The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-07-03
lIoat and Lightning.


The cheated term" has come upon U.S.
although It Is now essentially "onsing Up" a
li'rlc-ard with Il bus come the usual amount
1T thunder storm, aud hail storms. url dam.
age 10 live and property hy lighning and
heat We Gad our exchange, ,hj, vccl, nl,
Of particulars iu regard 10 the weather. 4
correspondent Of ,hc Jomno, AZ White River
Junction thus speak, Of the heats
The following figures, giving the range of
the thermometer in the shade, ~ 4. M
for the las, few days, win show for themselves
whether or not We are 10 the midst Of the
heated term. g" Thursdays Jurc ~, 90 4;
Friday June -, % SATURDAY, June %
% SUNDAY, June -, 0S G, An Irish la.
Larc=- rra.luarL- Ll-i Lr-N Mennonite. .,-tr-i
Ktilood as section hand, five miles below
here, drank o quart or more Of well water
after getting very warm at his work, aud
died within fifteen minutes afterwards, on
Saturday
The names of uwcuiy.thrcc persons who
were sun-s,ru. Is in New York and ucin.il
from Saturday to Monday are given, fourteen
of whom died, aud there were some ten or
twelve cases ON thc coroucrs' states which had
not been investigated
At Philadelphia on Sunday five persons
died from the effects Of the feat.
\ hail storm passed over New Salem Mass.
on SUNDAY. the goth, hail stones falling as
large as waluuis, and covering the grnuud.-
As no wiuI accompanied the storm, not much
damage was done to crops.
The Concord, y. II. Patriot reports that n
destructive hail storm passed over the valley
of thr Contoocuok River in Hopkiuton Fri
day, the Goth inst, seriously injuring the
crops, over a'spacc Of some four miles, and
destroying much other property In one
hour, sixty lights Of glass were broken
HailStoucy fell measuring four or five inches
in circumference.
During the heavy thunt or storm OF Sun.
day evening, the lightning struck large elm
tree in front OF Rev. Mr. Newhall's house in
Iitchfeld, ~ H., Mrs. Newhall and a little
girl receiving n severe shock, and a boy re-
siding there was knocked down. The win
dows were smashed and some Of the crockery
broken. The next day the members of the
family had completely recovered, but the
beautiful elm was ruined
On Mnndcy last. says the Bradford Tide.
graz h, Mr.. Luth Golf, of Washington.
came to Bradford with span of valu bile
horses. Immediately after arriving hcrO one
of his horses fell and soon died. NJ Golf
noticed that his horse did not perspre and
so intense was the internal heat, that he died
from its effects.
The lightning struck large livery stable
in Norwnlk, Conn, on Saturday night, en-.
tircly consuming it, The fire then spread to
an adjoining stable, which was also consumed,
together with n large iron foundry and store
house. The hotel to which the stables were
attached was slightly damaged. One man
! anu STVTTdT H0TSGS WtrU KTfiGd. Loss UbOut
six or seven thousand dollars.
The State Prison at Concord, N. H., was
struck 10y lightning on Saturday noon. One
! bolt started down the Lightning rod, hut the
connection being defective, the lightning
passed into the building through the stone
walls, and then, following the steam pipes, it
went into the cookroom knocking the cook
backwards, breaking considerable crockcry
stunning one of the prisoners in his cell, and
then disappeared