St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1880-03-19
Vermont News.
pnNN1NcroN COUNTY,.


, BENNINGTON COUNTY.
At Woodford, the other day, little
girl named Cutler fell from chair, and
dislocated her neck. Death was lnstan-
taneOus.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Col. LIE Grand B. Cannon has cow
or his dairy farm near Burlington, val
ued at $4,000.
Four Young men left Huntington for
the west last week, and party of IL
will leave Bristol this spring for silver
mines at Leadville, Col.
Two men were arrested in Burlington
on Monday for offering forged note in
payment for paint.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
100 horses from Canada were entered
at St. Adams Thursday morning, and
10 carloads of hay. The horses were
destined fol- Boston, Springfield, Low
ell, Providence and other points.
st. Adams fire companies are made
up of 100 men. At the fires during the
past year, the number of working hours
have been SO "a, and to accomplish
the work required, 5000 feet of hose
has been laid.
The Messenger says Ex-Gov. Smith
has rendered the use of the Central di-
rectors' car to the Vermont delegates to
the Chicago convention.
The rolling mill at st. Adams has a
contract to furnish steel rails for a
| Western corporation, and on Monday
will begin to manufacture for this con-
tract. There are now on hand 1000
tons of blooms, and 5000 tons addition
Ill in transit.
ORANGE COUNTY.
On Wednesday Mr.. George S. Davis
came to Bradford with load of stove
wood in an OK cart, and in backing up
in rear OF the old Bliss building one OK
got frightened at some thing, sprang
back and sent the cart over the bank,
and cart, wood and oxen went down
over the icy bank some 100 feet to the
valley below, some 40 to so feet per-
pendicularly lower than the bank
above. The cart and wood rolled over
sidewise, and the oxen went one over
the other twice, but strange to say no
injury was done to the oxen OF cart
Cobb's Opinion.
| ORLEANS COUNTY.
The dwelling house of James Smith,
in Holland, was burned on the 5th.
Loss, $500.
A petition to Gov. Proctor for the
pardon of Mrs. Mignault and daughter,
of Derby, is being circulated in that
county. The two women referred to
were sentenced by the Orleans county
court. last September, to three years in
state prison for forgery.
Joseph Whitney of Craftsbury, in
Jail for kidnapping his own child, was
released on bail by the supreme court.
Whtney's wife obtained a divorce
three years ago and custody of the girl,
and died leaving the girl with guard
ian. Whitney took the child by strate-
gem. She prefers to live with her ia
Their.
The Vermont Methodist Conference
meets ut Barton Landing, April "a
Bishop Wiley presiding.
\ little fOur-years- son of Russel
King of Barton Landing, was caught
under falling tree which his father
fell, on Saturday, and had one leg
broken.
, Robert Walker of Albany, goes to st
5 Johnsbury to peddle milk.
Seven freight cars ran off the track
S near Caleb Leonard's, Barton Landing
Sunday night, and were badly stove
up.
OF eighteen physicians living within
2 radius of eight miles from Derby
Centre six years ago, seven, or nearly
40 per cent of the number have died.
John Arthur of West Glover lost {;
:. good horse recently. The horse wa
= sick, and John put kerosene oil OH hi
= neck, which appeared to be the imme
tt diate cause of his death.
8 Damon Ware of Irasburg made Isl
q pounds of sugar during the recent warn
: spell.
e Eben Grant of Irasburg has 81 sheer
: that have brought him q lambs, al
9 smaIt aud happy.
: George Ball of Newport, on Wednes
e day last caught longe in the lax
3 weighing IL pounds. Pretty well for
e lOnge.
~ Some excitement was had at Marcl
u meeting in Coventry concerning tn
y purchase of Il town farm, as residenc
iOi pdupCios bC
have ransacked several towns and ar
&c ready to report.
J. The funeral of Willie Sivright, VIII
J. has long been student at Derby Acad
envy, was attended by large numbe
l. of friends, Oh Sunday, March z. He at
, tended the academy last fall, and en-
Z gagged to teach school during the win
If ter, but after teaching seven weeks h
n was obliged TO give up his school an
g. return home. He was young man {
o. good principles, fine scholar, and on
NJ who will be missed in the community
ID RUTLAND COUNTY.
I'd The Rutland scale works are erect
e, ing two new buildings, each so by 10
ct feet.
os The quarrymen of West RUTLAND
;n numbering 200, have struck for IL
ru cents an hour, their pay having bee
q just raised to ST day.
A Rutland man, who was recent
IS committed to the House of COrrectio
H. under the nuisance act, has brougt
is suit for $500 damages against the 81
es perintendent, Mr.. Eayres, and his a,
an sstant, Mr.. Hewitt, for cutting off b
If beard when he arrived at the institl
ne ton.
e. Maggie Purcell, girl of Ia years
ay age, residing in Castleton, has bee
20. found guilty of forging orders on
is store and sentenced to the refor
re school during the remainder of her m
us nOrity, with the alternate sentence
re. one year in the House of Correction
she does not comply with the regul
tiOns of the first named institution.
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