St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-08-28

4NuliaHu, was burned about
the face and hands and may lose the
sight OF both eyes as result of peculiar
explosion Thursday. Young Elkey with
two companions were playing at the
city dump when without warning there
came loud explosion and piles Of refuse
were thrown high in the air. Elkey
happened to be in just the right spot to
get the full force Of the explosion. His
companions, who stood few feet away
We're not injured The accident is be-
lleved to have been due to spontaneous
combustion.
Centenarian Gets Pension.
| Congressman D. ]. Foster, of Burling
ton, has sent to Leonard Dolph. of
Brandon, notice of the allowance of his
pension increase at 500 a month under
the act of February last. Mr.. Foster
believes that Mr.. Dolph is the oldest
pensioner in Vermont, since he has salts
| fed the bureau of pensions by docu-
mentary evidence that he is more than
100 years old. Mr.. Dolph served in
Company E, 118th Regt., N. Y. Inf
Music Hall Opened at Randolph.
Chandler Music hall, Randolph, which
has been given to thecommunity by Col.
Albert Brown Chandler, was opened
Tuesday evening, August 20, with con-
cert under the direction of John Hyatt
Brewer, of Brooklyn, N. Y. He was
assisted by Mrs. Albert E. Chandler, of
Brooklyn, soprano, and Miss Grace
Hornby, also Of Brooklyn, contralto
The Phillips orchestra also assisted.
The reception following in the parish
house was largely attended. The pro-
ceeds of the concert will go to the Ran
dolph sanatorium in which Colonel
Chandler takes great interest.
The Brown Tail Moth In Ludlow.
The brown tail moth has made it's
appearance in Ludlow, having been
found on some apple trees by Charles L.
Wolcott. The eggs had evidently been
laid in July and Matched out this month,
and the caterpillars had eaten quite a
number of the leaves At the last ses-
sion of the legislature bill was passed
giving the governor some authority in
dealing with this matter. Gov. Proctor
is following it up closely, and would
appreciate any definite information re-
garding the further appearance of the
MOTH
Suicide of Recruiting officer.
| James McClain, United States army
officer, who had an office in Rutland
about two months, was found dead in
his bed at the ST. James Hotel Wednes-
day morning having drunk carbolic acid
The exact cause of the suicide is unknown
but letters from McClains father, found
in his coat pocket, indicated that the
young soldier had got into some trouble
and asked his parents for help without
telling what the trouble was.
Big Granite Statues.
Louis St. Gaudens, of Windsor, brother
of the late Augustus st. Gaudens, has
been at Mortified overseeing the start
ing of the work on six statues, which
will surmount the central pavilion of the
union station at Washington. The sis
blocks of stone used for these statues
will be of Bethel white granite, the lar
gest of their kind ever quarried in the
United States. The finished statues
which are to be cut OF one piece, vii
stand 16 feet in height and will weigt
more than 40 tons each when com
pleted.
r. B. Pike of Marsh6eld, county gam,
warden. has this week settled eight small
! claims made by farmers in Washington
county for damages done to growing
crops by deer. The deer seem to b.
particularly partial to growing beam
and several crops of these have beer
ruined. This is the first time in the his
tory of Washington county when am
such claims for damages have beer
,, presented to any state official. In
| total paid thus far for such damages b,
Warden Pike will not exceed 500.
, The state board of railroad commits
! sioners has ordered % grade crossing
abolished since January last.
Milkmen at Montpelier will raise tn
retail price of milk to six cents quar-
: September /. Because OF the increased
! cost of labor and the steadily advancini,
i price of grain Burlington milkmen WI
T soon raise the price of milk from SIX u
! seven cents qnart.
! Baroness Rosen will accompany ne
n husband. Baron Rosen, the Russian
a ambassador, on his trip to Vermont t
I attend the meeting of the. Vernon
0 Officers Reunion Society to be held Il
!. Burlington September 5. The baT 6
). and baroness will be entertained by III
n and Mrs. w. Seward Webb at Shelburn
Farms.
n A party of government employees nav
n established station on Mount Billing
ton for astronomical study. The II
terest is chiefly conferred in the come
known to scientists as Daniel 1907 L
y which has been visible in the early morr
:, y ing in this part of the country for som
II weeks.
v The suit of Bernard H. Porter, vs.. tt
b Rutland Railroad company, an action I
IS recover $4,000 has been entered IN C m
,e ten county court, Burlington. III
o plaintiff claims that the railroad con
IS pany in extending its lines through 70
h ter's Point agreed to provide prop
IS gates and to fence right OF way. to Il
re farm and also to fence certain purro
r pits. but has failed to live up to II
agreement.
i A council of the Congregation
- churches in Chittenden county was ne
q at the First church parish house !Satu
& day to dissolve the pastoral relations
~ Rev. I. H. George, who has accepted T
Is presidency Of Drury College near
= Louis.