St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-09-02

West Randolph September 9th and
18th.
Prof J. NJ HIT, late of the Metho-
dist seminary at Montpelier, has |
charge of the Mortified high school.
Joe Bennett was arrested at Fair
field last week for smuggling IL gal
Ions of whiskey from Canada. The
officers had no warrant and could hold
him only for drunk, so he paid his
$50 fine and skipped off with his
whiskey.
William F. Drew, who is in the
Montpelier jail for burglary and muir
derous assault at Marshfeld, made ar
rangements to escape Tuesday night,
but was detected.
lie Grand b. Cannon has been APP
pointed trustee of the Vermont Uni
versity, vice Lieut. Governor Barstow,
resigned.
The recent Universalist state con-
ventiOn at Barre elected these officers
President, H. V. French of Woodstock
nv, Rev. S. A. Parker of Bethel treas
urer, Willard Chase of West Concord
trustee, Rev. f. w. Whitney of Brat
tleborO. Delegates to the United
States convention of Universalists at
Detroit, Mich, in October were APP
pointed. The convention closed with
sermon by Rev. ID. G. l.. Demarest,
editor of the Sunday School Helper ut
Manchester, n. III. The next conven-
ton meets at BrattleborO.
Daniel Burrows, of BridpOrt, II
years old and deaf, was killed by the
cars the other day.
At the Mallet's Bay quarry mills on
the 25th ult., falling derrick struck
Andrew Myers and hurt him so that he
will probably die.
Frank Champagne, of Middlebury,
''didn't know it was loaded" and re-
ceived pistol ball between the thumb
and fOretinger of his hand.
| Johnny Mann, ten years old, of
Woodstock, was run over by n wagon
from which he had fallen, and was bad
ly hurt about the face.
A daughter of E. Kingsley jumped
from the train at New Haven, the 25th,
before the train stopped, striking ON
her face, and was badly hurt.
st. Adams is annoyed by gang of
| NOuIHlul JHlcNtS.
On the mountain that separates the
towns of Peterburgh, Rensselaer,
county, n. Y, and Pownal, VT, there
is "A stone which marks the spot where
New York, Vermont and Massachusetts
meet. A person standing with one
foot on the stone is in three states as
well as in three counties.
Daniel Hopkins, an aged and desti-
tute citizen of Tunbridge, went into
the woods to starve himself to death
and avoid the pOOrhOuse, but was
found after a long search by his neigh
bOrs.
The hearing before the Masters, in
the Vermont Central railroad case, has
been adjourned till September 8.
Oliver Blood, of Putney, aged 10, is
missing, and it is thought he has been
kidnapped. Later developments point
to foul play.
jackson Davis, formerly of Alburgh,
was accidently shot and killed at St.
Elmo, Col, the other day.
A little daughter of Mr.. Whitney, of
Barton, has died from the effects OF
eating green apples and unripe choke
cherries.
A. ID. Evarts, Waltham farmer,
finds ready market for the butter
made from his 80 head of Jersey cows
at 81 cents per pound. He puts it up
in two and four pound wooden pack
ages in crates holding IL and 81 pack
ages. On his 5O0-acre farm is model
$4,000 barn, with hay mOws 40 feet
deep.
Seven thousand people visited Comps
circus at st. Adams on Thursday last
! The show drew crowds from all direc-
tions.
j. ID. BARLEY has resigned as prin-
, cipal of the Burlington high school.
Cattle are being driven from Addi-
son to neighbOring towns to find pas
turage, as the dry weather and grass
hOppers together have completely
whipped out their pastures. 1t is said
that in some sections in those south
ern towns grass lands are as dry and
dead to all appearances as in mid
winter.
Agnes Robertson, of Bennington
was fatally burned while lighting a
fire with kerosene oil. Her mother
was severely injured III endeavOring to
put out the flames.
On the 25th ult., Sylvester Greene, Il
farmer of Bennington, was gOred by
one of his pair of bullOcks and fatally
injured in the abdomen.
. While endeavOring to dislOdge hall
: fallen tree in the woods at WOOdfOrd
the other day, Charles Burris received
injuries which it is thought will prove
f fatal.
l Thomas Benway of CharlestOwn, n
: H., middle-aged man with family
: fell from the Burlington and LamOillt
railroad bridge, near Burlington, t.
the rocks below, distance of 60 feet
+ 1t was thought he could not recover.
5 The Springfield Republican thus
comments on the late temperance
campmeeting at Burlington "Johr
B. Cough was not present and it lOOk'
! as if no one really expected him
Coughs name, however, always draws
a crowd. and he was widely advertised
as one of the speakers. Among the
speakers was l.. l.. Durant of MOntpel
Ter, who said, among other things, thai
there were too many lawyers in Yer
mont, though what this has to do will
the total abstinence question does not
appear from the reports. Mr.. Durant
; also said that every m-shop in the
state could he closed in twenty-fOul
hours if the work was properly under
taken. This would be pretty big
contract for any state to undertake il
the time stated, and Mr.. Durant holds
valuable secret if he knows what this