St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-02-25
VERMONT NEWS.
A Woman's Peculiar Death.


living on the floor, stocking tied tightly
about her neck. The evidence OF an au-
topsy held later tended to show that the
brother of Miss Hart lett his sister IN the
house alone Friday night about 7 o'clock
and spent the evening at the house OF
SeIectman Billings. When he returned
at midnight young Hart went to bed.
In the morning he missed his sister, and
when he opened her door he found her
on the floor, with only undertaking on.
The young man ran to neighbor and
returned and cut the stocking about the
neck of the dead woman. The result OF
the autopsy, said DR.. Townsend, was
that Miss Hart died from strangulation.
The neck was discoored and there were
marks upon the neck, the skin being
broken in two places DR.. Townsend
issued burial permit Sunday night and
gave asphyxia as the cause OF death.
Mayor H. S. Peck Of Burlington was
renomnated upon the republican mayor
atty ticket in one of the largest city eau
cuses ever known. The opposing candi-
date was Horatio Hickok. The vote
was: Peck, I'll; Hickok, All. Mr..
Hickok was first placed in nomination
about two weeks ago by local paper.
Few people are aware that the office
of pension agent at Concord, N. H.,
to which Hugh Henry oil Chester was
recently appointed carries with it an
income of nearly or quite SIS, 900 yearly.
The salary is only $4,000 but the other
allowances are enough to make the
office the richest plum that has fallen to
Vermonter this year.
Bert Ranney and Frank McNany Of
Sheldon Junction while returning to
Sheldon trl m there one night last
week were stopped by four men who
were laying Tor them by the railroad
track as they came along. A revolver
was fired at them several times and they
were ordered to throw up their hands,
A search was made and only button
hook was in the possession OF the boys.
Some clue to the robbers has been found
and is thought it will lead to the arrest
OF several boys in town if more proof
can be obtained.
1t is considered unusual to have four
generations of family living at the same
time, but in the family OF l.. l.. Whitney
of Brattleboro there are five generations
living Mrs. Betsey Carpenter, aged SO,
living in Dover, her daughter, Mrs. Clar.
lisa Whitney, 70, l.. l.. Whitney and R.
L. Whitney and Mrs. Newell and their
children OF Brattleboro.
Mrs. Jennie Simpson Of Greensboro has
brought suit against B. O. Davis for
breach of promise and asks for $2500
damages. Mr.. Davis is a well-to-do mer-
chant at Greensboro Bend.
Dr. Grout of Waterbury recently re-
ceived by express a mammoth pckerel
that wei ghed 1874 pounds and measured
a. inches long. 1t was caught through
the ice at Sheburne pond by |. E. 1sham
of St. George, who is the DOCTORS facto-
tum and guide, when he and Mrs. Grout
are on their annual camping excursions
to that section. DR.. Grout says, that
OF the ten millions Of various kinds OIL
fish in the pond Isham knows every one
by name, just where it lives, when it is
hungry, what it wants to eat, and best
of all, how to catch it."
United States circuit and district courts
convened in Burlington Tuesday, Judge
H. H. Wheeler presiding. The chancery
docket names 43 cases, the district court
law docket SO. the circuit court law
docket, II. But few cases will come uE
Tor trial and the court will be in session
hardly one week.
Mayor John W. Gordon of Barre has
been nominated for third term.
The Vermont dentists, who were re-
Gently the guests of the Dentists associa
ton OF Quebec, are to be entertained
in turn by the Green Mountain tooth
pullers at Rutland, March 16, II and 18
programme is being prepared for the
Canadians of social and professional
character and the Vermonters hope Tor &
large number of visitors from the prov
ince of Quebec. The more the merrier
they say.
new company for manufacturing
shirts under the name of the A. M. Stock
well company, was organized IN Nortl
Bennington last Friday with paid uI
capital OF 100000. The company viii
manufacture collars and cuffs as well a!
shirts. The stockholders are !. 6. Nc
Cullough. F. B. Jennings, A. M. Stock
well, c. E yelling and E. D. Yelling
The new firm will occupy the Vernon
Mills plant and will get into operation
as rapidly as possible. One hundred
stitching machines have been ordered
from the manufactures. This new indus
try will employ $50 hands.
Word has been received from Miss Car
RE Taylor and Miss Lillian Sprague
former students at the Montpelier semi
nary, OF their safe arrival on January l.
at Bombay, India. and that they vii
begin their missionary work in Jalgaon
} Khandesh.
', Bert Clough of Barre is seriously III
He purchased large quantity OF came,
goods at recent fire sale, the labels G
which were somewhat deaced by smok
and fire. Being anxious to know villa
the cans contained he opened "a cans
finding he had purchased % cans {
sweet corn, IS of lobster, 2 of tomatoe.
9 of salmon and % of string beans. Ha,
e ing satisfied his curiosity he conclude
j not to lose any of his purchase, so telln
Mrs. Clough to warm five cans of eac
assortment he sat down for squar
meal.
l. Senator Proctor was brought into pt
J. lice court in Washington one day las
e week because he had not cleaned thesno,
II off in front of his house There is stril
e gent law in the District OF Columbia, r.
T. curing all househoders to clean the sno
IS from their walks within six hours aft,
: the snow has ceased falling. The disco
Is cry that the senator's walk had not bee
5 cleaned caused him to be taken to II
Il police court, but he explained that