St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-05-19

listed at 1907 $50, the same as last
year. The 81 taxpayers whose list is
doubled refused to return list. Brad
ley Barlow is listed at S404 $50; j. G..
Smith, $3.50 1886; w. c. Smith, 49,
$50.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
At Glover last week. as f. l.. Clark
was driving cattle, his wife driving
colt behind him, the colt became fright
ened and commenced to run. Clark
undertook to stop the colt, but was
knocked down, run over and was in
sensible for sometime. After throwing
Mrs. Clark out and upsetting the wag
on the colt was stopped. Fortunately
Mr.. and Mrs. Clark escaped without
broken bones.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Vail Hastings of Pawlct was thrown
from his wagon, recently, 10y the slip
| ping forward of hayrack, and re-
ceived injuries about the back and
head, which caused his death the 9TH.
John McMorrow of Middletown had
"A barn burned by dissatisfied tenant,
recently. Fifteen cows persisted in
rested, and bound up i'll the sum of
$500, for trial at the county court.
Brandon has secured from the gov
eminent four pieces of condemned iron
cannon to be placed in the public
square, beside the soldiers monument
soon to he erected there.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Ninety men are now i'll the employ
of the Lane manufacturing company,
Montpelier.
A claim agent of Montpelier has pro
cured Il pension for Elizabeth Taylor, Il
pauper on the town of Waitstield, with
arrears of over $500, on account of a
son who died in the army.
The hack driver ut the Pavilion in
Montpelier jumped upon a horse and
gave chase to IL runaway team, last
Monday, finally catching up with the
recreants and bringing them to stop.
Mr.. n. c. Bacon of Montpelier had a
shock of paralysis, on Thursday of last
week, at Franklin. n. II.
a Waterbury sensation has been eX-
! ploded by the return of an old gentle
man named King, who was reported
recently as missing from town, and his
whereabouts We're not known. The
affair grew to be such IL mystery that
the authorities began to consider the
prOpriety of an investigation but on
Saturday the old gentleman turned up.
He had simply been visiting his friends
III adjacent towns.
WINDHAM COUNTY.
The old "Fall Mountain brewery
was burned at Bellows Falls, about
midnight, Friday.
james Ross, Il workman on the new
iron railroad bridge ut Bellows Falls,
| fell from the abutment on Saturday
into the river, the current carrying him
down stream so strongly that it was
some fifteen or twenty minutes before
he was taken out, and nearing the rap
ids to the falls. it became critical and
almost thrilling before he was pulled
ashore.
A barn owned by Mrs. Reita X. Wells,
of GuiltOrd, was burned by an incen-
diary fire, the 9th, with quantity of
hay, one horse, two cows and pair of
steers. Loss $1,000: insurance on the
barn $50, and on the produce Sl75.
Dt>plte Indictment weather HALIFAX
had a large meeting Thursday in favor
Of the proposed Brattleboro and Will
mingtOn narrow gauge road. pledged
money to the. survey fund, instructed
the committee to proceed with its work
and voted informally to bond if the route
through that town was chosen. The
estimated cost of the road, fully equip
ped, is less than 81 900 ii mile.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
O. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret has gone
West with another carload of jersey
cattle. This carload is the finest, as
whole, of any taken out this spring,
and are from the herd of Geo. b. Will
liams, Esq, of Walpole, n. II. They
go to Messrs. Richardson Bros, Daven-
port. Iowa.