St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1873-09-26
CH1TTENDEN COUNTY.


a daring attempt was made by bur
glars. Monday night. 10 blow up the
safe in the depot of the Vermont Central
railroad at WirooSki. but they were
evidently frightened AWAY by the com
ING Of the early morning train. and in
their hurry .irtt Il riveting hammer. a
chi>el. two cans of powder and three
pieces Oi fuse.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
The Semi-annual meeting of the Or
leans County Medical Society will he
held at Barton. Wednesday. Oct. lSt
ORANGE COUNTY.
Mr.. G. II. Williams famous trained
horse ''American Hunter broke his
leg. Mr.. Williams led him out of the
stable, when he got away. running to
another horse. which kicked him on the
fore les. breaking it just above the
knee.
The Bradford OpjHiOR SAYS: Those
of 0ur subscribers who have inadvcr-
emily omitted to hand in their last Years
subscription. and who happen 20 hr
coming to the Fair next week. will find
the Editor of this paper somewhere in
the vicinity of the Judges stand or if
they don't ind him, they can inquire ut
the lookup for one of the proprictnrs."
ETTLANp COUNTY.
Joseph Benton. aged II. u Young min
er. met Il fearful death at FittS'S shaft
i'll Mmcvillc. Monday evening. He had
just come up III the bucket. contrary to
orders. and. upon arriving at the top.
instead of getting out upon the landing
with the others, committed the fatal
error. in the darkness. of leaping back
into the pit. and was dashed in piece,
on the rocks. $50 feet below.
y boiler used for pumping water out
of the PlttStord quarry c"mpany's quar-
~ exploded. Tuesday afternoon. wreck
ing Il LamSon stone chanmclinw machine.
but. fortunately. mIuriug no one. The
boiler WAS thrown l2J feet. landing on
the side of IL ridge. 10 feet above. and
the engine about twice that distance.
landing on a still higher elevatiou
wINpHNM COUNTY.
While the ; o'clock accommodation
train was unloading at the depot. Thurs
day afternoon of last week. an explosion
occurred amongst the baggage. which
was the CaUSc of no little considerations
and came near proNinga serious matter.
y small hand Trunk containing Il guam
tity of explosive materials. among W hich
were careleSSly left a little powder and
Il few matrhe>-a rather delicate comhi-
nation of materials to place in the hands
of Il baggage Sma>hcr was the cause
of the disaster. One lady who stood
near WAS temporarily di>tigurcd. and
few other persons Slightly singcd. The
trunk belonged to gentleman of this
village BrdttIehoro Phcnir.
WINDSOR COUNTY.
On Tuesday morning. Sept 10Th. ms
Patrick Cavermaugh. night watchman
at the Junction for the Connecticut y
PaS>umpSic Rivers Il. r.. was returning
to his hoarding-place towards White
River Village. he. from some cause. he
came sleepy. and a. he was walking ON
the track. sat down on the side, of the
track with both legs over the rail. and
in that position he went to sleep. The
morning freight was late. and came
Lluug while he Was still there. They
blew the whistle Ia start him, hut he
was 81 sound asleep he did NOT awake.
and the train passed ON. cutting oil both
legs ahout half WAY between the ankles
and knees. He was taken /" his board
ing-place. and medical aid AT once sent
for. All WAS done that could he. hut
after using all possible mcaus. reaction
never took place. and he died about one
o'clock. the accident occurring about
ten o'clock. He had no family. and
WAS about thirty Years old.
VIM. VI. EVart>. the eminent New
York lawyer. and who seems to he the
man settled upon To ill Chief Justice
Chasr's place. has his summer home at
Windsor, where he buys whatever
property next him is offered for sale.
and has already several homes of for
mer residents in his possession. iurlud-
ing Il wcll>torkcd farm. He has recent
~ purchased the Baptist church.