The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-04-01
THE AL.EDO N / "A N
Painful Accident.

Painful Accident.
On Saturday afternoon last, Mr.. ALBERT
4. BAICm, superintendent OF car repairs on
the Passumpsic Road. came TO his death In
:, .ulJ.n and distressing manner. After din.
ncr he left his house for the shop, and at the
time when the Freight Train was shifting
the ears ON the various tracks in the yard
lie stopped on the track near plafiorm,and
as it is supposed, lis attention was directed
tc the bun.cr which was somewhat broken
when another platform car. impcllcd by the
Train above it, struck him upon the head
pinning him between the buntcr irons
and dragging him somc rods, causing instant
death. Mr. Balch was a man of unusual
care. and it is an almost incxIlicablc mystic
nv how he should be thus killed.
lie leaves wife and four children t.
mourn his untimcIy death. Mr.. Ealch wa
much esteemed by his acquaintance, cSpeci
allv Nv those intimately associated with hin
in business. H. came to this place from
Lebanon, n. IT,, and on Tuesday. after az
propriate exercises at his late residence, hi
body was taken there for intcrmcnt. \ large
number of persons connected with the Roa'
at this place manifested :',cir respect for TIT
deceased. AMI sympathy for the bercavc'
family. Ky arcompanyin. the remains to th'
place of burial Mr. Balch was 80 years Of
age.
AxorurE Man kIIIrp.-Mr. William
Wells was Killed on the Concord (N H..
Railroad on MONDAY last, about a mile belo'
the Depot at Concord lie fell from the E:l
-inr. the cars running over him and SEVERN
his body.
A't!DESr-LaS: Saturday evening, a Ia
named Nathan Jay, in the employment o,
McsSrs. F.. & +. Fairbanks * Co., wa, cngac
cI in a friendly wrestling contest with or
n' hi, fellow worhmcn, and bv some un!uck
The knee The main lone was good j..
',!:m'rrcd. Whether the injury was orc9
, -ionrl h,- a TOO severe stroke Of his anta-c
n;>t'> foot Or N some other way j, not ca.l
':,,o"n.
II Arfoi:N GtAEu- Mr.. :. W. IIgn:,,
has invented guard to be APPLIED to IA.
srncrr cars. and which appears. hv cxpcr
. mental .c>ts 20 answer admirably the purpos
for wliic', it is dc>i.r,i,o wit to prcvcnt pa
~engcrs from receiving in NY should the
tall between The cars when passing from or
l. to another. 1t consists OF iron chains wi;
: rods aud is attached to 'hc ear, and won,
not fail ensure safety should person f.
:, upon il. The guard was tried upon Il!
Pt>sunp>!c cars last week. and those "!
Witnessed Is operation pronounce it a u>c:
II invention. Mr. Hunter has taken measure
J., to"t';ain atcnt.
J. TIE CurrrH Hiul"Ns-A friend
Saul, sam, Marie. las furnished II, Wi
=, Est Of ..lc amount Of COPPER and iron r
II ccivra Al that place the past season from Il
different mines upon the shores of Lake :
= Ic:iur. The aggregate number Of tons Of CO
t yer i, 2.>i iron. So? tolS and Is. lbs G
blooms. :ol tons and ".j lis Of ore. II
:. increase viii undoubtedly be large the pre-
i cnt season.
. European News.
The public on oar continent must ST
rest in suspense .or brief pcrio,! longer Il
Il lie decisive turn o: a.!.i-s in Eastern Et
: rorc. TIE Storm IS sill gathering 1t wi
.n,n reach lis eliminating point. Peace q
a sang'l:nsry war VIII. in \ very short tim,
! he announced and war, inI .n- of the si-r,
apparent 10 The public eve, it mus. almost in
+ cvitai'ly he. T!,c news received this wee
al !car this aSp"~;.
The reader VIII notice Tia: Russians hav
net Russians and Suffered TX severe con
test lasting an hour or two. the loss of scvc-a
hundred men an accidental Grht in tn
4 dark. each party thinking all the time the
/. were con'cndinG with the Turks.
The British Naval feet. which was a,
pointed to sail ahou; the llth of March. is III
largest ard best fitted that ever left the sherc
of England.
SINGILAE WEATHrH.-Th weather f.
week past has been more like Fclruar
than the last week of March The ground
covered 10y two feet of snow. and the s,cio|
ing quite good. Thursday morning howe,
er, beat a!i-the mercury sunk to 10 bcIo,
zero Has viii answer for the 30h ,lav O
: March.
ELECTIONS Elections take place ncH
week in Rhode Island & Connecticut. In car
State the elections will be confined to u
choice OF Legislature and State officers
In connecticut the legislature to he chose
will have to elect a United States Senator.
, In both States very earnest contest is wac
cd In Rhode Island there are four tickle,
IN noarna'lon, the Whiss. the Conscrva,;y,
ali! the radical Democratic, and the Tenn,
rance. The temperance question will cxer
'i>c considerable influence upon the choic
OF members of the legislature in both STATE
For the several past years. Nv reason Of III
agitation OF this question the Wings have SUI
tered severely both in Rhode Island and Con