St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-05-04

prominent citizen aud lawyer of Fac
tory Point, and at the time of his
death judge of the probate court for
the north shire of Bennington county,
died very suddenly the Oath, of neu-
ralgia of the heart. He was IA native
of Jamaica and was about fifty-tive
years of age.
The supervisors of the insane, in
compliance with the requirements of
the law passed by the last legislature,
and with the full concurrence and APP
prevail of the superintendent of the
asylum, have discharged thirteen
state and town patients, some of
whom have been inmates of the
asylum for twenty years.
George Sylvester Marcy of Hartland
went out to his barn to do his chores
the other night, and while descending
ladder fell a short distance to the
floor. Nothing serious was expected
from the accident at the time, but be-
fore morning he began to grow worse,
and one of his household went to
neighbOr for help, but on their return
Mr.. Marcy was dead.
Following is the appraisal of the
| personal estate of those citizens of
Rutland who are appraised at over
500, 900 in that kind of property Red
field Proctor, S292, 730 c. Clement,
S246, AGA ; H. II. Baxter, I36, $50 H.
II. Dyer, Sis, l33 William Gilmore,
Sill, 5l9; w. Y. Ripley's estate,
SlOo, lO6 ; Columbia marble company,
| S1O,35O; j. w. Champion, $40, 300 :;
Ripley Sons, S60,6l6 f. Chaffee,
500, I2O.
The NewburypOrt Herald says ::
''The New Hampshire makers
have granted bounty of ten cents
each for every dead crow produced
before the proper authorities. This
has led to curious traffic. A young
man In Newbury married the daughter
of New Hampshire man. The young
man shoots crows near his home in
this commonwealth, and sells them to
his fatherin-law at seven cents each
and the old man gets ten cents bounty,
thus making profit of three cents
| himself"
Some six weeks ago Clarence Thur
Der of West Halifax, boy of fourteen,
was thrown while wrestling with one
of his playmates. He struck his head
III falling, and lay partially stunned for
several minutes. He soon recovered
and nothing more was thought of the
matter until Il fortnight ago, when he
complained of a severe headache. A
| physician was summoned, but could do
little and the boy died in day or two.
the cause being the bursting of blood
vessel at the base of the brain, caused
| by his fall
Benjamin Basford of Georgia was
three weeks ago arrested for firing "A
| gun ut II neighbours boy and placed
under bonds of 800 to keep the peace.
He ordered coffee for his supper, the
other night, while his wife drank tea.
which she complained of tasting
strangely. After drinking it she went
to the spring for water, was taken
with violent cramps and terribly i'll.
succeeding i'll reaching the house by
crawling on her hands and knees to
i the door. little girl was at play
outside, and Mrs. Basford called to
her to tell her mother to come. She
went. and found her in commissions.
and administered an antidote which
relieved her. While this was being
done Bastord was busy emptying the
i contents of the teapot and three times
scalding it ont. The woman saws she
believes her husband put poison in
the tea.
State Treasurer Dubois and Auditor
Powell returned from Brantford, Can
ada, Saturday, where they went on
I business connected with the recent
Huntington bequest to Vermont. The
trip was successful and the officials re-
turn with money and securities to the
value of Il little more than $500, 900,
which have been deposited in Boston
banks. This money was willed to the
state by Arunah Huntington of Brant-
ford, for the benefit of the common
schools of Vermont. The donator died
early in 1877, and since then the will
has been contested by relatives and
been through all the Canadian
courts until finally the personal prop
erty and accumulations have been de-
creed to the state of Vermont. Mr..
Huntington was born in Vermont, and
when he went to BrantfOrd was not
worth $500. He was Il shoe maker and
by economy and successful investments
in American securities, early in the
late war with the rise of real estate in
Branttord, made fortune. Until the
Legislature of Vermont determines lust
how the gift shall be applied the fund
will remain and accumulate in the state
treasury.