St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-07-19
guilty and was acquitted after trial,
owing to lack of evidence.

day in small lake In North Bennington,
being seized with cramps. He was well
known in base ball circles in that section
OF the state and was 20 years old.
The barns OF Daniel McCarty situated
two miles south OF West Berlin were
struck by lightning Wednesday after
noon about $50 and completely burned.
A hard fight saved the house. The
buildings that were burned were valued
at $4,000, including the farming tools
and wagons in.the sheds. There were
also rs tons of hay burned. The build
ings were not insured.
Benjamin F. Pollard, aged So years,
dropped dead of apoplexy at the Hotel
Emory In Rutland Wednesday afternoon.
For many years he had conducted
mems furnishing store and he was one of
the city's best known business men. He
is survived by wife and four children.
News has been received of the arrival
at Brooklyn, N. Y. of Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
son S. Stone who sailed last October on
a trip to Japan, Manila, and other points
In the Far East. Mr.. Stone was former
state superintendent OF education and
now has a responsible position with D.
c. Heath & Co., the Boston school book
publishers.
Charles b. Ferrin of Montpelier has
bought of Edwin Y. Lane of that city
practically the entire property owned by
Mr. Lane in Marshfeld known as Kin.
ney's mills, which includes about 494
acres OF timber and farm land about the
Kinney mill pond and Niggerhead pond
so that he controls 6shingin both ponds.
The consideration paid was private. Mr..
Ferrin buys the property to establish
private fish preserve.
Eurico Maggiani was arraigned In the
Barre city court Thursday on the charge
of assault with a dangerous weapon
with intent to kill and to murder. The
prisoner waived a hearing and was
bound over to the grand Jury in the sum
Of $4,000. No attempt was made to
raise the bond and the prisoner was
brought back to Washington county jail,
handcuffed to an officer, to await the
action OF the grand jury. Maggiani is
the Italian who fired four shots at w. L.
Perkins, conductor on the electric car
between Barre and Montpelier about
two weeks ago. One OF the shots in
hicted bad flesh wound in the back OF
Conductor Perkins.
Franklin Pike, an eccentric character,
is dead at Isle.La. Motto, aged II. He
went to California in 40, sailing around
the Horn. Later he tackled mining in
Colorado and South America and OF late
had fshed for living on Lake Cham
plain. His shanty was an interesting
place to summer visitors.
The corner stone of the new chapel in
Green Mount cemetery, Montpelier, was
laid Wednesday morning, without for.
mality, by the cemetery commissioners
Many articles OF various kinds were laid
in. the corner receptacle, among them be.
ing the last will and testament Of John E
Hubbard, and an address from the com
missioners to some future generation.
John Condor, tool sharpener o.
Barre, is the inventor OF rival to the
Pirie tool sharpening machine. Mr.
Condor has done away with the old
time heating, every tool fits into 6
groove between two powerful rollers
which close the grain Of the steel ant
draw it to fine point, the rollers being
heavily charged with electricity, which
magnetizes the steel and prepares 1t fol
a patent tempering ISOLATION.
| With the advent OF building boon
begun by the American Wooden com
pany, Winooski, which has started sew
eral new buildings, others have begur
operations and before fall it 10 expected
that several new buildings of the mes
important type will grace the streets o
the village.
Rockingham's grand list 10 $44, 302. 5s
with 1929 taxable polls. Brattleboro'
grand list this year 10 $50, ant
| the taxable polls 1899. Bellows Pail
lost 73 polls and Brattleboro gained SO
In Bellows Falls the grand list gainee
$511.1S and in Brattleboro $3.50.
Henry McMahon, the 13-year.old Sol
OF Patrick Mcmahon OF West Rutland
was struck by the flyer from the nortl
in the local yards at Rutland Thursda,
afternoon and quite seriously injured
The boy was standing close to the tract
with his back toward the approachin,
train, watching switch engine.
The general store OF John O'Keefe il
East Poultney was burned to tn
ground Thursday morning at O'Clock
entailing loss OF So, 500. An explosion
was heard and the doors of the safe ane
store were found open. These facts have
led to the belief that the ERE was o
incendiary origin. All the books in tn
safe were mutilated but nothing else o
value had been left In it.
Walter w. Husband, private secretar,
to Senator W. P. Dillingham;, has re
ceived letter from the senator writer
Immediately after his arrival in German
which tells of a pleasant ocean passag
which greatly benefited the health c
Col. Charles Dillingham;, Senator billing
hams brother, who went there 70
medical treatment.
The Brattleboro Masonic Buildin
society OF Brattleboro has been incorpol
ated with a capital OF 10000, divide
into 500 shares for the purpose OF pul
chasing and holding real estate, erectin
buildings, renting and leasing them an
selling for purpose of re.investment an
NOT to deal In real estate.
The Rutland public library has jus
received valuable gift from Rev. W. !
Smart OF West Rutland, in the form OF
book OF ancient date, which was write
, by 7. A. Graham. The title of the boo
is IA Descriptive Sketch of the Preser
, State OF Vermont" 1t is written In IL
, form ofletters, which Mr.. Graham wrot
= to his lifelong friend and companion, Il
. Duke OF Montrose. The book was prin