St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-06
Vermont News.

The Chelsea hotel has been sold to
A. w. Whitney for $500.
The new town hall of Barre has been
furnished with $500 worth of scenery.
The other afternoon, on l.. S. Drew's
farm in Burlington, twenty seven grey
squirrels were shot, i'll one field.
Montpelier is to have the Fanny Kel-
logg Brlgnoli concert company for en-
tertalnment this week Friday evening.
Capt. U. A. Woodbury. of Burlington
has been appointed a member of Gov
ernor Barstow's staff, with the rank of
colonel.
At Mt. Holly, Lyman Graves was
thrown from his wagon, struck on his
head and shoulders and was danger
ously hurt.
The thirty second annual meeting of
the State homeopathic society will be
held ut the Pavilion, Montpelier Octo-
Der Is and 10.
By an edict of the selectmen no
more advertising signs or butternut
trees are to be allowed on the main
streets of Montpelier.
ID. p. Boyd of Royalton had his
horse and wagon stolen while attend
ing the fair at Bethel, 10y man
named Morse of Sharon. The thief
was caught.
Annie, aged seven, daughter of L. X.
Joslin of Waitsfield, was severely in-
Ijured by being thrown down on a stone
by large boy while Mt play in the
school yard.
Mrs. Rebecca Brown of Westfield
has Just received II pension of So per
month, and voucher for back pay
to the amount of SI759.46 for the loss
of n son in the army.
|, f. A. Morse, capitalist, and Michael
Quin, livery stable keeper, both rich
citizens of Rutland, have been indicted
for knowingly leasing buildings i'll
which liquor was to he sold.
George Lapham, aged -, while adj
, justing timbers in the dam Mt North
Pownal, fell into the HOosac river and
was drowned. His body went under ii
lot of timbers and could not he found.
1t is said that difference of opinion
+ has arisen in the management of the
, Bennington Battle Monument Associ-
! alton, as to whether the shaft shall be
E constructed of Barre granite or Rut-
a land.
= Luther Leet, hermit, committed
= suicide by hanging at his home in
l Stamford on Tuesday. Leet was n
e well-educated man, who, through dis
t appointment, had isolated himself from
S civilization.
Our enterprising contemporary, the
= Rutland Herald and Globe, has pur
o chased one of the largest and finest
newspaper presses ever brought into
= the state. State printing loaded with
n nonpareil slugs seems to pay.
Eight residents of Shrewsbury have
+. been indicted for tarring and feather
i ing Paul Ellis last spring. 1t was
: claimed that Ellis had attempted an
. outrage on young girl, but II justice
! discharged him on hearing the case.
: The farm buildings of Henry Bryant
= on the Vershire Height, were burned
y to the ground. He had just built II
fire to boil swill, and left the house to
:, drive his turkeys, the family being
n away. Loss $1,000, insured for $500.
: The residence of r. II. Young ut
d South Starksboro was recently de
d stroyed by fire. In endeavOring to
). extinguish the flames, Newell Hoskins
e and Amos Moody were severely in
It jured The loss on the dwelling was
If $500.
a. The explosion of a kerosene lamp in
the upper story of the house of J. L.
Pixley, in Waterbury, burned the
house and barn, with all the contents,
e except the furniture on the lower floor
Il of the house. Loss $1,000, insured for
y about $500.
As A. p. SlaytOn's lumber team was
NJ 4.
4 ter the other evening, it being very
n dark and rainy, the driver got out of
Il the road, was dumped down bank
~ near the house of NJ. p. Wheeler into
a brook and one horse was drowned.
+ 1t is said that difference of opinion
i has arisen in the management of the
= Bennington battle monument assOcia-
e ton, us to whether the shaft shall lie
&c constructed of Barre granite or Rutland
,r marble. 1t is reported that some Rut-
1t land gentlemen are urging the latter
he material.
Is Judge Taft las prepared his dissent
Z. ing opinion i'll the great railroad case
l. of James X. LangdOn ct al. against the
r Vermont and Canada railroad company
S ct ais. He agrees with his associates
lie that the Vermont Central and its prop
rs erty is holden for the payment of the
rs trust indebtedness.
/ f. Bruce of Fayston had fortytw0
d. bushels of oats from one and half
D. bushels sOwed. J. b. Thompson had
u, sixty bushels of wheat from one and
e three-quarters acres, and some Others
u nearly in the same ratio. Farmers
As there think they can raise wheat cheap
eS er than they can buy flour.
i II. b. Pettingill of North Troy has
- been visited by II gentleman who wa.
~ prisoner with him at Belle Isle during
- the war Out of seventeen who a
:" that time pledged themselves to sup
w port aud assist each other, Mr.. Pettin
~, gill and his guest are two out of fiv,
- who survived the imprisonment.
" General News.