St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-03-27
TOWN NEWS.
DANVlLLR.
A Sad Case.

charles Williams OF Peacham, well
hnown as general agent for mop wiring
A AIa while temporarily insane, nearly
t.;iIed his wife and her sister, Mrs. Sidney
Miles Niles and Mrs. Miles daughter, Mrs.
Nat Wilson and lady nurse from Bur-
i E Saturday. He had been i'll for
nbort a week at the home Of his wife's
ether Nat Wilson, at East Cabot and
"nddenlv attacked his wife and the nurse
5eating his wife's head with the bowl of
y Iamp so she is not expected to recover.
Then he attacked Mrs. Miles and Mrs.
wilson with a sharp axe from which
Mrs Miles received severe cut on the
sboulder. He still remains violently
insane and his life is despaired of.
At the special town meeting Tuesday
w, ellis was elected lister in place of
Charles Shaw, who declined to serve.
Asa Wesson is i'll with scarlet fever.
Mrs. Henry Newell, who has been quite
IN, is now recovering.
stocker Bros. shipped Is head of cattle
and 65 hogs on the stock train Monday.
Frank Stocker accompanied the ship
ment to Boston.
Hiram Smith of Wolcott was in town
Wednesday.
Washburn Lodge, F. & A. NJ, will
hold meeting for instruction Saturday
evening and at their regular meeting
Wednesday evening, April 3, it is ex-
nected that District Deputy w. M. Rich
Of West Concord will be present. The
first degree will be worked and a banquet
served.
Mrs. William Folsom and her son,
Harvey Bean, Of Hardwick, came here
last week to make their home with Mrs.
Folsom's daughter, Mrs. A. 6. Aston.
Misses Della Nutting and Goldie Will
Gams, and Edwin Kingsbury and Gilman
Howe are attending the teachers exami-
nation at st. Johnsbury this week.
Harry Danforth is suffering from a
very painful felon on his right hand.
Harvey Burbank is back from a trip to
Boston.
Harry Hooker, who has been spending
a few days with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Hooker, returned to Boston
Monday.
Miss Maude Kinnerson has engaged
Mrs. Sam Currier as trimmer in her mil
linerv store, and Mrs. Currier will go to
Boston next week to get the spring
styles.
Bert Heath, who has been employed
BY Dr. Carter for some time, has COM
pieted work there and Lewis Green takes
his place.
Marshall Stocker is home from Nor
witch University for a two weeks vaca,
ton.
Henry Page has been delayed in getting
his sawmill started by series OF acct
dents and is being assisted by Elisha and
Ernest Brickett of West Danville.
Miss Leila Morse is visiting Mrs.
Harley Emerson at St. Iohnsbury and
attending the musical convention.
The unbroken cold weather Of the last
four months has given away to warmer
weather and Monday morning robins
were very plenty. A little sap is being
gathered from trees with warm exposure.
But few ofthe farmers have as yet tapped
their sugar places and no new sugar has
been made here yet.
Miss Rosa Kingsbury is visiting her
parents at Walden.
The next meeting ofthe Young People
Literary Society will be held at the
library Friday evening. The TOPIC will
be "Our Vermont Author, Rowland E.
Robinson, and his Work" All are cor
daily invited.
Charles Ingalls, and Mrs. ]. E. Tinker
visited his brother, A. L. ingalls,, at West
Danvile last week.
Byron Wright was home from St
Johnsburv over Sunday.
H. S. Dole has purchased fine pair o.
matched horses, weighing $500 pounds
OF Mr.. Bigelow of Peacham.