St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-19
Vermont News.

is still living.
Vermont News.
Fifty-four deaths in Woodstock dur
ing 1882.
A seven foot eagle was caught in a
trap at North Pawlet recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Hitchcock of Ath-
ems recently celebrated their golden
wedding.
Joseph Battell of Middlebury has
been offered $4,000 for his famous stall
ion, Motion.
Fines and costs imposed on rumsell-
ers at Rutland since August Z, 1882,
amount to $40, 456.
William p. Black has been forty
three years cashier of the Battenkill
bank of Manchester.
The funeral of Norman w. Smith,
the medical student who shot himself
the 9TH inst, at Atlanta, Ga, took
place at Rutland Sunday.
A citizen of BrattlebOrO recently lost
pocket book containing $1,000 in bills
on the street, but was lucky enough to
find it after two hours search.
General ii. H. Baxter of Rutland
sailed for Florida on Saturday. He is
in quite infirm health, but it is hoped
that the trip will set him on his feet
again.
The Young Mems Christian assOcia-
ton of Rutland has membership of
over one hundred, and the average
attendance on the Sunday afternoon
meetings is tifty-three.
A. H. Fisher, prominent paper
manufacturer at Bellows Falls, was Sc
riOusly injured on Sunday by falling
down stairs at his residence, breaking
number of ribs and otherwise iniur-
ing him.
The following are the ruling prices
for farm products in Rutland county ::
Pork, 81 per 100 pounds; beef, So to
81 corn, 30 cents; oats, 30 cents !; but
ter and eggs, 30 cents ; potatoes, IS
cents per bushel hay, Sl5 per ton.
The Chalmers design for the Ben
ningtOn monument represents a trian-
gular base surmOunted by a monument
l2O feet high, the whole to weigh 800
tons, and cost 100000. The material
is polished and unpublished granite.
The eighth annual meeting of the
Vermont MerinO Sheep Breeders as
sOciation was held at Middlebury the
10th and lIth. The membership is
1920; receipts S6,47O.29 the expenses
S3,426.S6, and cash in the treasury
81 ,6S4. 43.
The Vermont academy at Saxton's
River has just received gift of $l2,-
600 from four prominent NermOnters-
Julius J. Estey, Jacob Estey and Levi
X. Fuller. This puts the school on a
good financial basis.
The Orange county agricultural soci-
ETY. held its annual meeting at Brad
ford. w. H. Gilmore of Fairlee was
elected president; Henry Whitcher of
Newbury, and Nat. II. Bailey of Haver-
hill, vice presidents and j. H. Jones
of Bradford, secretary; j. H. Peters,
general superintendent.
On the morning of the 9th inst, Mrs
Maria D., wife of the late Augusta
Wheeler of Montgomery, committed
suicide by poison at the residence of
her father, James Morgan of Hartland
For several months past she has shown
symptoms of insanity, but the final
deed has caused profound sadness in
the community.
At IA meeting of the cOrporators of
the Vermont Accident association of
Rutland, Hon. w. II. Dubois, Hon.
Geo. Nichols, Hon. Redfield Proctor, J.
w. Hobart, }. B. Mead, and NJ. j. Fran
cisco were present. The charter grant
ed by the legislature was accepted and
adopted and the guaranteed capital of
100000 was all subscribed.
c. G.. Martin of Rochester brought
suit against John Edwards, the mulat-
to who was the principal in the recent
Rochester elopement case, for stealing
his team, and the case was tried before
justice at Rochester on Friday. Ed
wards was put under 800 bonds and
was taken to Woodstock and incarce-
rated in jail there on Saturday. The
girls folks have her locked up at
home.
A soldiers monument is to be erect
ed at SwampscOtt, Mass, the contract
having just been awarded to the Rye
gate Granite works at South Ryegate
The monument is to be thirty feet
high, with a base about seven feet
square, and will weigh about twenty
five tons. The die and shaft are to be
ornamented with five bronze bas-re-
liefs. The contract calls for its COM
pletiOn Jan. |, 1884.
The murderOus affray at Windsor in
which Henry Barrell so nearly lost his
life will be well remembered by our
readers. After a three days hearing
BARRELS assailants were bound over
for trial, William Gallagher in $4,000,
Edward Gaffney in $1,000, and Frank
Galligan, John and Frank McClinton
and George Fields in $1,000 each. The
two latter procured bail, but Gallagher
and Gaffney were committed to Jail.
Darrell is now quite comfortable and
will unquestiOnably survive his in
juries.
The recent death of Frank Fisher at
Pownal, who fell from a wagon and
was kicked to death by his team, has
been announced. J. Fletcher Bemis of
BrattlebOrO went to POwnal last week
and recognized the body of Fisher as
that of his son, who had run away from