St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-01-07
ALL AROUND. THE STATE.
Some Horse Talk.


There are fourteen trotting asso-
Citations in Vermont that are mem
bers of the National Trotting asso-
citation.
Solomon Nye of Coventry owns
two very handsome FLIES which
were bred and raised by him. They
have the blood of Ben Franklin
(2.29) and the Pratt horse in their
veins, and Morgan blood is in de-
mand by horsemen all over the coun-
try.
There are some good horses in
East Barnet. George A. Richardson
has just sold pair Of four-yearold
colts to Peter R. Gocher for $500,
and J. r. Moore has bought a trot-
ter which is considered a good one.
Trainmen Killed.
Alphonse St. Lawrence, a baggage
man on the Barre railroad, fell from
a moving train at Graniteville on
Tuesday and was instantly killed.
William c. Cross, aged 40, yard
conductor, was run over by a switch
engine in the Fitchburg railroad yard
at Bellows Falls on Tuesday, and
killed. He leaves a mother wholly
dependent upon him for support.
Hanged for Wife Murder.
Bell, the Fairfax wife murderer,
was hanged at Windsor on Friday
last The murder for which he paid
the penalty was brutal and deliber-
ate, the outgrowth of his ugly and
revengeful character. Bell locked his
first wife into a room and then at
tempted to kill her, and was only
prevented by the. interference of his
son, who broke into the room and
grappled with his father His wife
died soon after and Bell then married
the woman for whose murder his
life has paid the forfeit. He was SO
brutal in his treatment of her that
she finally left him and applied for
divorce. When she went back to
gather up her things he pretended to
greet her pleasantly, but followed her
up stairs and shot her in the head as
she was bending over trunk.
Otis Smalley, a Chester farmer,
dropped dead while returning home
the other night.
Brandon lumbermen are tired of
waiting for snow and have begun
hauling logs on wheels.
A tree which was recently cut at
West Windsor contained five cords
of wood and 800 feet of lumber.
Bennington is to improve its water
supply by nearly doubling the stor-
age capacity Of it's reservoirs.
The Nulhegan Lumber Co. at
North Bloomington, Essex county,
have bought 63 horses for use in
their winters campaign.
An exchange says D. w. c. Thrash
er of Ascutneyville has cider barrel
which has been used each year for
So years and now is in a good state
of preservation.
A ledge of fine granite, said to be
of better quality than that quarried
at Hardwick, has been discovered
| on the north side of Fairlee noun
| tain.
The eighth department convention
| of the Woman's Relief Corps of Yer
| mont will be held in Grand Army hall
Montpelier, on Tuesday and Wednes-
day, February 2 and 3.
The new railroad between Bristol
and New Haven, connecting the for
mer place with the main line, is prac
tically complete, and began opera
| tiOns this week.
Hermon D. Hopkins, aged 63, fol
nearly a half century a resident o
Montpelier, was found dead in hi:
bed Saturday morning. He wa:
compelled by paralysis nearly lie
| years ago to retire from active bust
ness life, and for three years past
had been helpless. For 25 years b,
was express and telegraph agent al
| the capital.