St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-02-07

VINO killed. (Ol. Ellsworth al Alexandra,
VA, during the first year of the war,
was shot and killed by his own son al
Fort Valley, near Macon, Ga, last week
as the result Of IL family quarrel in which
the young man was turned out of the
house by his father.
EYE GoUGED OUr-A few days simce
man working for Robert Elwell, ot
Langdon, n. H., lost an eye very singu-
Iarly. lie was driving pair Of oxen,
and while walking by their side got SC
close TO the near OK that By throwing it,
heud, around one horn Of the ANNA
gouged his eye out, it dropping to the
ground.
The children of Mr.. Hall. of Potten,
near the Vermont and Canada line, are
five III number, and all have six fingers
on each hand and foot. The two young
est, twins four years old, weigh 125 lbs.
each
Two young children were arraigned
before Brooklyn court, Wednesday, On
charge of attempting murder, insticated
by their mother. They took down i
smaller child OF another family, and were
beating him to death with brickbat and
shovel, wien they were arrested.
Mr.. johnson Is said to be very much
demoralzed by Gen. Beatty's election in
OuiD, and he fears til It that State may
not approve his course, after all. The
republicans from Ohio say that il Vallan-
digham had stumpcd the district, they
would have doubled their majority.
CJmmo lore Vanderbilt, who, with A.
I. Stewart and other wealthy men went
into the Grant movement in New York
city, has withdrawn his name, in n letter
TO Mr.. Stewart, on account of the gcner-
ais ''rc:icence" in tie Stanton affair.
IMPORTANT To DENTISTS. - Judge
Smalley OF the United States Circuit
Curt Tor he D!sric; of Vermont issued
injunctions Wednesday against Prime,
x Wright of Brandon, and Henry Kings
ley Of MjdiIehury, enjoining them from
using or making the rubber dental plates
OF palate, made according to the Good
year patent.
No Young man, twenty-one years OF
aye. who has his health, should be sati,-
fed with himself unless he is honesty
saving and wing by tor future Use at
least the sum OF 500 year.
II wing discussed for two days Il pro-
position TO allow churches to pat organs
IN their houses Il worship. the genera
prc>bytery at Montreal has declined to
grant tie request.
y little son and only child of Alexan-
Ter Pratt OF New Britain. was killed in
SANITY, on Monday, by drinking from
Via! Of electro silver plating fui.l, which
contained the cyanitc Of potassium, ON,
Of the most deadly poiSOns. \ warning /
TO parents 10 keep all walls ous OF til,
r}rch of children, and warning to all .
WHO put poisonous drugs in their prepar-
lions, to mark them Po,S,,.
Y terrible ;,ecile occurred = fen DAYS
Inc" near Wlac>hurg, o. The explo-
sion OF Il can containing coal oil, result
cd IN tie death OF five persons, aid SO .
>,riou>l Y burned six more that the live,
OF several are desp:Gred Of The oil 10
nited from 4 candle, held by one person
while another filed Il lamp.
An accident similar to the Angola Dis
'stcr. but not 50 fearful in its consequence,
occurred On the PENNSYLVANIA railruad
Lear NH Geek, early Friday morrioc.
-Four OK the rear ears of an express tran
were thrown from the track by hebrcak-
nc OF rail. Two were Sleeping car.
he for New York and on, for Philadel-
,hi;. -! four went over an emhanh
neni, and three car, were burned. \
y oman, named Annie Duggan. was kill
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