St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-12-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
lease of the Northern Rai1road

Lease
special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Northern railroad was held
at Concord, n H., Saturday to take
action upon the lease of that road to
the Boston and Lowell, which was
recently arranged and agreed upon
by the board of directors of the two
corporations. 1t was voted to lease
the road, with its branches, leased
lines and other property, to the Bos-
ton and Lowell railroad for 90 years
from January 1 next, at an annual
rental of per cent. for the first 71a
years and per cent. for the remain
der of the term, to be paid quarterly.
Cold BIooded Woman Murder.
Madison 6. Colby shot Mrs. Will
liam Fourier through the heart at
Franklin Falls, N. H, Saturday.
For several years there has been
trouble between Colby and William
Fourier over the boundary line be-
tween their house lots. About s
O'Clock Saturday night Colby walk
ed into Fourter's house unannounced.
room with her two daughters and
asked for Fourier. One of the daugh
tiers, seeing he was under the inf1u
ence of liquor, said she would call
her father and went out to seek help.
Colby Immediately drew a revolver.
and shot Mrs. Fourier through the
heart. Mrs. Fourier was an estima
BE woman about 60 years old.
Mrs. Scott Lord, sister of Mrs.
President Harrison, died at the
White House on Tuesday.
Col ]. H. Rathbone, founder of the
Order ofthe Knights of Pythias, who
has been lying i'll for several weeks
at Lima, O., died there Monday.
The coroner's jury in the case of
the Minneapolis fire find that the
owners of the building were morally,
if not legally, responsible for the loss
of life. Regulations are recommend
ed to prevent a recurrence of the dis
aster.
II. B. Richardson, Lawrence pro-
lessor of Greek at Dartmouth, has
accepted the position of annual direc-
for the year 1891. He will complete
the present college years work here,
leaving for Athens next summer.
c. E. Silcott, the cashier of the Ser
geant-at-Arms of the House, has alb
seconded. He is defaulter to about
$75, 900, and several Congressman
will lose considerable sums by his
dishonesty Wine, women and
gambling caused his downfall.
Peter Claussen, "a years old, a
New York electric light lineman, was
found dead hanging on a wire at
tached to a pole on the corner of Sd
avenue and 10th street Monday
morning. His right hand was badly
burned and he is supposed to have
been killed by an electric shock.
David ]. Brewer of Kansas, has
been appointed a judge of the SUI
preme court by the President. He is
now a circuit judge and has been the
chief justice of the supreme court of
Kansas. He is nephew of Judge
Field, and Cyrus and David Dudley
Field. He is graduate of Yale col
lege and was born in Asia Minor, his
father having been a missionary
there. His appointments commend
ed on all sides.
Municipal elections were held Tues
day in Boston, Lowell, Salem,
Worcester, Newburyport and Lynn.
Boston reelected by 5000 majority.
Mayor Hart, republican, and the re-
publicans have a majority in both
boards of the city government.
Worcester elected republican mayor
and Salem a democrat. Ncwbury-
port elected an independent and in
Lynn Mayor Newhall was reelected.
Boston, Lynn, Newburyport and
Salem voted for license, Lowell and
Worcester for no license Lowell's
mayor is a republican.