St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-14
ORLEANS COUNTY.


Charles Lunt, ID, son of Aaron Lunt,
late of Charlestown, died of lockjaw at
Haverhill, the result of hurt by toy
pistol.
Madame Vincent, one of the most IA
nous of Montreal singers, and Mrs.
Knowles, well known in musical circles
in Boston, are to spend the summer at
the WillOughby Lake house, West
more, Vt.
Mrs. Hiram Prescott died at Albany
the 21st, aged 68 years. She has suf-
fered several months with a cancer,
bearing her intense pains with great
fortitude and Christian courage.
Somebody broke into the house of S.
NJ. Worthy of Barton a few nights
since and stole watch and chain.
1t is now thought that Mossman's leg
will be saved, and he will eventually
be as good as ever.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
A Waitsfield man named wilkins
struck and threatened to shoot Oscar
Harrington because the latter built
staging on ground owned by wilkins.
1t cost wilkins ten dollars and costs,
besides a fifty dollar bond to keep the
peace for year.
c. w. Cade, proprietor of the Wi
nOOski hotel at Cabot, has received a
pension of S72 a year, and back pay
amounting to 81 ,272.60.
While wOrkmen were engaged in
tearing down some old sheds on the
fair ground at Montpelier, one of them
found seven wallets secreted in Il crew
ice in one of the buildings. 1t is sup
posed that they were placed there by
pickpOckets, but why the light-fingered
gentry should have permitted them to
remain there so long, is a mystery.
Their valuable contents were uniniur-
ed, and were restored so far as possible
to the proper owners.
OF the four children added at one
birth to the family of James Hartman
of Duxbury few weeks since, two
have since languished and died. They
seemed to be afflicted by no particular
disease, but to sink away from lack of
vitality.
In the case against Lewis Marcott,
at Montpelier, for shooting the little
son of Alexander Jangraw last Friday,
after a prOtracted hearing the court
decided to hold him to await the action
of the grand jury in September. He
was held in 500 bail, which was fur
nished. The Jangraw boy is getting
along we'll.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
Sumner Rhodes of Windham COM
mitted suicide on the 5th, with Paris
green. Cause, mental arrangement.
| Age, near 50.
There was realized for the family of
the late Geo. A. Comfy drowned near
Brattleboro a while ago. from subscrip-
lions and the special benefit perform
ance, 81, 1895
James Flagg, graduate of Middle
bury and AndOver, is called to supply
the Congregational church at Ryegate.
Henry Aldrich of Hinsdale, in a fit
of insanity, cut himself with a scythe,
causing an amputatiOn of an arm, ut
South Vernon the 3D..
Bill Kelley is held in $1,000 at Brat
tleboro for assaulting Tuesday night a
young girl in the employ of c. l.. Pi-
per.
In DummerstOn, recently, Herbert,
a son of Charles O. Reed, aged thirteen
years, was seriously injured by the dis
charge of gun. He was seated on a
fence at the time of the accident, hold
ing the gun with one hand while the
stock rested on the ground. The fence
gave way, throwing him down, the
gun being discharged as he fell, the
contents of which made a slight wound
on his right side and passed through
the right arm, making large and Sc
rious wound very near the shoulder.
Philip Black, II, was drowned in the
Connecticut river at Wares ferry, Put
ney, while bathing a few days since.
During the progress of some athletic
sports at Ludlow, on the 4th of July, 4
large number of people crowded into 4
covered tlume in front of the mill. One
of the boards broke, and a young lady
Miss Taylor, was precipitated into the
river below, where she would undoubt-
edly have been drowned had not gal
liant young fellow, William Sullivan by
name, jumped in and kept her heaC
above water until assistance could bC