St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-25
ST. cJohnsburn Galedonian.
VT. Friday. July 90. 1873.
Notes and Comments.

Notes and Comments.
The CdLedOnian this week will prove
Of peculiar interest to present and for
mer residents of this vicinity. On the
first page will he found liberal extracts
from Mr.. Sanborn's letters one giving
a somewhat minute history of the p. & .
O. Railroad through the White Mount
ain Notch; the difficulties and how .
they are overcome the advantages and
whv-the other wholly about st. Johns |
bury, its library and its great industry. |
These are both old subjects to many,
vet ever new: and when served up
with the freshness aud vigor which .
characterize the present letters, will he
read again with new interest. Besides
these, there is warning voice raised
against the aggregation of power III the
hands of one man, under the head OF
Vanderbilt's Monopoly. This is call
did article, and written by no alarmst.
On the inside pages will he found a
very readable letter from one of our
citizens now ''away down east" the
description of the interior of the new
Masonic temple by our Philadelphia
correspondent besides good share of
local news which is always of interest.
There is one lesson of the Goodrich
murder which might he protitably con
sidered by newspaper men as well as
the reading public. Lizzie King, the
murderess, WAS an intelligent, well ed
ucated girl, brought up under good in
tiuences. but of too much activity to he
satisfied with 80 quiet and staid place
az old Plymouth. But her downward
course began when she commenced
answering personal and disguised adj
vertisemcnts in the newspapers. This
was the way she became acquainted
with Goodrich, the man who betrayed
her, and whom she murdered "becauss
she loved him." One lesson to he drawn
from this tragedy is this: To newspa
per publishers. keep your papers clear
of the disguised and open perniciOus
advertisements which are so often press
ed upon You. To the reading public,
have nothing to do with newspapers
that allow such matter in their columns.
Who can measure the amount of an
guish which such advertisements have
been the cause q
al. ,,t SnI
in New York by the suspension of the
Brooklyn Trust Company and the death
of its president. Mr.. +. NJ. Mills was
prominent and estimable citizen, and
the bank was called one of the safest in
the city. He was drowned one day last
week, and Immediately after his death
it was discovered that he was default
er to Il large amount. An examination
of his books shows that he was a most
reckless financier and manager, and
debaucher. The defalcation will reach
about S5OO,OOO. 1t appears that he had
loaned the funds of the company on
worthless securities and that he had
overdrawn his own account to the
amount of about Sl5O,OOO. Latest de
velOpments seem to show that Mr..
Mills committed suicide. His actions
at Coney Island, previous to his death.
tend to prove that his death was inten-
tional. On the whole il is another
startling instance of the present ''epi-
demic of crime and is another illustra
ton of the scarcity of good men among
those who have reputation and i'll whom
the public implicitly trust.
a passenger train coming east on the
Rock Island railroad was wrecked Is;
miles west of Chicago Monday night, by
the displacement of rail. The en-
yineer did not see the trouble till clos,
upon it, when he reversed his engin,
and applied brakes. Immediately sev
eral shots were fired, the bullets hittin.
the locomotive. The engine went OF
the track and turned over, killing thu
engineer. The baggage cars wer
smashed, but the passenger cars wer
saved by the air-hrakes. As soon Il
the cars stopped several men appeared
disguised and armed. and threatening
death to any one who appeared, robbie,
the express car of 5000. aud escape,
on horseback. 1t was one of the bold
est outrages of these audacious times.