.

ORANGE COONI1.
Mrs. Urbane l.. Bixby, of East Brook
field, committed suicide last Saturday
by drowning herself in a watering
trough in the barn yard. She had been
suffering two or three days with head
ache, and only short time previous to
committing the act she was on the bed,
and the act was altogether unexpected.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
A large lot of lumber and wood in T.
B. Alexander's yard at Neweprt Center
has been burned by sparks from pass
ing engine; no insurance.
Chas. H. Dwinell formerly of st.
JOhnsbury has purchased the Col. Ea-
ton place at Barton.
Saturday is becoming to be the day
OF all the week for business in Barton.
The competition among the butter buy
ers there on that day is bringing the
dairymen all in.
The Catholics held series of meet
1ngs at their church in Barton last week.
On Friday, Bishop DeGoesbriand of
burlington was present to confirm a
large number of children.
Capt. r. II. Start of Burlington has
accepted an invitation to deliver the
address at North Troy memorial day.
Experiments are being made with
ore from the iron beds in Troy, with so
good success that a party of New York
capitalists are talking of operating
them.
1t is expected that Memorial Day
will be suitably observed at Newport.
There will be speaking, toasts, music
by the band, etc.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
The great scarcity of men to work in
the quaries at West Pawlet has caused
the introduction of Germans, quite a
number of whom have arrived from
Castle Garden, New York city. They
work well and are sober, quiet, peacea-
bic citizens.
Daniel Crowley, a section hand, aged
about 60, was run over by the cars at
Poultney on Friday afternoon and re-
ceived fatal injuries.
Edward Dorner of Rutland, a shoe
maker aged 80, committed suicide
Thursday by hanging, while insane.
William Chase Brown, Teller in Rut-
land County National Bank at Rutland,
absconded on Friday last, leaving a
deficiency in his accounts of about S4,-
600. Brown had been for nearly thir-
teen years in the employ of the bank,
and up to very late date enjoyed the
fullest confidence of its officers and GUS
toners. For little time back, howev-
Ell, he had become somewhat dissipated,
and his employers had been obliged to
report his conduct to his friends and
bOndsmen. He has been arrested in
Colorado.
c. Maxham's six-year-old son has
been fatally crushed between derricks
in the yard of the Sutherland Falls
marble company.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Montpelier national Bank has
voted to divide 90 per cent. of its sur
plus among the stockholders, in the
shape of new stock.
The eleventh annual meeting of the
Vermont Baptist Sunday school con-
yentiOn will be held at Montpelier June
End and Sd.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
The state teachers association is to
be held at Bellows Falls August 4th
and 5th.
Mrs. Clark Whitney of Westminster
has been probably fatally injured at
Bellows Falls by jumping from Il run
away team.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
The United States circuit court at
Windsor has adjourned after hearing
but two cases. A new suit for S25, 900,
of A: Is. Keith against the town of
Rockingham, was entered.
Postmaster Taylor of Proctorsville
says that 46 years ago, May %, 1884,
he and companion rode in a sleigh,
on IL inches depth of snow, from West
Rutland to East Rutland and back
again.
Scion Cross, of East Bethel, was run
over by loaded wagon and killed last
week.