St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-07-26
VERMONT NOTES.

On July IT Rev. DR.. Guy G. Ben
ton took the oath of Office as presi-
dent of the University of Vermont. In
his letter sent out to the alumni he
says that the school should within
five years have an annual enrolment
of 1000 students.
The explosion of a lantern carried
by Mrs Henry Adams while hunting
hens eggs on Saturday morning, July
Is, set fire to a large barn in Troy
owned for many years by William
Williams. The loss is placed at
$4,000 with insurance of $1,000.
Nelson Shepard, of Coventry, SO
years DID, committed suicide July II
by cutting his throat with razor.
He also took a quantity of arsenic. By
his wish the remains were taken to
Mount Auburn to be cremated.
Mt. Sinai Temple, Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, will hold their annual
outing at Lake Champlain July 27,
with headquarters at Hotel Vermont.
The afternoon will be spent on board
the steamer Chateaugay going TO
Maquam. The Middlebury band will
furnish music.
Mrs. Anna T. Fitzpatrick, OF Bos-
ton, has presented the Chandler mu-
sic hall at Randolph with large pic
Thompson. He made his last APP
pearance there on January II in ..The|
Old Hon estead.'
Fred Lavelley, chief of the Winoo-
ski fire department, was drowned
Tuesday afternoon, July Is, while
bathing near his camp at Malletts
Bay. Lavelley was alone when he
went in bathing, and it is supposed
that he was taken with cramps as he
was a good swimmer. Mr.. Layelley
was about 40 years of age. A wife
and three children survive him.
Mrs. Macarthur, the young wife of
Arthur Macarthur, a well-to-do farmer
living in Stockbridge, committed sui
eide July 10 by hanging herself from
the banister in the front hall. Jeal-
A four-year-old laughter survives.
George B. Niles, who has been in
jail at Bennington since July Ia, fol-
lowing his arrest on the charge of
having been responsible for the death
of his father-in-law,- Charles Barton. |
was arraigned before Municipal Judg
was arraigned before Municipal
Judge E. H. Holden Thursday morn !
ing, waived examination and was held
for the grand jury in the sum of $500 |
bail.
There are seven and possibly eight |
cases of infantile paralysis in Proc
tor at tie present time, according to /
the statement of DR.. C. S. Caverly |
The source of the disease is not def
nitely known, but as there are cases
in Massachusetts and in Canada it |
probably came from people in these
sections visiting in Vermont. Hens |
owned by one of the stricken families |
in Proctor have had the disease. DR..
Caverly says that it is common to the
have recently been reported to the
state board of health, one in Frank
lin, one in New Haven and one in
WI it River junction.
William Geraw, aged about 35
ve'.rs a French Canadian wood chop
per, died July 10 at Montgomery
Center about an hour and a half after
being injured about the head and
side when a tree fell on him. He
was employed by Henry Brown in the Il
camp which Mr.. Brown runs for j. C. h
Hutchins. GeraW came from Canada H
and had no relatives in Vermont.
Millions ice supply has all melted
and now a butter famine has set in,
as not pound can be purchased in h
town. The creameries are paying 4
away than it is worth for butter, and
none is being made in town A sup
ply from outside is expected in a
short time.
The steam mill owned by NJ. j.
Hapgood, at Peru, was burned, to-
gether with quantity of lumber,
Monday night, July 16. The loss was
about $4,000. The cause of the fire
IS unknown.
While surveying near Wal1ingford
On July 10, A C. Grover, of Rutland,
city engineer, was held up and shot in
he forehead by a highwayman. The
man had a toque drawn over his face
IS q mask. At first uroyer thought
The man was Joking, but 38-calibre
rife aimed at him convinced him
A posse of 200 men
started in search Of the highwayman,
md William Leonard was arrested on
Thursday at house in Wallingford
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