St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-09
NEWS SUMMARY.

aged so, was instantly killed.
Garfield Mitchell, 8 years old, was
drowned at Concord N. H., while bath
ing. He got beyond his depth.
The White Bear club Of ST. Paul has
challenged the Royal st Lawrence
Yacht club for the Seawanhaka cup in
1900.
Cecil Brown, IL years old, was crushed
between the bumpers of two freight cars
Mt Danielsonville, Conn, and died few
minutes later.
The postoffice at Rouse's Point, N. Y.
was robbed of $500 worth of stamps and
s165 in cash. 1t is thought the robbers
escaped to Canada.
Ex-Congressman w. A. Piper died at
San Francisco after lingering illness.
He was rs gears Of age, and leaves an
estate valued at over $2,000,000.
During 1898 the United States made
record in lead production, the total mine
product being $4,000 short tons, or 10 900
tons more than in the previous year.
Queen Alix who held the worlds rec
ord for trotters, 2:O3%, has given birth
to handsome bay filly at F. C. Sayles'
Mariposa stock farm at Pawtucket. r. +
The postoffice at Maiden, Mass, has
been ordered consolidated with the Bos-
ton office on Sept 1, and Maiden station
Of the Boston Office established instead
Benjamin LIE Fabour, a fireman on the
Boston and Maine railroad. while riding
on freight car at Lawrence, was struck
by a switch frame and instantly killed.
The gas works Of the Logansport and
Wabash Gas company at Wabash. Ind,
were destroyed by a terrific explosion.
The city is without gas. The loss is
heavy.
At meeting of the stewards of the
Jockey club at Brighton Beach, John
Dancer was ruled off the turf for cor
rupt practice in offering a bride to a
jockey.
James McKenna, former chief of DO
lice of Pittsfeld, Mass, is charged with
sending an obscene letter through the
mails. He was held for the grand Jury
in $500 bonds
The Daniels Granite company has been
organized at Milford, N. H., with capt.
tai stock of $4,000. This company will
buy the business and plant of d. L.
Daniels & Co.
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Jockey Mcbride of New Haven was
murdered in Saratoga. He died there of
nervous disorders, caused the physicians
think, by high living.
John L. Gleason, a druggist, was found
dead in a room connected with his drug
store at Quincy, Mass. Death was due
TO rheumatism of the heart. He was SO
years old, and unmarried.
A passenger train was wrecked at
Tekamah, Neb., by colliding with a
gravel train. The fireman of the gravel
train was fatally injured and two
travelling men slightly injured.
n. V. Newcomb of New York has been
declared Insane. Physicians testified
that NeWcomb was accustomed to eX-
cessive use of drugs. He was formerly
a successful business man in Louisville.
The navy department has ordered
court of inquiry on the collision of the
dispatch boat Dolphin and the ferryboat
New York in East river. The board is
ordered to assemble in Boston on the Sth
inst.
The carriage shipments from Ames-
bury, Mass, for the month of July were
COO, against $50 the same month last year.
The shipments for July this year, were
the largest in the same month the past
four years.
Star Pointer, 1:59H, will start, for the
first time this season, at Charter Oak
Driving park, Hartford, on Aug 81. He
will go to break the pacing record of the
world, held by him, receiving $500 for
the start, and an additional $4,000 il he
lowers his mark.
N. S. Huntington, aged n, lifelong
resident of Hanover, N. H., Is dead. He
was a widely-known banker and legis-
lator. AS town moderator, he served
IS consecutive years. He was victim
of heart trouble.
Rev. William Worthington, assistant
to Rev. Lindsay Parker rector of st,
Peters Protestant Episcopal church,
Brooklyn, will, it Is said, accept a call
to the rectorship of st. Luke's church.
East Greenwich, r. /.
Jim Mite, the only surviving member
of the Dalton gang of outlaws, was con-
vlcted at Henderson, Tex, of murder In
connection with the robbery Of the Long
View bank in 1894 and was given a life
sentence in the penitentlary.
Mrs Ida A. Flagler, wife of Henry M.
Flagler of the Standard Oil company,
has been declared insane, and her hus-
band has been appointed a committee Of
her person and estate. Her estate is
given as being worth $l,S79000.
Jockey George Odom, through his
father, has signed a contract to ride
for w. c. Whitney for 1900 1901 and 1902.
Tie boy will receive $4,000 year, and
in addition s25 for every winning mount
and $40 for every losing mount
DR.. John M. Fletcher, former mayor
of Belfast, Me-, died at that place, aged
70. He was serving on the registration
board and the Waldo county pension eX-
aiming board at the time of his death.
He has held other offices of trust.
Susan e.. wife of Donald Knowlton,
committed suicide at Rockport, Mass,
by taking carbolic acid. Mrs. Knowl-
ton had been insane occasionally for
several years, and returned from the
Danvers asylum onlv last Monday.
The Centredale Or. ~ worsted mill
has purchased the saltwater mill for
$4,000. New machinery will be in
stalled, and it will be run as wooden
yarn mill, with a capacity of about 300
hands. 1t has been idle for some time.
The Elm Tree Inn. at Northboro,
Mass, owned by w. E. Smith, was to-
tally destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of $4,000, Nothing was saved and $3.50
In money in trunk was lost. The fire
was caused by the explosion Of kero-