St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-10-16
VERMONT NEWS.
RrnttIeboro Barber Shot.

gunshot wound received Tuesday
afternoon at East Mortified, Mass. No
coherent explanation of the accident is
qiyen. Ellis and his companion, Hiram
livingston, an iceman of Brattleboro,
had been hunting earlier in the day near
Brattleboro and were on their way to
Mortified when the accident took place.
It is understood that hammerless shot
gun was in the carriage between the
men when it was discharged, and the
entire charge struck Ellis under the chin,
making a horrible wound. He was
brought to Bratteboro but, died in a lew
minutes after arriving. He leaves a wife
and two daughters here and a son by a
former marriage, Claude Fisher a
vioinist of Boston. Livingston had one
hand blaCkened and burned.
senator GrifEith's big Timber Deal.
Hon. S. L. Griffith, of Dandy has pur-
chased $500 acre tract OF timber land
mostly located in the town OF Stratton
On the tract purchased there are up
wards OF 100000 feet Of spruce timber,
100000 feet OF yellow birch and thou
sands OF cords OF pulp wood. This land
adioins another large tract owned by
Mr.. Griffith, giving him IA 900 acres of
timber land in a solid tract on which
there are at least 100000 900 feet of first
growth spruce. This last purchase makes
him the owner of between forty and
fifty thousand acres of forest land on
which there is standing today from 100
to120 million feet of spruce. This makes
Mr.. Griffith undoubtedly the largest
owner OF spruce timber in the eastern
section of the United States.
Capt. Mnigh Resigns.
William T. Haigh, capt ain off Com
pany l, First Infantry Vermont Nation
al Guard OF Brattleboro, has handed his
resignation to Col. !. Gray Estey.
Captain Haigh is about As years old and
was born in Eagland, where he enlisted
in the 40th infantry when boy. He
went with his company to Ireland and
in 1872 was transferred to India. -Four
years later he sailed for Montreal, and in
1873 he came to Vermont. He enlisted
in Company l, March II, 1889, and
after several promotions, was elected
captain in February, 1898. He was
with the Vermont regiment at Chicka
maugua during the Spanish war.
Game Law Violated.
Wednesday forenoon on the Paul Rab
toy farm about three miles from Ran
dolph, Mr.. Rabtoy discovered a bucl
deer that had evidently been shot but {
short time as the body was still warm
The local game warden, Capt. J. E
Eldredge, at once took charge of tn
animal, which was an unusually larg
and handsome one and it was shipped t
Bethel on the evening local train to b
disposed of by State Fish and Gam
Commissioner E. A. Davis. 1.-THE hunte
is discovered he will be fined $50 to
shooting out OF season.
Two Post Offices Robbed.
Burglars operated during Wednesda,
night at South Royalton, obtaining 500
in cash and stamps from the post offic
and George W. Laird's store in the sam
building. The burglars blew open tn
safe at the post office and rified it. Par
OF the cash belonged to Mr. Laird. TIL
thieves escaped. The robbery is simila
to that at North Hera Tuesday nigh
when the post Office was robbed Of $500
State Medical Society.
The SSth annual meeting of the Vel
mont State Ne dical Society was held a
Montpelier Thursday and Friday.
business meeting was held Thursda
forenoon. The board of censors n
celved 20 applications for licenses an
out of this number they granted q
In the evening DR.. W. D. Huntington {
Rochester, the president, gave his annut
address which was followed by a ban
quet. The closing session was held FIR
day morning and it was voted to reol
game on the basis of one society &c
each county. The following officers wei
elected President, ]. B. Wheeler, Blu
lington; vice.president, NJ. F. McGuir
Montpelier; secretary, 6. H. Gorhan
Bellows Falls; treasurer, ]. W. Aver,
Proctor; auditor, H. p. Watkins, Blu
lington; executive committee, ].
Wheeler, Burlington; 6. H. Gorhar
Bellows Falls; NJ. c. Twitchell, Blu
lington. The next annual meeting wi
be held in Burlington.
The Patriotic Daughters.
The second annual conference of tt
Vermont Society, Daughters of Il
American Revolution, was held at Bra
tleboro Thursday afternoon. About
members of the organization were pre-
ent, including Mrs. Charles W. Fai
banks, president general, and Mrs.
Heron Crossman of Tarrytown-o
Hudson, one of the vice presidents &c
eral Mrs. Julius J. Estey of Brattlebor
state regent, presided. Mrs. FairbanI
spoke in a general way of the work
the society, speaking particularly OF t
proposed Con mental Hall in Washln
ton, memorials which are to be erect
and means for preventing the desecratic
of the flag for commercial and other pu
poses. Remarks were also made by Nj
Crossman. In the evening Mrs. Est
gave reception from 8 to IL in hon
of her guest, President General Fa
banks, at her home.
Thomas w. Wood, the famous arts
is at work upon typical Vermont al
ton scene. The central figure Of the P
ture will be M. A. Kent, the Montpel
auctioneer, and the scene is laid at
farm near that city which was sold
auction recently. Mr.. Wood intends
have the painting on exhibition in NJ
York this winter.
The death of Mrs. Menerva TerrilI
Cured at Cady's Falls Friday. M
Terrill hadIreached the remarkable age
%, and would have been 80 had s
lived until the 18th day of next APP
She had been totally blind for the pc
twenty years, but aside from this
trinity, had enjoyed good health.
The census bureau has issued detail