The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-17

Swanton reports $50 cases of in
fluenza and the doctors there are so
busy they have refused calls from
nearby towns
Pvt. Henry A. Goewey Of West
Towpshend died of spinal meningitis
in Camp Devens Wednesday. He
was born in Chester in 1895.
Mrs. Julia A. Dimock, who was one
Of the extension bureau lecturers at
the University of Vermont last year,
will be at Cornell university this win
ter. Her work will be in the home
economics department.
AS reported from Westfeld, Jay
Peak mas Eeen white with snow at
times during the last, two weeks, and
it is reported that the White Noun
tains in New Hampshire have been
Isnowcapped for three weeks. -
Thomas Murray of Rutland has re-
ceived a telegram from the war de-
partment announcing that his son,
Pvt. William P. Murphy, has been
wounded ir. action at the front in
France and General Pershing.
Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Bissel of
North Walpole, N. H., but who had
lived in Bellows Falls, which was MI,
BisselP,s native place, died within a
! few hours Of each other last week,
leaving an 18-month-old daughter.
Mrs. G.. s. Brown of Fair Haven
has received word of the death in
France of Pneumonia of Emil from
bly,, who had been in the regular
army yearly IL years. He served
on the Mexican border and went to
France with General Persring.
| In thunder shower Sunday morn
ing the barn on the farm of John
Benson of Shoreham was struck by
lightning and destroyed, with his en-
| tire crop Of wheat and oats, and some
hay was also burned, together with
his herd of six cows.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Black Of
Burlington have received word that
William J. Thomas, who had made
his home with, them since he was q
boy, had died of pneumonia at the
front IN France. He went overseas
last June. ~e
Miss. Rehecca Morgan, who died at
her home in Stowe last week of pneu-
monia, was 18 years old and was
graduated with high honors from the
Stowe high school last June, winning
the. honor scholarship in the Univer-
sity of Vermont, which she expected
to enter this fall @
An automobile owned, and driven
by Carroll Moore of North West
minister collided with an electric light
pole in Bellows Falls a few days ago
and by tae impact Mr.. Moore re-
ceived several scalp wounds, his
father, J. W. Moore, who was with
him, received broken. arm and the
car was considerably damaged.
Thomas Bradlee, director of the
extension service of the University of
! Vermont, was. married Wednesday
evening at the home of the oficiat-
ing clergyman, Rev. /. "A. Smart, to
Miss Jennie L. Rowell of Burlington.
The, bride graduated in chemistry
from the University in 1909 and since
then had been a chemist at Morrill,
hall.
Bronchial pneumonia caused the
death of T. J. Griffin of Barton at
Camp Colt. Gettysburg, Pa, last
week. His body was brought back
to Barton along with that of Elbridge
Mahoney of the same place. The
two men enlisted the same, day, went
to Burlington together, volunteered
for tank service together were. to-
gether at Camp Colt and Griffin died
Oct. 2, while Mahoney died Oct 3.
There have been so deaths in St.
Adams from pneumonia and Span
ish influenza. An emergency
has been established in the parish
house of ST. Luke's Episcopal church.
People have been dying in the city
! for the went of care and the parish
house was opened primarily to care
for those without. helpers at home.
From Friday night until Monday
anorning'13 deaths were reported.
| Richard Miller, &c, son of Mrs. Ad-
die Miller of Burlington, was killed in
action IN France Sept Is, according
to word received by his mother. He
sailed for France May 4. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson H Riley of the same
city have received word, that THEN
son, Edward Riley, was also killed in
action Sept Is. He was % years
iold, sailing for France in the 18th di-
vision On July g..