St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-27

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the consequent reimbursement.
The first large gathering in the
new Shrine Temple at Rutland will
be the Vermont State Grange in it's
41st annual convention on Dec. To-
l12.
William Batchelder of White Riv-
er Junction who lives with his
grandparents at Springfield is suf-
fering from burns caused by
pouring the contents of a can of
kerosene into the furnace causing
an explosion He had been confined
to the house for several weeks with
whooping cough.
| The 69th annual session of the
Vermont Methodist conference will
be held at Richford, opening April
8. Bishop T.. S. Henderson of Ten
nessee will preside.
Mrs. Emeline Hendee Smith of
Pittsford died Nov. IL at the age
of 1O1 years. She was born in Pitts
ford and was descended from the
first schoolmaster of the town. Her
husband died in 1857.
Charles Halas, a Is year old Slav
of Rutland was surrounded by a
posse of over so men and held un-
til officers could arrest him for the
murder of George Suvchan, a fellow
boarder on Nov. IT. The killing
was done with a jacknife. Both men
were drinking and got into an ar
gument.
Gustaf Bjorkman of Proctor, so
years old, was found dead in his
room Nov. II with his hand clasp
ing a revolver and his body in a
pool of blood. His wife found him.
1t is thought that he was despond-
ent for he had recently returned
from a visit to Sweden.
George q. Warner of Brattleboro,
SIS years old, well-known travel
ing salesman, died Nov. II, at his
home in Brattleboro. He leaves a
wife, an adopted daughter and three
sisters.
Johnson's Hotel at Essex juno
ton was burned to the ground Nov.
II, at a loss of over $4,000. The
fire caught in the kitchen chimney.
Snow began to fall soon after the
fire started and helped to save sur
rounding buildings.
Guy e. Shaw of Winooski COM
mitted suicide Nov. 20 while in a
respondent condition o3Ar an all
1 ls
barn of his employer. He was 80
years old, single and had good hab-
its. He leaves a brother and a sis
ter.
Pliny Blanchard of Pownal shot a
big black bear on Nov. 20 while
hunting deer.
Four cadets from Norwich Uni
versity have been named by the
war department to make an import
ant military survey of the state
camp ground near Fort Ethan AL
len. They are all members of the
senior class and civil engineers.
Thomas Ourman, a Prussian AZ
years old, has been committed to
Bennington county Jail for vagran-
cy. He has been living on Rupert
mountain since July and in that
time has not spent a night under a
roof and has subsisted on wild fruit
and game. His principal food was
the flesh of woodchucks which he
dug out their holes with a short iron
bar. When brought to Jail his beard
came halfway to his waist.
| At a meeting in Washington last
/, week President Guy P. Benton of
the University of Vermont was
elected secretary and treasurer of
the National Association of State
Universities.
Congressman Plumley has just
returned from a two months Eu-
ropean trip, during which he attend
ed the sessions of the Interparlia-
mentary Union at Geneva.
The body of Nap Cady, who was
drowned in st. Adams Bay Oct.
%, was found Nov. 20 near the
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parties had been looking for the
body every day. He was As years
old and leaves a wife and daughter
The Loyal Legion met in Bur-
lington, Nov. 10, for their 21st an
nuaI banquet. The speakers incIud-
ed Capt. William F. II. Godson, 10th
y. s.. cavalry and Bishop-elect w.
F. Weeks.