St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-03-11
Vermont News.

provides $4,000 for the benefit of the
Baptist church at Hydeville, and Sl0,-
900 to his wife, who is the only survi-
wing heir
Nathan Conant of Guilford, was a
soldier in the war of 1912, and he is the
only pensioner living in that town who
was in that war. lie is in his Goth
year.
Asa Hancock, of Coventry, has lately
received a pension and back pay,
amounting to 81 100. He was "a good
soldier, did bis duty and fought well.
Lawyer w. w. Miles of Craftsburv,
will move to Barton and occupy Gen.
CIRCUITS office. Gen. Grout has gone to
Washington.
\ petition is in circulation at New
port for the procurement of names.
asking the governor to pardon the rum
seller, Albert Kittredge, who was par
alytic and now confined in Rutland.
No woman will sign it.
Louis Changrau, carpenter en-
ployed in the boxing shop of Sheldon
& Slasson, West Rutland, while max
ing repairs on belt pulley, yesterday
afternoon, fell from crosspiece to the
floor, a distance of ID feet, breaking his
back between the shoulders.
In the town clerks office of Salem
there is record of deed, conveying
the farm now owned and occupied by
John Powers to Leonard Bowker and
signed by John Quincy Adams and
Louisa Catherine Adams in June 1925,
after he was inaugurated president.
Mr.. Eliphalet Davis of So. Royalton
says that forty-eight years ago the
winter was colder than this. There
were five days when it was impossible
to get Il horse from one house to the
other in the district where he lived.
The mail was carried to Woodstock by
Il man who went on foot leading his
horse. For sixty days there was no
softening of the snow.
A most sad and distressing fatality
occurred in the family of Nh. and Mrs.
Geo X. Russell on Sunday last, at Bel
lows Falls, resulting in the death of
their little daughter, Annie May, of
some eight years. a day or two pre-
vious she had suffered very dangerous
attack of diphtheretic or membranous
Group, which had arrived at a stage
when the physician thought her only
chance was by surgical operation in
the throat. The operation was appar-
emily very successful, the tubes being
placed i'll proper position, when sudden
ly the lady in attendance for the mo-
ment. discovered she was in great dis
tress and called for help. 1t was i'm
mediately found that the tubes had
been removed or were out of place,
and blood was probably flowing from
the incision into the trachca down to
the lungs, and though instant efforts
were made to replace the tubes, the
child died Immediately, just at the
moment when hope was becoming
strong.
1t seems that Col. Joyce is up to his
old tricks ; this time the papers of his
district are printing "puffs" for him as
the next speaker. Joyce seriously lacks
two things, brains and sense. Will
some one try to imagine George F.
Edmunds getting such stuff into the
Washington papers, and then sending
''proOfs" to Vermont papers to repub-
lish.- Ludlow Tribune
The fishing season is now at its
height i'll Memphremagog, and large
quantities of muskalonge are being
hooked.
The Van Ness house, Burlington,
with all the furniture, fixtures, etc,
will be sold at auction March "a, unless
previously disposed of at private sale.
William Bridge, son of E. NJ. Bridge
of South Woodstock, who shipped us
second mate of the schooner Floreuce,
bound for Cumberland inlet, June %,
1879, was blown overheard and
drowned, when the vessel was near her
destination.
Mrs. Renewed Stancliffe of Whiting
ham, 81 Yeas old, recently attended Il
band exhibition, it being the first per-
Torrance of any kind she ever attend
ed, She has never seen the steam or
horse cars, and has never been 25 miles
from where she was born, although she
has always been considered a well
woman.
This time it is Joe Durant of Wells
River who was cleaning pistol and
discharged a ball, so that his hand will
have to come off.
Ed. Ii. Green of Bellows Falls, has
resigned the presidency of the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad, which he
has held but few months.
The dwelling house, barns and sheds
of Robert S. Mcdaniel, living in Nor
ristowD, were entirely consumed by fire
Friday night. The produce in the barn
and house cellar was all lost, but four
teen head of cattle and horses and the
household furniture were saved. Loss
$500. Tipping over kerosene Ian
tern by Mr.. McDaniels in the barn oc-
casioned the fire.
Five hundred voters in Burlington
have signed paper calling for the ell
fOrcement of the prohibitory law and
pledged their personal aid. Another
paper, signed by 1888 women, has the
same end in view.
Several weeks ago, Mr.. Fred Stevens
of Bradford, was bitten on the little
finger by a cat. AT first but little at
tentiOn was given the wound, but in Il
few days the finger became swollen and
infamed. 1t continued to grow worse,
and Sunday week the physician deci-
ded that the only way to save the arm
was to amputate the finger. This was
done, but the trouble had SO extended
to the arm that no permanent benefit
resulted. The arm is now very much
swollen aud discOlOred, erysipelas hav-
ing ensued. While hoping for the best
his friends are seriously alarmed at his
condition.
A dwelling house belonging to Mrs.
Levi Belknap of East Barnard, was dis
covered to be Oh fire at one o'clock
Sunday morning, aud the fire was so
far advanced that all efforts to save
Mrs. Belknap, who was alone and
asleep in the house, were unavailiDg.
Her remains were removed Sunday