The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1865-09-01
Grimes and Casualties.

blood. We congratulated ourselves on
the close Of the Rebellion because that
now we should no more read of conflicts
and maimings and deaths by violence.
But there is fearful state Of things in
our country yet crimes and accidents
multiply in startling ratio. We have
hastily thrown together few that have
occurred since our last paper:
The passenger train which left Nash
vile for Huntsville, Ala, Friday morn
ing, ran off a long trestle work near Rey-
nolds' station. The entire train was
thrown off and ten Or twelve persons kill
ed and about twenty injured.
The night express train from Iowa on
the Dixon and Fulton branch OF the Chi
cago and Northwestern railroad, ran into
culvert which had been washed away by
the storm, Monday night The engineer,
fireman, express messenger and one pas
senger were killed and three other passen-
gers were injured, but not seriously.
AN excursion train, returning on We'd
nesday evening with picnic party to
Boston, on the Old Colony Road, came in
collision with a hand-car, throwing the
engine and six cars off the track, three
filled with passengers going down an en-
bankment. Singular to say, no one was
seriously injured.
The steamer Argosy, from Cairo for
Cincinnati, with the 10Th Ohio Infantry,
was blown ashore in rain storm on Mon
day evening, 80 miles below Louisville.
The conclusion caused an explosion of the
mud-drums, the steam from which scalded
II persons, two OF whom died, and two
more were expected to die. Eight were
also drowned by jumping overheard.
The steamer Brother Jonathan was
wrecked Oh the California coast July 80,
and between 200 and 800 lives lost-only
l. persons being saved.
a fire broke out in New York Friday
in the irework mandatory of Thomas
Jones. The flames soon spread through
the building, and cut off the retreat of
some girls employed in sewing in the attic
All the girls escaped save one, named
Cleveland, who was burned past recogni-
ton.
Thomas Cross of Lebanon, y. II. while
drunk on Monday, aimed a gun at his
own daughter and snapped ii. Fortu-
nately the cap only exploded Cross was
arrested and bound over for trial in $500.
On Thursday, the 23d. the wife of Mr.
Winter, q butcher in North E;lston, Mass.
who had been sick for two weeks with
typhoid fever, during an attack of deliri-
UNI, got up from her bed, took razor and
cut her throat, from the effects of which
she died in about two hours. TO add to
his calamities, on the next day, Mr.. VIM
ter's barn caught fire and was entirely
consumed, together with six or eight tons
OF hay, $1,000 worth of hides, ice house.
slaughter house, &c.
a German resident of Hoyd's Hill,
Pittsburg, Pa, was murdered while on
his way to his work, Friday morning, by
some thieves who lured him to a retired
spot 10 rob him. His body was multi
lated in shocking manner. Several ar
rests have been made, and Mrs Grinde
has been taken into custody at the same
place for poisoning three persons who were
quests at her house All three have died.
An eA-treasury clerk, recently discharg-
ed on account of drinking habits. threw
himself from the fifth story of the Nation
nj hotel at Washington on Tuesday night
and was instantly killed.
\ young man named Frank IIalstead
was waylaid by two highwaymen hear
Jersey City, Saturday night, knocked in
sensible. robbed, and then thrown over a
ledge of rocks. He was terribly bruised
but is likely to live.
a fast man, named Edwards, threw
himself out of window in hotel on In
ion square, n. T., on Monday, and was
killed. Cause not given.
A New York bar-keeper shot a mar
dead for attempting to leave his saloon
without paying for his drink
t Last Thursday evening several despe.
radoes attacked the Jail in Dyer county
Tennessee, for the purpose of delivering
some of the accomplices imprisoned there
The military arrived in time to dispers,
them, killing four.
: Two negroes, named George Nciror
and John Nevan, who committed rape up
on white woman named Susan NJ Car
, roll, at Hickman, Ky, on the l 1th O
March last, were hanged on the 22d Al
Paducah, Ky.
Charles Mccarthy, of Company G
f 18th Iowa Cavalry, killed an Irishmal
named Michael Reynolds. at Rogertown
Scott county, Iowa, on Saturday last
7 A negro soldier was found drowned il
5 the Ohio River at Cairo, on Wednesday
: He had apparently been in the water sew
t eral days. His hands were tied together
: with a rope.
John Cowell, who murdered the alb
D sconding banker Treadwell, was executed
at Napoleon, o., on Friday. He con
: lessed his guilt on the scatfold, and &C
: knowledged the justice of bis punishment
G Dr. Lancaster, one of the metropolitan
coroners, makes the appalling statement
that there are $4,000 mothers in Londo1