St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-09

the elbow flesh wounds in the cheek
and shoulder; scalp wound in the back
of his head, and many slight Commissions
and abrasions.
Rutland and vicinity is suffering
from the operations of an organized
band of burglars.
The diphtheria ut South Royalton
has nearly spent itself. There have
been eighteen cases and four deaths.
The Congregational society at West
Charleston have secured the services
of Rev. 5. F. Drew as their pastor.
Repairs on the church are nearly COM
plete.
Middlebury talks of putting a marble
slab in its new town hall with a record
of the towns inventions. 1t claims
the circular saw, the woOl-picking
machine, power looms. saving marble
by sand, water and soft iron, welding
cast-steel and making door and window
sash by water-power.
Nathan Green, of Mortified, used
his whip on the twelve years old son
of II. c. Moody, intlicting very severe
cut across the right eyelid, which the
boy had fortunately closed when he
saw the lash descending-Oth it
would probably have put the eye out
He has offered to settle.
A Castleton minister has preached
fifty years on a salary running from
$3.50 to $1,000. Forty years ago he
was getting $500, had Il wife and four
children and lived III n house without
Il carpet or a stove. Now he has re-
tired, has $50 yards of carpeting and
four stoves and five sons scattered
through the country and doing we'll.
j. H. Sprague of Brooktield, who re-
Gently deserted his family and ran away
with his wife's sister, has been heard
from at Chicago. Sprague at one time
held the Office of selectman and super
intendent of schools in BrOokfeld. He
was also superintendent of the Sunday
school and had a Bible class at the
time of his leaving.
A gang of boy thieves, from nine to
twelve years old, We're arrested at
Waterbury, Monday. Two caches of
stolen goods were found and SIS in
money recovered. The extent of their
operations during the summer is not
yet discovered. They were betrayed
by boy caught stealing from a money
drawer.
The call for a WOman's suffrage
convention to be held at st. JOhnsbury
has been published in several state
papers having among other names that
of Mrs d. NJ. Camp, no residence given
Now our better half bears that name
but desires to have all distinctly un.
derstand that she is not the person re.
ferred to, has signed no call, is not il
sympathy with any such movement
Newport Express.
, Thompson HOlbrook of TOwnshend
over eighty years old, disappeared from
his home Tuesday. The town wa.
aroused and the search became general
He was found Friday lying out on :
high hill, where he had been withou
food or shelter since Tuesday. 1t il
+ doubtful if he RECEIVERS. He is a prom
inent and highly respected citizen.
The state executive committee APP
pointed at the recent annual meeting
at Rutland, of the Young Mems Chris
tian associations and churches of til,
} state, has decided to employ d. F
Moore of ROndout n. Y, as state sec
rotary for at least two months now
with good prospect, if funds can be
secured, of retaining him during tn,
T year. During the time he labOred il
the state last year he organized active
associations at Rutland and Brattle
boro, and did some work in st. Adams
Montpelier and other points.
Capt. Henry Mayo has resigned hi
t position as captain of the steamer
Williams, and Z. j. Baldwin has beer
appointed to succeed him. Capt. MayC
is now in his eighty-first year, and il
undoubtedly the oldest steamboat cap
tain in active service in the United
States. He entered the employ of, the
Champlain Transportation Company il
1925 Sailing under Capt. Jahazie
Sherman,) and can thus show RECORD
of fifty eight years of continuous anC
p active service He became captain
in 1891 and i'll his time has commanded
some of the best boats on the lake
Free Press.
Accountant Rodney Mclaughlin il
examining the books of the RUTLAND
railroad company from its organization
1t is expected that his report, soon t.
be submitted to the directors, viii
throw important light upon the missin.
. S4O,0 900 of railroad money. EX-Presi
| dent Page charges the deficit upon eX
3 Treasurer Haven, but Haven denie
that the money covered by the defici
, ever came into his hands as treasurer
claiming that the money now short, b,
an arrangement of the directors, passe,
through Pages hands and was dis
; bursed by him so as to avoid possible
: attachment if it should be paid to the
treasurer direct, and that Page is re
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