St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-05-03

killing around Johnson was made very
evident last week by the hnd1ng. ottwo
skins and one head, on the bank OF the
river on Mr.. Hebbs meadow. The SKINS
were fresh and were probably thrown
into the river at some place above ana
were washed down.
The first ground for the new alumni
hall at Norwich University was broEen
Wednesday morning, faculty and cadets
all having a hand in the proceedings.
The exercises began with an address by
President c. H. Spooner followed by
Chaplain Rev. w. S. Hazen, Command
ant Mai. H. W. Hovey, Dean c. Z. Brill,
and others. The new building will be
situated 500 feet south of the Barracks.
No. 1, facing the east, and it is estimated
the cost OF the structure will be $50, 900.
The Boston & Maine railroad station
at South Fairlee was burned last week
Monday together with considerable
freight and the household effects of Fred
| c. Wheeler, the station agent, who lived
in tenement over the waiting rooms.
Harry Barber, a section hand, was
seriously injured while fighting the
flames by being struck on the head by
flying brick hurled in the air by the ex-
plosion of the heating apparatus. 1t is
believed be will recover. The fire is
supposed to have been caused by the
falling oil a stove-pipe.
The trial calendar for the May term
OF supreme court has been made out by
Melville E. Smile, the clerk. Forty-four
cases are set for trial and are divided by
counties asiollows; Addison, /; Benning-
ton, 2; Caledonia. 9; Chittenden, 6;
Franklin, 6; Grand Isle, 1; Orleans, 4;
Rutland, s; Washington, 4; Windham,
/; Windsor, 2. Among the important
matters are two poisoning cases from
Bennington county in which Eugene
Sargood figures, and the Windham
comfy case of P. w. Manley VS.. the
Vermont Mutual Lie Insurance Co. The
name of Mary Rogers, for whose benefit
the sentence of death for the alleged
murder of her husband was postponed
by Governor Bell to permit the presenta-
ton of new evidence, does not appear.
but probably will be brought before the
court by petition.
The Rt. Rev. Arthur c. A. Hall, of
Burlington, who has been at the Mary
Fletcher hospital for the past six w els
following an operation for appendicitis,
has so far recovered as to be removed to
his home at Rock Point. His recovery is
now assured.
The board of visitors to the penal in
stitutions which is made up OF Gov. {. J.
Bell, Lieut.. Gov. c. II. Stearns and Speak
err !. H. Merrifeld, dropped in unexpect-
at the States prison last Wednesday and
made an examination of that institution.
Nobody about the prison knew they
. were coming. The visitors went all
through the institution and asked a
great many questions. Gov. Bell went
{ from there to Rutland to institute Po'
mona grange. The investigation Of
: the insane asylum at Waterbury will
) be resumed the week of May 8.
State Fish and Game Commissioner H,
G. Thomas OF Stowe has returned from
the state hatchery at Roxbury where he
I has been making arrangements to ship
: 100000 fry to different parts o
: the state. Last Wednesday 10000
brook trout were shipped to Montpelier
a $4,000 to Rutland, and 10000 LAKE
: trout to Wallingford. April 2S, 10, 600
brook trout were shipped to Waterbury
e 10000 to Wallingford, aud 10000 to
e Montpelier. Beginning Monday, fish ar
t being shipped at the rate OF from 80, 00(
s to $4,000 day until the stock is ex
c hausted.
y Chief of Police Patrick Brown ant
Il patrolman Frank Hamel OF Barre raidet
T. car in the Central Vermont railwa.
Yards last week and seized sixteel
O barrels OF wine. On the barrels were tn
S names of various persons in the city
d Montpelier and Mortified. The win
a was taken to the city building, where
e. will be kept until further action can
II taken.
ir A man of wealth whose name is no
le disclosed authorized Rev. DR.. W. F
d Anderson, secretary of the board OF edt
g cation, to announce during his visit t
he the Vermont Conference at Enosbur
j. Falls that as soon as the debt nov
hanging over Montpelier Seminary
g raised he will give large sum to the II
s stitution toward an endowment tunc
n With this inducement held out Rev. D.
n E. A. Bishop and his co.laborers will
S. during the coming summer, make
t, strenuous effort to cancel the debt.
% c. H. Jones, chemist Of the state e.
20 pertinent station, has just published a
y account OF his work on the detection
II adulteration of maple sugar and syru
with cane sugar. No method has hithe
r. to been known whereby this commo
d. means of adulteration could be detecte
IS with certainty. The methods worke
y out by Mr.. Jones are now being qui
u widely used in the food Laboratories
t. the country. The head of the Canada
re internal revenue laboratory spent tw
s days with Mr.. Jones recently, and hi
ne now in hand large number of prosec
OF tons against Canadian maple producer
e. based upon results obtained by the We
mont station method.
ed John H. Grant, treasurer of the Anne
~ can Press Association Of New York, hi
X. purchased the David lockwood fari
two miles south of Bennington villae
ed comprising 200 acres of land with goo
Ir. buildings. He paid $4,000 cash. He W
RS occupy it summers, and will expei
in $4,000 in Improvements.
The annual convocation of the caste
al Star of Vermont will be held with Bin
81 ham chapter in Brattleboro June
Ut and Z.
A subscription paper is being circulat
OF at Island Pond in the interests of ba:
~ ball team to represent the town. Amoi
to those who are interested in the moN
w ment are A. E. Bishop and Secreta