St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-02-20
VERMONT NEWS.

John r. Lowell was granted a
pension last week and appointed
postmaster at West Danvile this
week.
Burlington citizens subscribed $13,-
5OOlast week for the organization OF
the Burlington Promoter Co., a con-
Germ to encourage manufacturing III
that city.
Senator Edmunds, has served long
er in the United States Senate than
any of his colleagues. On April 5,
1890, he will have been in the Sen
ate without a single break "a years.
Gov. w. P. Dillingham; was pre-
sented in Burlington on Tuesday
night with the photographs of his
military staff in an elegant album.
Adjutant-General Peck of Burlington
made the presentation speech,
The Vermont School Seat company
has been organized at Rutland with
a capital of 100000, for the manu-
facture of school furniture and other
articles of wood and iron The build
ing will be erected right away.
Paul Dillon, the five-year-old son OF
John w. Dillon, bookkeeper for the
firm of {. c. Putnam & Son, and
postmaster at Putnamsville, near
Montpelier, was crushed to death by
rolling log in the mill yard at that
place Thursday forenoon.
Hugh w. Hughes, who died at
Poultney recently, was a prominent
and respected citizen, being particu-
larly interested in the quarry inter
ests Of the southern part of the state.
His wealth is variously estimated at
from 100000 to 100000.
Business is booming at the sugar
exchange at Brattleboro, this month.
One order was received last week for
200 gallons of syrup to go to Sioux
Falls, Dakota, as soon as the new
syrup comes in. In the past two
weeks they have shipped nearly a ton
of cake sugar.
The venerable ]. B. Hollenbeck OF
Burlington, celebrated his 9Sth birth
day on Tuesday of last week. He is
the oldest Precursor in America il
not in the world. Mr.. Hollenbeck is
confined to his bed because of an &C
cident a few years since in which he
fractured thigh bone.
Rev. L. c. Kimball is meeting with
marked success in his work among
pastorless churches and waste places.
During the two weeks he was i'll
South Wardsboro enough money
was raised, with the grant from the
missionary society, for the support
of {. ]. Peterson, recently Of ST.
JOhnsbury, who has just begun work
there
Newport icemen are cutting good
ice 9 and 20 inches thick. During
the past week gentlemen from Provi-
dence, Worcester and Boston have
been there or written to-fIff6 out
about the quality and extent of the
ice fields. 1t is said there is a fair
prospect of several new ice houses be
ing built along the lake shore; one
with capacity of &c, 900 tons.
]. Pincher has returned to Water
bury from Big Horn City, S. D., to
/ settle the estate of his grandfather,
who died a century ago. He made
a will which has turned up at Bur
lington, and was never probated
nor was the estate settled as it di-
rected. There are five farm-owners
at Waterbury, who now cannot 'read
their title clear and are much
alarmed.
A strike is in progress among the
granite workers at Barre, certain
employees having demanded nine
hours a day and an increase of II
per cent in their work The firms
discharged several union employees
and the others departed. The man
ufacturers now offer to receive back
all the men who left on their own &C
cord, and will not take back the dis
charged workmen. Thisproposition
has been rejected, and the mills are
now running without union men.
Two men who were smoking went
into barn of E. S. Sabin, about one
and a half miles north of Saxtons
River, on the road to Rockingham,
to look at some cattle. Half an
hour after they had left the barn
was discovered to be on fire, and
that and the adjoining one and the
sheds were consumed The men on
the place were away chopping. Sixty
sheep were saved by neighbors, but
a pair of cattle, two heifers, and
eight sheep were burned, with about
40 tons of hay and straw.