St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-03-17

jim l. lsk, .Ir. Is gong 10 auu 10 li!S
oher occupations that OF running
newspaper. having bought out that dirty
sheet ut New York, Ben Woods News
Tie Wyoming papers say that the
people of that territory are about TO "a
banlon woman suffrage as both miSchicv-
Gus and impraciicable."
The farmers of the United States an
nualy expcnd $2O,OOo,OO1 in rcaping
and moving machines. The annual
production is now estimated at about
l25, 900 machines.
An Ohio inventor claims that lie
has discovered Il process for convc rting
iron into steel of so liquid quality that
it can he cast into fine threads, ready
sharpcncd cdge tools, &c, all at one pro
cess.
Two brothers namcd SIatterly, and
John Ashford and his son, all of them
intoxicated, had Il GYht in 4 saloon at
Aurora, ILL.,, Monday night, in which
the SlatterlyS and the younger Ashford
were killed.
James u. Watkins, living about 10
miles from Jefferson, Ia, whipped hi>
wife in such Il brutal manner that She
died in an hour, and an u:.born child
was killed at the same lime 10y Watkins
WadkmS was examined and discharged,
on the ground that there was no evidence
to fix the crime upon him.
\ Williams College student went to
Pitt>ti III on a spark" tie other day,
had occasion TO get 4 check cashed al Il
bank, but the cashier didn't know him,
AMI demanded identification lie be
thought himself OF the mark on his mm-
dcrclothing, and triumphantly Intuition
ed his coat. only t. disclose in plain let
tiers, on the band Of his shirt, the name
of his chum, who had lent him the gar
ment for the occasion.
j. w. Ilcwctt of Pleasant Valley.
Salano county, Cal who killed Parker
Adams, last summer, and was acquitted
Il few days ago, was a~sasSinatcd on Fri
day night, Il few feet from the place where
Adams fell, 10y two men in di-euisc, who
called at llcwett'S house and asked him
to point out the way 10 the next ranch
where they could obtain lodgings
IIcwett was shot through the heart.
En- Mayor Brand of Galcna, Ill, was
struck by lightning, Tuesday mornin@,
while adjusting attn wafer pipe near
a lightning rod on his hous, The shock
was 81 severe a 10 render him uucon-
sciou', in which condition lie remained
until discovered by some of his family,
He was soon restored TO CONSCIOUSNESS,
however, and is now doing well.
William Bullock, of the firm Of Bul-
lock Brolhor', was shot dead at tie cor
ncr of Main and Prince streets, Lock-
port, \. Y, Saturday evening, 10y Ar
thur +. Pierce. Five shots were fired
The bleahin. OF his promises to and be
tray;I ui Pitr,c's sister are said to have
been the cau-c Of the shooting. Pierre,
has heretofore L0riic IN excellent char"c-
ter, and Bullock moved in respectable
circles.
Gov. Crambrrlair, Of Maine, has d.
clincd I'm offer Of the Presidency of the
Nam. Stale Agricultural College, and
is said Ia nave under consideration Il prop
osition to take clar"c of Il literary inst-
tutiln al The West for SALARY of -, 900.
Gov. Chamberlain was II professor in
Bowloin Cullcgc before he WAS a soldier
or Governor, is 4 man Of fine scholarly
tastes and training, and the institution
is to be congratulated which secures hs
services.
n day or two since, Il two year old
child of Letter Shcldor, Of Slurbridgr,
while playing with spool two or three
inches long, holding it in her mouth, teli
from the doorway, lhc fall forcing the
spool down her throat far enough 10
bring the head below the ton-is and
roots of the lounge, and 81 completely
wedged it into Tie mouth as 10 render 1t
impossible 10 withdraw it direct without
danger of taking the tongue with 1t
Fortunately the hole in the spool was
large enough for the child to breath
through until the arrival of the doctor
who, by splitting the spool was able TO
take it out in pieces, thus saving the little
ones life