St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-05-29
Vermont news.
SHOOTING AT WEST DuMMERsroN.

SHOOTING AT WEST DUMMERsfON--
Peter Angey, Frenchman employed
in Lyons stone quarry, was shot in the
leg at the "Valley house in West
Dummerston Sunday evening by Land
lord Sampson, who claims To have been
driven to the act in self defense. An
gey, it seems, went to the hotel in-
tOxicated. and called for 81 drink"
On being refused he became boisterOus
and followed Sampson threateningly
into the latter's bedroom, where, it is
said, Mrs. Sampson handed her hus-
band revolver for his protection.
During the fracas, and after both men
had gone out upon the piazza, the
Frenchman was shot. The wound,
however, is not considered fatal, though
the ball was not found by the doctor.
No arrests had been made at last ac
counts. The affair canses cOnsidera-
BILE excitement in the generally quiet
little village, where in addition to the
hotel there is one store and Il church.
The valuable collection of stone i'm
Elements belonging to the late Judge
Halbert of Essex has been given to the
University of Vermont.
Burglars attempted to enter the
Montpelier post Office about = a. m, the
22d, but in opening a window they
awoke clerk Frank Kave, and he fright
ened the burglars away.
w. c. Dixie of Charlotte slipped and
fell OH the marble floor of the Van
Ness house, Burlington, breaking aleg
Rockingham's grand list this year
foOts up S34, 524 II, something more
/ than thousand dollars increase over
| last years list. Its valuation of per-
sonal and real estate is SO, 236.S77.
Abby Crawford of East Concord was
drowned in the Connecticut river the
other day while crossing in boat.
Albert Myers, employed in Jam es
McCumber's saw mill in North POwnal,
had one of his arms sawed off by cir
cular saw.
Forty million feet of logs are going
down the Connecticut river and have
passed the T5-mile falls above Nc
| IndOes.
| A rattlesnake 10 inches long, ) inches
in circumference and with . rattles,
was captured on Wantastiquet noun
| tain by Vernon man.
| The firm of Jones, Lamsou & Co, of
Windsor, who suspended operations
last August, have arranged with their
creditors, and the factory will be run
ming in few days.
| Nearly $500 has been subscribed in
| Burlington to purchase prizes for the
athletic sports on the annual Field day
at the university, which occurs on
June 6.
! viii Collins, of Castleton, young
man of about twenty years, attempted
to get on the train at that place while
| in motion, and slipped and fell between
| the platform and track. Que pair of
trucks ran over him. He lived Il short
time.
c. De F. Bancroft, one of the Mont
pelier listers, refused to sign the list
because he was "Of the opinion that the
bank stock is not appraised in accord
auce with the oath | once took to APP
praise property at its true value in
money"
Concerning the interesting subject of
the sagacity of animals, IA trusty towns
man tells us that his father, many years
/ ago, owned dog that did valiant ser
Wed in bringing home the COWS with
him peacably if they would, fOrcibly
if he must" presumably. 1t was found
necessary for some reason to kill the
dog. "But for years afterwards" our
informant says "when one went after
the cows, he had only to yell the name
of that dog, when the cows, if within
hearing, would start at once for the
bars."-[Cor. Waterman.
A Frenchman named Freddette, an
employe of the Vermont Marble com
pany, while working near Il cutting
machine, the boiler part of which was
connected with the cutting part by
betting, on Friday morning, had his
clothing caught by the rapidly revolv-
ing belt and was drawn into the ma
chinery and terribly and probably fa-
| tally maupled.