St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-04-25
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STATE NEWS.
The Union says the pay roll of the
PaS>umpsic railroad numbers about
800 men. The amount paid for help
through the year, averages S25.OOO Il
month. or S:}OO.OOO II wear. But the
number of employees is usually much
larger than at present, occasionally us
high as 1900 men.
4 correspondent of the Ludlow Ca
zcttr gives the substance of the state
mcnt made 10y Mrs. Russell before the
coroner inquest, rclatiNctot the attempt
g. murder i'll Springfield on the 9TH inst.
lis follows:
Russell came home Saturday even
ing, excited with liquor. and told Mis-.
Russell =" that he was going tu. kill her.
and showed hen the knife with which.
he said. " he WIS going to tap hen
iugular. Mrs. Russell rushed To the
house of Il nciglIhoI. whittier he fol
lowed. irving in every way to induce
her To 90 home with him. until II
o'clock T. VI. when he returned alone
Mis-. Russell went home III the morning
and. finding all quiet. built tire and
commenced to get breakfast. >oOnatIcr
h" came IIitu the room, seized Il chain
and struck her. Telling hen To the floor
He then threw her on To Il sofa SAY ing
- he WAS going t" cut her throat" and
prnccctird to take ont his knife MIS-
Russell. with much ro"ln,>> ami fore
Thought. told him - that il he really
meant t. kill her. there Mas Il few things
she wished To say to him hriulr She
died. Wtcrcup"u he released hrI and
consented To 20 into the kitchen where
it was warm. In going t" the Kitchen
they had t" pass door that opened int"
the street. ~ she passed it. She ,uc-
crc'icd iii opening it and making her rs
cape. " She pissed ont he caught held
of the sleeve of her dress. which gave
away. After his wife had made. her -
cape, Mr.. Russell ha>tcncd To where he
supposed he would find hen. taking
with him some money and papers. and
rs he entered the house laid them down,
cNclaiming, - | am Il dead nan | have
taken laudanum :" laid down on Il sofa
and died"
y grandson at Rev. Alfred Hub
bard. who has been pay ing his respects
clandc>tinclN To Il daughter of one of ON
most respected citizens. clopcd with her
IT, Cornish. y. H.. and was married on
the 18th. The bride WAS Ii and the
bridegroom - years of age. Wood
stock Standard.
The Vermont Central railroad have
put on the early train from White
River Junction To Springfield. Mass. Il
new and elegant mail and smoking c;tI.
INFANrIcIpE. The bodies "t three
il.,i,,
Centre. recently. and the mother proves
To he an unwcddcd French girl. Ii years
old.
y GU EEE % E>TInN. We have heard
of great many queer questions asked
10y school committees III the examination
OF teachers. bat that which WAS put
10y one of IL committee, in u town
not far from here. the other day heats en-
all. said he to Il >choolmarm III sober
caInc>t. " W hat was the SEED from
whence sprung thc tree of the knnwl- .
edge of good and evil The sch"ol- .
malm answered mcrklN that she
wasn't posted i'll the seed business"
and the matter MAS allowed t"drop. But .
is original sin one of the " branches "
taught in our common >rhoul>. EHtIdHd .
Hciuid.
Suicide. Mrs. Sanhurn. Il Widow lady .
residing "u Mapl" Hill. i'll Mlr>hiirld.
committed suirid, tuesday morning OF
last week. 10y cutting her ihl"at
Monday morning, H. the stock train
WIS making shifts III the yald at this
station. brakeman Powers had pnIlcd
the coupling and mounting the ear
was signaling the engineer t" 90
ahead over the switch. when sudden
start CAUSED him to lose his hold and
fail from the car, striking upon Il pile Of
iron. breaking his left arm just above
the wrist. and >prainimg the right wrist.
:" as tn he unable to u>c either hand.
Nj. Powers hrlomgS ut West Concord.
Barton Nonjfor
The second trial of Thomas Patterson
for the murder of George W. Flanders
at st. Alham>. May -. ISL. has resulted
in the acquittal of the prisoner.
Thomas Gill. of UnderhiIl CcmteI,
died last week. aged lOl.
The BaptiSts of vermont have already
raised nearly Sl0O.000 of the Sl25. 900
required for forming the Vermont
Academy. 1t is to he located at Saxton'>
river.
Orion Clemens. now on the editorial
staff of the IIaltto (Conn) Post. will
he the editor "fthe Rutland Daily Giob,.
Henry Clark. formerly of the Rutland
Heroid. will he his aSsnciatc The frSt
number will he issued Tuesday, May
LIST. The Rutland Courier is no more.
Its subscribers will he supplied with
the coming weekly GIObc.
The Rrattlcbor" Congicgati"uali>t>
propose to improve their church SIO.0OO
worth. $1,000 of which they will raise
by subscription. :
In the Mead divorce ease ut Montpelier
Judge Peck decided on Tuesday that
the wife should he granted Il bill and
the custody of the three oldest children.
'nnt Mlnl.S nrnnertN l. also ..nininDG