St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-07
State News.

Vermont has been organized at Nashua,
N. H. The charter members number 80.
The war against the liquor dealers of
Barre is still hot. Recently 10 barrels of
beer were taken from the Central YER
mont freight station and 10 cases Of
whiskey from the office of the American
Express company.
Harvey Copeland of Wilmington, who
is 90 years old, walked from his home in
Wilmington to the home OF his son Col
rain, distance of 10 miles or more, very
recently.
Statistics from the graded school of
Bennington for the year ending March
81, show the total enrolment of schol-
ars to be 74S. The aggregate days
attendance for the last year was 1922
952, and Tor the year previous 100,216.
A corps of engineers and surveyors
have been at work the past week survey
ing for the new long distance telephone
line between Montpelier and White River
Junction, to connect there with the
metallic line to Boston and New York.
The headquarters of this line in Mont
pelier will be at the central office of the
Vermont Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany.
Rumors are being circulated at Bur-
lington to the effect that an elegant
modern hotel is to be erected on he
northwest corner Of College and St. Paul
streets. Several moneyed men OF Bur-
lngton and one or two of Rutland are
said to be interested in the scheme, which
has not as yet taken any definite shape.
1t is, however, understood that an
option has been secured for the site.
William Parsons of Middlesex accident
ally discharged shotgun last week Sun
day, the contents entering his breast just
above the heart and causing death few
minutes later. Parsons was trying to
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shoot a hawk. He was sitting with the
gun cooked, when his wife called him
suddenly and in getting up he discharged
the gun. He was so years OF age and
leaves wife and two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Greenslet OF
Pownal celebrated their Goth wedding
anniversary last week Tuesday. Mr..
Greenslet is 80 and and his wife TO- Mr..
Greenslet has always lived in Benning.
ton and Pownal and Mrs. Greenslet is a
native of Rupert. Two children, 10
grandchildren, and two great grand.
children were present at the celebration.
Bishop A. c. A. Hall, who has been on
a three months trip to Bermuda for his
health, has returned and is at his resi-.
dence at Rock Point, Burlington. Bishop
Hall spent all but three weeks of his
absence in Bermuda, returning to stay
for fortnight in Lakewood, N. j., anC
few days near Boston. The Bishop:
many friends will be pleased to learn O
his improving health and that he ha
obtained a thorough rest.
queer complication of burglarie
developed at Washington Tuesday, wheI
Policeman lanes E. Pierce was arrested
for robbing two houses on his beat
Detectives searched his house and recov
cred about $500 worth of plumber
Pierce, who comes from Vermont, ha
been on the force four years. He con
lessed his guilt.
The Vermont Live Stock company ha
received advices from John Stevens
manager, that from 8 900 to 5000 heat
of cattle on the company's large rancl
in South Dakota persisted during tn
past season on account of deep snowfall
The snow came early in the season ant
continued until this spring. The tota
number of head of cattle on the rancl
last fall was about 1000. The company
was organized by Brattleboro men, anC
its operations had been very successful
for several years until last winter.
The Barre school census shows thai
there are S03 children within the city
limits between the ages of and Is years
and 1914 who will come within this limi
during the coming year.
The total cost to the state for the tria
of the murder case against Isabel A
Marsh and William c. Buzzell will reacl
nearly $4,000 Theexpenscs of the tria
in Washington county court, which occu
pied one day less than four weeks, ar,