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Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1873-10-15
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
Fatal Accident on the Boston and
Albany Railroad.

A serious accident occurred Friday
evening to a freight train on the Boston
and Albany railroad near MIddlefeld, by
which the engineer and fireman were
killed outright, and six other persons
badly injured The accident was the re-
sult of an unfortunate combination of
circumstances which could scarcely have
been foreseen or prevented. The first of
the afternoon freights from Pittsfield,
which was several hours late, was pass
ing over the second bridge west of Mid
dlefield station, when a brake beam
broke. and falling down threw three
cars of the train off the track upon the
bridge, breaking the rods and smashing
the girders of the bridge, and OF course
greatly weakening the structure. Almost
at the same instant, the second freight
west from Springfield, drawn by the
locomotive 9 New York, and pushed up
the grade Gas has been the custom lately
nv another engine from behind, came
uDon the bridge. The additional weight
Of this train, and its collision with the
cars of the other train which had been
! thrown off the track, caused the bridge
to crumble like so much paper, and the
sNew York dropped instantly a dis
| lance of 25 feet into the stream below.
The horrors of the situation were in
creased hundred fold by the fact that
1 the engineer at the rear of the up train,
ignorant of the accident, continued fol-
short time, with full head of steam,
to push the fated train up the grade,
thus hurting one car after another into
the abyss.
Eight cars went down in horrible con
fusion The wreck was fearful, the
cars and locomotive being badly broker
up and piled into general heap, beneath
which the engineer, George Stebbins, o.
West Springfield, and the fireman, Ed
ward Thomas, of Springfield, were com
pletely buried Charles Bashford,
brakeman, was terribly scalded, though
able to be carried home on caboose car
which arrived about 2 o'clock Saturda,
morning. Two men who had merchan
disc on the train and Canadian on hi
way to Buffalo with a car load of horses
were also injured severely, the tw'
first having limbs broken, and being il
consequence obliged to stop over a
Beckett for treatment. There was
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
rom the Saratogian, Monday.
suicide in Saratoga.

About half-past nine O'Clock this
morning Saratoga was startled by re-
port that young man named Frank {.
Martin, aged about tWenty-three years,
had heen found dead in his bed at his
residence at the corner of Washington
and Franklin streets, and adjoining the
undertaking shop of II. Fl. Martin, Jr.
The deceased was a son of Charles Mar
tin, engineer, who left this village for
California some time since.
For some time past he has been, at
times, addicted to the use of spirituous
LIQUORS, and when under their influence
did not use his young wife as he should
Despite her remOnstrance he continued
in his course until it became unbearable,
and resulted in her leaving his house last
week Monday. and returning to her
mothers, Mrs. B. Badgley, who resides
on Division street. Since that night she
has two or three times seen him and in
formed the deceased that if he would
/ take the pledge and live a sober life she
4 would return to his house, but he pre-
emptorily refused. Last Thursday
morning Mrs. Martin, accompanied by
some of her relatives, called at the house
| on Washington street, were admitted by
/ him, and carried off some articles be
longing to her. This was the last that
the young wife saw of her husband
who, when sober, was faithful hus
band and genial friend but, when in
toxicated, was exactly the reverse
That afternoon Martin drank heavily
and was brought to the house by dray
man at about five o'clock under the IN
fluence of liquor. His wife this morn
ing called on Joseph Johnson and asked
him if he would look and see what ha(
become of Frank. He instituted an in
vestigation which led to the bursting OF
the doors of the deceased's residence anC
the finding of him in bed, cold, stiff anC
dead. He had lain there since Thurs
day night. He lay on the outer side o
the bed, on his right side, and was GOV
cred with the bed clothes as if he lal
asleep. The color of his face had some
what changed, and his body and limb
were discolored. On the stand by tn
head of the bed was pitcher. glass, AM
a laudanum bottle almost totally draine'
of its contents.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
From the Boston Journal
The Missing Exeter Bank Cashier.

