St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-06-04
VERMONT NEWS

omcers were elected Friday morn
ing at the closing session of the
Vermont State Dental Society at
Burlington as follows: President,
Dana &. bearing, South Royalton;
vice presidents. Thomas Mound, Rut-
land. and w. H. McGoff, Montpelier;
secretary, p. NJ Williams, Rutland;
treasurer, w. H. Munsell, Wells
River; executive committee, II. nj.
Smith, Lyndonville; G.. E. Partridge,
Burlington, w. r. Pond, Rutland.
It was voted to meet next year at
Rutland by invitation of the board
of trade. Four new members were
admitted.
Corporal julius Lyle of the
Tenth cavalry at Fort Ethan Allen,
lay down on the bed and shot him
self through the temple May ID.
Death was instantaneous. He was
81 years old, unmarried and had
served one year. He left three notes
the contents of which were not d.
vuIged.
There we're $50 delegates and Wis
itors at the biennial convention OF
the Vermont State branch of the
Foresters of America at Rutland
May Is. Reports showed good n
| nancial condition with $500 in the
treasury. The membership at pres
ent is 3400. The officers elected
were: Grand chief ranger, j. b.
Flanagan of Proctor; grand sub
chief ranger; Samuel Leonard OF
West Rutland; grand treasurer, j.
A. Ryan of Bellows Falls; grand
secretary, James J. Halpin OF Pitts
ford; grand recording secretary,
Charles Lonergan of Montpelier;
senior woodland, H. P. Lozaire of
Bellows Falls; junior woodland, Ed
ward Shannon of Bennington; senior
beadle, L. E. Leonard of Pittsford;
| Junior beadle, J Curtis of Proctor;
first trustee, DR.. John l.. Welch OF
Proctor; second trustee, P. H. Walk
er OF East Barre; third trustee, S.
ID. Donald of East Barre; delegate
to the supreme convention at Allan
tic City, N. T., in July, James Law
son of Websterville; alternate, j.
la. Ryan of Bellows Falls.
julius Wells, charged with the
murder of his six years old son by
administering poison on December 2
E1912, was acquitted in Franklin
county court last week. The case
charging him with the murder OF
his daughter will probably be mol
pressed and Mrs. Wells has been re-
leased from Jail and will have nc
trial.
The 46th annual encampment Of
the G.. A. R. will be held in Rut-
land, June 10 and IL. Headquar
ters will be at the Bardwell. The
national commander, Alfred b
Beers, has been invited to be pres
ent and other prominent men are
expected. Monday evening recep
ton will be given to the national de
partment officers of the different or
, ders and their auxiliaries and Tues
day evening a rousing campfire will
be held. Wednesday will be devoted
to an outing at Lake Bomoseen.
f. C. NORM of Burlington com
mitted suicide May Is by drinking
cyanide of potassium. He had beer
melancholy for several days. Aftf
taking it he told his wife what h
had done. He was 40 years old and
paper hanger.
Just after putting ON new sill
dress, Miss Kathryn Mccarthy,
Rutland telephone operator, hear
a splash and a cry outdoors and RAJ
to rescue a four year old boy VIII
! had fallen into three feet of YER
muddy water. She was the onl
person in sight and the boy woul'
surely have drowned without he
aid. She refused all compensation
for her ruined dress.
At a meeting of the executiv
committee of the State Grange a
Bellows Falls May Is it was decide
to hold the next annual meeting g
Bellows Falls, December 9, 10 an
IL.