St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22

Frank Hall, the Winooski boy bur
glar. has been sent to the Nergennes
reform school for five years.
Mrs. John Stafford OF Morrisvflle fell
in her wood shed on Wednesday, re-
ceiving serious injuries, one hip prob
| ably being fractured.
The docket of the Orleans county
conrt, February term, is out, and CON
| tains lis court cases. aud % cases in
chancery- There are in the county "a
lawyers aud rs deputy sheritis.
A Newport woman has the spirit of
| 70. One of her husbands creditors
recently came to remove some hay
from premises occupied under an mn
expired lease, when she grabbed u
| pitchfork and charged bayonets, rout-
ing the enemy completely.
Truman G.. Phinney, sergeant-at-
arms of the state, and one of the larg-
est book, periodical, stationery and
fancy goods dealers at Montpelier, has
| failed the second time in six years and
assigned to l.. l.. Gleason. .......
There is talk ut Rutland of Il demo
cratic paper, with S20.00O capital and
Luoius Bigelow as editor and writer.
Herald has started new Northiield
News to replace the one absorbed 10y
the Montpelier Waterman.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National bank of
Montpelier the following officers for
the ensuing year were elected Presi-
dent, John A. Page vice president,
Charles Dewey directors, j. W. Ellis,
p. 2. Pitkin, Fred +. Smith.
Mrs. Henry Courtney Of Rochester
took an overdose of morphine and was
kept with great difficulty from the
sleep that knows no waking. A few
lines stating what she, had done were
found i'll DR.. Gunn's Medical Practice
lying on her table among his antidotes
for pUisons.
Mary Norris. IL resident of Castle
ton, was burned i'll ~ shocking manner
on the 18Th, and the opPortunc arrival
of her mother saved her life. Miss
Morris had been down cellar with a
Kerosene lamp, which exploded, set
ting fire to her clothes. The unfortu-
nate young lady will recover but will
be disfigured -.....
The Woodstock railroad elected these
officers ut Woodstock Wednesday {:
President, Frederick Billings: vice
president. Justin F. Mckenzie: clerk,
c. p. Marsh; superintendent and treas
urer, j. G.. Parton engineer, Hosea
Orton; managing director, ). 5.
Thompson.
Owing to his election to the Office of
treasurer of the National life insur-
ance company, J. &. IIoughton has re-
signed his position rs cashier of the
First National bank, Montpelier, and
Fred l.. Eaton, cashier of the Barre
bank, has been chosen to fiji the va
cancy.
The Wiuooslli avenue Congregation
al church Burlington, have voted uuan-
imously to extend a call To Rev. Ed
ward Halves, II. D., New Haven,
Conn, to become pastor of that church.
One of the me;lnest Swindles We have
heard of lately is that of one Craw ford.
Sub-contractOr who has been cutting
lumber for the WcStmorc lumber com
pany on the west side of the lake in
Westmore. He hired lot OF Canadi-
ans to do his choppin@, and on Thurs
day turned them all off without paving
them IL single cent. They came to this
place expecting that he would meet
them here, according to promise. and
pay them off He did not come and
they were compelled 20 start for Cana
sla on foot, without cent to pay fare
or for IL meal OF victualS. - Barton
Monitor