St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-04-29
Vermont News.

st. George claims the honor of being
the first town to report the practical
workings of the new tax law, and its
grand list shows an increase from S745I
to 1920. or over % per cent.
a Chelsea man has recently refunded
to the town the amount, with interest,
that the town paid out in assisting his
father 40 years ago.
The st. Adams Messenger says that
the whirling dervish, who appeared
here as member of the Arab troupe,
was arrested at Brandon Thursday
morning, on a serious crime alleged to
have been committed on a 14-year-Old
boy, named Watson, ut the Brandon
house. He was examined before a
justice, Prof. Rosedale acting as his in
terpreter. The result of the hearing
was that he was held in $500 bail to
appear at the county court. The Red
path lyceum bureau telegraphed that it
would furnish the bail, and the COM
pany will go on to fill its engagements.
As moral instructors the troupe has
evidently gone by, and churches here
after will do well to fight clear of them.
Their usefulness in the mission line is
sadly impaired.
A man digging in the face of the
battery at Burlington, found a cannon
ball-probably one thrown there 10y the
British in the war of 1872.
The grand list of Bristol in 1880 was
S3O07.S S. This year it is SS3I9.l3. In
Richmond, the grand list of personal
property, last year, was sos. 400 this
year it is S255.275.S2, an increase of
nearly nine fold
At Fairhaven, Friday, Michael Mahar
was killed, and Philip Quigley proba
bly, fatally injured, by the premature
explosion of a blast. Both men were
thrown 20 feet and precipitated into the
quarry which was about 80 feet deep.
The listers have about concluded
their labors in Hartland, and appear to
have done their work faithfully and
well. In regard to the inventories
taken, they simply form the data from
which the grand list is to be made up,
and will not be on file for public in
spectior, but will he kept in some place
until the taxes are paid, when, there
being no further use for them, they will
be destroyed.
Elder Hubbard has obtained the posi-
ton of local editor on the Cedar Rapids
Qa.) Daily Republican.
Mr.. Oscar b. Ferguson, for SO long a
time connected with the hotels of Bur
lingtOn, has accepted Il position on the
staff of the Palmer House, Chicago.
Rev. Mr.. Bemis, after eight or ten
years of faithful service, is about to
close his labOrs as secretary of the Yer
mont bible society, and will probably
take an appointment in the Vermont
conference.
Mrs. Sally Stockwell of West Brattle-
bOro will be lob years old if she lives
until next week Saturday.
The little granddaughter of Austin
DevinO, who was accidentally shot at
Winooski Friday, died about an hour
after the sad accident. 1t appears upon
further Investigation that the accident
did not occur as first stated, but that
the girls cousin, boy of IL or I3 Yeas
of age, was cleaning the pistol, which
was single-barrel breech-lOader, not
knowing it to be loaded until it was
discharged with the fatal effect stated.
Moses Robinson of East Mortified,
aged II, committed suicide by drown
ing Friday, while insane. His insanity
is thought to have been brought on by
trouble about the new tax law. Under
the old law his grand list had never ex-
ceeded $4,000, but under the new it
reached about five times that sum. He
was one of the most prominent citizens,
and had been member of both branch
es of the Legislature.
The supreme court has Just decided
in the case of George TOrrey, admins
TRAITOR, against II. j. Deavitt, admins
TRAITOR, and others, that the assignment
of mortgage is proper matter TO he
recorded in the town clerks office where
the mOrtgaged property is located, and
if the assignee neglects to have his as
signment recorded, and the original
mortgage wrongfully discharges the
mortgage, the rights of the assignee are
postponed to the rights acquired by
subsequent mortgages and purchasers
in good faith without notice of his an
tecedent rights.
The Vermont homeopathic medical
society will hold its semi-annual meet
ing in Burlington May |.
The jewelry store of Hewett & Will
Iiams at Quechee was robbed of 5000
worth of goods the other night.
Nathan 7. Churchill of Woodstock,
sc years of age, was seriously injured
in a collision of teams the 10Th.
Mrs. Dudley Sterling, supposed to he
the oldest person in Barre, died recent
ly, aged 90 years.
The organ which was built for Eu-
gene Thayer's organ studio, and after
wards placedin Horticultural Hall, BOs-
ton, is now in the Universalist Church
at Woodstock, VT, and was exhibited
on Thursday evening of last week by
S. B. Whitney of Boston.
Three barns, - head of cattle and
one horse, the property of ID. f. Morris
of Waterville, were burned yesterday
morning at two o'clock, it is supposed
by an incendiary loss $1,000, insurance
$500.
Col. Albert Clarke, late of the St. AL
bans Messenger, has returned from
Washington with his family.
DIR. Willard Parker reassuringly tells
New Workers that they have in their
streets call the factors of pestilence."
Vice-President Arthur is quoted as
saying that the deadlock must end in
an extra session of Congress and new
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