St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-04-26

The Vermont Central railroad has dis
continued Its connection with the Grand
Trunk for the west. and now sends pas
sensers from Ogdensburg by Watertown,
Rome, the New York Central and the
Great Western roads, making sure con-
ncctions through 10 Chicago.
The railway up Mount Washington i.
being constructed with great activity.
The track iron is being transported to
the base of the mountain, and teams and
laborers are hard at work. 4 large and
magnificent hotel will be built thi. sum-
mer, and will be ready for the travel Of
next year.
Thomas Doherity, an Irishman, Is un-
der arrest in Gloucester, Mass, for kill
ING his own son, child three years old.
Doherity is Of ungovernable temper. and
while beating the child its brother inter-
fered, which so enraged him that he
dashed the child's head against the bed
stead, killing it instantly
Several Portland merchants recovered
by law S2,0lG from the Grand Trunk
railway, last week. for unreasonable de-
tention IN the shipment of quantity OF
flour from the west.
Hiram Circuit, principal of the Young
ladies seminary at Brattleboro and West
Lebanon, has also taken the management
of Il third institution of the kind at Cor
ham, Ne. Mr. circuit is not likely to
rust out for want of employment.
The MORNING SrAR.-This new mis-
siOnary ship, which recently sailed from
Boston, under the command of Rev.
Hiram Bingham, Jr., arrived at Homo
lulu, S. l., on the 18th of March, after
speedy passage of one hundred and
twenty days. This fact is happy
proof of the nautical competency of the
young missionary master and his trust-
worthy mates.
The president tells a Bostonian that
he has almost determined TO spend a
week in New England, passing the Eth
of June at Charlestown, then going TO
New Hampshire for two or three DAYS,
and returning to attend the dedication of
the masonic temple in Boston.
Lookout Station, go miles cas-. of the
Smoky Hill route, was destroyed by the
Cheyenne Indians on monday of last
week, and three employees of the United
States express company killed and scalp
ed. The marauders also stole eight of
the company's horses, and succeeded in
making their escape.
The strikers for higher wages IN DIFF
terent parts of the country are generally
backing down and returning to their old
rates. The carpenters in New York
have nearly all abandoned the movement.
The iron strikers in Morris county, New
jersey, have gone to work again at the
old prices. And similar intelligence
comes from other parts of the Middle
States.
In New York a Jew butcher has been
and bound over under $500 bail
for cruelty to animals, by cutting the
throat of a bullock instead of first knock
ing him on the head. The rites of the
Jews forbid them to kill animals in any
other way, and they will strenuously OPP
pose this new order of things, which
they claim is an Infringement on their
religion.
SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT WHITFIELD.
A son of Jacob McDuffee, about 1S
years of age, while putting a belt on to
a shaft in L;bbey's Mill in Whitefeld,
on the 18th inst, was caught By the
shaft and torn almost into shreds-his
limbs being completely smashed and torn
up in shocking manner. He bleathed
but few times after being found.
Ex-Gov. Joseph A. Gilmore, of New
Hampshire, died on the 18th inst. He
was born at Weston, VT, June TO-, 1911.