St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-07-31
State News.


George E. Holden of Montpelier, A. ].
Beebe of Swanton, and N. E. Baker OF
Burlington.
Gen. Ruger has ordered the Dist regi-
ment OF infantry to proceed from PIatts'
burg Barracks, N. Y, to Burlington, VT,
to take part in the parade in that city
Sept. II, on the occasion OF the annual
reunion of the Society of the Army Of the
Potomac.
p. A. Dodge was attacked by an I'M
ruly steer at Centre Rutland recently
and received broken nose, a dislo-
Gated shoulder and bad cash in the
back Mr.. Dodge was driving yoke of
steers to slaughter, when one of the ami
mails attacked him and tossed him into
the air.
The state lair will be held at White
River Junction. Sept. 8, 8, and 10. The
track purses aggregate $1,000, and are
divided as follows: Free-for-all trot,
$500; 2:21 trot, $500; 2:23 trot and
pace, $500; free-for-all trot, $500; 2:35
pace, $500; 2;45 trot and pace, 5000.
The secretary is G. W. Hoffman of White
River Junction.
The stakes, purses and premiums Of
fered by the Vermont Association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders amount in
all to $4,000. The meeting which will be
held in Rutland August 25, &c, 81 and
IS, promises to be one of the most sue
cessfu ever held. General information
can be procured from D. c. Brown, secre-
tary, Brandon.
Will Whitney of South Royalton lost
two good cows recently in a most unus-
ua manner. He was repairing the fence
enclosing the pasture and cut some black
cherry limbs to top up with. The cows,
being near, began eating some of the
leaves and soon after were noticed going
to the brook near there, after which they
Immediately dropped dead. He attrib-
utes their death to the prussic acid in
the leaves.
While workmen were engaged in MAX
ing excavations on the Hessian plot in
the Centre cemetary at Bennington one
day last week, prepatory to placing the
granite pedestal that is to mark the spot,
they came across several parts of skele-
tons, supposed to be the remains of Hes
slams buried there in 1777. From the
length of the bones of one of the
skeletons it is judged that the body to
which they belonged must have been
seven feet or more in height.
Mrs. George Kinds of Eden went to
carry her daughter TO her school last
Tuesday morning and had occasion to
go to the Corners and then home. When
about middle way of the Potash Hill her
horse must have stepped on rolling
stone, as his forward feet went from
under him and he went completely over,
bottom side up, his feet standing high
in the air, with his head up hill. Then
he gathered and lay over on his side fiat
and straight across the road with his
feet up hill, breaking a thill and one
strap. Mrs. Kinds, who was not at all
| frightened, Jumped out and went to the
horses head.
Fred Woodbury. OF Marshfeld got bad
ly cut while carrying his scythe from the
field to the house. While going through
the grass he ran into hornets nest and
while struggling with the inhabitants he
cut two fingers on one hand and fell on
the scythe, running the point in one leg
just below the knee. 1t came out about
four inches above.
Saturday afternoon United States Mar
shall Mccarthy of New York city brought
to Bennington and delivered to United
States Marshal E. S. Harris, the post
office. robber, James Atwood. When ar
rested Atwood had $500 worth of post
age stamps in his possession. Atwood
has been out Of prison about six months,
after serving 10 years sentence for
postoffice robberies. About three months
ago the postoffice at White River Junc-
ton was robbed and Atwood was ar
rested for that offence. He is in Jail here
awaiting a hearing on Monday before
United States Commissioner E. L. Bates.
One of the large white ring horses of
the Barnum & Bailey show died in
Bratteboro during a recent exhibition
there. One of the officials of the COM
pany said the horse would not have been
sold for $4,000.
The report of the state prison officials
will show that the income, SIS, 4S7.74,
during the past two years, has exceeded
the expenses by $67S.5S. The daily
average of prisoners during the two
years ending June 80, IS %,
the minimum number during the tim e
being 1874; the maximum, 1866 The
present number is 159. Following is a
recapitulation of the receipts and ex-
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