St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-04-16
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.


Prof. Scion Albee, who has for
number of years past been professor of
Latin in Middlebury college, has ten
dered his resignation.
A Panton man, named Hoyt, while
shooting pickerel the other day, shot
himself in the leg.
John Thompson of Middlebury, an
elderly man, who together with IL dogs,
a dozen cats, and as many more of both
hens and doves, has lived in hut 7x9
for several years, was set upon by his
dogs last week Monday, and but for
the timely assistance of man near by
he would undoubtedly have been de-
voured by his ravenous beasts, made
dangerous by an insufficient allowance
of food. His clothes were nearly torn
off him, and he was badly bitten, though
not seriously. The brutes were put to
an end without further ceremony.
The cost of schools at Middlebury, as
shown by the prudential committees
report, during the past year was ST.
969.96, and 60 per cent was voted to
pay running expenses, and per cent
for interest on school bonds.
A sneak thief named Barnes is under
arrest at Vergennes, charged with steal
ing a pair of boots from an old and
nearly blind negro, named Primus
Storms.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Victor H. Lovely, the principal actor
in the recent atfray at Underhill, had Il
hearing on Saturday, and was bound
over in the sum of 5 900 for shooting
MoIehouse, and in the same amount for
assaulting and attempting to shoot
Blodgett. He conld not obtain bail,
and consequently is now in Jail at Bur-
| lington.
Estey & Co. shipped I,0l0 organs
last month, large share of them being
to fill the orders of Mr.. Ordway of Bur-
lington.
Secretary Evalts has been invited to
deliver the address at the coming meet
ing of the Army of the Potomac, at
Burlington in June. Joaquin. Miller
has accepted the invitation to deliver
the poem.
At Shelburn the other day, Avery w.
Edwards was arrested for selling calves
under four weeks old to Boston mar
ket, and held for trial in the county
court in the sum of 800. He has been
somewhat actively engaged in this bus
mess, and defed the law.
In the medical college at Burlington,
are 55 candidates for the degree of NJ.
ID. at the coming commencement. Ev-
cry New England state is represented in
the number, and New York and Wis
cousin.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The April term of franklin county
court begins the 18th.
Diptheria has broken out in Richford
and surrounding towns. Ten deaths
have occurred and others are very sick
Measles are also raging in nearly every
town.
The st. Adams Iron and Steel Works
are doing rushing business, the aver
age amount of steel rails turned out at
present being 80 tons per day, in place
of 60, which has heretofore been the
maximum.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
A washout occurred on the P. 81 O.
road Sunday near Jacksonville, and
the trains were obliged to "carry by.n
| ORLEANS COUNTY.
The snow in the woods in the town
of Jay is still between three and five
feet deep.
Mrs. Betsey Grant of Albany, an aged
lady, sister of Hon. Seth Phelps, died
on Friday night, April 1, aged 81
years.
Charles F. Matthewson of Barton has
l. I ~
as one of the orators to compete for the
Morse and Rollins prizes. A high COM
pliment for Charlie.
R. Smith and wife of Bloomington,
who have been sick all winter, were
made glad few days since by receiv-
ing S4l6 pension money.
F. B. Wilson of Derby has a sheep
which has brought 7 lambs in ii
months, of which she has raised two
died on account of the cold weather
lie also has nine sheep this year which
have raised 10 lambs.
Farmers in the vicinity of Glover
have made about l-2 Id. of sugar to the
| tree.
r. MOulton of Holland is putting a
new water wheel in his mill, sufficient
to cnt 10000 feet of lumber per day.
The high water carried off about one
half of the Cotton dam at Irasburgh,
and took out one pier under the bridge
near the grist mill, which is not passa-
BILE at present.
The ice critters at Newport are doing
a large business, and will put up new
houses this week-sufficient in all to
hold ] 800 tons of ice. so men are at
work.
Three freight cars at Newport Centre,
were dumped and piled up by an acct
dent near the depot recently.
The high water Sunday and Monday
did considerable damage to highways
and bridges in several towns of this
county.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Batchelder & Son of Wallingford
promise their employees an advance of
10 per cent on May I.
CHARLES Jones of Castleton, commit
ted suicide on the 9Th, by taking opium.
He was % years old, and but for the