St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-07-02
Vermont News.
ADDISON COUNTY.

Potato Hill in Lincoln, is to be crown
ed by a signal station.
At Vergennes the other day Prosper
Taboo was badly burned by the burst
ing of vessel of oil of vitriol, the con-
tents striking him on his legs.
The first merinO sheep ever shipped
| from Vermont to Montana was shipped
last week from Middlebury by the Nc
Adams Brothers, and filled two cars,
one load being all registered stock, and
some of the best specimens of the young
sheep of the state. These flocks go by
rail via Chicago and st. Paul to Bismark,
Dakota, and thence will be driven
overland $40 miles to the famous Vel
| lowstone valley.
Vergennes has population of 1888
a gain of 2l3 since 1870.
BENNINGTON COUNTY.
A 9-years- old girl named Monet was
fatally burned at Bennington Thursday,
while trying to quicken a fire with kerr
Osene.
A Washington despatch says that
Gen. Schenck. has gone to Bennington
to spend the summer.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is an
nounced to lecture at Burlington on the
Goth of July.
There were nine marriages, 90 births
aid Is deaths in Burlington last month.
| Burlington citizens contribute SI957
te improve the medical college.
Timothy Degrees 4-years- son has
| been drowned at Hineshurp
Burlington's real and personal estate
is valued at S3,027 GIL, an increase of
SllO,933, mostly in personal. There
are 100 more polls than last year, which
makes against the accuracy of the new
census, which shows a loss since 1870.
Burlington is not satisfied with the
work of the census takers, because the
result shows decrease in population.
The people of the Queen City want a
more favorable record, and are taking
measures TO secure an accurate enum-
GRAFTON. The decrease, as shown by
the census taken this month, amounts
to little more than 5000.
| ESSEX COUNTY.
At caucus held at Concord on the
18TH to choose delegates to Hydepark,
5. +. Circuit, Harvey Judevine and c.
ii. Woodbury. were elected and instruct
ed for Circuit. The town of Victory
elected A. j. Shaw, Grout man Gran
| by elected E. p. Shores, for GrOut and
Lunenbarg two delegates who will vote
for Grout. Essex county will be firm
for Grout, Judging from what has al
ready been done there.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
c. Wells of Swanton recently walked
distance of ID miles, sheared 40 sheep
and walked back to Swanton, in one
days time.
The Franklin county republicans
nominate for senators, H. R. Start, A
G.. Stafford, A. w. Woodwork; Judge
of probate, MyIon w. Bailey states
attorney, ii. E. Rusted; sheriff, Julius
Holbert.
John Green was arrested Tuesday at
Sheldon for stabbing a man named
Leavett, in quarrel over horse trade.
Green was arraigned and bound over
to the next term of county court. That
night he escaped from the third story
of the Portland House, where he
was confined while awaiting transfer to
jail.
boys have been arrested and fined
So and costs each, for breaking glass in
the Elm street school house windows.
o. A. Burton has some 25 men at
work in his ore bed in Fairfield. The
ore after having been smelted, yield S
some 30 per cent iron. 1t is freighted
to the rolling mill at st. Adams and
made into steel rails.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
The enumeration of the town of
Hydepark shows an increase of 81 per
cent over the last census, making the
population of the town something over
100.
The Washington and Frontier hose
companies of st. Adams are to take
part IN the hose tournament at Morris
vile on June 30 and July l. Among
tne other hose companies entered are
the Blake and Bourbon of Swanton, the
Barnes and Sutton of Burlington, and
the Islands of st. Johnsbury. There
VIII also be trOtting matches. Fares
low and special trains are announced.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The population of Bradford is 1910 ac-
cordlng to the new census-an in
crease of 18 over that of 1870.
The nomination of Col. Roswell Farm
ham for governor is received with much
qualification by all the people of Brad
ford, irrespective of party associations.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Judge Parker of Coventry remembers
mat some fifty years ago Elder Arthur,
Iather OF Chester A. Arthur, was pres
ent at protracted meeting held at
Coventry Centre.
Thomas j. Sartwell of North TROY.
while at work on a building one day last