St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-02-03
Vermont News.

Montpelier is moving in the direction
of public library, and. according to
the Waterman, there is every prospect
that the end sought will be soon at
tanned. This is cOmmendable enter
prise. Montpelier ought to support a
large library, and could appreciate the
advantages growing out of such an in
stitution.
Diphtheria in its most malignant
form broke out in the family of II. j.
Talbert of West Topsham few weeks
ago and five of his six children have
died.
The Fletcher free library, Burling-
ton, now contains fifteen thousand vol
umes, of which about eight hundred
were added last year.
The Y. NJ. c. A. of Burlington have
decided to open free reading-rOOm in
connection with their hall.
The official name of the post Office at
Fayetteville has been changed to New
fame.
John Quinn, an employee of the
freight office at Burlington, slipped
while carrying trunk and broke his
leg.
Three students in the University of
Vermont, ut Burlington, have been sus-
pended for enticing to their rooms
three young women, residents of that
town, and plying them with wine until
they were intoxicated.
An old resident of East Poultney,
named Jones, was fatally crushed I'M
der a falling tree on the Odd ult.
The other day young scamp at st.
Adams kicked the school ianitor, Chas.
Turner. who endeavorcd to restrain
the boys disorderly conduct, and now
it is said Mr.. Turner's injuries are such
That boy ought to find Il place in the
Reform School.
Friends of Col. Peabody of South
Londonderry have given him $500
toward replacing the hotel recently
burned.
The four years-Old son of w. II.
Cady of Warren was shot in his breast
the other day, but the rib over the
heart turned the bullet safely aside.
The little fellow thought the revolver
was a whistle or full of ''tandy" and
was trying to open it against his breast.
w. c. Crippen, vice. principal of the
johnson Normal school, has resigned,
to engage in business with his brother
in Philadelphia.
Bennington French Catholics are to
build new church.
jill. Bostwick of Montpelier is to pay
by award of referee 1888 to Lucius
Cummings for inducing him to pay
SlO42 for mortgage which he claimed
was fully secured by land ut Johnson,
the land having brought at auction
only 1890.
Brink & Co.'S foundry at Burlington
was Quilted by fire Thursday afternoon
at Il loss of several thousand dollars.
The fire was caused by the upsetting
of ladle filled with molten iron,
which inflicted horrible and probably
fatal injuries on Patrick DOnnelly, a
workman, 30 years old, who has a wife
and large family. Benjamin Wright,
Thomas Crowley and James Hayden
were dangerously burned. Donnelly
and Crowley have since died.
The other evening, at RichfOrd, a
man named Marshall, belonging in
Berkshire, was seriously kicked by a
horse which he had led to water. He
was found afterward struggling in the
snow with his jaw and teeth broken.
Edison l.. Fuller, the Readsboro muir
derer, is said to be a very sick man and
may not live to satisfy the sentence of
the law, hanging.
Henry Bowers, a Montpelier youth
of 81 and son of Jas. Bowers who for
many years was engineer between
Montpelier and the Junction, is wanted
for stealing mail bags, Dee. p and Jan.
-. from the Junction. He was detect
ed through offering for sale at dis
count $500 one cent stamps which had
been sent to Burlington 10y the mail of
Jan. II. In addition there are missing
package of Sl7, and quite a number
of checks and notes.
The movement at SwantOn to rid the
town of notorious houses goes on sue
cessfully. One has been broken up
completely and another, kept by one
Sibyl Lackey, was raided and four
packages of liquor found. At the trial
to condemn it a crowd of young men