St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1868-07-24


tive OF Bennington, have recently received
information of his being found wandering
about the streets of Detroit in a state of
insanity. He is now in an asylum.
y Young man in the employ of d.. a.
j. Woodward. OF Sandgate. recently.
while ont hunting a wild eat, accidentally
discharged his revolver, the contents pass
Ing through his hand.
Archie, little eight years old son of Ii.
{. CLARK. was drowned in Sunderland. on
Wednesday, while playing upon ratt Of
logs.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
\ bloody atfray took place at Richtord,
Thursday OF last week, between some
roughS and the hands connected with
stone q Murray's circus. One man had
his skull fractured. and others were -,ri-
ously hurt.
-Four barrels. report ed 10 contain eggs.
troIn Montreal. We're seized by officers a:
-. Adams. recently. "n account OF the
slight mistake of packing in eac;i - bot
ties OF oil ofclovrs.
GRAND ISLE COUNTY.
Cas-iU> VI. Sowles. - year~ old. was
drowned in Lake Champlain. near Nor.h
hero, few days since. \ compati,rp
narrowly escaped the same fate.
LAIoLLE COUNTY.
!. ". Griswuli. Il well known l"vNc.
OF New York. and who owns the liu.~,
and largest farm in Nlorristowu, arrived 4,
he Troy House about midnight, Friday.
when he missed 100000 in government,
bonds which he was confident he had
placed in his breast pocket on leaving
New York. Believing himself robbed he
At once returned To New York. where to
his joy he found his package OF bonds on
the floor OF his office. where they had
dropped from his pocket.
ORANGE COUNTY.
The remains of the late Hon. Portu~
Baxter were last week removed from
tomb at Georgetown. Va, and buried At
STAFFORD last Sabbath.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Barton Standard now prints Mon
days. We are glad of it, tor ii Low gives
the Standard an opportunity to circulate
the Caledonian's locals while they are
fresh. and. (what is quite a important to
rs rice rerSr. See below.
Horace Bean of Newport. ON Thursday.
lost valuable horse from being over
driven by Barton custom officer.
At the late term "t Orleans county
court the Jail was emptied OF il criminals
five in all. and what il most strange. not
one of them was tried; they plead guilty
aud received sentence.
Merrill 7. Piper. on the l6,h, shot a
black American eagle, near the 'rottin-
park at West Derby. 1t measured j tect
from tip to tip. and weighed y pounds.
Mr. Joseph hamberlain OF West Alba
nv. died in that town on the oh list. He
had lirce. there for some sixty years and
wa4 ninety years old.
Mr.. James Craig OF WeSimprc. vas very
BADLY hurt ON the llth inst. rca" ihy
bridge by Alex. Tripp'S. in Barton. /. j.
claimed that the road was detective ami
mat he was thrown ont in consequence.
Ills hurt i Internal.
The Standard hcaGs tho ioIio,.ir@ '-tu-
other jail Geiiyery.' a woman Who T. in
ail at Irasbur@h Oh ciiar.r oi stealing
li.ile piece OF ie1riry. recently became the
happy. OF unhappy mo,hcr oi u daugd.rs.
fhv attending physician Wa also : pr.--
oucr. BY what authority iye- The ir'.a.
keep that lao. in Jail:
The Express thus notices an mpala,ic.-
eel case o; toin-toolcry. The pointing at
a gun -. pjSi,.aJ "a person -hputi "- IL b.
penal offence: Uepr&, M"shcr, a lad
about ln.rlccn years old. in iiuliand. NJ
shot hy aIotucr boy. q sod oi Horace
Brown. on SATURDAY, In" llth inst. The
BOYS were al work hocing potatoes, and
haviu. iinishc,! their rows were ic-,a.-
upon he Era,-. Brown. ~ - ina, -iiu
with hiln. pointed tine weapon toward
Moshrr Musher demonstrated. te.lim.
him il was careless DC. but unaccounta-
BILE aS all such accidents are. the gun WAS
discharged. the shot taking etfpc; in one oi
Mo,her's LEGS in the fleshy part near the
body. 1t was a serious wound and fears
are entertained that il may prove fatal.
Kinnis Nicholson, a Scotchman. from
Whcatland, z. G., laboring for Mr. John
F. Morrill, in Derby. died very suddenly
the 18th inst. in the following manner
| He came in from work in a very heated
condition. drank heartily of cold water and
was Frustrated in about five minutes alter
wards losing his senses entirely. He died
| in about five hours, aud his remains were
| inferred at Derby. At Whcatland whence
he came about two weeks before. he leaves
a wife aud seven children.
RUTLAND COUNTY.
Patrick Burns was shot through the
lungs at Rutland. on Sunday evening. in
| free fight, BY one Flanagan. and died
next day.
l.. b. Hammond's barns at Mount Holly
were struck by lightning on Monday icve-
ming, and totally consumed.
Rutland is going to have Il steam fire
engine, night patrolmen and large res
ervoir, in endeavor to check the recent
rampant IncenGiarism there.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
Mr.. Lvtord. hotel keeper at Warren
died from the effects of the heat one day
last week.
The corner stone of the new seminary
of the Freewll Baptists at Waterbury was
lail. last week, with appropriate services
IC. W. Willard delivering the address
The building is So by 40 feet, three stories
high. and will cost $4,000.
OBaldwin. the Irish giant" rs he CALI