St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-05-26

i ago, man OF sixty was married to Il
damsel OF thlrty-fivc, ami took their bri-
dial tour to their home. Il few miles dis
tant, seated in Il hay rack in which they
had been packed the bed and bedding on
which they were TO sleep that night.
Vermont has the credit OF being til.
only State in which Il Nathan murder
err has not been arrested. 1t should BE-
remembered, however, that ''Nathan
murderer" differs entirely from the muir
dcrcr Of Mr.. Nathan, the latter
may yet he found in Vermont.
\ company has lately been formed Of
European and New York capitalists to
lay Il telegraph cable from point on
the coas. of Georgia TO san Domingo,
Jamaica, and ultimately to Rio Janeiro
and intermediate points The company
will also connect the west coast of south
America with this country by sea and
land telegraph lines. No Government
subsidies will be asked.
An adjourned meeting Of the Police
/ Commissioners of Hartford, Conn, 70
! hear testimony i'll the case of the Chief
Of Police, charged with having written
immoral and sctmlalouS letters to Mis-,
Sarah +. Manning, formerly Of that city,
now of Norwich, was held to-day. The
testimony fully corroborates tie state
manls heretofore made public, ami the
correspondence is Of such character a.
to he wholly unfit for publication
Arrangements are being made for an
extensive celebration be the fraternity OF
Odd Fellows in Boston, June Is, the OF
aston OF the laying of the corner stone
Of the Odd Fellows Hall which is about
to be erected by the organic ttion. The
location Of the new building, rs has been
stated previously, is to be upon the tri-
angular lot at the junction of fremont
street and Warren avenue and at the
souihrrly terminus Of Eerkcicy street.
The Io! contains - 900 square fr.t, and
was purchased for So 900
Whi!r sheriff at Usage Mission, Kan
was attempting to arrest Il desperate, Oh
Thursday, the latter drew pistol and
killed Charles Miller, who was assisting
tie sheriff, besides wounding the sheriff
and another man belonging to the >hcriti's
pos Aleoms Wagner of LeavcnwurtIl,
Kan, was stabbed with butcherknif,,.
Saturday, 10y Americus Patterson. from
whom lac was attemptir" to collect >om'
none. and fatally wounded.
y special dispatch t, the Louis, IL,
Courier journal from Ovcn-boro, Ky,
says that Il farmer ham ii Cam, Will.
pa >in2 Though an adioininY fam b
lDn"in" l. one SJm.rs, Vas hot and
s!i.ltly wounded by %omrr@. The Iii
ter'- v Il, ioinrd in the attack, and rirel
three time, wonndlGe AN twice. TIA.
latter thn attacked them with AN a>.
nearly >r}iitin" NGmcr- head "I,u
Mr. >>,mcr- WAS also hit ON the Lr..i
with til. AZ, aud Lot ia the head All
beast with irr husbands pistol, wI.,,h
CAIN ,r.lei. The two are dyir%. Cam
w;t- shot ia tn head. shoulder and boss
ri-, and BIZ wounds viii probably prov,
mortrl Each had forbidden the other
t. pa thron@h their respective farm.
PLE~,>>L-Mi,sA Allie RYAN sailed
Wc'ln, >,lay from New York for Liver
pool for the purp"-e Of pursuing Lcr
musical studies in London. She VIII h'
absent several months.
MURDER At l;EInGEroEr, CoNN A
little after midnight Saturday NIGHT two
men entered 4 drinking saloon kept by
German named Nicholas Sanger. at
Bridgeport, and demanded something to
drink. AS they Were intoxicated AMI
the hour for closing had arrived. Mr.
SANGER refused 10 give them anythin.
An alteration cE>ucd, ending by each
OF the men picking up chair and walk
lng out o! the saloon. Sanger followed
10 obtain his chairs, and when Just out
slir the door ne was struck upon tn.
hcui by one OF the men with the chan
he Etld. crushing i'll San"er'S head The
Uth,r man threw the chair lie had tlr,
the window. Both men then fled, ami
are sill Al large. Sanger deed from the
effects OF tho blow in about three hOlr..
EXTENSIVE CONFLAGEATIoN N t.IPiI.
C>NApA.-lhc entire business portion
of the town OF Bradford, including all
the stores, the town hail and one hun
drcl houses, were burned May 22nl
Loss very heavy. Over sixty families
ar" ltlt homeless, with children half clad
The los cannot be less than half Il nil
lion. = me estimate il AT Il million On
account al the excitement, it * impo--.
bic to arrive ut any conclusion as TO loss
-, insurance, &c.
| 81