St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-10-26

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mill, fell from the first floor to the
rocks, fifteen feet below, striking on
his head and shoulders, breaking his
collar bone, and seriously injuring his
head and other parts of his body.
At the thirty third annual meeting
of the State Homeopathic Medical So
ciety at Montpelier on Thursday, it
! was decided to have the old board of
officers hold over to the meeting in
June, which has been fixed upon as
the time for holding the annual meet
ing hereafter, instead of October.
The Rutland county court adjourned
the 18th, having been in session since
September IL. Many cases have been
disposed of. The remaining five in
| dictments against j. NJ. Haven for over
issuing stock were called up, the bail
discharged and the cases continued on
Haven's own recOgnizance in 500.
At Putney fox was captured in a
rather novel way the other day by a
| boy of some fifteen years. He saw the
fox run a skunk into Il hole, and he ran
to the hole in season to see the fox
backing out, caught the fox by the tail
pulled him out and killed him by
stamping on his head.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Vermont and Canada
railroad, to have been held at Bellows
Falls the 18th, is adjourned to Deem
Der Is, the object being to allow the
Central Vermont to remove certain OBJ
stacles still III the way of the compile
ton of the pending compromise.
John Magauvin of Richmond enlisted
in Company X, Fifth Vermont Nolun-
teers, and served through the rebellion,
being brave and faithful soldier.
Shortly after the war he was married.
He is now forty and his wife thirty
seven years old. They have thirteen
children. eight girls and five boys-all
bright and healthy.
Moulton Bros, proprietors of the
Green Mountain stock farm, Randolph,
have received three valuable cows
purchased at the Cooper sale of i'm
ported Jersey cattle in New York, last
week The prices paid were as follows :
| FL Dorado. two years old, $500: Mel
Vile, three years old. 81 200 Dainty
Lady, two years old, with heifer calf,
81 $50.
The Vermont Bible society held its
annual meeting mt Barre. The officers
elected are rs follows: Hon. Joseph
Poland. president: RevS. Leonard
Tenney and IL. a. Spencer, vice presi-
dents: Rev. j. o. Sherburn, recording
| secretary Rev. l.. Tcnnev, correspond
ing secretary pro tenn, Hon. John a.
Page. treasurer also twelve directors.
Smart individuals tried n practical
Joke on Frank Cook of Barre. While
he was on his way to Montpelier they
sprang out and demanded his money.
At first Cook thought they meant bust
ness. but finally concluding it was a
put-up job, sprang from the wagon
with whip in one hand and a stove
lid in the other, struck right and left
among the ASSISTANTS, which caused
them to dispersc, one of the number
coming out with bad looking eye.
A hearing on the petition of the Bar
ton national bank to have Bradley Bar
low declared an insOlvemt was held ut
st. Albans, Friday and Barlow adiudged
an insolvent debtor. An appeal was
taken to the county court. The appeal
was taken mainly because the Brainerd
insolvency case was appealed, and II
was thought best not to proceed faster
in this case than that, as the two are
so closely connected. Barlow makes
no contest against insolvency.
| j. NJ. Haven was again arrested at
| Rutland on the 18th on Il complaint ot
/ States Attorney Howe, charging him
with overiSsuing 100 shares of Rutland
railroad stock to George w. Parker
June II, 1881. He waived eXamina-
| ton before Justice Bailey. Bail was
fixed at $4,000 for his appearance be-
fore the next term of the county court.
The next grand jury does not convene
until September, 1884. The defense
upon which he was acquitted on his re-
cent trial will not be available Oh this
complaint.
f. ID. Griswold of Orwell has pur-
chased at the auction sale of the prop
erty of +. 5. Cooper of Linden Grove,
Coopersburg, Pa, the following regis
tered animals Lady Cyrene, two years
old, sired by Farmers Glory, dam
Cyrene from the Isle of Jersey; Young
Cowslip, two years old, sired by Gray
of the West, dam COwslip, winner of
three sweepstakes at parish fairs on
! lIlC lSlt Va Ms oiONh 10 ~
ported to be the finest and purest bred
ever offered in this country and the
prices paid average nearly : 900 pei
head.
The annual reunion of Vermont
officers was held at Rutland on Thurs
day, Vice president \. b. Valentine
presiding. Over one hundred were
p present. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year: Presi
dent, Gen. 7. 0. Seaver of Woodstock
first vice-president, Col. w. c. Hol-
brook of BrattlebOro; second vice
president, Col. T. 5. Peck of Burling
!. ton treasurer, Gen. l.. g. Kingsley o
Rutland executive committee, Gen. p
p. Pitllin, Capt. J. w. Clark and Majo
j. c. Stearns of Montpelier. 1t wa
voted to hold the next meeting Il
Montpelier.
The latest kink among curiosity col
lectOrs is hornets nests. DR.. Rugg i
making this Il speciality, having cap
5 tured nearly dozen, which he ha
donated to various individuals and in
! stitutions These nests are said t.
possess medicinal qualities. The ma
terial of which these nests are made
macerated in water and applied as
| poultice, is said to he good for lame
ness, and those afflicted with chroni
rheumatism have been known to ac
quire remarkable agility by the appli
cation of this remedy, especially whel
few whole hornets were put into tn
poultice.- Hartland Cor.
1t looks as though tar and feather
were needed at Barton. The Monito
says: Newell Burnham who for som
time has been in trouble with his wit
seeking Il divorce, etc, has abaEdone
, her, and she is left to be cared for b
overseer Hall. Newell did thing i
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