The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-06-07


up ears and dsPo, buildings. Tic was one Of
the gang Of incendiRries recently broken up
Ia Michigan, lie was taken at White Pige-
on, Alter an exchange Of shots from piatala,--
The trial Of those In custody IL progressing
at Detroit.
j.. 80 The earnings of the Rutland and Bur
lingtoh Railroads Are increasing greatly, For
April they were ss2,sOO, for the same month
last year ei2,55I,02, showing gain Of &c..
g4s,Aa. The annual meeting OF the cnmpa-
ny 10 10 be held at Brandon on the 18th day
81 Jsse,
Bl5 Israel w, Drown, whose mysterious
disappearance from Whitehall, In connection
with the subsequent discovery Of human
skeleton under the tenement formerly oecu-
pied by him, has created some excitement, IL
foudn to be still living.
DEATH 90 RonERr Il. HoRSER, Fac
A very extensive circle Of friends and Ac-
quaintAnces, reaching, perhaps, to every
State In tho Union, will regret 10 learn that
Robert Il. IIorner, Door Keeper Of the Unit
81 stAtss IIosss ef Representatives, died at
Queenston, near Princeton, on Thursday at
tqEnoon, 2sth ulL, about half past twooolock
His disease was consumption.
E8- The Mormons have made their way in
10 Italy, and number great many converts
among the Piedmontcse. They call them
selves the WAldensian church. Elder Snow
was the person who propagated the new faith
in the ancient home Of the Waldenscs
or Efforts are TO be made in Wisconsin 10
introduce a more extensive culture Of lax -
Il costs that State two hundred thousand dol.
lars annually for linSood oil alone
ar The Commonwealth says that Sims has
been sold at auction for $1,000, and that he
has gone TO Havana to work on sugar plan
tation,
a. benjamin i. Brown Of Kecne, ~ H.,
committed suicide on Wednesday, the 2slh
ult., by hanging himself to bcdpost. lie was
- years Of age and len wife, but no chill
dren.
81 jackson, the american Deer" as he
has been called, and Coffee, the Indian, ran
ten miles at ST. Louis, on the i4th ult., for
wager OF $500. Jackson won, his time being
SO minutes and 81 soconds--CofIee, 80 min
utcs and 3 seconds.
nS- Gold a. rich ~ that from the mines Of
California is said to have been recently found
in Maine, and in portion Of the State on
the borders Of the line which separates IL from
Canada, heretofore considered ~ a wilder
ness. So great is the excitement created by
the discovery, that raiismcn are said 10 have
abandoned their logs, and the farmers their
shovels and hoes, to engage in searching for
the precious metal.
81 The property of Philadelphia is rated
atSi37 100000; of Boston at 2i4,OOO, 900
OF New York s6,ooo, GOO. Disia;ar the
property by the population, each Phiadel-
phian is worth S3sS each New Yorker $3.50,
and each Bostonian over $780, making Bos-
ton the richest city proportionAtely in the
United States, and probably in the world.
~ Aessrs A: S. and NJ. Bingham Of Corn
wall, Addison County, had great sheep
shcaring on the 2Sth ult About 800 persons
were present, for whom the Messrs Bingham
provided u sumptuous dinner. Some Of the
heeces sheared, weighed upwards of 2s
pounds.
CT The corporation of the University Of
Vermont, at a special meeting held on FRI
day, May %, elected Rev. Zadock Thomp-
son Professor of Natural History and Chem