St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-26
Vermont News.
DEATH FROM FRIGHT.

uOn, were burned IaSC week, out most
of the household goods and stock was
saved. The excitement attendant on
the removal of her household effects
proved too much for Mrs. Allen Marvin
and she fell senseless. She was taken
to her home and died soon after getting
there.
The wife of ex-Gov. Barstow died
at Shelburn on the llth inst.
Montpelier is to have a public build
ing costing $50, 900, at the expense OF
Uncle Sam.
Oliver Edwards, Jr., of Underhill, is
under bonds for an assault on his niece.
Breaking out the roads in Williams
town this winter cost between $500
and 5000, according to the statement
of n correspondent.
AT Jericho Centre recently, Willard
Wood, aged % years, had his ankle
badly cut by il saving machine, and
died from loss of blood.
The late David r. Campbell OF
Windsor left a bequest of 100000 to be
applied toward the support of the
Rockingham poor.
Bellows Falls is to have the Vermont
Methodist conference the last of April
the Congre gatiOnal state convention
in June and the Universalists in
August.
The engagement is just announced
of Miss Julie b. Smith, eldest daughter
of Ex-Governor Smith, of st. Adams,
to Mr.. Oliver Crocker Stevens, of Bos-
ton.
A Bennington man who recently lost
gold ring in Il blacksmith shop has
found it pressed into IL calk in the shoe
of IL friends horse shod there soon af-
ter.
Frank HOadley, a car checker on the
Connecticut River railroad at Bellows
! Falls, had leg cut oft tile 18th, while
he was trying to board II train. 1t is
/ feared he is fatally injured.
Orleans county judges advertise for
proposals to put up county buildings.
A brick court house is contemplated,
OF iron or steel as material for the Jail.
! Moses Swinton, an elderly man of
Bridport, died Saturday of poison.
He had taken Paris green, when, as is
supposed, under the influence of opium,
which he habitually used.
The eight years old son of John
BanYea, who was driving a span of
horses, attached TO large log, on Mon
day, ut Nergennes, was Instantly killed
by the log rolling over on him, crush
ing his head.
Luther Blake, potato buyer from
Derby Line, claims to have been rob
bed 10y three men on Il train between
Lowell and Nashua Monday night.
He thinks he was chloroformed. A
check for $40 and about 500 in money
was taken from him.
Among the last official acts of Presi-
dent Arthur was the nomination of
Lieut.. Dwight III. Kelton, 10th U. S.
Infantry, to be captain, which was
promptly confirmed 10y the senate.
Capt. Kelton is native of East Mont
pelier.
The death of Eben Knox, an out
law, from wounds received while as
saulting a Mexican child, is reported
! from White Oaks, New Mexico. 1t is
said that he was born near POwnal,
VT, and after he had reached man
hood was imprisoned several times for
horse stealing and once for arson.
Several years ago he broke into the
house of Senator DOrr at Rutland. Mr..
DOrr caught him in his bedroom and
Overpowered Knox. The latter begged
SO earnestly for his freedom that Mr..
Dorr released him.
For some days man calling himself
Bennett has been operating at Ben
nington, pretending to be an agent of
Rodgers & Co., and soliciting orders
for silver plating. On Monday he paid
his board bill by bogus order on
Putnam Sibley. He stole a sealskin
cloak and gold watch from Miss Col
Inns, teacher in the graded school
another gold watch from Miss Leon
ard, another teacher boarding at the
same place, and went to HOOsick Falls,
n. Y. Bennington officers are now in
pursuit of him.
Mr.. Hazen, station agent at Royal
ton, had a narrow escape from death
Monday. He stepped from box car
down upon one loaded with wood.
slipped and fell, striking upOn his side,
just above the hip, across the edge of
the car, and thence to the track be-
tween the cars, just as the signal to 90
ahead had been given TO the engineer,
but luckily the engine could not start
the train and before the engine could
be reversed Mr.. Hazen succeeded in
CidWllHS OUT Oh MS ptIllOlS slIuaUlOn.
His injuries were severe.
Moses Metcalf of Roxbury died the
9Th inst, aged 50 years. He was the
tallest man in town, being, before age
had bowed his form, 6 feet inches in
height. He had in his possession AN
ancient relic of I775, a powder horn
which one of his ancestors carried
through the wars, being one of Aliens
men at TicOndcroga and also one of
the heroes who followed Arnold |
through the trackless forest of Quebec |
The horn is embellished with unique |
eDgravings, ships, Indians, bows, ar
rows and other devices and this stanza, |
''When this magazine blows out its |
breath, King George and his miniOns |
may expect naught but death"
The fourth annual musical festival |
at Burlington last week extended over
five days, and was pronounced very
successful. Besides many miscellane-
Gus selections, the program included
Max Bruch's Fair Ellen" parts of the
of Elijah" and closed Fri
day night with HandeI's Messiah"
Carl Zerrahn conducted the festival,
aud the leading soloists were Mrs. II.
F. Knowles, soprano, Mrs. Henderson,
Willis Clark, tenor, aud d.
Nj. Babcock basso.