St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-07-11

TIE PRESS ON THE WALwOETu Y,
DICT.-The Tribune says that n..
within the memory of this grper.,,;
has any great criminal issue been
promptly and satisfactorily tried
New York.
The World SAYS the severity Of Il
verdict indicates that reaction of ~
mockish pity which for so long a tn il"
bore sway in jury boxes, has begun
The Times says the moral citr,t
the verdict was needed: an acuui,,
would have been an invitation tn eva,
youth having a dissolute OF tyrftrrf,.
father to slay him.
After abiding to the array of pro,,.
nent defenders of the prisoner and n
scenes generally attending the triaI H.
Herald says: THE wonder i than In.
tice herself was not blind on this or,.
sion; but society has to he prorc,r,i
and however cruel or brutal. the m
was conducted in the most cNcnp.,.
and digntied manner"
The steamboat Daniel Drew WIS
heavily loaded with passenger nr h..
tlip from New York to ALBANY OH ii
Fourth. that the first engineer lett h,
declaring that it was unsafe to cam.
such Il load. The second engimrer Ia.
her through, five hours behind lin.
Before starting from New York the, r.
lice put off over 200 passengers uL
though assured that the boat could I'm,
carry them. had refused to discmhgE
and take the ears.
The California war on the Chimes.
does not get much sympathy ANY whr.e
The truth is. it has cost the uarim
nearly il million lives and two thuH>r.
millions of treasure to square hcr a,r,
and institutions with the Dcrlararm.
of Independence, and she does no.
propose to make Il fool of herself ol,r
few thousand inoflensive A>iallr,.
New York Graphic.
Michael Desmond of Boston. shot d.,
wife dead, Tuesday afternoon. n,
then himself, dying within an hon,
The parties had been living in Turf
street, but on Saturday, Desmond dIou
his wife and her two children hy
former husband into the street II,
W ifc and children subsequently Tom,
| lodgings in Second street. South Hu>,o,
where Desmond followed them ru 81,
complish his purpose.
DR.. Amos Wcscott. a doctor of dent.
surgery. committed suicide at Syrau,,
by shooting himself, on the 9th u>
He had been for two or three yru
suffering from hypochondria. He >tou
contcsSedly at the head of the dem.
profession in the United States.
\ fearful accident, caused 10y som
inhuman tiend taking IL rail from tn
main track of the Iowa division of ID
/ Illinois Central Railway. occurred Cd
| Wednesday night. A locomotive m
/ six cars Of an eastern-h bound fIejgl
train were thrown off the track i ~Io
distance west of Farley station. I'll
/ engine turned over ON its side. and 0.
cars We're piled on top i'll Il lraJt
wreck. The engineer, +. G.. Tillolt-o
who was killed, was found at his Pc
with his hand on the throttle. II
/ fireman. Anderson, Is missing. II
/ track for considerable distance
tom up and covered with the dch
/ Among the ears demolished we've "
containing live stock. most of viii
were killed.
The effects of the dry weather in a.
eIn Massachusetts are becoming no
and more disastrous every day. H. !
! calitieS where the recent showers ha
/ not reached, the grass is scared al
crisp. aud crackles under the feet Ii
dry stuhblc. RaspberIies, which pro-
i>ed a most abundant crop, have >Io
ped growing, and are drying up on {
vines. Corn looks sickly and ycllo
There has been no drouth like it. in ii
vicinity of Boston, for many years.
\ singular case of poison from +
bite of an insect is that of Mrs. Dal
of Bolton CT. who, was stung on the tel
pie while gathering winter-grcen. r
other day. Her head and face We
soon swollen to an alarming degree. "a
the skin much discolored. Aftcrua
she became unconscious. and it
thought that she must die. The my
terry us to what the insect could ha
been is unsolved. but il is suppu,
that il had flown directly from sol
carii"h, and that it had conveyed Il
poison of pIurefying animal or.aiil
ton through the very accessible Local
ty of the temple, directly into the ii
Culatlon.
Vice President Wilson OCCUPIED
seat on the stand ut the tcmprrau
picnic in Natick. on the Fourth. h