St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1908-07-29

vanni Surdo, Martio Lombardo and
Antonio Gabriel of Proctor, all Sicilians
are under arrest charged with compile.
ity IN the murder of Accarito Sanford.
also a Sicilian, whose body was found
beside lonely road Wednesday night
! pierced with two bullets. 1t was re.
! ported to States Attorney Lawrence
that the murdered man was seen with
the Black girl Wednesday evening5and
She confessed. 1t is believed that the
murderers used the girl as a tool The
men under arrest have been in this coun-
try only short time.
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Row
! Roberts, of Chelsea, recently met with
an experience that nearly resulted in his
death After the milk had been separ-
ated, and while the separator was still
moving, the little fellow found his way
INTO the separator room, and in some
way his clothing caught in the ma
chnery and wound up in the gearing,
| almost strangling the child. Fortu-
nately he was missed, discovered, and.
! though unconscious, was liberated lust
in time to save his life.
Horace D. Cushman, aged "a years,
! one OF the oldest residents of Middlebury,
diedJuly % as the result of the amputa-
ton of his right leg above the knee six
weeks ago. Blood poisoning resulting
from an ingrowing toe nail necessitated
t'the operation. Mr.. Cushman had lived
in town for So years. For 35 years he
had been sexton of the Congregational
church and janitor of the high school
building. A wife, two sons, and
daughter survive him.
Rev. c. H. Brown, for the past two
| years pastor of the Baptist church in
Saxtons River died Thursday morning,
after sickness of only few days. He
conducted his church services Sunday,
/ but soon after was obliged to take his
bed. A boil formed on the back of his
neck. Instead Of breaking and discharg-
ing as usual, it dried and the poisonwas
retained in the system.
The summer meeting of the New Eng
land democratic progressive league has
been fixed for August 81, % and 20 at
Burlington. Pres. Alexander Troup has
been asked by George Fred Williams,
chairman of the executive committee, to
call a meeting at an early day to arrange
the interest of the democratic ticket,
The first Chinaman deported from the
Rutland district in over four years was
started for his home land, Wednesday,
when Suey Lung was taken from the
House of Correction at Rutland to New
York by Marshal Horace w. Bailey.
Lung will be turned over at New York
to Deputy Marshal Bennett, who had
charge OF all Cinnamon deported from
New England.
The trustees of the village of Hard
wick have voted to accept from the
American Fidelity CO., the sum of $4,-
Sal in full settlement of all claim of the
village on surety bonds of the former
clerk and treasurer, M. E. Foster, who
absconded several months ago.
A. II. Smith, Rutland architect, has
completed plans for new Episcopal
church at Manchester. the dimensions to
be 62x2S feet. The church will be used
in the summer only, support being given
mainly by the summer visitors.
From Westfeld, in Orleans county.
comes the news that the raspberry yield
is 50 large that picked iruit is drug in
the market. This condition of affairs
exists in spite OF the fact that the grass
in large areas of meadows there has
been entirely killed by the drouth.
Since ex-Bank Examiner Frank l..
Fish, of Vergennes, has returned to law
practice his friends are booming him for
city representative for the legislature.
1t is said that if he consents to be can
didate there will be no opposition to
him.
William Cox of Rutland, who attempt
ed the life of Health Officer DR.. c. F, Ball,
on July 10, has been sentenced to serve
not less than two, nor more than II
months in the house of correction.
George Pashby OF Burlington, aged
IL wears, was accidentally shot in the
shoulder. Iuly %, bv boy companion
while playing Buffalo Bill. The wound
was not serious.
Mrs. Louisa Whitman Hyde OF Bur
lington, favorite sister of Watt Whit
man. the poet, and widow of Charles l..
HYDE. the famous Vermont landscape
artist, died July Is, aged 80 years.
H. Kibbe Brooks of St, Adams has
rendered his resignation as captain OF
Co. B, list. Inf Y. n. g.. and will devote
all his time to the manufacture of a
casein compound in which he is interest
ed
Rev. William Van Derveer Berg was
ordained to the ministry of the Congre-
gational church at Brandon July 21.
Mr. Berg graduated last spring from the
Hartford Theological Seminary.
CASPIAN LAKE NOTES.
The golf match between Greensboro
and Montpelier scheduled tor Saturday
was postponed, the Montpelier Country
Club not being able to get team to-
gether.