St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-23
VERMONT NEWS.

The New England marble dealers
visited Proctor Wednesday.
The foundation walls of the new
hotel at Brandon have been laid.
John F. Harris of Rutland has re-
ceived patent on his second inven-
ton on street railway tie.
Henry Hunt of Middlebury was
kicked to death by horse which he
was Harvesting into wagon Satur-
day.
Secretary Proctor and Secretary
Rusk will attend the annual meeting
of Horse Breeders at Billings Park,
August $500.
Frederick Powers, telegraph oper-
ator at Richford, has absconded with
about $500 belonging to the Cana
dian Pacific railway.
The four-vear-old daughter of F. E.
Phelps of Brandon was badly bitten
in the face by a bull dog belonging to
Charles Ladam last week.
The prospects for good crops in
Rutland and vicinity are good for all
kinds of crops except hay, and fair
harvest is expected of that.
E. L. Moody, who left his home in
Weybridge last Friday. was found at
East Addison Sunday. He did not
know where he was or the way
home.
Clyde and Jarvis Hunt of Wood
stock severely thrashed their brother
in-law, F. B. Hayes, recently for false
statements made about his wife,
their sister.
A member of the Montpelier fire
company has sued by Sheriff Howe of
Mortified for wetting him while he
was engaged in raiding the Mont
pelier saloons July 4.
The owner of one of the finest
focks OF sheep in the world is Mrs.
H. P. Clark, of Addison She has
lately received $500 for a ram she
sold, to be exported to Australia.
Vermont has 19S Congregational
churches in 165 towns. The popula-
ton Of these towns has decreased
two per cent in the decade, but mem
bership of the churches has increased
nearly five per cent.
William Moulton, for many years
postmaster and merchant at Castle
ton, died last week Wednesday, aged
SO years. He was town treasurer at
the time of his death, having held
that office for 40 years.
The Ninth Vermont Veteran asso-
citation will hold their fourth annual
reunion at Bennington, Tuesday,
August 18th at go p. m. All rail-
roads within the state will sell round
trip tickets at reduced rates.
Mrs Jacob Billings of East Frank
lin has disappeared, and a liberal re-
ward for informa ton concerning her
wherea bouts is offered by her hus-
band. She left home June II, to Wis
it relatives in Georgia, and has not
been seen since.
The house of John Plumley in
North Clarendon, was burned last
Sunday afternoon. Most of the
goods in the front part of the house
were saved. 1t is supposed that the
fire started from pile of rags stored
in the back part of the house.
w. Reed Mills, who died in New
Orleans Saturday, was one of the
leading lawyers in the Crescent city.
He was born in Burlington, gradu-
ated from the University of Vermont,
and edited the Burlington Sentinel,
a democratic paper established by
his ia Their. He moved to Louisiana
in 1851.
A strange accident happened at
Barre last week. George Lamson,
a leading granite manufacturer,
entered Towne & Cos store for a
drink of water. The floor of the
store was being washed and was
covered with water. The water had
become strongly charged by an cleo
trio light wire passing from the base
ment and when Lamson took hold
of the iron handle of the pump the
circuit was completed through his
body and he received a shock that
rendered him unconscious. 1t re-
quired the aid of two men to remove
his hand from the pump handle, and
had Mr.. Lamson been alone the con-
tact would doubtless have proved
fatal.