The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-09-16
VERMONT NEWS.

long an influential and respected citizen q
mat town, committed suicide on the 31st nj,
IL" rose early IN the morning, went out, an,
was not found until about noon, when he wa
discovered by his wife in the rear of his barn
having evidently been dead for hours. II,
cut his throat with knife His ace wa
nearly %. lie made his will the day prcvi
Gus. No adequate reason is known for tn,
act.
F"TNn DEAp.-Thcrc was found dead !,
barn-shed. about mile from Trov VILLAGE
on Monday morning 18th inst, the BODY Of /;
man apparently about forty wears of ave
name and residence unknown.
| An inquest was held upon the holy. ~,
marks OF violence were pcrccptible, and til,
verdict was. that the death was accidental O,
natural. The deceased was of a licLt O,
sandy complexion, his dress and appearance,
indicating poverty and suffering; is suppo,cd
to be foreigner. From some papers found
about the body in the German language it !.
inferred that he sailed from Bremen. (;,rma.
ny in ship johanna. Schwarg. Capt, No,
18th, 1892, and landed at New York. Jan 2
1915, and that his name was Carl Zcizh. The
deceased. or person resembling him, was
seen wandering about in the ncichborhood
OF the place where the body was found, dav
or two previous; but no one could give any
account OF him. This event gives rise to MANY
>orrowtul reflections. The deceased had
probably seen better 'lays.but finally become
a victim to want, suffering, and perhaps in
sanity. lie died tricndcSs and alone, with
no one to witness the last struggle, or to min-
lister to the necessities ola divine man.
Papers in the City of New York will please
notice TIE above and copy.-hocenc
FIRE IN WILMINGToN-About /? o'clock
IN the evening of Thursday, last week. a fire
was discovered in the saw mill belonging to
Israel Haynes of Wilmington, and before as
sIstanrc could be rendered the mill with all
Its contents, including a thrcshins- machine,
and considerable grain. was DESTROYED. No
thing but the watcr-whccl was saved. The
fire was evidently the work of an inccularv
as no fire had been used about the building
since last spring. The mill stood on the size
OF the one burned two years ago this month.
The value of the mill, grain and tools was a.
bout 500" on which was an insurance OF 33,J
dolarS.-Eoqlc.
rs: Mr.. Aaron Perkins. of Stockbri.!cc.
writes Us that on the 18th of AUGUST. 1851.
1t beng III the ''old of the moon, he cut some
cherry bushes, in order to Kill them. The
bushes were cut in the morning. vt niclt
his cattle ate Of the leaves and two Of his COWS
died within an hour afterwards. Other cows
became very sick, but finally recovered Mr..
Perkins speaks Of the black and red cherry.
and thinks that when eaten in a growing state
they would not have killed the cattle. lie
however >uppoScS that the action of the sun
upon the bushes after they were cut. drew
FruS>ic acid into the leaves from the stalks.
and ted Immediately on the cattle as a dead
~ poison. These facts Mr.. Perkins submits
to the public. as furnishing an interesting
subject for InveStig ation.- JIU,l>or Journu
MEETING OF THE ET. CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD Co-.Nonipcli,r, Sept. 1o-Thc NEE
ting OF the Vermont Central Railroad Co. is
not very largc-Wm. Raymond Lee, Prcsi-
lent
The amount of Cranes illegal issue is
10000 shares. and the Directors refer fine
subject to the stockholders without any rec
In regard to the surrender of
the propcf!v by the Trustees, they think it
cannot be .udiciously done at the present
time
The trustees reports the track to be in
very bad condition, and assigned this as the
reason for the great increase of cx
pcnsc. Twenty thousand tons of iron
IRE now required to insure safety and econo- |
ny in working the road
The trustees will not paw second mortoaoc
interest on stock dividends, however annie
heir means. until a legal decision is given
'utl orizlng them to do so: and thcv Will with !
lo'd all interest, if necessary, to maintain
he road IN >crvlceablc condition. No bust
ness OF Importance done. Adjourned to o.
lock-
Inc directors report the earnings of the
DAD for the year to be SS2o.1l9.GO. Ex-
lenses, SGOJ.S2G.lS, of which SS3.l61 is SET
Town as extraordinary expenditures.
The total liabilities are $3.50. 2o3. assets
>23?,322 II: Liabilities over asset, S3.lj7-
al ". The funded debt is S3.33S. 80:
loatIng dett S3,G97 ,293; bonded debt Sd
100000.
SrICIDE.-A convict named Horace IIolr-
lon committed suicide by hanging himself in
MS cell IN the State Prison. on Tuesday of
asst week. lie was discovered and cut down
n less than ten minutes after he went into
lis cell, but had become unconscious and re-
harmed so Tor twenty hours thereafter, when
&c died. lie was % years of age and wa,
entcnccd. last March, for seven wears. for
'orsc-s'caing.-Cdr~fim EpoS;iory
Il: We r. tired OF this everlasting co,,,,o