St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-07-28

be stopped. Had it not been for the
fact that workmen were near by
and threw off the belt that carried the
shaft, no doubt the little girl would
have been more seriously hurt.
CHITTENDEN COUNTY.
Nearly all the strikers of the Bur-
lingtOn wooden mill have resumed
work. The strike was not for high er
wages, but was merely the result of a
misunderstanding, and when the state
of affairs was made clear to the opera
tives they at once resumed work.
Arthur Bradford of Jericho will soon
commence the publication of a four
column quarto-weekly newspaper,
styled the Chittenden Reporter. Don't
do it Take warning from the Clip
per man.
LAMOILLE COUNTY.
Mrs. G. L. Waterman of Hydepark
has recently received from the St.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain rail
road company S4O0 for injuries receiv-
ed few years ago.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The other evening n. NJ. Draper of
Randolph was startled to see a wild
animal bounding through the garden
and over his front fence. The night
was dark, so the color of the beast
could not be told. In the morning
tracks five inches across were seen,
and they showed that the animal went
from to 10 feet to a leap. A large
number of men are hunting for the
supposed panther. Tracks lead to
swamp and branch some distance
away.
Rev. Norman Clark, Baptist clergy
man, died at Chelsea, suddenly. He
was born in New Haven, Vt, Sept. "a,
1916; graduated at Middlebury college
in 1912, and had been pastor at Swan
ton, Ira, Jamaica, Fair Haven, VT,
Marlboro, n. H., and Wendell, Mass.
He retired a number of years ago on
account of i'll health. His remains
were taken to New Haven for burial.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The lightning killed two cows for
John Mcclellan of Greensboro.
A very sad accident occurred at Low
ell, by which little seven years old
girl of Jacob Greenwood was shot
through the head, the ball entering
the head about midway between the
eye and ear, and passing through be
low the brain and lodging in the outer
bone on the other side. A young fell
low from Canada, an emplOye, had
been shooting at mark with ii small
revolver and in some unknown man
ner one of the children who was near
received the bullet from the last cham
Der of the revolver. The boy fled,
but was apprehended and brought be
fore magistrate, but as there was no
evidence of intentional shooting he
was discharged. A council of physi-
clans has been held, and they pro-
nOunce the case as a hopeless one
Barton Monitor.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
AT Rutland, the other day, a keg of
powder in the hands of Christie Moran
was set on fire while he was preparing
a blast. His hair and face were scorch-
ed and his clothing set afire and strip
ped from his body. The injuries are
not fatal.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
While Evan Evans of Waterbury
was digging a metallic cartridge from
the cylinder of revolver, the powder
exploded, causing the ball to penetrate
one of his fingers, and throwing the
shell against his neck. He was fOrtu-
nate in escaping more serious injuries.
While digging in his garden few
days ago, l.. ID. Bemis of Calais found
Il purse containing some very old coins,
some bearing date 1862.
wINDHAM COUNTY.
A floating rumOr which is not entire
ly without foundation, intimates that
the proposed congressional appropria-
ton of Sl50,O00 for public building
at Montpelier may be so divided as to
give BrattleborO the benefit of $50, 900
of the money Phoenix.
Local Notices.