A telegraphic dispatch from Exeter,
n H., was published in the Journal of
Friday morning announcing that on
Monday last n. A. Shute, Esq, the
cashier of the Granite State National
Bank of that town, left his home with
the intention of taking the six o'clock
tram for Boston, since which time
nothing had been heard of him, and that
great fears were expressed that there
had been foul play. The disappearance
of a gentleman so well known and re-
spected by those with whom Mr.. Shute
has had business relations for many years
naturally excites the gravest apprehen-
sions, not only in Exeter, but in this
city, and especially in State street and
vicinity, where he has been frequent
visitor and a large operator in gold,
stock and bonds. The missing man is
about forty years of age, and has for the
past ten years, occupied the position of
cashier Of the Granite National Bank in
Exeter, where he has family, consist
ing Of wife and two children. While
discharging the duties which devolved
upon him as one of the trusted officers
of the bank he has been engaged in the
brokerage business, dealing largely in
railroad bonds and other speculative Sc
| curities, which business he has transact
ed not only for himself, but the bank
and outside parties. He has been sub
agent of the Northern Pacific Railroad,
for the sale of whose bonds Messrs.
Brewster, Sweet & Co., bankers in this
city, are the general agents for New
England His financial transactions in
this city have extended to other bankers,
including B. w Gilbert, banker and
broker, No IS Devonshire street. He
has almost invariably rendered gold and
currency when purchasing bonds, and
when drawn upon by Messrs. Brew.
ster, Sweet & Co., the drafts have been
upon " n. A. Shute, cashier" The last
operation which Mr.. Shute had with the
above firm was on Wednesday, when ht
visited their banking house in State
street about two o'clock in the afternoon
and purchased bond of 81, ZOO of thu
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad
rendering in payment therefor one S5t
$50 United States bond and S968 il
gold. After the transaction there re
manned to his credit about $169. Mr.
Shute has been a man of strict habits
and his sudden and unaccoIntable disap
pearanes has created the most painful
anxiety Ia his family and in the wild
circle of his friends and business &C
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
The Stokes Case.

NEW YORK, Jan. 81.
In the court of Oyer and Terminer,
this afternoon, the counsel for Stokes
presented affidavits, prepared in sup
port of the bill of exceptions. The af-
fidavits state, substantially, that during
the trial one juror went to the Grand
Central Hotel, and possessed himself Of
information which did not come up dur.
ing the trial; also, that another juror
went to pistol store to get information
on some point which was not clear to
him; further that, during the trial, the
prisoner once left the room without the
knowledge Of counsel and was absent
some minutes while the testimony was
being taken also, that once, during the
summing up by the prosecution, Judge
Boardman left the court room and was
absent some time; also, that some of the
jurors can be proved to have been i'm
bued with hostile feelings toward the
prisoner. Judge Davis made an order
returnable on next Friday morning.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
SMALL POx AT PoRT HENRY. -Ha

SMALL Pox AT PORT HENRY.-Hap-
pening at Port Henry, Saturday, we
found great excitement prevailing over
a probable case of small poX in that en-
terprising village. 1t seems Mrs. Hiram
Field has been seriously i'll for several
days, DR.. Warner reporting the disease
to be chicken pox or scarlet fever.
Very many of the neighbors called on
Mrs. Field daily. DIR. Warner went
directly from her sick room among his
other patients, taking no precaution
against spreading the contagion. While
Mr.. Field was back and forth, attending
the post office. So, when this morning,
DR.. Warner admitted it was a case of
small pox lively panic ensued, and
general indignation was expressed at the
Doctors conduct. The village board
Immediately convened, and appointed
DR.. Cleveland health officer; sent mes
sengers to advise those who had been
exposed, and took every conceivable
precaution, possible at that late stage, TO
avoid general spread of the disease. IL
DIR. Warmers last guess, as to the nature
of his patients illness, proves correct,
the small pox must have obtainet firm
| footho,d in our midst. MEMO.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

