St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-31

1898. The distinction which MIR. Herrlck
has won is one for which he is deserving
of great credit and has every reason to
be proud as he has excellcd in a contest
open to his fellow craftsmen all over the
world.
will Locate i'm SwantOn.
The Robin Hood Powder company has
decided to locate in Swanton and have
elected the following directors: Sir
William Van Horne, OF Montreal. A. S.
Richardson, of St. Adams, N. P. Leach,
OF Sheldon, E. Dickson, OF Montreal, and
w. Heubach, of Winnipeg. The directors
elected these officers: President, Sir
William Van Horne; vice president, W.
Heubach; general manager, N. P. Leach;
mechanical superintendent, Z. Dickson;
secretary and treasurer, E. Harry Rich
ardson, of St. Adams.
The company will began operations at
once and men will be put to work clean
ing up the ground where the buildings
are to be located. The manager wants
to begin to turn out powder by the first
of April. The capital stock is 100000.
Margaret, eight, daughter of E. H.
Martin of Middlebury, had both arms
broken Friday by fall while sliding
down the hall stair banister.
President Brown of Norwich Univer-
sity has asked the parents of w. c. Spaf-
ford to present portrait of their son to
be hung in Dewey hall when completed.
Mr.. Spafford was graduate Of Norwich
University and lieutenant Of the artil-
lerv of the cadet corps of that institu-
ton. He enlisted as bugler in Co. K OF
Bennington during the war with Spain
and went with the Vermont regiment to
Camp Thomas, where he died, being the
first victim of the war from Vermont.
The bill OF costs that Justice A. G. Fay,
of Barre, will have to settle with State
Auditor Barber at the next settlement
amounts in round numbers to $4,000.
This is not only the largest bill ever pre-
sented by any justice in Barre or in the
county of Washington for that matter,
but it is doubtful if it has been exceeded
very much by any justice of the peace in
the whole state. But because the bill is
large one it does not follow that the
state is out any money because Oft, tor
on the contrary, Mr.. Fay has collected
for the state snug little sum over the
amount. He has also done the same ir
regard to the city cases so that the city
is nearly $3.50 ahead now.
One of the new boilers for the Ely cop
per mine has arrived. Ten horses anc
four oxen were used to bring it from Ely
station to the mine.
Ma1+oaI.as - ri pa~1;,, L va ,o,,,a ~ n &.
agreement whereby Berlin receives $4,000
for that section Of the town of Berlin
which was annexed to Montpelier by ac
of the last legislature.
DIR. w. N. Platt of Shoreham, one o
the directors Of the state asylum for thu
insane, leaves this week in company will
Charles M. Wilds OF Middlebury for {
trip to Cuba. They will be gone severa
weeks.
State Superintendent of Education
Mason S. Stone offered Miss Minnie
Brasor, teacher in the Brattleboro
schools, the position of supervisor OF thu
state normal school in Castleton. Thu
offer was not accepted.
i The statute of st. Jean Baptiste fel
4 from the top of st. Joseph's church a
Burlington last week. early one morning
startling the people in that vicinity By
a terrible cracking sound. 1t wa
placed there IL years ago and was mad
of cement, placed on marble base, al
iron rod connecting the base with tn
statue. A strong wind was the caus
of the fall and pieces of the broker
statue were found 200 feet from wher
it struck the ground.
The grocery and drug store Of c. w. D
Prouty and that of George S Campbell
of Swanton, were destroyed by fire abou
midnight Friday. The family Twin,
over the store, lost all their furniture AM
had no insurance. The stores were in
sured.
The school committee of White Rive
Junction have issued signed Statement
in regard to boy punished by the prin
cipal of the High school in that place
saying there is no occasion whatever TO
the unreasonable stories that have gon
forth, and the attacks that have bee
made upon the principal. There is n
evidence that any undue punishment wa
inflicted. and the story about the electr
cal apparatus being applied is withou
foundation.
J The state board of health is takin
precautions to prevent the spread {
small pox from Canada into Vernon
There are over 800 cases of small pox
J Montreal, and the disease is ragin
throughout the province of Quebe,
. Plans are being made for general vaccil
at;Ou rf school children IN some OE i
large towns.
A meeting of the fourth class postma
, tiers ia Windbam county was to be hel
; in Brattleboro yesterday with view t
forming an organization for the purpo:
of supporting the Cummings bill beiol
; Congress. The bill was introduced b
J Hon. Amos Cummings, and its object
to equalize the pay OF the fourth ella:
: postmasters. The postmasters of tn
: class in several counties in this state hay
t already organized through the efforts
f Postmaster F. B. Randall, of Shaftsbur
> depot.
James G. Walston, of Athens, writ,
c the Bellows Falls Times, that he was OF
E of the 319 Vermouters, who voted fo
James G. Birney president in 1910. 1t
: probable that he is the only survivor
$ the famous 319.
Moses Hammond, of Bellows Falls,
$ packer for the Hall Chemical Compan
;. was the victim of a fatal accidei
T Wednesday. In company with half
: dozen other workmen he was scuff1ir
s on the second floor during the noon ho-