St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-25
NEWS SUMMARY.

MRS. Rebecca Barnes, a widow, aged
Is. was burned to death at Torrington.
Conn, by her clothing accidentally COM
ing in contact with bonfire.
The 125th anniversary of the first bat
tie Of the Revolution was observed at
Shirley, Mass, by the unwilling. of two
tablets dedicated to the soldiers who
went from that town. The tablets bear
the names of so men.
Francis H. Appleton was reelected
president of the Massachusetts Society
Of the Sons of the American Revolution.
The adopted son of Jerry G. Fourier,
who died at Riverside, R. l., mites ia te,
has instituted proceedings to secure the
property of his foster father, estimated
at about $4,000. A brother of Mr..
Fourier and his aged father are OPP
| posed to his endeayors.
John Grace, aged A, single, W thrown
! from the seat of furniture van at
Gloucester Mass, to the pavement and
| died few hours later.
Steamer Rose Standish was practically
destroyed by fire, together with the
freight shed at Calais Me-, and the pier
was badly damaged. The total loss is
$27, OOO
President Barrows of Oberlin univer-
sity announces that DR.. Alice H. Luce Of
Wellesley college has accepted the posi-
ton as dean of Oberlin.
Patrolman Isaiah S. Robinson, for 27
years a member of the Boston police
force, and Familiarity known by his ac-
Quaintances as Ike" Robinson, died of
heart failure, aged 81. He was unmar-
ried. He is said to have left an estate
worth $4,000
The Connecticut river is the highest
for years at Bradford, VT, and still ris-
ing; portions of the track of the Boston
and Maine railroad are under water.
The Boston city hospital authorities
are anxious to find the relatives of John
E, Randolph, who died at that institu-
ton.
The water in the Merrimack river at
Manchester, N. H., is subsiding, and all
fear Of trouble has passed away.
The Beckman House, wooden hotel
at Hampton Beach, n. H., containing
20 rooms, was burned, together with the
stable and other adjoining buildings.
The loss is about $4,000
A sawmill, together with all the ma
chinery, owned by W. w. Munkittrick.
two miles south of Peterboro. N. H..
was totally destroyed by fire. It is
suspected that the fire was incendiary.
The loss is about $1,000
William NJ. Gaylord, a prominent CIT
izen of Northampton Mass, is dead
aged rs. He was a member of the leeis-
lature IN 1873, senator in 1876 and again
member OF the house in 1879. He was
a delegate to the Democratic national
convention which Nominated Cleveland
for the second term.
An unknown bicyclist, riding at fu-
r1ous pace, ran into Mrs. James S, Ben
son at Waltham, Mass, knocking her
ooWn and fracturlng her spine. Mrs.
Benson's injuries may prove fatal
Henry 5. Cook, a retired tailor, died |
at Norwich, Conn.,, from disease in |
to old age. He was 80 years old.
He had been given much newspaper pub
Lefty from the fact that he had beard
that reached to the ground
David Walker, aged II, while delirious
from pneumonia, jumped from a Sec
old-story window at Bristol, r. l., strik-
ng the ground upon his. shoulder
No bones were broken, but it is thought
Internal injuries will cause death.
James T. Beauregard's drug store at
Holyoke, Mass, was Quilted by fire of
suspicious origin. The loss is estimated
at $4,000.
A stubborn fire of unknown origin
broke out in the Opera House block at
Burlington, VT, and the dry goods stores
IF N. L. Chamberlain and E. e. Clark
son, with the carpet department of L. P.
Wood, We're considerably damaged. The
oss is 100000
Rev. George J. Bloomfield, for nine
years pastor of the Weldon Street Con-
church Of Pawtucket, r, T..
has resigned to accent a call to the First
congregational church of Machias, Me.
The Marcy House, one of the historical
landmarks of Amesbury, Mass, will be
placed under the supervision of the
Daughters Of the Revolution, who will
preserve the antique furniture and other
'elics in the house.