St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-02-16
Vermont News.

school boy named Arthur wilkins was
cOasting on GuidebOard Hill in the vii
lage, the rope of his sled was caught
under the runner of a passing team,
and he was violently thrown against an
adjacent fence, breaking his arm be-
tween the shoulder and elbow and in
tiicting deep scalp cut some five inch
es long. The boy has since died.
Alvin Hescock of West Brattleboro.
who had recently suffered a cOnsidera-
BILE loss by fire, became nervous and
Respondent, and attempted suicide by
cutting his throat with a pocket knife.
He inflicted some wounds, but not of
a serious character, when his wife
and sister succeeded i'll getting the
knife away from him. In the strug-
gle for the knife, Mrs. HescOck cut her
hand to the bone.
A Young woman, cOmely in appear
ance and about Is years old, arrived in
the city this morning from Swanton,
Vt. She sought out Superintendent
Quigley and asked his assistance in ar
resting young man named Lee, who
had fled from SwantOn after betraying
her. MIR. Quigley accompanied the
misguided girl on tour of the city,
but at last accounts Lee had not been
found Troy Times, Thursday.
A st. Adams man has cat which
has been taught to jump, at a consider
able height, through his arms. On a
recent evening, while he was taking
tea the cat sat beside his chair, intent
ly watching every movement. As the
gentleman essayed to pour his tea from
the cup to the saucer, the cat decided
that his arm was in the right position,
and quickly made a jump, landing on
the arm and making bad work with the
cup of tea. Bring up a cat, and away
he'll co. Messenger.
On Friday last, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
eric Billings gave large reception at
their New York residence, 279 Madi-
son avenue. DR.. F. Seymour Haden
had the pleasure of recognizing one
of his best etchings of one of Turner's
pictures on the wall. Mr.. Billings
owns some valuable pictures by
MeissOnier, IamacOis and other we'll
known modern artists, and has not
neglected his own cOuntrymen. Many
artists, men of letters and people well
known i'll society were present.
The famous ''jug train" into Rutland
from Whitehall, n. Y, has been put
far into the shade by the "bottle
trains" out of Montreal. The people
returning from the Dominion carnival
to the Estates" took the occasion to
bring several quart bottles each, of his
or her favorite beverage. On the car
the writer of this rode, one man
had seven bottles all uncorked 'for
use" and because there were no two
bottles of a kind the custom house of
ticials were pOwerless. A couple of
lads aged about Is, with girls accom-
panying were possessed of Is bottles of
''the ardent" in ''use" because uncOrk-
ed. Estimates were made of the
amount of liquor on that particular
car, and it was thought there was more
than a barrel aboard. Nearly or quite
One-half came to Rutland Benning-
ton Banner.
The libel suit of E. Ely Goddard of
Vershire ely against Francis M.F.
Cain, who was put in Orange county
Jail last week, is the result of an at
tachment for 100000 which has been
placed on the property of the Vermont
copper mining company by the Eagle |
national bank of Boston. Ely claims |
that Cain is dirictly responsible for
the attachment in having announced |
in letters that the company was insOl-
vent. The experience of the deputy |
sheriff who served the attachment |
gives color to Cazin's alleged state
ments. The employees at the mines,
many of them destitute and suffering,
have been paid no wages for two
months, it is claimed. When the of
ticer took possession of the cOmpany's
store last week, in which were 100 bar
rels of -four, he was Immediately be-
set by the starving workmen and for
chilly relieved of a quantity of provi-
siOns, it is said, the miners claiming
that their families must have food.
For nearly two days the officer was
obliged to stand guard unrelieved and
without sleep, to prevent further dep
The Eagle bank has also
brought two suits against Smith Ely,
5000 in each case, and
has attached his property in the Chel-
sea national bank in one suit, and
the bank in the other. Be
sides these suits there is already pend
ing in the Orange county court a suit
by Smith Ely against Cain to recoV-
er 100000.
The youngest son of Mr.. William f.
DODGE is the sOn-in-law of Gov Mar