St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02

When he entered Carr's store, Mrs.
Applebee and Mrs. Carter were with
Carr, who was writing. Mrs. Apple
bee is the grandmother of Sanders
1 wife and Mrs. Carter former house
/ keeper for Carr. Sanders first thought
was that Carr was taking their testi-
mOny with reference to the divorce
and in his momentary passion he COM
mitted the dreadful deed. These facts,
/ says Free Press correspondent, if not
| disturbed, give much reason to doubt
/ the juIy's finding a verdict of murder
/ in the first degree, if they do not find
the respondent insane.
Since the above was put in type the
jury returned verdict of manslaugh-
ter and Judge Powers sentenced Sand
e"s to 20 years in state prison.
Rutland has SO lawyers.
David Wiley of East Bethel was
killed in saw-mill recently.
| Nine golden weddings have been
celebrated in Castleton in the last 10
years, and all but one of the individu-
ais are now living.
| 1t is as good as settled that Rev. NJ.
ID. Jump, the pastor of the Methodist
| Episcopal church ut Burlington, is to
| stay with his charge during another
conference term.
1t is rumOred that Oscar G.. Barron.
the popular White Mountain hotel
landlord, is to become proprietor of
the Pavilion at Montpelier.
A young man named Elmer Wench
was killed in Marshfield, while chsp-
ping in the woods. He was struck by
the butt of a lodged tree and crushed
to the ground. He had been dead some
time when discovered.
Oscar H. Stoughton of Royalten,
owner of the StoughtOn mills, was in
stantly killed on the 10Th, becoming
entangled in belt. Before the ma
chinery could be stopped Mr.. Slough
ton was dead. His body was terribly
mangled.
The following record of the fall OF
snow i'll Vermont was kept by l.. ).
Simons of WilliamstOwn: Fall up to
January |, 1885, 3Sinches fall in Jan
uary, p inches; fall in February, 35
inches fall in March, inches. The
heaviest fall in February was the night
of the l6th-I4 inches.
General Stannard, who is assistant
doOrke epGr of the house of representa-
tives at Washington, returned to his
home in Burlington last week, hale and
hearty.
The discovery lately made by Prof.
A. III. Sabin of the university of Yer
mont of the process of making milk
sugar from whey is attracting increas-
ed attention among scientists.
The repair work and building for
the Burlington and LamOille railroad
is hereafter to be done at the Central
Vermont railroad shops at st. Albans.
John DAILY, the oldest person in Rut-
land, is dead at lOI years.
Orleans county Judges advertise for
proposals to put up county buildings.
A brick court house is contemplated,
and there has been talk of iron or steel
as material for the Jail.
The Montpelier smOw-shOe club, re-
Gently organized, is the first of its kind
in the state. Its rules are taken from
those of the Montreal snow shoe club,
and with membership of over 40, it is
IL decided success. The club takes
| tramps two or three times week
throughout the season.
The Plymouth gold mine, opened
! September IL, 1883, had yielded Janu-
DRY |, S67 500. The working entrance
to the mine is tunnel at the base of
the mountain, and extends $50 feet
into the mountain where it iBtersects IL
shaft 2:35 feet deep and 3 feet wide.