St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-01-20
Vermont News.

Bradford has an anti-slang society.
The NermOnters resident at Worces-
ter, Mass, held Il reunion on Tuesday
evening.
Edmund S. Stevens, night Waterman
at Buffers mill, Island Pond, while
Oiling machinery recently, got entan-
| gled and was whiIled over the shafting,
sustaining injuries from which he died
i'll few days.
Officers recently elected by the
Orange County Agricultural Society ::
Pres't, j. w. Bliss, Bradford Vice
Priests, Henry Whicher, Newbury, n.
Bailey, Haverhill; Sec'y, Arad 5. Cor
liss, East Corinth Treas, J. B. w.
Prichard, Bradford.
The case of Langdon and others
against the Vermont and Canada rail
road will be heard at Montpelier Feb
ruary 81, when a final decision will
undoubtedly be reached.
The Bennington county jury gave Il
verdict of not guilty i'll the ease of VIM.
II. Keefe, charged with killing VIM.
OBrien of Searsburg last July. The
case has attracted much attention on
account of the respectable connections
of both men.
Officers of the Fletcher Hospital at
Burlington for the ensuing year: DR..
Walter Carpenter, president: DR.. w.
b. Lund, president; DR.. II. II. At
water, secretary Drs. Walter Carpen-
ter, o. F. Fassett and II. James, medical
committee.
The Peabody House at Londonderry
has been burned loss some $1,000.
Some fifteen deer have been seen
lately in the vicinity of Rutland.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Fay of Sharon
celebrated their golden wedding the 3D..
No hopes are entertained of the re-
cOvery of Albro Heath of GrotOn,
whose skull was fractured by the burst
ing of an emery wheel.
The Barton Monitor puts in claim
to the distinction of being the young
est Vermont volunteer, for Henry ID.
Davenport of Irasburg, who was born
Oct. ,, 1850, and on the 18th day of
Oct, 1861, was mustered into the ser
vice of the United States as drummer
of Co. II, Sixth Vermont Volunteers,
he being then just Il years and 10 days
old.
The counsel of Edison L. Fuller, the
ReadsbOro murderer, is said to have
taken 100 exceptions, and Fuller, who
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree, will not be sentenced till after
a hearing by the supreme court.
The house and barn of DIR. Oscar
Barber, of POwnal, were burned to the
ground on Friday night by an incendi-
airy fire. Damage about $1,000.
The dwelling house of man named
Watkins, of Montgomery, was de
strOyed by fire last week. Loss I'M
known ; no insurance.
II. Ii. Gordon has been appointed
postmaster at Georgia Plain in Frank
lin county Geo. p. Blair at West Bar
net, and K. A. Flint at West Braintree.
There are four cases of small pox in
the little town of Guilford.
During the year 1881 there were %
failures in Vermont with liabilities of
1856, 900.
On the 9th, the store of w. c. Barker
of Wells was burned. Loss on goods
$1,000 insured for 5000; building in
sured for 800.
hIs. DItN, an dptu
living at South Glover, fell recently
and broke her hip so badly that the
doctors did not attempt to set it.
Luther Holden of South Wallingford
celebrated his one hundredth birthday
January 9th.
Chittenden county received last year
S2}l2.50 and paid out $780, -, leaving
balance now in hand of Sl35l .2G.
Ex-Gov. PrOctor's visit to Europe is
said to be partly with reference to pur
chasing an Italian marble mine.
Oscar Kinsman of POultney, three
weeks ago, received a slight cut on the
thumb. Regarding it of little import
ance he continued his work of drawing
slate. Having bruised and scratched
the wound he caught cold i'll it and the
thumb began to swell. On the 18th a
physician was called, but the young
man died soon after. He had been
married but a short time.