ANOTHER CREDIT MoBILIER. "A new
Credit Mobilier, Of smaller proportions,
but composed of several of the same per-
sons and organized and controlled on
similar principles to the more important
scheme now attracting public attention,
has just been discovered operating on
the Washington and Ohio railroad, run
ming along the other side of the Potomac,
from Alexandria nearly to Leesburg.
Cakes Amos Joshiah Bordwell, John $.
Kennedy, Colonel McComp, and the late
John /. King Of Springfield, Mass, with
four others, contracted July 2, 1869, to
loan the company $3.50, 600, in ten equal
monthly instruments, at eight per cent
interest, receiving in return $500, 900 in
stock in payment Of the principal and
one million more in stock on the com
pletion of the road to Leesburg. Within
five months, 1925, 900 only of the pro-
posed loan having been advanced, the
promised stock was issued four mem
bers of the syndicate were elected direc-
tors of the road, making majority of
the board, and they have since managed
its affairs. The facts above stated are
contained in a report of an investigating
committee of the stockholders made last
week, and which recommends the State
10 take control Of the road and investi-
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

quaintances. 1t appears little singular,
however, that while the officers of the
bank at Exeter, and his friends in this
city have been making inquiries respect
ing the whereabouts of the missing
man, no announcement of his disappear
ance has been made to the police au-
thorities here, and no application made
for their services in ascertaining his
present whereabouts. The affair is at
present involved in mystery, which few
days may serve to dispel.
LATER THE SAVINGS Back HEAVY
LOSER.
From an examination of the books of
the National Granite State Bank and
the Exeter Savings Bank, it appears that
n. Appleton Shute, ESQ.,, who is report
ed missing, is a defaulter to a large
amount. Mr. Shute was cashier of the
former institution and treasurer of the
latter. The deficit in the Granite State
Bank amounts to from thirty to forty
Thousand dollars, which is about the
amount of the surplus of the bank. A
large amount has also been extracted
from the funds of the Exeter Savings
Bank, but how much has not yet been
fully ascertained. His bonds, given as
security to both banks, amount to $780,
600. The bondsmen are all good, and
men of abundant means. Mr.. Shute is
about forty years of age, tall man.,
rather slender, about five feet ten inches
in hight, of dark complexion and quiet,
unobtrusive bearing. 1t is learned that
he has been engaged in speculation ia
fancy stocks, and to some extent in coal
stock. His i'll luck in these transactions,
and the loss of private property to the
amount of several thousand dollars,
doubtless led to his drawing on the funds
of the bank and his subsequent greater
embezzlement and flight. His private
transactions with individuals appear
upon the whole to have been perfectly
square, and money and other valuables
deposited with him for safe keeping in
the 'ank vault are found untouched.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
Madelia-A man and his wife.

Madelia-A man and bis wife.
Fort Ridgeley-Seven school children.
vansville-Thomas johnson.
Stony Brook-A man.
Scandia-A man and hoy.
Glenwood-A man.
Observation-Disclosures and Barry.
Henderson-Frank Warnke.
Fergus Falls-Estimates are that fifty
persons have been frozen to death with
in radius of twenty-five miles.
st. Orloff-Five Morse farmers.
Fort Ridgeley-Three men.
Sleepy Eye Lake-Twenty-four men
These facts will suffice to show how
great has been the loss of life and the
suffering caused in Iowa and Minnesota
by this memorable storm. Inasmuch as
almost every man that persisted leaves a
widow and several young children. and
as almost all were new settlers, whose
farms yielded but a scanty profit, the
charitable may find an opening here for
their generosity.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

ONE OF THE RESULTS OF THE Loss OF
THE SIR FRANCIS. Newburyport
Uera5d says the ledge of rocks on which
the ship Sir Francis went ashore has
from time immemorial provided a never
failing supply of rock cod, frost fish,
haddock and pollock. Since the wreck
of the steamship the fishermen have not
been able to supply Newburyport with
fish, to say nothing about the country
towns dependent upon that port for
their supply, an unprecedented state of
affairs, considering the pleasant wealth
er. During this period, the fishermen
at Portsmouth, who fish in the same To-
cality, have Jared no better. Since the
wreck large numbers of dead frost fish
have been noticed upon Salisbury Beach,
which has not occurred before The
Sir Francis had on board some six hun
bred casks of bleaching powders and
soda ash, and thirty-siX bags of yellow
COloring berries which were thrown
overheard. The question arises, was
the water sufficiently impregnated by
the alkalies and berries to produce this
result?
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
A Remarkable storm.

