St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-05-03

$4,000 and no insurance. The mill
employed six men and will not be re-
built.
Miss Carmela Covina of Poultney
who shot Luigi Vermillo on Feb. 16,
in self defense has been married to
| John Ballalby, who stayed by her all
through the trial.
Charles e. Dewey of st. Adams has
been promoted to be general freight
agent of the Grand Trunk Pacific
with headquarters at Winnipeg. D.
/ t. Lawrence of Boston succeeds Mr..
| Dewey as general freight agent of
the Central Vermont.
Miss, Serafia Ostland of Mont
pelier is the first woman in that sec
ton in years to apply for citizen
ship papers. She plans to visit her
Rhome in Sweden this summer
and if she were not
citizen she would be detained
at Ellis Island on her return and OBJ
| liged to come in again as an immi-
grant.
For short time Friday afternoon
it was feared that the whole village
| of South Royalton would be destroy
ed by fire. A barn owned by Eli
Ashley took fire, as did a railroad
section house near by and the wind
carried the flames to the village,
where the roofs of many houses took
| fire. Some 500 persons turned out
to give battle to the flames, and their
efforts were successful.
The Union Granite Company of
Hardwick employing SO men will To-
cate at Morrisville and put up shed
| 230 x20 feet on the Board of Trade
holdings.
Joseph w. Leighton, the wea1thiest
resident of Hatford died Wednesday
aged 70 years. A brother and sister
survive him.
| Barrett Sweeney of Bolton was
! drowned Thursday in the Winooski
| river while getting logs across the
river with boat and a wire cable.
| The cable became intangled with the
boat which turned upside down.
! James Sweeny escaped but Barrett S
body has not yet been recovered
He was 10 years old and leaves a
mother and two brothers.
At the town hall in Georgia Sat-
urday evening the 50th anniversary
of the marriage of Mr.. and Mrs. By
ron J. HuIbut was celebrated They
were married the day before he left
| to go to the front for service during
the civil war.
John Castle of Westford, 10 years
of age, shot himself through the head
April rs, dying instantly. No rea-
son for the deed is known except he
is believed to have been respondent
over poor health.
Plans have been accepted for a
new science and dining hall to be
built in the rear of the main building
of Goddard Seminary at Barre. The
| structure two and half stories high
and of brick, will cost about SIS, 1000.
Ira G. Calef of Washington, gave
$1,000 toward the fund for this
building.
Miss Frances NJ Hobart, for five
years secretary of the Board of Lib
rary Commissioners, has been ap-
pointed librarian at the Bixby Mem
oriaI Free library, Vergennes.
While. two brothers were clean
ing their guns on April % at
their home in West Windsor, Ernest
Buckham accidentally shot his broth
er, Edward. He put a cartridge in
his shotgun and laid it down for a
few minutes. Returning he picked it
up and accidentally discharged it the
contents striking his brother in the
jaw, severing the jugular vein and
killing him instantly.
The John Hart place in Ira, con-
\ sisting of a house and four barns,
was burned to the ground April 26
with the exception of a large old
fashioned chimney. The loss was
$4,000 with insurance of $4,000.
A large barn at Shrewsbury be-
longing to J. G. Buckley was burned
April 26. All his stock and tools
were burned. It is thought that a
spark from the hired mans pipe
caused the fire. The loss was
$3.50 only partly covered by in
surance.
Mrs. Allison Judd of St. Adams
committed suicide by drowning in
the city reservoir at North Fairfax
early Friday morning while temper
arily deranged. The body, which
lay in ten feet of water, was recover
ed at noon. Mrs. Judd, who was
about 8 years old, had been mental
ly deranged for several years, at
greater or less periods, and at times
exhibited dangerous traits. She had
several times been in the state hos
pital at Waterbury, but the treat
ment, while beneficial, was not last
| ing.
EAST BURKE.