St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-04-21
State Items.

state Items.
Rutland is free of small pox now.
Rev. J. E. Wright, of Montpelier, is
taking short vacation, and sailed for
the Bermudas.
A Woodstock sugar-maker has re-
ceived an order from a Boston firm for
700 gallons of maple syrup, at 81 per
gallon.
John d. Hilton of Norwich, fell from
a load of hay he was loading, injuring
him so severely that he died.
st. George comes to the front with a
story of a eat which the other day gave
birth to two kittens and two gray
| squirrels.
The Rutland county national bank
of Rutland is to increase its capital
stock at once to S3O0,000, its present
capital being 100000.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Patterson of Georgia
has received $500 in back pay on ac
count of the death of her son, H. L..
Patterson, who died while a member
OF the LIST Vt. cavalry.
John j. Myers has begun suit against
the town of Rutland to recover $4,000
taxes paid under protest i'll 1881.
| Myers gave in no list last year, claim
ing to be resident of Cleveland, o.,
and the listers doubled his list in ac-
cordance with law.
Mrs. Richard Strong, of Waitsfield,
aged about IS years, recently met with
serious accident. She was attending
the sugar arch while her son was
gathering sap, and her clothes taking
fire, she was burned nearly to the
waist. The flames were eXtinguished
by running to the brook near by and
immersing herself in the water.
William Gary, pauper confined on
the Mortified town farm, set fire re-
Gently to his bed, and also started fires
i'll two other places in the house. The
fires were discovered by another pau
per, John Haley, who attempted to put
them ont. A rough and tumble fight
was the result, Gary receiving broken
head and other injuries from which he
may not recover.
Luther Blanchard, about Is years
old and Il son of DIR. V. w. Blanchard
of New York, was arrested Saturday mt
Middlebury for having in his possession
IL large quantity of robes, blankets,
harness, etc, stolen from various per
sons at Middlebury during the past
winter. He waived examination yes
terday and was bound over to await
the action of the grand jury in June,
bail being fixed at $3.50.
DIR. Rutherford, during his recent
visit to BrattlebOrO, had long con
versatiOn with McCatfrey, the Water
bury nun derer, and prOnOunces him
sane. This opinion is cOncurred i'll by
the other physician at the asylum, and
ought to place him in state prison
pending short trial, after which he
should be promptly hung. The doctor
thinks ''pure cuSsednesS" is not insani-
ty.-[ Newport Express.
Charles Z. Kinison, of Newport, was
recently arrested for being intoxicated
and fined five dollars and costs. He
telegraphed for his lady love to come
and help him. The girl let him have
some money to pay his fine. He also
borrowed five dollars of poor widow
borrowed his loves gold watch and
chain without leave, and then left
town.
a long pension controversy between
the mother and widow of Russell Glea-
son, of the Dist Maine volunteers, has
ended in victory for the widow, Har-
riet Gleason of Chelsea, who gets 81 >
600 arrears and 50 per month The
: mother has long drawn the pension Oh
the ground that her son had obtained
Il divorce from Harriet at Cambridge
Mass, but the secretary of the interior
decides that as the divorce was only
from bed and board Harriet is a leUa
widow.
Lots of newly married couples 90 t.