VAUDEVILLE, Me, Jan. "a.
We are now having a heavy snow
storm, accompanied with very sharp
lightning. The p. m. train from the
west is over two hours late here. The
Pullman night express will not be run,
tonight, from the east or west.
WALDsBoRo, Me-, Jan "a.
1t has been showing here all day and
at this hour, $50 p. m, the storm is on
increase, accompanied with thunder and
very sharp lightning. Thermometer
twelve degrees above zero.
WlsCAssETT, Me, Jan. "a.
A brisk shower of hail, accompanied
by heavy thunder and very sharp Gghtn-
ing, occurred here at few minutes past
six this evening. The thermometer
stood at eight degrees above zero. Wind
northwest.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
- Dn the Wing

Editor RutIst1eG Herald :-Lpayiug this
region, namely: the northwestern part
of Vermont. where of late we have been
looking for the north pole, or some other
frozen shaft connected with earth's
trundlng, we turned our face like a
flint" toward the sunny South, having
for our object the conveyance of sun
Shine to other hearts. In the language
of another. we rejoiccd in riding on a
rail" above snow. ice, water, etc, and,
nearly on time, drove into Rutland sta
tion-the birthplace and habtation of
enterprise enjoyed a hasty look at
church repairing and building; Bakers
iron front building, rearing its head,
like its proprietor, far above its fellows :;
saw where the Major kept his ashes of
the Central, soon to be rebuilt, however:
took the hand and looked into the genial
face of your editorship; met a school
mate who gave compliment to the
writer on hanging" which proved to be
enough, and we started for t hills
Then came the uprising and very
nearly .down-Sitting" amid the ice and
drifts of snow. But, Mr.. Editor, | want
to say {tell it not in Gath-T--) that
| met many genial faces and warm hearts
over at the Springs and about the iron
ore beds, who asked some important
questions, and took a special interest in
my human welfare: but we must hasten
on to the special knot of the trip. On
Thursday evening, January 23d, we
turned our face with the multitude to-
wards the residence of Mrs. H. Some
thing over one hundred guests came, and
as the result Mr. and Mrs. e. NJ. w. re-
ceivcd an excellent wood pile, consist
ing Of chairs, tubs, pals, broOms, bas-
kets. frames, boxes. speCtacles without
the pebbles, etc, etc. Then we consult
ed paper document and found, by the
authority of Dr. w. and the date, that
five years of double life connected by a
human and immortal link had passed in
the history of Mr. and Mrs. Ward, and
after a short 1oo0den speech the curtain
dropped on q genuine wooden wedding;
but in the midst of our congratulations
to the pair braced with wood, the cur
tain was removed and 10, a bride and
groom appeared, and a genuine knot,
permanent as they make them, was tied.
-Sec marriage notice. Then came con-
CALCULATIONS, advice, cake, etc. Some
were very earnest and sanguine, and
their interest for the new travellers in
the path of time May joy attend them.
Through the snow, with the constant ex-
pectation of suffering from a disease
familiar in all parts this season, called
''snow bound" we returned to our NOR
tai lodge. Quill
Northwest Vermont
Jan. 25th, 1873.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

long delay in getting wrecking train
ready to go to the scene after the news
OF the accident reached Springfield, and
no attempt was made to run trains west
ward after the accident occurred until
this morning. Old engineers pronounce
seen on the Boston and Albany railroad,
exceeding, in its destruction of life and
property, even the Russell accident of a
few years ago. We understand that
Master Mechanic Eddy and many of the
engineers have protested repeatedly
against the pushing of trains up the
grade from the rear, as, in case of acct
dent the foremost engineer is powerless
to stop the train, and the rear engine, as
was done Friday night, becomes merely
an instrument of destruction.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

