St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-08-16

| AmeS, NED, FeDruary {, mas IuIHeu up
alive in Fremont, Neb., according to a
despatch received at Rutland last week.
c. S. Albee states that he believes the
Nebraska sheriff has been trying to swim
die him from the first as he received
many bills of expense from the officer
and was also called upon for money.
The sheriff withheld information and also
wrote many contradictory letters. He
believes his brother to be dead.
Fl. T. Pettee, administrator of the c.
0. Luce estatate, Brandon, has sold two
parcels of land situated on Birch hill to
P. W. Green, of Stockbridge, the price of
which has not been made public. One Of
the lots contain some SO acres and has
been known as the gold mine lot, and
was leased about year ago to New
York city parties for $4,000, who have
not worked or improved the property.
1t has been said that there were valuable
mineral deposits on this property. Mr..
Luce passed much time prospecting on
this property and secured small specimens
OF gold, silver, and graphite, which he
claimed could be found in quantities
which would pay for working. The
other lot contained only seven acres and
was less valuable.
One of the largest real estate transfers
that has been made on the Barre quarries
for some time has been consumated by
the Boutwell, Varnum Company purchas-
ing of Clarihew & Gray their large dark
quarry which is one of the best on the
hill. The newly acquired quarry is To-
Gated next to the Boutwell, Varnum
quarry. The cost Is said to have been
! 100000. George Gray one OF the men,
bers of the firm which formerly owned
the quarry, buys into the Boutwell, Var
mum firm through the deal. Mr.. Milne,
the senior member,of the old firm, will
take rest. It is reported that in the Is
he has made large fortune from the
quarry.
Rev. and Mrs. F. P. Wiley, mission,
aries in India, are visiting in Montpelier.
Mrs. Wiley, who was Miss Carrie Tay-
lor, was graduated from Montpelier
seminary in 1895. She began missionary
work two years later and was married
to Mr.. Wiley in India, their acquaintance
having sprung up on the trip out. They
| dIC lOIoLCO Sal(ulld duo OOhDoy'
They will visit various points in Yer
mont and Indianapolis.
The Woman's Christian Temperance
union of North Bennington will hand
somely furnish room at the Vermont
soldiers home in Bennington. The
women have also decided to make
large number OF comfort bags for the
soldier boys OF the new battleship YER
mont, which will be launched August 81.
Referee E. H. O'Brien of Rutland has
appointed hearing for August II to set
tie the famous bankruptcy case of Mar
vim A. Mcclure, now in the house OF cor
rection for completely in wrecking the
Merchants National Bank. Receiver D.
D. Muir holds claims aggregating $685.
600 against Mcclure, and this, it is
understood, will get dividends, sufficient
to pay Is per cent of the balance due de-
positors.
Miss Eva Cook of Pawlet, youngest
daughter of Mrs. Phoebe Cook, died last
week, as a result OF sticking a silver in
her foot over a week ago. The girl
thought nothing of the fact that the
splinter was in her foot for two or three
days, when it became painful. Blood
poison set in and lockjaw developed,
which caused her death.
While Charles Holden of Bellows Falls
was in law Office one evening last week
stranger took his team, which was
hitched in front OF store nearby, and
disappeared with it. The team and thief
were caught within few hours at
Keene, N. H., the distance of over Is
miles having been covered in two hours
and seven minutes, and will probably re-
suit in the horses death.
A. E. Holman, farmer living in the
Riford brook district in Randolph, has
been bothered quite little lately by one
of his COWS that has failed to come home
at milking time and later when she
would put in an appearance would offer
but a very little milk. Saturday eve
ming when the cow failed to appear,
Holman went after her and found her in
the upper end of the pasture sucking a
young fawn. He succeeded in driving
the cow home, but the little deer took to
the woods.
E. A. Riel, the picture agent of Man
chester, N. H., who recently assaulted
Mrs. Margaret Hogan of Center Rut-
land and broke her rib, because she re.
fused to buy a portrait, got off with
fine OF SIS and costs of $3.50. After his
trial he left town. States Attorney
Robert E. Lawrence prosecuted and Riel
had no lawyer to defend him.
DR.. Wilfred J. Labele of Swanton died
very suddenly Wednesday morning of
heart disease. He was born 33 years
ago in L'Orignal, Que. He was sur
geon in the Fanny Allen hospital at
Winooski for some time until he received
the appointment Of doctor for the poor
in Burlington. He had lived in Swanton
about three years.
The post office at GouldsvilIe, two
miles from Mortified toward Montpelier
was robbed Friday night. The safe was
rifed and most of the contents were
taken, money, stamps and mileages,
about $500, stamps amounting to 500,
railroad money to the amount Of $50,
1.-THE ticket office being in the store) and
$40 belongingto E. L. Cross, in whose
store the office was located. Two mile
ages, partly used, were taken but several
were overlooked.
Charles H. Kelsey, prosperous farmer
who lived in Williamsville, a village in
the town of Newfane, ten miles from
Brattleboro, committed suicide toward
evening last week Monday by hanging
with rope. He was 60 years old and