St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1892-08-18


ing against it; E. w. Curtis saw
mill was carried down stream.
Several sections of the Burlington
and Lamoille road were washed out
by the food, and three employees
narrowly escaped drowning.
At Stowe and vicinity the freshet
was the most serious known for 80
wears past, and thousands of dollars
damage was done.
A Montpelier Church Burned.
A candle left burning after the SER
vice on Friday night is supposed to
be the cause of a fire which partially
destroyed St. Augustine's Catholic
church at Montpelier At any rate,
the roof was found to be on fire early
Saturday morning. The inhamm BILE
material on and about the altar had
become ignited and the roof and rear
portion of the building were badly
burned. The big organ was ruined
by water. The church will probably
not be repaired, but service will be
held elsewhere till the new church
now in process oferection is finished.
lightning Strikes Heavy at RutIand-A
Serious Fire.
Rutland had an extensive blaze on
Wednesday night of last week, the
result of a lightning stroke. The
Harris Manufacturing Company S
works, employing rs men and de-
voted to chair making and general
wood working, were burned, at a
loss of $4,000. Central Vermont
railroad property adjoining was al
so burned, entailing loss of some
$4,000 more. A heavy shower pre-
vented further spread of the flames.
Some Other Fires.
The barn of ]. H. Fitzgerald, in
Chittenden, was struck by lightning
and burned, together with four tons
Of hay and covered carriage.
A barn owned by S. w. Flint of
Graniteville, in Barre, was struck by
lightning and burned, together with
10 tons of hay and some $500 worth
of furniture.
The residence of Andrew Lovelette,
in Barre, was destroyed by fire last
Friday morning Lovelette and his
wife barely escaped suffocation.
Nothing was saved but two trunks.
The granite strike at Barre seems
to be extending, instead of nearing a
settlement.
The State Universalist Society will
hold it's convention at Woodstock on
the 23d, Oath and 25th Of this
month
A ladies' organization at Chelsea,
called the Ten Pin Club, has present
ed that town with a drinking foun-
tain.
Quite a number Of cattle in Barre,
afflicted with a contagious disease,
have been recently killed by the cat
tie commissioners.
The Bethel summer school for
teachers has opened, with a good at
tendance from all parts of Windsor
county.
Two Essex county campers had a
tussle with hedgehog recently, and
it took them two hours to free their
bedding from the quilts.
H. Steele of Barre was hurled
across his store by a shock from an
electric light wire during a thunder
storm, but it let him off easily.
The Western Union telegraph Office
at Montpelier has been made an all
night Office, so that messages
can now be sent at any hour.
A South Royalton dispatch of the
18th says that Charles H. Abbott
proprietor Of the shoe shop at Chel
sea, has disappeared, leaving credit
ors to the amount of 100000 OF
$4,000.
Col Henry Clay Mutt, formerly
president of the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad company, who died at Bos
ton on Monday, aged SO, was borr
at Montpelier, began life as news
boy on the train and steadily pro
crossed to the front rank in railroad
circles.
ORLEANS COUNTY NOTES.