St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-10-02
Hooker sloOo that Blaine will not Get

Hooker $1,000 that Blaine will not get
"a, 900 majority in Vermont.
Joel Morris, the oldest resident of
FairIee, died Sept, 81. He was
born at Norwich. July A, 1900.
He had held nearly every town Office
in Norwich, was justice of the peace,
and representative in the General
Assembly for six years.
Edward Butler of West Pawlet,
while attempting to board train at
Salem, n. Y, was run over and his leg
severed. He had been drinking freely
and was arrested. 1t was while eseap-
ing from the officer and attempting to
board the train that he was run over.
The western Vermont agricultural
society, an Incorporated body, has just
been organized at Fairhaven, with a
capital stock of $1,000, divided into
400 shares, to carry on fair annually
on Fairmont park grounds, near Fair
haven. The first fair will be held Oct.
IL, 5 and 9.
Frank A. Harris of St. Adams has
been appointed by the board of man
agement of the Worlds fair at New
| Orleans as honorary commissioner for
the state of Vermont, to have charge
of the interests of the colored people
of this state in connection with the
aforesaid exposition.
Charles NJ. Packard, about % years
old, a brakeman on the Central Yer
mont railroad, slipped and fell be-
tween the cars, while setting a break
at Swanton junction Sept. 10,
and had his right leg badly crushed
and broken. He died in about two
hours. He belonged in Milton.
The Burlington Free Press is au-
thOrity for the statement that the con-
tributions to the campaign fund & the
late state election !, re only -
one half the amour daily rec ~
but fails to explain Why it was. I'VE
correspondence of the chairman, War
rem Gibbs, amounted to $50 letters.
Hugh Pugh and Michael Dalton,
laborers in the quarry of Rising & Mel
son, West Pawlet, were dangerously
injured by the falling of large rock
under which they were working. Pugh
died soon afterward. DaltOn's legs
were broken and his foot crushed, and
he is otherwise injured. His recovery
is doubtful.
C. w. Selinas of Montpelier, who had
his leg broken at the state fair by a
man swinging mallet in trial of
strength, has sued the man for 5000.
The unfortunate mallet-swinger is one
Louis Green, who claims to belong in
New York city but who came from
Manchester, n. H., but is said to be
not worth cent.
AS l.. Z. Weymouth of Bridgewater
was milking during a shower, flash
or bolt of lightning knocked over the
COW, which fell on Mr.. Weymouth,
who finally extricated himself from his
perilous position unhurt, excepting
some slight bruises. The COW soon
regained her feet and went on chewing
her cud as though nothing had hap
pened.
Mrs. Mary Spaulding, widow re-
siding at MOrrisville, who had been
complaining of being sick for few
days, but was able to be up and had
done her homework Sept. 10, went to
her room to lie down on Friday after
; noon. A few minutes afterw ard per-
sons living in the house went to her
room and found her dead. Rheuma-
tism of the heart is thought to be the
cause.
: A Matthews boy in Bratteboro
killed a rattlesnake four feet and five
inches long, with thirteen rattles, in a
clearing on the mountain, a point a
good deal farther north than the rep
tiles are generally found. The bark
ing of IA dog called attention to the
snake, which was found cOiled under d
bush and rattling furiously. A few
days after four-foot rattlesnake was
killed in the ledge opposite the vii
lape