St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-11-07
VERMONT NEWS.
Death of Bradley Barlow


prominent figure in the business and
| died at Denver, Col, Saturday. He
was born in Fairfield in 1914 and in
81 became cashier of the St. Adams
bank. In IA he was elected presi-
dent of the Vermont National bank
| and held it until the bank closed IN
| 1888. Hewon a fortune in the over
| land stage and express business IN
| the West as a member of the we'll
known firm of Barlow & Sanderson,
| from which he retired in 1877. In
| 1879 he became interested in the
| South Eastern road and in 1888 the
crash came. The failure in 1888 of
the Vermont national bank and St.
| Adams trust company that followed
on the inability of Mr.. Barlow to
meet his obligations will be generally
remembered, as well as the events at
| tendant upon the settlement of the
| bank s affairs and the retirement of
| Mr. Barlow from the state. His
liabilities amounted to three-quarters
of million dollars. He was active
in politics and had served in both
| houses of the Legislature. In 1873
he was elected to the Forty-sixth
| Congress as an Independent candi-
date over Gen. VIM. w. Grout, re-
publican. Mr.. Barlow was the
candidate of the boiling republicans
and greenbackers. He served but
one term and declined a renomina-
ton in 1880 He was also a direc-
tor in several railroads. After his
business reverseS he moved to Denver
to reside with his SOn-in-law.
A Drunken Man With a Gun.
A drunken printer named William
Derby shot a young farmer named
Frank French in the post office at
POultney Saturday afternoon, but it
is thought French will recover Der
by entered the office in a drunken
! condition, having with him a double
barrelled shot gun with which he
had been hunting. He put the gun
through the delivery window, two
clerks being inside, and said, "Shall
| shoot?" One replied, mo, don't
shoot"
He then set the gun down, and tax
ing a bottle of liquor from his pocket
invited them to drink, which they
declined. Frank French, a young
farmer, came in, going directly into
the money order room and began
writing. Derby Immediately follow
ed him staggering and the muzzle hit
French, who said, Look out Will :;
that might go off" Derby replied,
mo it won't go off," and laid the
gun down on a desk, the muzzle
pointing toward French Almost at
that moment a report of the gun
was heard and the clerks ran to
French. French made no cutlery,
but seemed bewildered and said some
thing about being shot and walked
to his team, which stood in front of
the office; but Immediately returned
David Williams, who had just come
in, caught French as he was falling
to the floor. While French lay on
the floor, Derby grabbed him by the
collar of his coat and pulled him to
his feet, and, with an oath pushed
against the side of the door, saying,
Il guess you needn't be any
afraid of a little powder and smoke
more than l am" At this point
Sheriff Herrick arrived who took
him in charge.
The surgeons examination reveal
ed that the bullet entered French's
left side above the heart. He is quite
comfortable and will probably recov-
er. Derby is a son of John c. Derby,
a former postmaster at Poultney,
about % years of age and has wife
and two children. French is 81 years
old aud hoe wife aud child
The annual meeting of the Yer
mont association of road and trot-
ting horse breeders will be held at
Burlington Nov. 13.
Natives of the state of Vermont re-
sident in Lowell have taken the pre-
liminary steps for the forma ton of a
Vermont association.
Ryland Barrett, prominent farm
er III West Windsor, committed sui
eide by shooting himself, on the after
noon ofOct. 80, in fit of desponden-
cy consequent upon a long illness
from heart disease.
The burvingground of the ancient
Dyre family at Newport was discov
cred by workmen digging on the
Maitland estate a few days ago.
The dates on the tOmbstOnes ranged
from 1909 to 1867.
There are five mills in Stowe that
turn out 500 carloads of lumber per
year. The lumber from these mills
all go to Morrisville. More lumber
is cut from seven mills and more goes
to Waterbury to be CARED, A rail
road is needed to increase the cut.
Railroad tickets to the amount of
several hundred dollars were stolen
in September from the Wells River
station by Burt Frye were recovered.
They were found concealed in an old
water closet at the Wells River Hotel
Frye is now confined in Jail at
Chelsea.
Jeremiah Bishop, late of Co. D, Sd
VT, died on Saturday morning at
the Vermont Soldiers Home. aged
72years. He was a member of Eras-
tus Buck Post, G. A. r., of Island
Pond, where he will be buried.
Home.
The Bennington battle monument
was 26S feet high at the close of
work M onday. Superintendent Par
sons says that the shaft will be COM
plete in two weeks more with ia
vorable weather. The clouds have
hid the workmen from sight several
times during the work.
A new hotel is being built at Brad
ford by stock company to cost
$4,000. The building will be 80 feet
long, As feet wide and four stories
high. The hotel will be among the