St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-09-01
State News.

State News.
Three hundred and twenty carload
OF stock have passed down the Contra
Vermont. during the past two weeks.
Mr. II. NJ. Willard of Newton, Mass.
has been elected principal of the Yer
mont Academy at SaXton's River.
In Rutland about eighteen years ag,
Mr.. Norman Henry fell through ii win
dow while engaged in his labor as ;
painter and injured his leg. A physi
elan prohed the wound and pronounce,
il fee from glass. He has been trou
BLEED all these years with the limb which
he injured ut that time. Thursday he
went to Il physician, who examined tn,
sore spot, made an incision and tooL
out from the flesh piece of glass more
than two inches long by about half al
inch wide. 1t had moved through the
flesh about Il foot from the point al
which it entered.
An unknown man, calling himself
Bates. called AT the house of John
| Newell. in the outskirts of Brandon, fnI
lodging "Wednesday night. and the next
forenoon was found dead on the tluoI
i'll his room. An investigation is being
held as To the cauSc of his death.
Brattlchoro had Il rnu>ing Republican
rally. Friday. at which speeches were
made 10y General BristoW. Hon. Dudley
| {. Dcni>on. member of Congress from
the Second District. Judge Bcnlam. OF
Louisiana. and Hon. Dorman Is. Eaton.
chairman of the United States Civil
Service Commission. successor of Geo.
William Curtis.
CORRECTION. \ dav or two since we
stated that Eugene Burr. of st. Johns
bury, had run off Ia Canada. after fory-
in" his old mothers name and stealing
$500 all she OWNS. He requests lis to
contradict this statement. AS Mr. Burr
WAS seen dealing thrcc-cald monte ut
the American Hotel. Wednesday mora
ing. and dtpIivin. numbers of our coun-
Try visitors of their surplus change. we
feel justified in stating that if he went
I" Canada he has returned BurIingtOH
Free Press. 2IM.
pA>TAEpLl OUTRAGE. A. the pro-
c">Sl"n wa> passing up College street.
last night. c>corting Gen. Bri>tow and
party from the depot. on their return
from -. Adams. II WAS assaulted with Il
shower of stones lille crossing ST Paul
street. Hon. George Nichols of North
field. III one OF the cam iagc>. received Il
blow on the shoulder: one of the Mil
, ton delegation was hit and severely cut
III the face. and others were struck bv
the missiles. How much such argm-
mcnt> will aid the cause of the Democ-
racN remains To l,r >t,.n Free Press
y Burlington letter writer. abiding
t" the handsome manner IN which the
Democracy have been equipped for the
campaign. says : "Whcrr the money
comes from i Il my >t"ry. unless Il barrel
OF Tildrn'S money has been rolled over
the once hntlN contested border line :;
bands. torches. cts. are furnished with
out stunt 10y >onIrhodN OUTSIDE, the State
t"I "ur Nermnnt Democrats are ycner-
ally too poor to endure anN such out
lay.
One of the most sensible changes in
the new postal law. which cVrIy body
VIII appreciate. l. that which allows a
person To write his ur her name on Il
ne" >laprr wrapper. and also the word
from. To let the patty receiving il
know VIII" IL Is from. without violating
the Law. 1t allows the sender to write
on u package the number and kind of
articles II contains.
y mail train and freight train on the
Wells River railroad collded Wcdnes-
day evening. 2:id. in Il cut near East
Mnutpclicr. and Conductor Charles
FERN WAS seriously injured. and two
passengers Mrs. Langley of Montpelier
and j. K. Lan%d"m of New York were.
somewhat hunt. The two locomotives
are complete wrecks.
Alfred Cotton of IraSbmrgh. about "A
year since WIS indicted for assault with
intent To kill. His counsel. Mr.. Allen.
had him taken To an insane asylum.
Recently Mr.. Allen died and Cotton
was brought back To lraShurgh jail. He
will soon he tried and the question of
his insanity decided.
Willie Stone, Il French boy, disap-
pearcd from South Newbury SUNDAY
morning, and Us his clothes have. since
been found on the river bank. it is SUP
posed that he went in bathing and was
drowned. Boys should not 90 bathing
alone.
Senator EdmundS' health is such that
his physicians have ordered him not to
speak for the present. and he has gone
W dndui 10 ne AWAY TWO weeks. lie
expects t" stump Ohio. Indiana and
Michigan after the September election.
Rev. Chauncey II. Hubbard. for TWEEN
ty-tw" years pastor of the second Con
grcgati"nal church ut Bennington, died
last week, from disease of the kidneys
and bladder. brought on by being run
over 10y Il wagon in Philadelphia some
two months ago.
Judge Wheeler has decided that the
bonds issued by Bennington and other
towns. i'll ls67, in aid of the construc-
ton of the Lebanon Springs railroad.
are valid, and that interest on them
which the towns have for several wears
refused +" pay. on the ground that the
bonds were unconStitutionallv issued, |
and for other similar reasons must be
paid by the towns.
Public Opinion.
We have no idea that the republicau
majority III Maine OF Vermont in 1876 |