St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-06-01

face OF one Charles Rivers, painter.
| Some business transaction seems TO
have been the cause of the affray.
John A. McGee Of Jericho is said to
| have had on his place May % a snow
drift FIVE feet in depth.
1t is reported among railroad men that
the Canadian Pacific railroad will build
another flour shed in Richford before
winter. The company's sheds there now
are 80 by 72O feet, and will hold $4,000
barrels of -four, yet their capacity is not
sufficient.
Parties from New York are opening the
tale mine at Waterville that has been
idle so long. They have engaged force
of men and will boom the business.
George A. Jewell of Corinth this sea-
son made nearly 1000 pounds OF sugar
and syrup from 900 trees.
The Prince of Wales Royal fusiiers of
Montreal went to Burlington Wednes-
| day in celebration of the royal birthday,
| as guests of Co M Of the national guard.
| The visitors took part in a parade COM
posed of about 1900 men, including the
18th United States cavalry and batteries
| OF field artillery from Fort Ethan Allen
| and students from the university of
| Vermont The officers of the visiting
| company were entertained at the differ
| taken care Of in the armory of Co. M.
Harry E. Corkins, proprietor of
| grain and feed store at Wilmington, died
at his home there Wednesday morning
as the result of most distressing acct
| dent. Mr.. Corking was holding stake
| which fellow workman was
driving into the ground with an ak in his
| farm pasture some two miles from the
| village, Monday, when the blade flew
| from the helve, striking him square in
the face and opening the forehead. A
| North Adams specialist was Immediately
called. Mr.. Corkins remained delirious
| throughout the night and died early
| Wednesday morning. He leaves widow.
Fish Commissioner II. 6. Thomas, of
! Stowe, reports that conditions in the
! fish and game line in the state are excel
| lent. Wardens are active and arrests
and prosecutions for violations of the
law are being pushed vigorously.
The Rutland baseball association has
| filed papers of incorporation with the
secretary of state. The capital stock is
| $4,000, divided into 1000 shares.
| Walter F. Waterman of Montpelier.
| died suddenly Wednesday morning, of
| heart failure, aged Ga years. For rs
| years Mr.. Waterman had been superin-
| tendent of the Bradshaw estate. He
| was two years alderman from ward 6,
retiring from the city council last March.
| He was native of Orange, and served
in the civil war in Co. F., 9th Vt. regt.
| Mr.. Waterman was member of Brooks
| post of the Washington county veterans
association, VermontIodge and Thomas
Wildey encampment of Odd Fellows and
| Stannard lodge, Order of Protection. He
| is survived by his second wife and one
daughter.
1t is not yet known what justice will
| preside at the June term of the Benning-
ton county court. Judge Rowell has noti-
| fed County Clerk Cushman that it will
be the successor of Judge Stafford, but
| that appointment has not been made
yet and probably will not be for several
| days.
The executive committee of the Yer
mont Baptist Young Peoples Union,
which met in Rutland, May 4. voted to
send Rev. Frank R. Morris of Bennington
to the annual convention of the Indus
trial Union, which will be held in Detroit,
| July ITO. Mr.. Morris is educational
leader" of the State union.
| Mrs. Honora McCarty, who resides on
the edge of Lake Paran in the town of
| SALISBURY, is confined to the house by
| bruises and other injuries received a few
| days ago by a fall. Mrs. McCarty,
who is nearly 113 years of age and the
| oldest person in Vermont, is in very
weak condition and considerable fears
are expressed that the accident may re-
suit seriously. She has been in excellent
health all winter.
The American Mineral company of New
York city has become interested in the
| tale mine at Waterville and will at once
| put the plant in working condition. A
| gang of men are now on the grounds and
| the mine, which has been idle long
time, will be worked to its fullest extent.
| Members of the state board of health
and Prot. Fl. Goodnough, chief engineer
of the Massachusetts board of health,
| in making a trip through Vermont have
found many polluted streams.
complaint against Rufus E. Brown
| of Burlington, charging official mis-
conduct while states attorney for
| Chittenden county, was dismissed by
the Supreme court. May 26.
| Principal Carlton Howe of Newfane
has written an article, giving history
| of local tame partridge, which has
been on intimate terms with w. r. Rand
three years. though it keeps its own
home among the brush on the farm.
| The case is considered an anomaly in
natural history,s and Mr.. Howe has
been requested to prepare his article,
| with several illustrations made by him,
to be published in one of the prominent
bird periodicals.
The annual reunion of the Thirteenth
| Vermont Regimerta1 Association will be
held in Morrisville July 1, letter to
| that effect having been received by Col.
| A. c. Brown, of that city, from Col.
| Henry o. Clark. of East Orange, N. J.,
| president of the association,
At the meeting held at the Methodist
| Church in Enosburg Falls May "a, after
| the prayer service to consider the
| matter of inviting the Vermont Metho-
| dist Conference to hold its annual session
| in that place next year, it was decided to
| extend an invitation to the conference.
Charles Temple, young man from
West Charleston, was killed May "a, in