St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1881-08-05
Vermont News.

Henry X. Field of Montpelier. ha,
been hired 10y the New England life in
Suracc company of Boston to manage
its affairs on the Pacific slope.
The Southeastern road will lay steel
rails between Newport and Richfurd
They are imported, and the duty
amounts to 81, 900. The main con
struetion and rcpair-shops will proba
bly, he ut West Farnham
Maggie Moran of Leeds, p. O., took
Il dose of corrosive sublimatc at McIm-
does the other night, surprising it was
EPSON salts. She has since died.
Obediah Clement of Corinth got mad
ut Royal West recently, and struck IL
horse which West was riding with Il
large armchair. West. who is ~
years old, was thrown off and proba
bly, fatally hurt.
The Stockholders of the Vermont
and Boston telegraph company elected
these officers at White River Junction
recently: President, Norvin Green
prcsidcnt of the Western Iniom
secretary and treasurer. Roswell H.
Rochester. directors. Norvin Green.
Oliver II. Palmer. David II. Bates.
Norman Williams, George W. Gates.
Henry {. Sherman, George w. Smith.
Thomas Roche, Roswell H. Rochester
executive committee, Oliver H. Palm
CT and David IL. Bates.
The will of the late Hon. John y.
POmcroy, of Burlington, leaves $50
600 to the University of Vermont. for
an endowment of ii proicSSorShip OF
chemistry and national history S2OOO
to the Home for Destitute Children :
tivc-SiXthS of the income from $1,000
toward the expenses of the Unitarian
choir, and Onc-SiXth for the care of his
cemetery lot. The direct requests az
gregatc SjO.OOO, and the remainder of
the property Is to go III equal shares to
Mr.. POmcroy's daughter. Mrs. Wheeler.
the trustees of Elmwood avenue Gene
terry and the Home for Destitute Chill
drcn. \ gift of books is made to
the Fletcher library.
The dress house ofthc Vermont Con
per Mimi" Company at Ely was burn
ed the other night. Loss $4,000 fully
insured. The miners lose large
amount of clothing.
The barn of :. Il. Jenkins in Brown
ington was struck by lightning recent
~ and entirely consumed, with thirty
tons of hay, Il pair of horses and the
wagon to which they were attached.
Loss Sl3OO ; insured for 5000.
Charles Lee of Middlcbury was
thrown from his horse the other day.
trampled on and badly cut.
EX-Gov. Page of Rutland. the prim-
cipal owner of the Manhattan quarry
at West Rutland. is building new
cight-gang mill. y fine layer of mot
tied blue has just been discovered.
Mrs. Fred Thompson of Vergennes
accidentally shot ii young man named
Rogers in the shoulder but the wound
Is not serious. The ball passed within
Il few inches of another young man
named Rivers, who was standing on
the street.
Emma and Mary Corbctt, aged II
and II Years, have been tried at St
Adams for vagIancy and larceny.
Mary was sent to the Reform School.
and Emma to the House of Correction
for one year.
There are two maple trees on Geo.
" l ANlltlNN : ifil III at lslllllitii Which,
for p feet grow separate. but ut that
point unite and form one perfect tree.
A photograph was recently taken for
the New York Graphic.
Lightning struck the barn of Dana
Grant at Tunbridge, burning it and its
contents. 1t was filled with hay. In
sured partially.
Newport has organized fire com
pany.
A number of New York gentlemen
have associated themselves under the
name of the Wakefield Nariegated
Marble company, and propose to erect
mills and all the contingent works for
the thorough quarrying, saving and
of the Mallett's Bay marble
for the market.
Mrs Charity VIM, II years old.
committed suicide by hanging on Fri
day night at Wallingford.
Joshua Samson's son Herbert was
drowned AT East Berkshire while bath
ing, on Saturday last.
\ veritable picture of despair was
at the depot this morning