St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-12-31
chrissfnas Horrors.
1.-THE, WORST HUMAN FIENp YET.

For the worst specimen of hend il
human shape i'll New York. write dow
John Nannery. Il drunken IIiSh shoe
maker, aged 81. On Christmas eve, h,
beat his wife. Alice. about the face Will
!; poker in Il most shocking manner. ant
then s;tturiting her clothing with kero,
sene, set fire To her, and while the poor
woman WAS in flames and writhing il
agony, dragged her about the room by
/ the hair of her head, all the while beat
ing her with IL broom handle. The wo-
man 5 screams brought in the ueighbor,
and police in time to rescue her before
she WAS quite dead. but it seems i'm
possible for her to recover. Naunerv
WAS arrested.
y toy cannon which Il party of boys
were firing in the street at Memphis,
Tenn. Saturday noon. exploded. aud
pieces of it struck Will Galloway. aged
IL, III the face, destroying the right eye,
breaking his most, and intiicting wounds
which will doubtless prove fatal. An
other piece struck Il negro man who wa.
passing by. on the wrist. decorating it
horribly.
Twelve-NeaI-old Martin Foley limo
Gently thought he ought to have some
christmas presents, but for daring To
| ask his father. Edward Foley. Friday
evening for few toys, his brutal parent
thra>hcd the boy ANA then poured pot
at boiling coffee over him. The boy
IAN out of the house screaming. and
meeting Il pohCrmaII. told him what his
father had done. Result Foley the
cider spent his Christmas in the lookup.
and viii nave I" pay more fine tur the
assault than the few TOYS asked toI
would have cost.
Twas NOT the mcriir>t of Chri>tma>c>
to L"r"nz" oIJh'> family of Cincinnati ;
toi while sitting AROUND the table.
Thursday night, i kcI">cnc lamp MAS
accidentally knocked on to the flonI and
exploded, Mrs. Orth'> clothes sci ON fire,
and she and her husband and children.
III tNrg To cNtiuyui>h them. were ali
badly burned. the flesh i'll some places
being literally cooked. But ali are vet
alive.
A difficulty III Frcctown. opposite
New Orleans, SATURDAY. forenoon. be
tween Il few whites and blacks. resulted
in one or tw" of the latter being rough
ly handled. The excitement subsidized.
and matters continued quiet ill even
ing, When Barney McCabc. John Ruu>-
settle and Jcautis Rou>Scttc. whites.
while standing in front OF the bar of
Dow cotfrc-hou>e waiting to he ScrV-
Ell with drinks, we've fired upon 10y ne
grocS. and the first two named Instantly
killed. and the last. probably moItIllN
wounded. The New Orleans police cross
eel the river and made some arrests
The fire bells were rung. and much en-
citemcnt prevailed.
John Bradley. Il private Ill company
II, rth United States cavalry, Il new re-
rruit from Chicago. was found dead
saturday morning. near Brownsville
Tex. stabbed through the heart and his
pockets riticd of THEN contents. When
last seen. about midnight. he was lcav-
ing il "ar-r""m, opposite the market.
with Woman and two men. all MeXi-
cans.
Christmas eve party at Gallatin
Tenn. Friday night. resulted in the ia
tai >houtin" of Jack Suddettc hv joel
Barnes. all hccau>t' of Il little dispute
about the pnsStSsiom of Il chair.
\ COLLEGE PRESIDENT lS>INATEp
The controversy which has been go
lug on at Abingdon. H.. for some line
past. dividing the town into two fac
tlonS. growing ont of the removal of
President }. VI. Butler of Abingdon col
lcge and the installation of Rev. o. Per
key. eliminated. Friday night. in the
assassination of the latter. \ church
>ociahle WAS being held in the college
building. and during the evening three
drunken rowdir> belonging to the anti
PeIkey faction. named Lomax, Lampkin
and Gabrielle, created IL disturbance in
the corridors. President PcrkcN tried
to quiet them. when Lampkin struck
him with chilly" and he fell mortal
~ Wounded. The three were arrested.