St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-10-13
Vermont News.

vermont News.
Samuel Welch of GrotOn has recent
ly lost two children with diphtheria.
The present Vermont legislature
contains more democrats than that of
Maine.
There are three hundred and sixty
three lawyers in the state in regular
practice.
Ground is to be broken this fall on
the Johnson extension of the Burling-
ton & Lamoille railway.
The Orange county Sabbath school
association will hold its convention in
Chelsea October II and Is.
Rev. c. A. Savage of Stowe is now
in Switzerland, whence he will go to
COnstantinople, and thence to Vienna.
The estimates of building the Rut-
land and Woodstock railroad place the
work of construction ut about $780,
600.
The gross receipts of the Woodstock
fair We're something over two thou
sand dOllars-a little less than last
year.
James Harrington of Jamaica fell
from an apple tree a distance of six
teen feet, injuring his back, probably
fatally.
Mrs. Robinson of Bloomington was
badly hurt while attending a funeral
at Barton, by being thrown from a
carriage.
Ralph Mum was run over during
recent races at Bradford, and now suf-
fers from broken nose and other
injuries.
A large catamount was seen on
South mountain, near Bristol, few
days ago, which caused considerable
excitement.
Luther Leake, aged sixty, hanged
himself at Stamford, last week. He
was man of some education, but
Unbalanced.
IL turns out that the item about Mrs.
Bartholomew outrage at Fairlee was
the invention of some wicked Bohe-
mian and is quite devoid of truth.
Two homing pigeons, brought to
Rutland from abroad, one day last
week, made their way home, LOG miles,
in two hours and twenty-five minutes.
Frank Duval, carpenter working
on the college buildings at Burlington,
was struck on the head recently by a
scantling dropped by slater and kill
ed.
w. A. Stowell of Montpelier has
been appointed general superintendent
of the Boston, Concord & Montreal
railway, in place of j. A. Dodge,
resigned.
Mortified had a mild little bear
hunt, the other day, resulting in the
capture of one about three or four
years old and weighing not far from
| $50 pounds.
While jerome Wheeler was on the
mountain in Sandgate, getting out logs,
last week, his little son, aged ten, be-
came frightened and ran under Il fall
ing tree and was instantly killed.
Members of the state greenback
committee have had a meeting to de-
wise ways and means for establishing
newspaper. The plan is to form a
company with a capital stock of Sl2,-
600.
Gov. BarstOw of Vermont has de-
clined the invitation to attend the
Webster centennial, because of duties
at home, and ex-GOv. Farnham, at his
request, will represent Vermont on
the occasion.
The village engine house and engine
hall, Bellows Falls, were injured by
fire Thursday morning to the extent of
about $1,000. The fire was probably
caused by the careless disposal of a
lighted cigar.
The five-years- old son of Sol. Estey
of st. Adams was burned to death on
Friday by falling into a pail of hot
water. Mr.. Estey is freight cOnduc-
tor on the Central and lost another
child only few weeks ago.
The library of the late George P.
Marsh, which has been bought by
gift to Vermont university, numbers
900 volumes, and will be forwarded
at once from Rome and Florence.
For some time a strengthening
man has been seen in the woods i'll the
eastern part of Randolph. He attack
ed several men the other day, and was
knocked down with a sled stake be-
fore he could be controlled. He proved
to be a lunatic and probably escaped
from some asylum.
A young man from a neighboring
town recently came to Vergennes for
the purpose of getting a coffin for his
grandmother. Before starting for
home, however, he got very full OF
rum and was put in the lookup. He
was let out that night at eleven o'clock,
when the object of his visit was ascer-
tanned.
The telephone exchange of Burling-
ton and Rutland have been purchased
by the Boston and Northern Telephone
company, whose managers control all
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts, except Boston.
w. P. Manley of Rutland has been ap-
pointed superintendent of the Yer
mont division.
An attempt was made to burglarize