St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-01-26
Vermont News.


ka this season.
window in Waterbury was broken by
a runaway horse.
The New England fire insurance
company at Rutland elects j. NJ. Hav-
en- president, b. w. Marshall treasu-
rer.
The BrattlebOro savings bank has
elected officers as follows: President,
B. d. Harris vice president, o. ID. Es
Textbook.
Francis Williams, aged fifty, a boss
stone mason from Gill, Mass, was in
stantly killed by derrick falling on
him at ReadsborO.
1t is understood that the late Hon.
T. w. Park left no will. 1t is said that
by ante-nuptial contract his widow has
500, 900 in cash and life annuity of
$4,000.
The Rutland county agricultural So
ciety has elected II. ID. Noble of Tin
mouth president, c. c. Pierce of Clar-
endon secretary and II. II. Dyer of Rut-
land treasurer.
The directors of the Woodstock rail
road have elected for president, Fred
erick Billings; clerk, Charles NJ. Marsh;
superintendent and treasurer, James
e. Porter manager, ). ). Thompson.
The heirs of Mrs. B. A. Richardson
of Mortified have just received $1,000
from the Mutual benefit life insurance
company, of Hartford, Conn.,, in which
company Mrs. Richardson held poll
cy for $1,000.
1t is hoped that the worst of the
scarlet fever epidemic in the vicinity
of Woodstock has passed, as there have
been but two deaths in the past week.
The village schools will not open till
next term, however.
Four fertilizer companies have COM
piled with the state law requiring them
to file bond for $1,000. If their goods
are not up to the standard, as repre-
sented by a stamp on each package,
they forfeit $1,000 for each offense.
On Tuesday evening S. NJ. Field, an
old resident and prominent business
man of Newport, was arrested by a
government detective from Boston
for passing counterfeit money. Sew
eral bogus half-dOllars were found up
on him.
1t is years since any stock of the Ma
tiOnal bank of Bellows Falls was in
the market. To close an estate, 9
shares were sold at auction the 18th,
surprising everybody at the price.
Five share blocks sold at from 1909 to
S2ll per share.
Sheriff Wallace has arrested ME-.
Heath of Bethel on the charge of mis-
apprOpriating funds belonging to
Boston firm. Heath offers his creditors
80 cents on the dollar-which is eight
cents better than on the occasion of his
last previous failure.
1t appears that the mulattO, Ed
wards, who ran away with the ROches-
ter girl, though he had claim on the
horses and wOOd-sled, was taking off
another mans whip and buffalo robe.
For this Offense he is now in Wood
stock Jail, not able to give 800 bail.
Isaiah Lanya of Alburg, who shot
Willie Young some eight years ago
and was discharged from state prison
a few days since for good behavior, at
once hired a horse at ROuse's Point and
began peddling liquor from house to
house. He is now in jail at Burlington
for horse stealing and liquor selling.
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Wallingford last week, was well known
as close student of local Vermont
history, and leader in educational
and historical matters. He died at
Granville, n. Y, where he has recently
lived. Wallingford has lost four prom
inent citizens by death within few
weeks.
Patrick Beady was found guilty Sat
urday at Rutland before Justice Bailey
of 30 Otfenses for selling liquor as of
third conviction. His sentence was
six months in the house of correction
and a fine amounting with costs to
S4026. In default of payment his al
tentative sentence to the house of cor
rection is for thirty four years and sew
Ell months.
The following Vermonters have re-
Gently obtained patents Ward B. Car
penter, West TOpsham, United States
patent on tool for cutting of metallic
wagon aXles; III. Lake, Shelburn, a
combined washbOard and clothes
FOUNDER; r. g. Britton, Springfield, IA
top for carriages Thomas Giltillan,
Barnet, a Canada patent on book racks;
A. ID. Garfield, Arlington, Canada
patent on car wheels.
The Argus correspondent at Essex
tells of 'small potato" transaction at
Essex Junction on recent day As
the passengers were getting off the
Burlington train at the Junction Frank
H. Cilley, of Lowell, Mass, happened
to step on the long tailed coat of Will
liam Fletcher, one of the flaps of which
: happened to rest on the lower steps of
the car, and tore it where the flaps
joined. Notwithstanding this was an
accident quite likely to happen, Fletch
er was very wrOth, and had writ is
sued against Cilley, the upshot of the
matter being that Cilley, who could not
stop to contest the matter, paid s.
damages and $3.50 costs.
The report of the Burlington city
court for 1882, gives sixtynine city
cases against eighty-tive respondents
twenty-fOur respondents were acquit-
ted or discharged on nOlle prosequi
sixty-One were convicted. The aggre-
gate amount of costs was 1854. Fines
and costs in cases of conviction have
been paid into court to the amount of
S30S.S6. The classification of offences
, shows forty-three cases breach of
peace, chiefly assaults, ten cases breach
of city ordinance, nine cases petit lar
ceny, three cases lewdness, two cases
violation of Sunday law, one case vio-
latiOn of dog law, one case receiving
stolen goods.
According to the report of the super
inteudent of the streets, there are in
this city over six and One-half miles of
sewer, of which 1871 feet were laid in
1892; five miles of macadamized or
paved roads, of which IA mile and il
half were made last year; six miles of