St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-12
Vermont News.

A snowy or polar owl was recently
shot in Addison which measured five
feet two inches from tip to tip.
Norman w. Smith, eldest son of w.
H. Smith of Rutland, committed sui
eide in Atlanta, Ga, a few days ago.
Montpelier dry goods men have
agreed to close their stores at six
o'clock every evening except Saturday,
from now till April l.
Henry, -years-old son of j.
II. Baker of Stockbridge, while play
ing, fell on the kitchen floor, breaking
his leg above the knee.
Horace II. Reyes, the only surviving
brother of the late Freeman and Henry
Keyes, died mt his residence in New
bury, Jan. 4, aged sixty-nine.
During the year Burlington firemen
were called out twenty-five times by
ever, but seven fires worthy of the
name.
1t is reported that Charles c. Peck
and VIII w. Chapman of Middlebury
have sold their patents on improved
machinery for electric lighting for
SI50,OOO.
Chauncey Gowley, IA Berlin farmer
80 years old, fell from his sleigh the
other evening and was frozen to death.
1t is supposed that he was full of Mont
pelier whisky.
Semi-annual dividends have been
declared by Rutland banks as follows
Rutland County National, per cent
National of Rutland, 4 per cent ; BaX-
ter National, 34 per cent Rutland
Savings bank, , per cent.
O. NJ. Tinkham of Pomfret passed
through Rutland, the Sd, with twenty
three head of Jerseys, which he was
taking to Davenport, la. This is the
seventh lot of this breed of cattle that
Mr.. Tinkham has taken to that city.
Ransom II. Perkins of Washington,
Il farmer hitherto of good reputation,
has been committed to Jail under
81 900 bonds, charged with forgery of
note to the amount of over 800.
He didn't forge enough to get off easy.
Warren Walker, Il prominent bust
ness man Of Bellows Falls, and senior
member of the well-known brewing
firm of Walker, Dewey, Blake & Co.,
died very suddenly Friday, from some
disease of the heart. He was over
seventy years of age. ...
A Washington special to the Boston
Journal says at seems that it is II
volunteer regiment of Vermont sol
diers who have filed the claim that
they have never been mustered out of
service, and consequently demand com
pensatiOn for continuous service"
The Orange county court jury at
Chelsea brought verdict of not gull
ty in the case of II. d. Davis of Brad
ford, charged with cruelty beating and
disfguring his son. This is a notoIi-
GUS case, Davis having narrowly es-
capped lynching ut the time of the al
legged offence.
The capital stock of the new trust
company at Burlington chartered by
the last legislature was promptly sub
scribed and the cOrpOrators will hold
meeting for the election of officers
on Monday, January Doth. The capt.
| tai will be S50,000, and the subscrip-
tiOns aggregated SI07 900.
While Benjamin NJ. Weed of Fairlee
was tying to hold an OK the animal
threw his head up, striking Mr.. Weed
under the chin with his horn, which
went through into his mouth taking out
four under teeth, thence up under the
upper lip until it reached the eye. Mr..
Wood is eighty eight years old.
Tyler's three-story brick block on
Main street at BrattlebOrO, was par
TALLY burned Saturday afternoon. The
building was occupied on the first floor
by HOsford & PlimptOn, dealers in
crOckery, glass and tinware, who are
the principal losers, and the other two
stories were used for dwellings.
Brandon held largely-attended
village meeting last week to consider
the expediency of being Incorporated
There was, however, IA decided major
ity against Incorporating, only few
voting in its favor. The main cause
bringing about this result was the be-
lief that there would be an increase o
taxes.
New cases of scarlet fever are break
ing ont in the vicinity of Woodstock
but is said that the disease is no longer
of such malignant type as it was
when it first appeared. So far there
. have been seven deaths, but the Wood
stock Standard says that the worst is
over, and those now sick are in a fail
way to get well.
A WOodfOrd woman came near los
ing considerable pinmoney, by placing
it for safe keeping in a rag-bag. A til
peddler bought the rags and was JUS
: disappearing, when the woman remem
bered the rags, and set out after hin
, ut full speed. Fortunately, she recOv
cred her cash several hundred dollar
before it was made into writing pa
per.
Charles Freeman, formerly of Alba
ny, but now of Iowa, started from hi
, western home to visit friends in thi
section, and while on the way one o
e his children was taken sick with diph
, liberia and died soon after reaching
West Derby, where his wife's sister
Mrs. MarstOn, resides. Within the las
few days the two remaining children q
the family have died. Barton Moni
tor.
The Free Press reports that S27 ,
500 was expended in Burlington, il
1882, in the erection and repairs o
buildings. Among the principal item
D are: on college building $4,000; c
W. WOOdhOuse, residence, 100000
j fair ground buildings, S25, 900; CathO
q lie convent, 5000; c. r. Hayward
!. house, $4,000; Van Ness house add
J ton, $4,000; b. B. Smalley, hous