The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-10

l. - hdrtsuorn, w n!S, Is elcctcd III rs
sex County. Houses Wings and locos.
Whole of Wing County Ticket elected ex-
cept Sheriff
rg A Telegraph Despatch Thursday PM
from Brattleboro, says that in 142 towns the
whg net gain in the lou~c is B.
e. Mr. Alfred Hall, of Barnstead. n. H..
while feeding a threshing machine, on
Wednesday, had his left hand caught in the
cylinder, and the flesh torn and the bone hor-
ribly crushed, all below the elbow His arm
has been amputatcd just below the elbow
Ky There has been Tut one death in the
village of West Longmea,low Ms, so far in
1858. Population about 700
G" 1t is stated in the New York Evening
Post, that Mr. n. &. Norcross, of Lowell,
known as the timber king" has purchased
The stumpage on 800, 900 acres of land On the
Ottawa river, in CanaIa \ few years ago
he bought 10000 acres near the sources of
the Merrimac river. and is now about to en-
large his business
MIR and Mrs Stowe and President Van
Buren, and son, recently passed through
Frankfort on the Maine.
&" The taxes Of VIM. B. Aston. of New
lork city, for 1888, amount to about $4,000
too much property for one man.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN AUGUSTA. Nh.
A fire broke out in Augusta, on SATURDAY
morning at about oclock in the spool facto-
~ of liarnden Leland. The large machine
shop. Touring mill. block of saw mills. XIV
anlzing shop, two dry houses and boarding
house We're destroyed. Loss estimated from
100000 to So oo-which i, partially COW
cred by Insurance.
K" 1t is predicted that the hop crop will
be on" third short the present year. Prolu-
GERS in Madison County, New York, having
contracts to deliver large lots the present
fall, have been Obliged to 90 into the market.
and buy up enough to make themselves GOOD.
They have paid as high as 50 and 80 cents
for some. The English crop is also expected
to be light.
81 On Thursday noo.., Mr. johnson. lew
eIlrr and telegraph operator, in Wcntworth'>
building, Lowell, closed his store to 90 to
dinner, and while absent. his store was brok-
en- INTO, and robbed of all its contents. The
amount of property taxi was about two
thousand dollars.
EG A Washington despatch of the 3lst
says "A duel took place Yesterday afternoon,
between 5. G. Davis, member of the Viryin-
ia Legislature, and Robert Rilgwav, editor
OF the Sentinel OF Liberty. published in Viz
@lna, Davis fired the first hot without cf-
feet, when Rid way declined to fire. The
parties became recOnt i.rd''
S@ The Ale& ,ndria Gazette saws. the
Democrat papers have ceased from their
interroei' ry-"I~ the Wing party dead :"
and are rapidly turning their attention to the
inquiry sill more important TO them. Can
the Democrat party. As at present constituted.
l., Kept alive:'
OVER THREE HUNDRED PILGRIMS
DK"wNEp,-Thc English papers contain an
account of the loss of an India ship on the
2lst or 221 of June last. near the mouth
of bombay llarlor. When the vessel struck
the rocks, the boats were got out. but so treat
was the rush that the boats were upset and
about sixty were swept overheard and drown
ed. When the ma>ts fell a larrc number
We're crushed to death Over three hundred
persons lost their lives by this Disaster.
They were mostly pilgrims returning from
Arabia.
Il" The cholera has entirely left Cumbcr-
land, Md The number of deaths by it was
1G.
ENrL">IoN.-A terrible explosion occur
red at Wheeling, on Monday: 20 KEYS of
"unpowcer exploded on the wharf, killed one
drayman instantly, and blowing another in
to the river. The wharf boat was complctc
~ demolished, and the steamboats, Orion and
Salem damaged; several windows were shat !
tered throughout the CITY.