St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-22
state Items.


All the Episcopal church choirs in
the state will meet at Brattleboro in
convention Oct. -.
Two Jamaica young men claim to
have discovered perpetual motion and
have applied for patent.
An incendiary at Thetford burned
Reuben Phillips barn Thursday morn
ing, containing two cows, ten tons of
hay and farming tools.
Many of the wells and springs in
WilliamstOwn have failed, that never
were dry before. 1t is very dry
throughout the county.
The publication of the Montpelier
Daily Journal will be resumed mt the
commencement of the approaching SEES
sion and continued during the legisla-
tive period.
Reuben Parker, the defeated candi
date at Ferrisburgh, will contest the
election of NJ. F. Allen on the ground
of the ineligibility of Mr.. Allen, who is
now postmaster.
Last Friday Amos Stone of Roches-
ter shot IA large black bear, weighing
over two hundred pounds. Bruin was
dragging a heavy chain and log when
overtaken by Mr.. Stone.
A gang of thieves, who have been
operating in the vicinity of Pittstield
for some time past, fell into the clutch
es of the detectives. The leader was
captured, but afterward escaped.
Oliver Avery, the man who was re-
ported as roaming the country armed
with shot gun, rifle and four pistols,
some years ago, has escaped from the
house of correction and is again at
large.
The free -for-all race Friday at the
fair in Burlington was won by "Kitty
Ives" owned at Ticonderoga, n. Y, in
2.2S, the fastest time ever made in
the county. The aggregate attendance
during the four days of the fair was
10000.
A little granddaughter of Joseph
Gautlin of Hyde Park, while playing
around kettle of hot water last week,
fell in and was severely scalded. If
| there had not been some clothes in the
kettle at the time she would probably
have been scalded to death.
The next house will consist of 2}6
members, there being five towns which
failed to elect n representative. OF
this number the republicans will have
lS6, the democrats Is and the green
hackers , members. This gives Il re-
publican majority of I36, which is
enough for all practical purposes.
Joseph Bertrand, a Frenchman,
about sixty years of age, on the morn
ing express, Saturday, fell from the
cars at point about mile south of
Richmond. The train was going at
full speed and Bertrand was seriously
injured. His left shoulder was broken
and his head and body badly bruised !;
and his recovery is very doubtful.
Nelson YOung's store at Alburgh
was broken open Wednesday night,
the 18th, and about fifty dollars worth
of goods taken, consisting of silk hand
kerchiefs, kid gloves, a lot of necllties,
Il small valise and an overcOat belong
ing to the clerk. The burglars entered
through a window in the lower part of
the store, and lighting IA lamp helped
themselves pretty freely to what they
wanted. Opening some sardines and
cOrned beef, they had a quiet lunch,
not disturbing the slumbers of two
young men sleeping in the room above.
Two sailors were drowned at Vine
yard Haven, Mass, Friday night, by
the capsizing of Il boat.
The race between the Hillsdale crew
and the Thames rowing club crew,
which was rowed on the Thames Fri
day afternoon, was won by the Thames
crew. The Thames time was 20:4U
and the Hillsdale 20:24.
The steamer Asia, of the Great Nor
thern transit company, which piled be-
tween Collingwood, Ontario, and Sault
Ste. Marie, foundered in Owen sound
last Thursday, during IA severe gale.
Only two persons are known to have
been saved, and one hundred are sup
posed to have persisted.
While three boys were rowing on the
river, at Reading, Pa, Sunday night,
IA lighted cigar was thrown into
the water, which was thickly COW
ored with benzine from the gas works
They were quickly enveloped in flames
and jumped over board. William
Speirs had his face and neck badly
burned and may lose his eye-sight
Matthew Buckley and Francis Cullen
were seriously burned.