QUOTATIONS. FROM MODERN MURDER
York.-Jack Reynolds, January %,
1870.
Take that You s. Of ab-.-Michael
McAloon, August "a, 1870.
/ shot him and | could not help it. !
knew that something was going to hap
pen / dreamt | was a Prussian soldier
and lot of French were after me-
Valentine Reckel. Sept 10. 1870.
You won't marry me and I'll kill you.
William Marsh, Sept. 10, 1870.
I'll knock your id head off.-Joln
Thomas (colored), Sept. 80, 1870.
/ was very drunk, and do not remem-
Der anything of it.-George Woodruff,
Nov. %, 1870.
Now, I've got you.-Abraham Jones
(colored), Jan. l, 1871.
/ saw him draw pistol pulled mine
and shot him. -Reddy the Blacksmith,
Jan %, 1871.
am going as far as you do, and when
you get off I'll give you hell.-William
Foster, April %, 1871.
We have a case over there. james
McGawley, August 90, 1871.
I'll settle with yoU.-Daniel Foley,
September 81, 1871.
There's a man shot at the ladies' en-
trance Edward Stokes, Jan. 6, 1872
Well, / don't know that he is any
worse off now than am.-James Burns.
April %, 1872.
1 don't care if you cut my head off. !
have done right.-Emile Andre, June
Is, 1872
I've killed Margaret Thomas Cobb,
July 3, 1872.
Bob, ] didn't mean 10 shoot ygu.-
William J. Starkey, Sept. l, 1872.
| did it with knife and then | threw
the knife away.-Garrett Landers, Sept.
| %, 1872.
/ can kill any one that dares TO cross
my path.-John Scannell, Nov. 2, 1872.
Judge, you can have this (pistol) y
James c. King, Nov. IS, 1872.
| have shot my niece and am going 10
give myself up.-Robert p. Bleakley,
Dec 10, 1872.
Kill you! I'd kill you a dozen times
| if cornd.-John L. Simmons, Dec 10,
| 1872.
l will shoot you for this tomorrow
Marshall McGruder, Jan. 10, 1878.
/ told you I'd shoot you, and ] did it,
didn't I?-Marshall McGruder, Jan. 20,
1878.
/ just pulled out my pistol and shot
him.--Michael Nixon, Jan. 81, 1873
". Y. HeraId, Jan. %.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

School CENSUS OF THE VILLAGE OF
RUrLAND.-The school census OF the
Rutland graded school district, which
includes the corporate limits Cf the vii
lage of Rutland, has just been Conclud-
ed, and we give the results below. The
result shows, in our judgment, that the
population of the village and town has
been hitherto underestimate Taking
double the number of families, to indi-
cate the heads of families, and to these
add the children under twenty years OF
ACE, and we have a total of four thouS-
and TIVE hundred and seventy. If to
these we add a fair estimate of the num-
Der of children over twenty years OF
age, if they can be called children, and
unmarried persons, we shall find a grand
total far in excess Of five thousand. The
same result will be reached, if we null
tiply the number of families by five, the
usual and a fair average estimate. AS
compared with last year there are TWEEN
ty more families in the village, and
seven more having children under TWEEN
ty years of age, while there are fiftyl less
children under that age, than last year.
The number of births are twenty-three
less than last year, while there have been
four more deaths. The following are
the statistics for the year ending Decem-
Der 31st, 1872:
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

SOCIAL CHANGES IN kUssIA-An ex-
traordinary social movement is taking
place in Russia, according to one of the
Russian journals. 1t consists in an or
ganization of the different classes of the
country into distinct grades. That which
is in other countries the slow result of
time and circumstances will, in the
Great Eastern Empire, be fixed absolute
ly. In future there are to be two classes
of society, and two only-the nobility
and the grojdansvo, or mass of citizens.
The Russian nobility are the class who
in the future will command honor and
respect, or, perhaps, to speak more ac-
curately, will obtain it; while the IN
habitants of the town and country will
have community of rights and duties.
The clergy, the tradesmen and the ar
tisans will form separate. groups, but
/ their diversity will arise out of the nature
of their occupations, and have no refer
ence to, or bearing upon, the special
question of caste
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30

gate all its transactions. The judiciary
committee of the Virginia Senate are
already looking into the matter, and ex-
Representative Lewis Mckenzie. presi-
dent of the road, has retained ex-Gover-
nor Wise as his counsel.
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-01-30
state Reform school Chair Factory
Burned.

WATERBURY,, VT, Jan. "a.
A chair factory, owned by the State
and worked by the reform school, was
burned early this evening, The fire was
caused by defect in the engine. Loss
not vet known.