St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-20

Miss Helen M. Winslow of Boston
has presented the town library at
Westfeld, her native place, with eco
valuable books.
Richard Whelan, 20 years old,
was drowned at Brattleboro, Nov.
10 while in a boat to fix fash
boards on the dam. The boat got
away and two men were carried over
the dam. The other man swan
ashore.
In a drunken row at Wilder Nov.
10, George Smith an employee of the
International Paper Co., shot and
killed an Italian named Joe de Stes-
no. Smith gave himself up and
claimed to have shot in self defense.
Giovanni Antonio was seriously in
jured on Nov. IL while working for
the firm which is building the South
Vernon-Brattleboro link of the Bos-
ton and Maine. An air brake on the
cars used for carrying gravel failed
to work properly and Antonio was
caught in the chest, fracturing two
ribs and one of the spinal Vertebrae
and injuring him internally.
George N. Stevens of Rutland has
been notified that an uncle, Henry
Ring, formerly a hotel keeper at
Corinth, is dead at Los Angeles leaV-
ing real estate valued at 81 5000 to
winch Mr.. Stevens is sole heir.
The body of John Mccarthy was
found beside the road at South
Mortified on Nov. 10 with his
neck broken, presumably by fall
! from his wagon His horse ran
into Mortified and the authorities
searched with the result that his
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| so years old and unmarried.
The Vermont Bar Association at
the annual meeting in Montpelier,
| Nov. 13, elected these officers: Pres
ident, Clarke c. Fits of Brattleboro;
vice presidents, John G. Sargent of
Ludlow, George b. Young of New
port, E. G. Mower of Burlington;
secretary and librarian, John H.
Mimms of Burlington; treasurer, Ed
win M Harvey; board of managers,
| l.. G. Moody of Montpelier, Frank
| w. Williams of Bradford, Charles
| D. Watson of ST. Adams; Guy w.
Bailey of Essex Junction.
An unusual scene was witnessed
at the funeral of John Mylott at
st. Peters church, Rutland, when
four of the members of his company
| in the Civil War, three of them tent
mates, bore his body to the grave.
Mr.. Mylott was a veteran of Com
pany D, Seventh Vermont infantry.
He was killed by falling down stairs.
| Florence Milne, aged six years,
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Milne of Bar
re, was killed by an auto owned by
H. B. Partridge of East Barre, Nov.
| IL. The girl was on the way to-
neighbours and while on the street
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shouted to her but she did not move
and the car struck her, injuring her
back and shoulders so that she died
in 10 minutes. Spectators say the car
was running slowly but the head
| lamp was mashed and the radiator
damaged by the impact.
The Vermont Association of Local
Fire Insurance agents held it's an
nual meeting at Waterbury,, Nov.
IS, and elected the following Off
| GERS: President, Henry H. Hickok of
Burlington; vice-president, E. A.
Plastridge of Northfield; second vice
president, Guy E. Wilson of Bernel;
secretary, George F. Root of New
port; treasurer, w arner Clarke of
Rutland; executive committee,
George F. Root of Newport, A. B.
Noyes of st. Johnsbury, F. D.
Thompson of Barton, w. w. Russell
of Hartford and F. L. Brigham of
Bradford
The Rev. William Farrar Weeks
of Shelburne was on Thursday elect
ed coadjutor bishop of the Episcopal
diocese of Vermont. He was elected
on the lin ballot, Rev. George Y.
Bliss of Burlington being the next
in order. His salary was fixed at
$4,000 with $500 for travelling ex-
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