St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-23
Vermont News.

The extension of the Burlington !
breakwater is now practically COM
pleted. The crib is fifty feet in length.
The Burlington and Lamoille rail
road has the honor of having the first
train stuck in the snow this winter.
The Free Press announces the death
of Mrs. Sarah Whipple in Burlington,
aged lob years, months and ii days.
Orson Butler, the Plymouth fat boy,
was weighed Nov. 9TH, the day he was
twelve years old. He weighed 1875
pounds.
Guess it's going to be mild winter,
after all, Judging from the bark of our
neighbours dog. It's exceedingly thin.
- st. Adams Messenger.
Patrick Clarey, section hand from
Green's Corner, was killed at Enosburg
Monday. He fell against car and
fractured his skull.
The Burlington Free Press has Just
added to its printing facilities another
new cylinder press. 1t is two-revO-
luton Campbell, large size.
Martin Hyde, an aged resident of
Poultney, died the 10th, from injuries
sustained by being thrown from a
wagon while driving in that village a
few days ago.
Harvey Phelps's ElmwoOd cottage
barn at Highgate Springs was burned
Monday with large amount of hay :;
insured. The fire is thought to have
been incendiary.
Governor Barstow has decided to ac-
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celebration of Evacuation day in New
York on November Doth He will he
accompanied by his staff.
Loren Marsh of West Randolph, has
a Jersey COW from which he MIXED
six quarts of milk that made one pound
and ten ounces of hard, solid butter,
gilt-edged.
Chester Parmenter's little girl, aged
four years, was severely burned, in
Rutland, by pulling over teapot full
of hot tea upon herself, scalding her
hands, feet and knees.
While switching cars at Barre, Israel
Lacroix caught his foot in frog and
was unable to withdraw it, One of
the wheels of the engine, which was
backing towards him, struck the foot,
badly bruising it.
Thirty cases of diphtheria are re-
ported at Waterbury. A twelve years
old boy died from the disease Sunday
and was buried during the night. The
schools were closed Monday and much
excitement prevails.
A new marble company, to be known
as the Waldo marble company, with a
capital stock of S300,000 has been or
ganized at Rutland to work the quarry
on the Jones farm, near the Esparanza
quarry in West Rutland.
The State Agricultural society has
chosen the following named members
for directors in the Champlain Valley
association John w. Cramton. Geo
A. Merrill, Crosby Miller, Henry Chase
Henry G. Root, James A. Shedd, Lem
uel S. Drew.
} The state Methodist conference meets
} at Montpelier next April with Bishop
Simpson of Philadelphia presiding.
The delegates will pay for their own
} meals, though lodgings will be pro-
vided for them, Il new departure in
this state.
President Clement of the Rutland
railroad has written a letter to ex-
, President Page, in answer to the latter's
demand for an investigation, saying
, that the committee is at work on the
subject. He denies that the present
board is trying to postpone arbitration.
} The proposition of James w. Brock
} which has been much talked about foI
} some weeks will doubtless come up fol-
} action i'll the next Montpelier village
} meeting. 1t is in short to put in water
J works as they should be, the village
} to have their use for public purposes
} for ten years on paying SO, 900 towards
} the enterprise-and those putting in
the works ESTIMATED to cost $780, 900
to own them Freeman.
Brandon people have formed a stock
company to dig out cave in the
! mountains where tradition locates somt
bars of Spanish silver. This is peri
odic epidemic in the Green mountains
hut the present attack seems to be
} rather severe. 1t is founded on re-
ported revelation of Il supposed Span
lard to an old man who died years ago
The results so far are some unusual
iron wedges, supposed to be Spanish
landmarks.
Springfield has mysterious disap
pearance. K. II. HOlbrOok, Il tag man
ufacturer, left the hotel in New York
where he had been stopping some days
last Thursday evening, after telegraph
ing his family that he should stop fo
the night in this city, and arrive HON,
Friday afternoon. Since then nothing
has been heard of him. Suspicious o
foul play are entertained, though it i,
not supposed that he had any large
amount of money about him. Officers
+ are now looking for traces of him.
The Waterman hits off the Argu,
mans "rooster" paper election week
quite handsomely "There should be 4
society for the prevention of cruelty to
animals in this state, and the editor OF
! the Argus and Patriot should be its
first victim. 1t is shocking to ones
: confidence in human kind to see the
conductor of so reputable sheet
thrusting innocent fowls ont into such
inclement weather us prevailed OF
Wednesday. The Argus mans inhu-
: mainly to roosters did not end here, il
common report is true. He is accused
of having another fowl of the Butler
breed Gagged up in his office unfed from
morn till night. The cries of the dis.
tressed bird were truly heartrending.
General News.