St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-03-19
VERMONT NEWS.

VEKMUNl NEWS.
THE ola Spanish Prison swindIe.
e,,prime last summer citizen OF
r,crsbend received letter purporting
-. hs from a soldier in Spanish prison,
5..srter who expected to be executed
,J riaimed that his wife who had re-
' nol died was a relative and he had
rs, heard her speak in such high terms
o9tb,s citizen, that he wished to place
~. Jarubter under his care and wanted
b n;r to care for the property he should
i,a,a and see to her education and ar
'a,oa Tor her, to come to this country.
The2e was one branch Of this citizens
L,,ay that he knew but little about so
be- was more easily induced to listen.
IAer several letters had passed between
tbem there came a regularly drawn will
J., which this citizen was to receive
$4,000. The daughter was to receive
So0OOand in order to receive this amount
te mist send 5000 to defray the daugh.
tpr,s expenses and that of the priest who
had administered consolation to the
writer in PRISON the priest to accompany
tbe oir The writer said the espionage
over him was such that great care should
he uscd and the letters should be directed
n this priest or to the chaplain of the
nrjson giving their names, All of these
e+te1s we're placed in a lawyers hands
andthrough our consul the matter looked
m and found to be a perfect humbug
This. or similar swindles have been at
tempted in various towns in Vermont
during the past few years.
Deer Killers Caught.
Saturday night game warden E. 6.
NouDton of Morgan and deputy sheriff
II 5. Lund of CRANKY brought to New
mort two boys by the name of Moore and
one Maxheld, whom they claimed to
have caught in the possession OF wild
deer. which they had pursued with dog
and killed. 1t was a female doe with
unborn young, and was terribly lacerated
by the teeth of the dog in this inhuman
waY of hunting called crushing" The
bows were brought before Justice Cush-
man, and bound up to await hearing by
the grand jury next September term.
Mary HOwe's Petition.
The hearing on the petition brought by
Mary Howe, for divorce from her hus-
band William LAWN, was held by
Judge Rowel in the parlors of the court
house at Newfane on Thursday evening.
The testimony of the petitioner showed
ntoIerable severity and failure to sup
port. The witnesses for the petitioner
we're her brothers, John c. Howe and
Iucicn Howe. and a cousin, Mrs. Orvis,
from New York. The court took the
case under advisement.
Mary Howe LAWN has secured her d.
yorcc, and is now Mary Howe only.
Antoine Happy died in Panton, We'd
nesday morning, from the grip and old
age after a two weeks Illness in the 1881
YEAR OF bis age. He is survived by one
son, Adolph OF Panton. Mr.. Happy was
possibly the oldest man in the state. He
claimed to have driven team at the
battle of Plattsburg and to have been in
the Pappineau war in Canada.
President E. H. R. Green of the Texas
Midland Railroad has been awarded
patent on his system of wireless tele
grapbv. President Green states that he
will, as soon as possible, install his wire
less system on the Midland, which will be
the first railroad in the world that will
use the wireless system. President Green
is the son OF Mrs. Hetty Green, the well
known hnancier, OF Bellows Falls and
New York
1t is said that Mrs. Hetty Green will
change her summer residence from Bel
lows Falls, to Cohasset, Mass, being at.
traCted to that town by tax rate of
only 50 cents on the dollar. AS a pre-
lminary she has offered a Cohasset man
the trusteeship of more than $5,000,O00
worth OF personal property to be trans
tered from New York, and is now look
ing about for dwelling which will suit
her fancy.
Elisha Brigham of Morristown has
held town office there continuously for
40 years. He has served as town rep.
resCntatlve during two terms, five years
as seectman, 80 years as overseer, and
more Or less time in other offices.
Mrs. Sarah Burnham, rs, of Mont
pelier, who was suffocated by coal gas
March 9, died three days later, without
having recovered consciousness.
The town meeting at Warren lasted
two days.
1t will undoubtedly be necessary to call
another village meeting III Waterbury as
two OF the new trustees that were elected
at the last meeting have refused to serve.
1t IS understood ii meeting is called
that a number Of the other officers will
resign.
Rev DR.. G. w. Phillips, who recently
resigned the pastorate OF the Rutland
congregational church, has consented to
withdraw his resignation and to con
tmue to act as pastor, with the aid OF an
assistant.
Hon. r. c. Cristy of Johnson went to
Boston last week TO attend the funeral
OF his two sisters who left Boston a
short time ago for Los Angeles. They
were taken sick on the train, one living
three hours after arriving there, the
other living three days.
The immense dam of the Chittenden
Power Co. at Chittenden is completed
and the gates were closed Wednesday,.
Then the immense reservoir with its
capacity OF 500, 100000 cubic feet, or
3 75000O,OOO gallons of water began to
hII 1t will be two months before
enough is gathered to fill the reservoir
sufficient tor use.
Dr. Benjamin F. Sutton died last We'd
nesday OF pneumonia at Middlebury. His
death followed that OF his wife by three