St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-07-15
Vermont News.

Mrs. Norman Moses committed sui
eide ut South RoyaltOn, Sunday night,
by taking Paris green. She had be
come overcome and frenzied by her
husband deserving her, clipping with
Mrs. Chester Dodge. She leaves three
small children.
The barn and house of NJ. A. Car
Isle at East Randolph were totally
burned Sunday morning. Loss about
$1,000. The fire was caused by the eX-
plosiOn of kerosene lantern on the
barn floor.
Marcus A. Conner of New Haven, CT,
was drowned at Burlington last week
while attending family reunion on
the lake.
William Hazard, the negro who was
bound to the Windham county court
two weeks ago for burglary at Bel
lows Falls, broke Jail on Saturday last
and escaped. He was arrested again
i'll Keenc.
Samuel C.. Chaplin, of West Charles
ton, has received II pension amounting,
with arrears, to between eight and
nine hundred dollars. He put i'll his
application nearly fourteen years ago,
government mills "grind slowly, but
they grind exceeding fine"
Hon. George n. Dale has resigned
his position as deputy collector of Gus
toms ut Island Pond.
1t is said that Silas NJ. Waite, the
BrattlebOro defaulter, who is now in
Jail at Rutland, thinks of suing the
stockholders of the bank for dividends
he paid which the bank did not earn.
He expects to get SI50,000 from the
Estey suit, and wants money to pro
secutc it.
The steam saw mill of F. A. Gleason
Il Co. of Bennington was burned re-
Gently. The mill was situated III Pine
Valley in the adjoining town of Wood
ford, about ten miles distant. Cost
$1,000; insured. The cause was the
explosion of the boiler, but fortunately
no one was injured.
Jacob F. Bates, of Hartland, com
mitted suicide with Paris green, on the
Both ult. Mr.. Bates was "A prominent
and esteemed citizen and worth quite
large property. He undoubtedly
took the poison when temporarily in
sane. His age was about forty-tive.
Dr. John Branch, one of the oldest
citizens of st. Adams, died recently, ut
the age of IS. He practiced medicine
in St. Adams for some Al years.
A very sad affair occurred at Roy
alton on the afternoon of the 9th inst.
Three young ladies were walking upon
the bank of the river, wading i'll shall
low water, when twO-Lula Denison,
daughter of eX-Congressman Dudley
c. Denison of ROyalton, and Eliza
Jameson, daughter of Judge J. A.
Jameson, of the Superior Court of
| Chicago, stepped over PERCEPTIONS
rock into deep water. Miss DenisOn
was rescued i'll an unconscious state
and soon revived, but Miss jameson
was drowned. The body was soon re-
covered, but all efforts to resuscitate
proved unavailing. She was about Ii
years old and was n young lady of rare
promise. She was spending the sum
mer with relatives at ROyaltOn, being
"A grand-niece of Hon ID. G. DenisOn.
Cyrus G. Pringle, the Charlotte bot
anist who is doing botanical work for
the government in the South and West,
is said to have discovered valuable
silver mine in Arizona.
Liquor raids were made i'll Burling-
ton, Saturday, OH the places of c. n.
Mead, Martin Clark, Mrs Narcotic and
James Kelly, varying quantities being
found at all save the last named.
A Hartland farmer makes the follow
ing prediction Rotten, mouldy feed,
five years hence, will not he consider
ed the best thing to make sweet butter,
and, mt the end of that time silOs and
ensilage will he placed i'll the rubbish
heap of obsolete things.
II. A. Tenney, a travelling salesman
for Charles f. Brigham of Boston, iron
dealer, is under arrest at Rutland,
on the charge of stealing money from
two hotel safes in Chester and Yer
gennes.
The White Mountain train down,
Monday morning, cOllided with Il
freight train at North CharlestOwn, n.
H., badly smashing the engine of the
White Mountain train and one or two
freight cars. The engineer of the
freight train and the fireman of the
other train We're slightly injured. The
cause of the collision was a misplaced
switch. The damage done will
amount to $1,000 or $1,000.