St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-03-03
Vermont News.

| nnallN removed rom lraSDurg ana has
taken his family to Norwood, n. y.
Judge Barrett has sold his residence
at Woodstock and will remove to Rut-
land. This action is due to the de-
mands of the Judges law business.
The New York superintendent OF
insurance has refused to allow the
| Vermont accident association of Rut-
land to do business in New York state
Timothy Conway, of Coventry, was
seriously injured recently by a ruua-
way accident, and at last accounts was
in critical condition.
DIR. L. j. Dixon of Milton refused a
$4,000 appointment in one of the de
partmcnts at Washington, prcferring
his professional practice.
Vermont farmers are hiring the best
farm hands for the summer, eight
months, for about $50 per month and
board.
Daniel S. Hunt, aged 81, selectman
and former lister of Chelsea, has Just
died. This is the second death in the
Chelsea board of sclectmen within six
months.
The Orange county temperance soci-
ETY. dominates L. II. Allen of Bradford
for commissioner.
A new grand army post has been or
ganized at Wolbott with NJ. j. Leach
commander, and a full corps of officers.
There are Pol cases on the Rutland
county court docket, and - on the
chancery docket.
Maj. Geo. T. Childs of St Adams is
to deliver the decoration day address
at Burlington.
Mrs. Clarissa Babcock Patterson,
Woodstock's centenarian, has just died
ut the age of lOl years, > months and
% days.
Eight town agencies in Washington
county during the six months ending
Jan. 81, sold 1928 30 worth of liquors.
Commissioner Holden says, eff the
sales had been lessencd One-half. do
not think invalids would have suffered
Peter Brace, a colored rumseller of
St. Adams, and Eva Newport, an as
sistant at Braces, have been arrested
and fined for selling rum to one Patno
and relieving him of his pocket-book
Wesley Hicks, employed in saw
mill in Nottingham, had toe damned
by falling board. The toe was ampu-
tated. Modification attacked the foot,
and Hicks was stricken with lockjaw
and died.
Mrs. Mary Gates, of Felchville, com
mitted suicide recently by hanging.
The attendance at the Randolph nor
NAL school is the largest in its history
over 40 students, of whom - are in
the graduating class.
5. H. Weston of Colchester has been
nominated for county commissioner of
Chittenden county. At the cOnven-
ton States Attorney Bingham said
that the trouble i'll executing the pro-
hibitOry law was not with the officials
but with the people themselves.
The st. Adams Messenger tells of Il
cOuntryman who came into that town
the other day, got short of funds, and
sold his horse at a sidewalk auction for
S15.
The streams of Rutland county are
to be stocked with alligators. A.
ii. Spencer, station agent at Clarendon,
has recently returned from Florida
with - of the agreeable insects.
The knife with which Fuller, the
ReadsborO murderer, attempted suicide
at Bennington belonged to a son of his
who was frozen to death while return
ing from Il spelling school on January
I, 1855. The condemned man had car
ried the knife as mementO of the sad
event ever since.
Among the star route contractors
who are in trouble is j. l.. SandersOn,
formerly of st. Adams, who, in addi-
ton to being presented for indictment
for conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, has been presented for indict-
ment for perjury in connection with
another route.
Norman Shattuck, who has just been
elected Mayor of Fargo, Dakota, a few
years ago kept Il billiard saloon i'll
West Randolph.
The Champlain fish protective assO-
citation met at st. Adams Saturday and
passed vigorous resolutions in favor of
strictly enforcing the law against seine
and net fishing. 1t is expected that
Senator Edmunds will talk fish to the
association next October at Montpelier.
c. NJ. Spaulding of Burlington was
elected president of the society.
There were Is births and - deaths
in West Randolph village last year.
A four years child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymore of Cambridge Junction
was scalded To death by falling into IA
pail of boiling water.
Frederick Billings of Woodstock has
given $1,000 for the new gymnasium at
Amherst college, for which 1900
has been raised, and for which it is
hoped to raise S50,OO0.
Between 5000 and $500 worth of liq-
uor was seized at the American House,
BrattlebOro, the other day, and taken
to the town hall. The seizure was
made on complaint of local temperance
advocates. The affair has created CON
siderable bitter feeling.
1t is a dry locality within miles and
miles of BrattleboTo. The town agent
of that place says that parties from not
less than 30 different towns have called
on him for liquor.
Sophie Turner was arrested at st.
Adams charged with the murder of her
nephew, twO-years-Old son of Peter
Gerry. 1t was said that some time ago
while the parents were away she be-
came angry at the boy and seated him