St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-07-12


the United States Government brought
persecution diSloyalty exemption.
Since the enforcement of the ku
KluN acts 10y the present AdminiStIa-
ton. peace and security have rcigncd
throughout those States infested 10y the
klans. The defeat of this AdminStra-
ton will be the renewal of these organ
izationS and IL repetition of past out
RACES. Is there ii Republican i'll the
land base enough to Ice IL uarty to :"
great Il wrong! Yes. there are many.
and the van is led 10y Horace Greeley
and his friends in the South who have
committed the htrharitieS described
above.
Mr. Greeley cannot deny that the
mass of his supporters in the South are
cN-rchcl> and ku kluN. their Slmpa
tliZcr> in the north. and the diSatftctcd
Republicans.
These are his friends and associatr>
at present. and Horace Greeley in such
company is much like Il sheep III Il pack
of Wolves B0~ton Ncrx
ATTEMPTED MURDER At PELHAM, y.
II. On Monday evening of last week.
SAYS the Nashua IeIcgrdph. as Mr.. and
Mrs. Narnum Willoughhy were pass
ing the hut of Joseph Lyon. French
man of low and dangerous character III
North Pelham, y. H., they were in
ducrd 10y Lyon and his wife t" enter
their house. soon after entering the
hut. Lyon insisted ON their singing.
which they did. In Il few minutes
more. Lyon Jumped up and exclaimed
y al u
We want You. He Immediately drew
pistol and fired tw" shots. aimed Iii
rrctly III Will"ughhy'> head. One shot
only took effect. entering under the left
eye and penetrating back of .thc ear.
The wound l. Il serious one. but l. not
regarded ;t> fatal. ON being shot. vii
l"ughby Immediately >prang at Lyon.
gla>pin" him 10y the throat. and soon
compelled him To give up the pistol.
FrInanl" Woods mother in law. Mis-
Drake Mills. fell from Il window in
which she MAS sitting To cool herself IA
the Metropolitan hotel. Washington.
early the 18th of July morning and was
killed.
Arhucklr. the cornct PLAYER. WAS
overcome 10y the heart at Boston. Mon
day. and for Il time his condition WAS
considered critical. but he finally came
ont all right.
There We're lj,D deaths in New York
last week the largest number in one
week i'll the history of the city.
The deaths for last week in Philadcl-
phia We're 1Gl. an increase. of $50. One
half of the deaths We're children under
Il year old.
Food for reflection for lahoring men
the New York strikes have already
cost several million dollars. affecting
both the lah"ring men and employers.
Pullman palace cars are to he put on
ON the Vermont Central railroad line.
1" run during the summer between New
London. Ct. and Littleton. y. H.. for
the accommodation of White Mountain
travel.
y little son of Charles SimnndS of the
Fitch house ut Northampton. and Il son
of Charles Rogers. of that town. were
seriously burned about the face and
arms. while playing with powder on
Saturday. Both are about 10 wears old.
Henry Waldron. engineer. and Joseph
Eldridgc. fireman. on the Fair Haven
Railroad. were killed near fremont.
Mass. Saturday. by the train being
thrown off 10y cattle on the track.
\ fire. Sunday morning. in the bleach
room of WinnipiS>eogcc No. > paper
mill AT Franklin. DESTROYED the huildinr
and contents. together with ~ tons of
rags: loss SO 1000. insured for S5u.UuO
III l. companies. Work will he SUSPEND
ed for six weeks about Is men being
thrown out of employment.
Mary Belle Secorc. a beautiful orphan
girl OF II, WIS assaulted 10y several
villains on her way home from SUNDAY
school. at Liberty, Mercer county. O..
Il week ago, taken to Il dense thickrt,
her person repeatedly outraged. her
throat cut from ear To ear. and her body
left To he devnIrcd 10y swine Andrew
kimhel and Andrew McCluud. two
Fort WaNnc drummer>. have been m
rested for the diah"lical deed. and the
former has turned states evidence and
made Il partial confession.
At Il deferred display of fireworks nj
independence square, South Bostou
FRIDAY evening. some sparks from the
center piece fell upon IL hundred pound
key of shells, half dozen batteries and
Il large quantity of rockets, starting
them of toward the spectators, iniIIriur
ten boys and girls. Edward Bvrnes =
hoy of I'D, WAS struck 10y Il rocket i'm the
abdomen, and died before morning
The others are likely torecover. though
several were severely injured. \ later
dispatch SAYS that three more of th,
boys have since died.
The negro George Duglass, who at
tempted to ravish Miss La Pierre at
M"ntVille on Tuesday, WAS caught ON
board the New York steamer at New
London on Thursday morning. by John,
Leary of Norwich. While i'm the Io,E-
up at that city he MAS shot twice. i'm th.
arm and knee, 10y DIR Julian La Pierr,
brother of the unfortunate pilI. who
ilad gone on with several others for the
purpose of identifying the scoundrel
La Pierre gave himself up, aud was
released on $500 bail to answer for
committing AN assault with intent to
XIII, and an assault with deadly weap-
ons. Miss La Pierre's condition is not
improved, and should she ultimately
recover. it will he, it is feared, with the
loss of her reason.
| Thursday evening at Seymour, Ind.
Il man named Norris, while liphtiup =,
hall preparatory to Il theatrical per
foImancc, let fall il coal oil lamp i'm the
midst ola group uf children. The lamp
broke, spreading the burning oil in ev-
cry direction, and setting the clothing