St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-22

FATAL RESULT OF \ DEUGGIsT's
BIINDER.-Im Fairhaven, the Other
dav. MI. }. +. Perkins went into the
drug store to purchase some waterman.
The clerk. 10y Il stupid and criminal
blunder. gave him hcllchorc. of which
Mr.. Perkins took Il tcaspOontul. and III
IL few moments he WAS Il corpse.
\ TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. A house
in Plymouth. in :hiS state. occupied 10y
Abraham Merrill. wife and il daughter
about II years old, was burned SatuI-
daN uight. The lire WAS under such
hcldwHV when discovered that the tam
ily barely escaped in THEN night clothes
To the barn. that being tine nearest >h"l-
trr from the fearful wind that prevailed
at the time. DcSpaning of help, alicr
waiting several hous, and ncauly tr"Z-
en-. they started through the bIImdIn%
snow and terrible wind. harcto"tcd.
/ baIchradcd and nearly naked for the
/ houS, of the nearest nCIghhor. Il mile
distant Finally. with f1"zcn feet and
hands and nearly inSrmSihlr. they
reached the sought for shelter.
AEEuLIrE. About twenty minutes
past five. Friday evening. an explosion
WAS heard in the ain. and Immediately
after a mctcoIiC stone WAS seen dc
Sccmdng rapidly through the All. he
main mass emitted Il brilliant white
/ light and seemed to he followed 10y
! ScN cIal smaller MASSES OF rcd Color.
1t WAS seen by our tnWnSm:In. Daniel
| Kern. and by several Others. from his
store ON Church street; and from that
point WAS seen to the north. high up
above the buildings on the north side
OF the >uuaIr. and descending" III Il dl-
rcctiom which would apparently carry
it into the lake. Free Press.
The prisoner Steiner, the ringlcader
in the attempt to oVcrpoWcI the Iallcl
and break jail at Woodstock, the other
day. sawed off his irons, Friday morn
ing. with AN old knife. but did not get
ont of his cell Both he and Sprout are.
very desperate. the latter declaring lac
will never bc taken to Windsor prison
alive. Owing t" the desperate char
actcI of these prisoners the States At
lulncl has made arrangements t" have
their tIial come of ut once.
John {. Reeves WAS anaigncd in the
Pennington county court. Friday. upon
three indictments: one t"r blowing up
the dArlim" of l.. VI. IlUltou. with -
pounds OF gunp"wdrr on the 18th OF
june last. the change being with intent
t. commit the crime OF murder: one t"l
..I~"u. and one for mutilatiu" Sheriff
PnWcl~'> horse. He pleaded not "uIl-
~ tu each. and MS represented 10y
Nr~>I~. Charles y. Davenport at Brat
ilrhoIu. and .Iuhu W. Bchcr of Man
chester H. counsel. His bail was tiN''
IT -9.5um tpi attempted murder. >3.jOI
ipl. arson and = 900 for murilatiu"
dumb beast. 1t WH> furnished >Lrur-
day. aud thc c.>, will Ice carried "yc
to the June term of the c"uIt.
ANON. the indictments returned b,
jhr .raud jury which has Just COME il
at HcuHiu.I"il. l. one against the cuuT
h"u~,. and jail in Bennington. N
hnu.h these bindings IN" less than >iN
Nc;rr~ old. they ind hat tin, Jail >trucI
uIr admits Of the passing IN at lnt"Nl
eating tIqu"I I" the pii~"nci>. ami I'M
pl,m'Iit~ tn cIr their WAY out. Com
plants ni Insufficient tluc> I" GARY of
~,n"h" and afford Ventilation to hntl
Iiil aud court house. lccitc that IN east
81 tirc there i hur one mra9ci lNruU,
of escape t"r the rII~rurr~. etc. Ih
. bindings cost S:O.mO. and have >irc
hrrlr repaired at an rNPcn~" of >5ooo.
e The dv,llu. hou~. lud most of TN
, furniture of Il Mr.. CHASE AT Bethel Wcr
consumed 10y fire early Thursday eve
ming. and at about the sane hour tn,
! dwelling. hou~, and contents. and out
buildings. of Eli Whitney in Stock
. bridge. with Il large lot at hay. stool
and tanning tools. were burned.
The Chair shop of the Vermont manu-