St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-09-17

The Orleans county grand jury has rem
dered the following report concerning
the jail at Newport: 1--WE have exam
ined the county jail and find it much too
small for the present demands upon it,
poorly lighted, poorly ventilated and
wholly unfit for the use for which it was
designed in its present condition. We
find it insecure and unsanitary and a
disgrace to the county, and we emphati-
calIy recommend new JAIL"
Admiral Winfield Scott Schley arrived
in Montpelier on the White Mountain
train Tuesday noon of last week, dined
at the Pavilion and left Immediately for
the Wtirs, N. H. The admiral was ac-
companied by his wife and Capt. T. F.
Schley, of Plattsburg, N. Y, bis son.
The latter is in command of a company
OF the 23rd U. S. infantry, stationed at
Plattsburg.
Percival W. Clement has given to the
Rutland Masonic Association check for
$500 to apply on the building fund from
which the new Masonic Temple was
erected last year. Mr.. Clement is men,
Der OF the fraternity and gave the check
without solicitation. jr.4
Orlando Warren, farmer living in
Pomfret, was killed Sept. 8, while chop
p ng il the woods by the falling of tree
upon him. He was crushed into the
loose earth so that the use of shovels
was necessary to extricate him. He was
dead when taken out.
The Vermont Marble Co. has under
consideration the erection of building
at Proctor for use as club house by the
employees. Secretary Fitzsimmons Of
the Burlington Y. M. c. A, has been con-
suited concerning the construction of the
building and from the plans said to have
been practically settled upon it will be an
ideal building of the Y. M. C. A. type. 1t
is hoped to get the matter under way
before winter.
The annual inspection of the house of
correction was made last week by Gov.
W. w. Stickney, of Ludlow, Lieut.. Gov.
M. F. Allen, of North Ferrisburg, and
John N. Wood6n, prison commissioner,
of Rutland. The institution was found
to be in satisfactory condition. The gov
ernor and the lieutenant governor alsG
inspected the state industrial school at
Vergennes, also the sanitarium at Bur-
lington, the Waterbury insane asylum,
the state prison at Windsor, and the
Brattleboro retreat.
The selectmen of Mount Holly sold
three school houses at auction Wednes-
day. Prosperous schools were formerly
maintained in all OF these places but cw-
ing to the decrease in the population in
their vicinity and the change of the cen
tiers of population to other parts OF the
town they have been practically unused
for several years.
Brattleboro Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution, will dedicate a
marker on the site OF the old court house
at Westminster today. 1t will mark
the spot where the first blood of the
revolution was shed. DR.. Henry D.
Holton will preside and the speakers
will be Alfred S. Hal of Boston, Judge
H. H. Wheeler and Congressman Haskins
OF Brattleboro.
The Massachusetts Association of city
clerks chose Burlington as the objective
point of their annual outing this year
and a party numbering 35 reached there
Thursday and spent several days visit
ing points of interest in that vicinity.
Philip T. Lonergan, the Rutland rail
roads new superintendent OF motive
power, has arrived in Rutland from Os
wego, N. Y, and commenced his duties
G. W. Kenney, who Mr.. Lonergan sue
ceeds, will probably remain in the employ
OF the railroad, but in what capacity has
not been announced. Mr.. Lonerga1
tegan his railroad career in 1876 as {
draughtsman for the Delaware, Lacka
wanna and Western railroad, and sine
1893 he has been superintendent o
the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburl
railroad, retaining that position whel
the railroad was absorbed by the New
York Central.
Rutland city officials have discovers
400 feet Of sewer pipe buried in ALLIE
street. 1t was put in several years ag
and for some reason was never used an
was forgotten.
The Vermont Farm Machine Compan
at Bellows Falls is to build new ms
chine shop 60x172 feet, two stories higl
with a basement 17x113 eet.
The annual report OF the Information;
Paper Company which operates a plar
at Bellows Falls, shows that the earl
ings on the common stock the past yea
were only about per cent as against l
per cent last year. The gross earning
were about million dollars less tina
last year. The cause of this is said to
the increased cost OF paper manufactur
due to labor troubles.
Rev. Charles E. Provost, pastor of tt
Holy Angels church at St. Adams, hs
been transferred to the Church OF ii
Sacred Heart in Bennington.
: Mrs. Edith White, long time resides
: of Bennington has been notified tn;
the sum OF SIT 500 is deposited to h
7 Gre dit in one of the banks in St. Lou
and that she had better visit the city al
secure it. The money was left her by
stranger whom she once befriended wi
told her at the time that he would /
l member her in his will. She paid b
t little attention to it at the time. Nj
t White will go to St. Louis soon to secu
}, the money, and then take up her re
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