St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-23

bank, this being the capital stock.
Louis Stafford, 25, son of ]. E. Stafford
of Gaysville was drowned Wednesday
while fishing. Death was due to an acct
dent as the result of an epleptic fit. The
body was recovered.
Rev. ]. Edward Farrow of Bellows
Falls, who withdrew from the Metho.
dist conference at its last session, has
united with the Congregational church
of that place by letter.
A syndicate of operators in slate who
have been thoroughly testing the depo-
sits on the farm OF Jeremiah Mulvey,
half a mile north OF Castleton, are so
we'll satisfied with the outlook, that Mr..
Mathews on behalf of the Boston Slate
company, has leased the quarry for three
years with an option on the farm at a
price agreed on at the expiration Of that
time. Steam power is being put in and
operations on practical basis will COM
mence at once.
The Green Mountain Product company
farm at Mortified is rumored to have
passed into the hands of A. A. Low OF
New York, brother of Seth Low. No
more manufacturing of bottled goods
will be carried on there and the machin-
cry has been sold and shipped away as
well as the greater part of the stock of
bottles on hand. There is no prospect
of anything whatever being done there
| this summer.
Mrs. F. A. Sprague of Wilmington met
with a very serious accident recently,
which may result in the loss of one or
both of her eyes. She was trying to un-
tie one of the chldren's shoe strings with
a table fork, when her hand slipped in
such way that the tines of the fork pen
ctrated one of her eyes, inficting a very
painful and dangerous wound. 1t is
feared that it will be necessary to have
the injured eye removed to prevent the
loss of the other eye.
A party Of Montreal capitalists have
secured an option on about 400 acres o
land on the John Tram property at Bran
don, from now until July 1, for which
they have paid S. w. Jones $500. 4
gang of men will begin work at one
digging for kaolin. Shafts are to besunk
and If it is founk in as large quantities a
July these men will pay Mr.. Jones $500
more, take a lease for one year, form
company and begin work on large scale
They have placed a sufficient sum O
money in trust with Mr.. Jones for
working capital until permanent organi
cation is perfected. 1t has been under
stood for several years that there wer
large quantities of kaolin as well as yel
low ocher on this land, and there is no
much doubt but that this will prove
successful venture.
fruit rarely seen in Vermont, tn
naseberry and mango, has been dis
tributed in Brattleboro by Edwin [
. Whitney, who has recently returne
from several months stay in Jamaica
! Mr.. Whitney was accompanied to til
: West Indies by son of S. M. Spence
< former Brattleborean.
A telegram received by c. H. Heate
at Montpelier Sunday brought news
i the attempted suicide of John A. Clap,
/. formerly of Burlington, in New Yor
A where he went to get work six weel
t ago. The police report that Clapp she
himself in the chest with revolver ;
=. hotel and was taken to New YoI
hospital, where his condition is vel
= critical. Mrs Clapp and the son are
;. Burlington. He went to Newark, N.
4 and New York, expecting to secure
h position. Mrs. Clapp's sister, Mrs.
! D. Vaudeville, lives in Newark. Cla1
n was formerly manager of the Burlingtt
n shirt company.
l. Fair Haven is to have new shirt fax
n DRY employing from $50 to $50 men al
women.