St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-07-02
VERMONT NEWS.
will Clement BOlts

70 " Clement as candidate TOR gov
VI aor was held in Rutland Saturday eye
e .:no A procession Of 600 people was
hI1 lr1 in the early evening and marched
o' 4Le hall, 1t was expected that DR.. c.
~ ~ peek of Brandon would be present
o W. deliver an address to the crowd but
%n did not appear and there was no
eliminating. A petition asking P. W.
STen,ent to serve as an independent can
S;date for the governorship and pledging
tbs snpport of the signers was read and
thsn circulated for signatures. About
i l0o neople regardless of political faith
s;aned the paper and it will be further
o79arlated throughout the city for names
W he presented to Mr.. Clement at some
rtpre date. This meeting was entirely
orol in it's nature and was called BY
come of Mr.. Clements supporters but
not by bis ieutenants.
4 Mr. Clement himself was not present.
bqing at Newport, R. I , enjoying a
Yachting trip. The fact that only two
Thirds OF those present signed the petit
ion. that no definite action was taken
and t lat the meeting was only local in
character, throws but little light on the
nossible course Mr.. Clement may take in
the matter.
Wooden Leg Tells The Story.
dismembered arm and wooden leg
we're found last week at the scene of the
recent wreck at Waterbury, which are
thought to belong to Dick Cilley of
Montpelier. No other part OF the body
was found. Since being mixed up in a
\ melee on Clay hill last winter Cilley has
been absent rom his old haunts. Chief
Reagan has a warrant for his arrest
4 issued Oh January 81. Week before last
some one notified the chief of police that
Cilev was in town and later Reagan
heard that Cilley's mother had given him
500 and he had left for Boston. Rumor
has it that Cilley boarded the wrecked
train at Montpelier Junction on the fatal
NIGHT and secreted himself in the forward
car. He has not been seen or heard from
since
Wants Part of Brigham Millions.
A bill in equity has been filed in the
United States circuit court in Boston, bv
Herbert F. Brigham, of Bakersfield,
nephew OF the late Peter B. Brigham,
4 against the Peter Bent Brigham hospi-
tai, and Others, asking that the court
decree that one-hfth of the estate
u held in trust for the hospital over and
Il above 81 100000 be declared to be held
Il in trust for the plaintiff, The estate now
amounts to over $4,338 900, and the
n plaintiff alleges that the will of Peter B.
II Brigham provided for a holding of the
estate for accumulation purposes beyond
the time allowed by law. The court is
sued subpoena returnabIe under the
II August rules.
The Central Vermonl's LOsses.
The Central Vermont railroad com.
u 99uy S loss by the recent freshets figured
II at 500 600; about $4,000 will be re-
H u.red to put the tracks in good con-
n 1it.ou, and but little can be saved OF the
VI engine and eight cars which went into
u the chasm at Middlesex. The road was
VI closed three days, stopping all freight
II uattc and preventing many passengers
from going over the road to the conven.
II ton at Montpelier. The stone culverts
VI which were washed away will be re.
Il placed with steel bridges. The road was
ii opened June Goth, but at present the
trains run at slow speed through the
81 sections where the washout occurred.
Death of DIR. Haskins.
d Dr., K. S. Haskins of Derby died Thurs
II day afternoon from the effects of drink.
u ing poison through mistake. The poi
II son was used for washing trees. DR..
a Hasklns was about 80 years old. For
n several years he had been a prominent
Fuit grower and nurseryman. He leaves
Il awlie and one daughter, Mrs. ]. c. Spiers
n OF Contoocook, N. H.
u The remains of Job E. Stuart who died
u IN Grass Valley, Cal, in 1869, were dis
II inferred and brought to Morrisvile re-
Gently, tor re-burial beside his wife.
Il Co, E, 3rd Vermont Regiment associa-
n ton, held its 18th annual reunion, with
u Somrade Newell Whitney at G. A. R.
Hall, Wolcott, June 10. Fourteen vet
Grams were present.
H KIT. Rev. A. c. A. Hail. bishop of Yer
II mont, assisted in the conservation of
u the Rev. James HART Van Buren,, the
ii new bishop of Porto Rico, in Lynn,
Il Mass, last week.
Rev. Dr. William c. Hopkins, of Toll
edo, Ohio, is visiting in Burlington and
n preached at st. Pauls church Sunday.
n Doctor Hopkins is the youngest and only
III surviving son of the late Rev. DR.. John
81 Henry Hopkins, first bishop OF Vermont.
III Charles A. Adams of Arlington has
accepted the position of principal of the
Adams, Mass, high school. He gradu-
a'ed from Aliddleboro in the class of '95,
II ana is a son-in law of President Ezra
Il Brainard.
1t IS said that J. w. Ketchum is writ
ing book in which he will deal with the
81 history OF the Farmers National Bank
"a as lar as he knows it or can ascertain
tue facts. The book will be of a humor-
II Gus character.
At Mlddlebury college commencement
III last week President Brainard announced
b mat the trustees will establish a separate
oot affiliated college for young womtn
qq policy similar to that OF Brown,
Harvard and Columbia.
I'll he Rev. Axel Helander, pastor of St.
II aul Swedish Lutheran church, Proctor,
I'd mas accepted the call extended to him by
II yn me Swedish Lutheran churches in May
III ylle and Brockton, western New York.
II ne wilt enter upon his duties about Sep
81 TENDER /.
Una H. Allbee, of Bellows Falls, has
5 w an appointment from Gov. w.
Il w. otlckney to fill out the unexpired
II ,TFta OF L. M. Read, deceased, as Judge
81 OF probate foe The Uoet.,,;,,+,,. d;e4.;ot