The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-05-22

y "lQWI '-TlHlE or tUtH Wls"Ns
s'iuiiftN tirttu--N terrible ailray t,.h
place iu Glover village on Saturday V,cUu.
last, iu which several persons Of both gender,
were considerably missed up. IL appear, ta.i
a young gentleman named Brooks, nd g,,.
tainted iuusryurirIg tUt.icN 10 AN cXhihjt.ou.au.
on his rgturn WAS invited into their roua
which, tlicy had hired az the house Of Nlu,,,
Goodwin, during the term of school III.
owner of the house, rot liking it, went iu,a
thereon withuoi hing but his shirt and drav,f,
..rtis-rs,s! s',- ,,-rt ftrvufsy ssfyi hi
lac would let him alone he would 90 out h.m.
self but it lac intended TO use force, he shuu
not 90 till he got ready. Goodwin ta.
went into his Kitchen and returned with ,.
fire shovel and raising it over his head vi,a
an oath ordered him to leave the house
: Brooks took II from him, When both oliurHsi
and then came the tug OF war Goadu.u.
81 -iti-, TORI, TO tuttrry, and -bgng llIr
harder rges-eA i,,t tt,tt ttiuri- WAS agrr51l
ho yo.led murder, which drought the nrie4,
bors to The rescue When they went 90 o..
room. Brooks sat holding Goodwin in shp
who appeared To have quite a cumi0ri-r.l
time OF II. Brooks .wus taken up and .l.
his trial on Tuesday last which r,..,.. B..
the jury dlsugrcglng-nuG tor conNlcl.uu. ALL
five Tor ucquittaL-. The second trial wustDl.
had ycsterdoy.-irdSJ,Ugh Standard,
SERIOUS ACclpENT.-I.ast Tuesday after
noon a distressing accident occurred 20
Charles II, Davis, (son Of Bliss y. Davis E,s
Of this ,illage,) whereby he lost his left hand
Davis, IN company with Ii. s. Cook, were
on u fishing excursion near Slccpcrs Mills.
in Walden, and near night they met a Young
man by the name OF Fields, who had sho,
gun, aad They commenced firing il. Ai,cr
trying the gun. II missed fire once or twice,
but was finally discharged, and reloaded ly
Fields with heavy charge and Davis o..
qucs,cd the privilege offITng il. lie took
it i'm his hands and fired il, when the gun
burst into several pieces, taking with H. a.
little above the wrist, the entire le.t ham. ~
Davis, who Immediately exclaimed, "Nly band
is gone" Cook was standing very near d.,
guu-So near, that the Discharge severely
stunned him, but fortunately, did him No iu-
luryWhie Fields was some distance off, The
. fragments of the gun. no doubt, as well is
the hand took downward drcctiou,inscsl!
OF tying about, and thus prevented Glihi-
injury. As soon MS possible, DIR. AlcNa-dG
this village, was sent for, and wa, m
attendance. II was found necessary To- o-t
oil the arm about three inches above thuvIis.
and which operation was performed With ll,.
As usual surgical skill, after which your.
Davis was brought home, and is now Going
wcll--Stdr.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT Mr.. NJ. Buruham Of
/ Montpelier accompanied by his sister and
! NISS VI. T. Folsom, who had been teaching
during the past term, at the Mortified lu@'-
luton were passing from this place to Mont
peier on the l2lh Inst, in n private carrjage.
/ Mr. Burnham gut out of the carriage al
Lanesville to let down the check, for The
horse to drink. While standing upon the
ground, some movement of the umbrella
frightened the horse, in attempting to hold
him, Mr.. b. was thrown upon the ground lf1
dragged quite distance before rclinqui,h7t
his grasp upon the rcins. The horse nan
with great violence, upsetting the carrlgt
Just before plunging down steep bank n'o
! Dog river. Miss Folsoms shoulder "a'
seriously injured, and the other young lady,
as well as Mr.. Burnhnm, considerably bruised
but think themselves fortunate that in such
imminent peril their lives were spared. The
horse was drowned.-Messenger.
\ MoRE MORRILL, HoRsEs. --Wo learn that
last week Friday, J. S, IL. Weeks, ESQ, Of