St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-05-10
VERMONT MATTERS.

Brattleboro has engaged J. b. NIGEL.
patrick & Co., of New York, to prepare
plans Tor a new town hail or for altering
and charging the present one,
Edward +. Lucas has been APP
pointed paymaster OF the Central
Vermont railroad in succession to
William II. Hunt, deceased.
William W. Coles & Co.'s paper
mill at Putney was burned on April
81. Loss $4,000, insurance about
SIS 900.
A sad and fatal accident occurred
at Windsor on April u when l.
Phillips, station agent at Putney,
who was going to KoyaIton to see a
sick brother, jumped from the NOV
ing train and was thrown under the
cars, tossing one leg, and dying later
on from the injury. He leaves a wife
and three children.
Deacon J. Crosby Barrows. who
lived near Mlddlebury, was using a
land roller on April 26 with a pair
OF spirited young horses. A boy see
ing the horses running without a
driver went TO STE what was wrong
and found Mr.. BArrows lying on the
ground unable to speak, with deep
cut in his abdomen and one eye
much bruised He was taken to his
home where he died shortly after.
1t is not known how the accident
occurred.
A disastrous fire occurred at North
field early on Monday morning of
last week. 1t started in the old
brick Payne factory, which was filled
with combuStlble materials. The
losses are estimated as follows:
Page Harris saw and grist mill, to.
tai loss, $500; c. H. Newell, chair
stock, shingles, etc, total loss, So
600; W. W. RumrilI, wood working,
loss, 5000 with insurance of 5000;
A, F. Spaulding, machnist, total
loss, $500; f. A. Jones, sewing
machines on the third floor, total
loss, 5000. Frank Harris, located
in The Cross Bros. shed lost in ex-
celsior, stock, machinery, etc, ST.
600 with an insurance OF $3.50.
The Granite City Poultry, pigeon
and pet association of Barre are
thinking of holding another flower
show this summer.
Mrs. Dillingham;, wife OF Ex Gov
ernor w. p. Dillingham;, died at Lis.
bon, N. H., on April 25th of heart
disease. The funeral was held at
Waterbury the following Sunday.
Waterbury losses a prominent church
worker in Mrs. Dillingham;, who
was foremost in all that was good.
The rails OF the WinooSki & Essex
Junction electric road which had
been laid on the highway bridge
over the Central Vermont tracks at
Winooski, were tor up by gang
OF men in the employ OF the Central
Vermont on Saturday, LIS claimed
that the tracks were Laid there with
out permission.
Henry A. Woods, brother of Mrs.
George F. Evans, committed suicide
at Bellows Falls by hanging himself
in the barn on May LIST. He was 90
years old and had been in i'll health
and dependency.
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