The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-17
FURTHER oUTRA0Es.

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miles this side Of the Red Cloud agency
where he was bound with freight for the
Indians.
The Ticondcroga Explosion.
The Whitehall Times gives the follow.
ing particulars Of the uitro.gly ccrine ex.
poson which occurred at Tlconderoga
last week
We are indebted to w. s. Eddy, Esq,
who was at Ticonderoga when the expo.
sion occurred, for the following particulars
of the tragedy:
On Monday, at about ) p. n, an ex.
plosion Of a nitro glyeeriuc factory took
place at III Creek near the draw bridge
Of the New York 4 Canada railroad, by
which two meu were nearly blown to
atoms One Of the men, John Keetye.
was a single man OF about forty years !;
the other, Mcmahon, was a young man
of about twenty-five years of age. lie
was married iu New Jersey about four
weeks ago Both had been in the employ
of Boost & Brady for some years as team.
steis, delivering Di,ro.glyccrine 10 all
parts where sold. Boost a. Brady have
been in co.partnership for five years and
have made about 100 tons. Boost is a
practical chemist and an educated man,
had attended to all the manufacturing
and never met with an accident either in
making or delivering. A few months
since Boost and Brady had some difficulty
and dissolved. Brady kept the works at
Ticondcroga; Boost started mauuiacto-
ry near Port Henry, and was to supply
DAWN e. Co., contractors on the New
York g. Canada railroad. Boost was at
Ticonderoga on Sunday aud Monday last,
settling with Brady. He then learned
that Brady had employed Keefye and
McMahon to work in the factory. Boost
told McMahon not to work at it, as Meth.
er he nor Kccfye knew anything about
nitro. glycerinc and would lose their lives.
He also notified Dcvin Il Co. oftne dan.
ger, aud said there would be an explosion
soon.
Brady, it is said, knew pothiug Of the
business, and in all cases, when he had
occasion to 90 into the works, would not
allow anything to be done while he was
present during the time he and Boost
were in business,
WI Boost was told of the accident
be WI i;h affected and made the re.
marx, enc but Brady was to blame"
The ine where the explosion was
made ',ule shsnty, 4 sign board
was =, 'ort distance from it.warn.
ing pas ne danger.
In an int IN Major Devn, Of
the firm OF Dev,D ~ @ ntrsctors, tina,
gentleman informed US .t enhoogh no
nitro glycerine had been made III the
building for weeks, yet there was usually
enough scattered around aud lett on the
sides Of the kettles to produce an cxplo.
sion. We are Informed also that about
800 pounds Of chemicals had just been
placed in the building, preparatory to
manufacturing.
Alter tho explosion search was made
for the unfortunate mems remains. Frag
ments only were to be found. About u
buahel OF Remains only could be gathered
Of what oucc composed the bodies OF tive
human beings. No blame at all can be
attached TO Devin d Co., as they had
nothing to do with the factory other than
purchasing materials OF the proprietor
when needed.
The affair created great excitement
along the line of the New York 4 Cana
da railroad.
PLATFORM OF THE CHANGERS. ST
Louis FEB 14.-The National Grange
has adopted platform, Of which the fol-
lowing are the chief points;
To develop higher manhood to en-
hance the comforts and attraction Of
home to maintain inviolate the laws
to reduce expenses, individual and CO.
operative to buy less and produce more
in order to make farms seli.sustaining
to diversity our crops and sow no more
than we can cultivate to condense the
weight Of our exports, selling less in The
bushcl, and more on the hoof and in thu
fleece to discountenance the credit anC
mortgage systems to buy and sell anC
act together for mutual protection tt
avoid litigation as much as possible BY
arbitration in the grange; to suppress
prejudices, unhealthy rivalry and sefst
ambition to dispense with middle men
to increase in every practicable way al
facilities for Transporting cheaply to thu
seaboard or between home producers and
consumers all the productions Of GU
country. They are no enemies of rail
roads, navigable and irrigating canals
aud are opposed to communism and ag
rarianism are not enemies Of capital
but oppose the tyranny OF monopoles auC
long TO see the antagonism between CAPT
tai and labor removed are opposed t.
excessive salaries, high rates of interes
and exorbitant percentages of profits il
trade.
THE QuIscY QlL) FIRST NATIoNA
BANK r nDED OF OVER 00,000.-Quiu
cy, H., VS. all stirred up, Friday, by tn
discovery at the First national bank ha
been enter 4 aud the vault robbed O
about 800 600 in currency belonging t
the babk, a quantity Of bonds au
valuable pa. md, it is said, also
large amount OF Jecisl deposits. TIL
bank was catered by cutting through III
haIl-aoor OF the second story, immejiatol
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