St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-06-27
News in Brief.

There i considerable small pOX about
the country six deaths III lI"lyoke last
week. and 81 eases in Spencer, Mass.
General Butler has formally an
mounccd himself a candidate fnr the
G"vcrnor>hip of Massachusetts,. And
he II salary -glahhcr.
The cnroncI'S verdict on the Thorn
dixie (Mr.), tragedy charges the brother.
John True Gordon. with the commits
sion of the crime.
\ dwelling house in Sacarappa. Me-.
occupied 10y Il. F. Roberts and family,
was burned sunday night, and Mrs.
Roberts, aged ~. VAS killed in jumping
from the attic window.
Ia addition to other celebrations i'll
his vicinity the Fourth. there is To he
a balloon ascension at Hyde Park, and
Il horse trut and game of base ball at
Lancaster.
The little Gordon hoy. who was 50
mother and brother we've murdered by
his uncle at Thorndikc. Maine, is re-
covering.
Young Gardner, the Dartmouth fresh
man, who was accidentally shot 10y the
foolishncss OF some fellow students, was
able to be removed to his home at Ports
mouth one day last week
Henry +. Walker, Il II Years old boy
of Worcester. Mass. hung himself in The
barn ON Friday, because of some mis-
understanding with his grandfather
about watering some plants.
1t is singular that one of the coolest
days in June here should Ice tn" hottest
of the season at Memphis, a> we'll as
New York In the former city the mcr
curry stood at 90 on sunday.
Thomas Mast. the caricaturi>;, has
Just returned from Europe. and al
though offered II large sum t" remain
there and illustrate Il comic paper, de
clincs. and is to enter the lecture field
under the auspices of Redpath X Fall.
Boston.
\ cage fell in the Eureka Company
mine in Nevada, on Monday, Il distance
of 200 feet. There were Two occupants.
John George and Gr"rgr Dobbs. The
former was killed and the latter had
both legs and one arm broken. He
cannot recover.
Another Union Pacific Railroad man
gone. Horace F. Clark. president of
the road. died last week. He was Il
lawyer by profession. member of Con
grcss in Is577, and a son-in-law of Com
modore Vanderbilt. His age waS -.
Another dastardly attempt to wreck
the steamboat train on the Norwich and
Worcester railroad occurred at Day
Vile, the scene of last weeks disaster.
early Tuesday morning. Two heavy
ties were placed across the track on Il
sharp curve in the road. hat were fortu-
nately discovered and removed 10y Il
factory hand shortly before the train
passed. Last week the attempt was
more successful Il train was wrecked.
many persons injured. and one cmploNc
killed.
The dreadful tragedy at Hudson. y.
H., of which particulars were given last
week. eliminated on Saturday in the
death of Miss Ella F. Wood, who WAS
So cruelty shot lay her pretended lover.
Henry Jcwctt. 1t was thought for IL
time that her wound would not prove
fatal. 1t will he remembered that jew
eft took his own life ut the same time.
The criminal record keeps up. Two
fools made way with themselves at II.
louisville. y. Y, Tuesday. the first
victim being IL Miss Smith. who took
arsenic. and the second Il married phys
ician named \. -. Nhcrlock. who used
morphine. Whcclork was paving at
temtioms to Miss smith. hut her parents
objected on the ground that he was not
divorced. although proceedings for a
divorce had been commenced. and dis
appointment WAS probably the cause of
her act. The doctor took his dose i'm
mediately on learning of her death.
The board of supervisors of San
Francisco have sustained the mayors
veto of the Chinese pIg-tail ordinance,
and passed over the veto the order tax
ing Chinese laundrymen SO per quar-
ter.
The 9Sth anniversary of the battle of
Bunker Hill was observed in rather
quiet manner. There were several
in 'I,r in
the day was observed as a holiday.
The Massachusetts Board of Health
has addressed circular to the cities
and towns in the state advising the
health authorities to take prompt
measures to avert the danger from Ash
attic cholera.
Wagner. the Isles of shoals murderer.
has been found guilty of murder in the
first degree. The Jury were out ~
minutes. The prisoner heard the YER
diet without moving muscle.
Cholera is increasing III Tennessee.
and ut Memphis there were ~ deaths
from cholera. ON Thursday. In Nash
vile, twenty negroes and four whites
died from the disease on Thursday.
The increasing heat Of the weather has
had the effect of adding To the number
of cases.
The Shah of Persia has reached Eng
land. iii the course OF his travels and
was received with becoming honors
He Is represented as a man DESTROYS of
inspecting the mechanical improve
ments and inventions of the age. He
sent back from Russia a portion of his
female retimur. much to their disgust.
His trip can hardly fail of benefit to his
nation