St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-03-12

and costs amounting to thirty dollars.
STRANGE DEATH.
Sunday morning, March /, Mrs. Julia
Porter of Hinesburgh, was found near
her home in the road, soaked with rain
and in dying condition. She died
without returning to consciousness.
Mrs. Porter was old and feeble, having
passed her eighty-first birthday, and
her death was probably due to eXhaus-
ton. Mrs. Porter had been menher
of the Congregational church in Hines
burgh for sixty-six years.
FIRE AT BRATTLEBORo.
Vinton's machine shop at Brattle-
boro was burned and a two story build
ing owned by j. Estey Il Co., adjOin-
ing, was badly damaged Saturday
night. The fire started in the former
building, occupied by Messrs. Arm
strong gas filters and plumbers, and
Fowler & Wells, shOemakers. The
latter building was occupied by @. b.
Kerwan, furniture, and by Mr.. Perkins.
Loss on buildings estimated at 5000
on stock $1,000; partially insured.
Gum AT MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE.
Glass rivalry exhibited itself at Mid
dlebury college, Middlebury, one even
ing recently in the form of club and
fist encounter between the sophomore
and freshman classes. Arrangements
had been made by the sophomores to
go to Brandon for their annual class
banquet. Before reaching the station
they were attacked by a number of the
freshmen, whose intent was to detain
as many of the sOphomores as possible
until the train had left the depot. The
sophOmores, anticipating trouble, had
previously armed themselves with
clubs and such weapons as would give
effect to an encounter. Their fears
were soon awakened by seeing Il pOr-
ton of the freshmen squad coming
from the depot to meet them. 1t took
only moment to bring the sophie
mores' clubs into use and the afflay
was soon over. Three freshmen, how |
ever, were found insensible. Recov- |
ing consciousness, the freshmen re-
paired to the college and revenged |
themselves by breaking into sOpho- /
mores' rooms, pouring water and ashes |
into their beds and wrecling things |
generally.
CONFLICT WITH AN INSANE MAN.
Constable Mellendy of South Lon
donderry took Sidney l.. Holt to the !
asylum at BrattlebOro. Seeing Mr. |
Mellendy in front of his fathers house, |
Holt asked him if he might ride back
with him to South Londonderry, not |
the purpose for which he
came. But as they reached the place
and We're going towards the depot
Holt began to understand what was
up and refused to proceed. When the |
sheriff attempted to use force he was
immediately thrown down by his pris-
Oner, who is very muscular. Help i'm
came to the rescue of Con
stable Mellendy and after a struggle |
Holt was overpowered, but not until
after he had drawn his pistol and |
threatened to shoot. He had been in
the asylum once before and had an
especial horror of ever being sent tn re
again, and declared that he would kill |
any one who attempted to take him.
He has been considered insane for
years, but not all have Thought him
dangerous. \ year ago he took one of
his little boys out to ride, and told his
wife that he would shoot him before
he returned. Holt was a soldier for
over four years and was man of much
more than ordinary ability.
j. A. Reyes, a Chelsea lawyer, goes
to northern Wisconsin in April.
Rev. Edward Green, for the past
two years pastor of the First Baptist
church, at Bellows Falls, resigns his
pastorate May /.
Captain Harlan w. Kemp of the
Capitol Guards, Montpelier, has re-
signed on account of the pressure of
his professional business.
F. w. Childs is a candidate for post
master at Brattleboro. The term of
the present incumbent Will expire
within few months.
Full returns give Curtis S. Emery of
Chelsea, temperance candidate for
comfy commissioner, 200 majority
over A. L. Clark of Bradford.
Mrs S. B. Ferrin. widow of the late
Rev. G.. K. Ferrin of Plainfield, died IL
Essex Junction, Thursday at the resi-
dence of her sOn-in-iaw, Rev. John
Cowan.
Franklin Robinson died in South
Hero, March 4th, aged "a years and
He was born in Bennington
and came to the Island ut an early age.
BrattlebOrO has voted to aid the
proposed Brattleboro and Wilmington
in the sum of S50,000. The
town system of schools was not adopt
ed. Dover voted for the town system
and Wilmington against it.
Thomas Ready of Burlington, charg-
ed with burglarizing John w. Carpen-
ter's house Saturday night, pleaded
guilty in the city court, Wednesday,
and was sentenced to three years in
the state prison. Quick work. ]
The Mortified News, started by L. ,
P. Thayer January |, to take the place
Of the Green Mountain News sold to
w. w. Prescott, has been sold to f.
\. Whitney, and will be printed at
Mortified hereafter as a straight re-
publican paper.
On recent Sunday the Rev. w. w.
Foster, Jr., baptized thirty-two per-
sons and received forty-five. Eleven
more were expected for baptism but
we're detained. This is the largest |
'ecorded number baptized at one time :
IL the history of MethOdism in Ben .
!
While John F. Bennett, a prominent o
armer at Tunbridge, was attending a +
Meeting, some scoundrels cut off the l.
name and tail of his horse. The horse c
vas valuable one and strong effort
Will be made to bring the guilty party
o justice. {
Burlington people are realizing of
ate the perils of coasting. Two per- !
ons have recently had legs broken
here, and on Saturday night last Dr. e
4insley and a party of eight or ten s.
escaped p big smash-up. 4
Notwithstanding all these tIinrs d