St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-03-17
VERMONT NEWS
-,0a1nua Affair.

Gresn'' ohout rs years olu, Vi Diat-
vteran' Zane convinced last week
tleboro purse eonrse of true love does
that t I,'r smoothly. HIS HIS domestic
not 'u are in greatly unsettled netl
Affairs .a S'' Mr.. Rice, who has been
condition, twice has been planning to
narrled Mes tS Minnie Doolittle, who is
marry ms osars old and whose father,
The late n aaCond wife. A few days ago
Of Rice 81 s5N his house to Guy Doolittle, a
Rice leas ef his fancee. Rice then moved
brother % o c by Miss Doolittle and
ts.o a short distance ire from a wnefe
; ;fas THoolittle now lives. he is worth
Miss GO thousand dollars and gets
s'e:TS etal pension, but he does no
active work: p:o and Cuv Doolittle
Ma' 10 the office ofTown Clerk William
went to 'n' and Rice applied for license
SM a,S+[y Miss Doolittle, which was
gSaIn ls fac+ of the granting of the license
,,,e known SOOIlly oiISA
became b Nr R. Rice, proprietor Of res
son. h,DN On Main street, and the son
ttaaa5iately applied to the probate
inneq ia the appointment of guardian
' Syar his is father, on the ground that he
oSsi me- incapable of taking care
wa Sdh;n r and his property. Judge A. r.
SSlh nlln% fixed upon March 20 as date
EEoar;ng the petition. Rice's son also
io a.i lsa Miss Doolittle that if the mar
n noun took place he would take steps to
Lln ss i annulIed if a guardian was ap-
n no;nted, the petition for guardian
pputedating the marriage.
ap TIa sIder Rice waxed wroth when he
.d rrl Of his sons action, and said he
MO- nond find out whether an old soldier
. %UIi he prevented from exercising his
v ;rhts He and Miss Doolittle have re-
.%S;ned A. P. Carpenter as counsel and
t ti son has retained Harold Z. Whitney
AttOruey-General Sargent's Opinion.
Attorney, General John G. Sargent has
r;rsn an opinion to H. F. Graham, state
editor of accounts, that the costs OF
"rosscntion and commitment of respond
s p committed to the county Jail by
c onv court inferior to the county court are
70 be paid by the town or city in which
tbe offence is committed, and if the
n rr is upon complaint of a vii
lace nolice officer by the village in which
% n 800 :, on -, ;tta6
The state auditor has appraised the
instices and municipal judges of the
ming and they must govern themselve:
accordingly. 1t means that in the future
many cases which the state has beer
having the costs of will be taxed against
the towns and that in practically al
cases except liquor where justices ant
city courts take jurisdiction the town!
and cities must be responsible for th'
costs Previously on the long terms
that is sentences running from three
months to one year, the prisoners wer'
sentenced to the house of correction anC
the state paid the costs OF prosecution
and commitment. Under the new law
all sentences for one year or less exept
for felony must be to the county jails
with the result that at the present TIM
the iails are filing up so rapidly that thu
prison boards are being urged to us'
their utmost efforts to secure employ
ment for the prisoners. Some of tn
county iails are now reported to hav,
more prisoners than ever before in thei
history, with nothing for them to do Blu
] sit around and eat the states grub ant
4 play NTtvhye.
Death of Mrs. E. J. Phelps.
Mrs. Mary Haight Phelps, widow O
The late Edward J. Phelps, forme
United States ambassador to England
died March s, at Burlington, aged s.
years She was taken ill about thre
months ago and gradually failed unit
the end. Mrs. Phelps was born il
Monkton, July &c, 1927, the daughte
Of Judge Stephen Haight, a prominen
citizen of the town. She was Marie
TO Mr.. Phelps in Burlington, August II
1915. Mrs. Phelps accompanied he
husband to England in 1885 when h
was appointed United States Ambasss
dor and remained with him during hi
official career there. Possessed OF
winning personality and great tact, sh
was able to preside at the numerous sc
clety functions with the utmost grac
and dignity. Mrs. Phelps also accom-
panied her husband to Paris in 1879
when he served as a member OF tn
Behring Sea commission.
MIR. Phelps died in New Haven, Conn
March 8, 1900, where he and Mrs
Phelps had resided much of the time sine
1881, when Mr. Phelps was appointe
to the Kent professorship of law in va
college Mrs. Phelps is survived by aor
daughter, Mrs. Mary Haight Phelps
widow of the late Prof Horatio Looms
and a son, Charles P. Phelps OF Me-
York.
Shot by Infatuated Woman.
Daniel Baker narrowly escaped deaf
at Eden, March 10, from the deadly ali
OF an Infatuated woman. He was she
through the back, an inch from the spin
ana an inch below the heart, and yet
IS expected that he will recover. Mr.
refer Shatnev was arrested on II
charge of assault with attempt to k
ana was given a hearing. 1t appear
mat Mr. Baker was stopped while dri
ing by Mrs. Shatney's and asked h,
ABOUT the payment of wages which 81
canned were due her son. As Bak,
was returning home Mrs. Shatney aga
accoSted him swearing at him, it is q
leSed, calling him a series of vile nam
ANA an saying Il will put bullet in you
A Shatney proceeded to carry out h
threat by firing a large carbine, the BIT
l5t OF which went through the back
5ne sleigh and through Bakers body
Inscribed above. Baker, who is abo'
o. years old, has a wife and two Oh
uren. Mrs. Baker is in the west and II
children live with their grandmoth
III III Eden, The shooting occurred on Il