St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-30

s has been issued and shows ten SEN
iors, twelve juniors, fifteen sophomores.
fifteen freshmen total, fifty two.
The preliminary examination of
Smith and Mrs. Champlin, charged with
the poisoning of Smiths wife, closed
Friday. The result is that Smith and
Mrs. Champlin are both held for trial.
LoIin Tyler of Nottingham, lad
about ID years of age, recently made
an attack upon Rufus Hayden, while
the latter was passing through piece
of woods, by jumping from the bushes
with drawn knife, infiicting severe
wound on Hayden's hand.
E. C. Garland & Sons's steam mill
and chair factory at Lancaster was
burned Friday. Loss $4,000; insured
for S250O.
L. G.. TherassOn, prominent lawyer
and held in high repute in New York
city, is in Ludlow Street Jail, having
misappropriated 100000 belonging to
an estate which, for Is years, had been
under his management.
The Senate contains and the House
AZ members who served in the Confed-
crate army. There are, moreover, IL
in both bodies who served the rebel
cause in other capacities, making to-
tai of 81.
The body of William Jacobs, whose
life was insured in a Boston Office and
who has been missing for the past fort
night, has been found on the beach at
Staten Island with his forehead smash
ed in. He had been murdered.
George Crispin received verdict for
$4,000 damages at Utica Wednesday,
for the loss of an arm in the machinery
of Rabbits factory while employed
there, through the carelessness of the
superintendent.
While a BOstOnian was driving with
his wife, the other day, the horse took
fright, and dashed across the railroad
in front of an approaching train, got
his forelegs over the gate, and could go
no farther. The train passed by, graz
ing the rear of the carriage, and leaving
the occupants breathless at their narrow
escape.
Mr.. Moody and his CO. workers in New
Hampshire continue to have immense
audiences, and strangers from long dis
tances flock to the meetings at Man
chester. Maj. White, who has been
working at Portsmouth, was obliged to
leave Wednesday, owing to the sudden
death of a brother at Chicago, and his
place is supplied by Mr.. Moorhouse.
Elmer Libbey of Whitefeld, Is years
old, recently attempted suicide by
hanging because his parents had scOld-
ed him for keeping late hours. He was
scared, however, when he felt the rope,
and hOwled for his mother to come and
cut him down.
John Nissley, one of the Dauphin
county officials at Harrisburg, Pa, is
missing, and it is believed that he was
murdered Tuesday evening by two
strangers while he was waiting near the
depot for his wife, and his body thrown
into the canal. The safe of the treas
urer was opened and over 100000 in
money and all the books were found in
tact and correct.
George Ambruster, wealthy real
estate owner at Fultonville, ILL.,, after
an absence of several days, returned
home unexpectedly Wednesday even
ing and caught his wife and John T.
Richards, a prominent citizen of the
place, in flagrante delictu. Ambruster
shot them both, killing Richards in
stantly, and his wife dying two hours
afterward.
The first through freight from the
West over the Portland and Ogdensburg
road reached Portland on Wednesday
afternoon. 1t came from Chicago to
Ogdensburg and thence via the Ogdens
burg and Lake Champlain road to
Rouse's Point, thence via the Central
Vermont to Montpelier, thence via the
Boston, Concord and Montreal to Fab
vans and thence over the Portland and
Ogdensburg to Portland. There we're
nine cars loaded with produce.
The question is to come before the
courts whether Alderman Aza A. Breed
who was robbed some weeks ago, of
$1,000 belonging to the Central nation
al bank of Lynn, while he was acting
as the banks messenger, is responsible
for the loss. The officials claim that
their contract with Breed was made
while he was in the express business,
so that he is liable as a common carrier.
Mr.. Breed claims that his liability ceas-
ed when he sold out his express bust
ness, and that he was paid as an en-
ploye of the bank for carrying the
funds.
Dipbtheria and scarlet fever have be-
come sporadically epidemic in this
country, but the most afflicted of large
places are Brooklyn, L. l., and Pater-
son, N. j. In the former city, between
January and October l, 1877, there
were 1905 cases of diphtheria reported
at the sanitary bureau, of which 5Sl
proved fatal, aud of 2200 cases of scar
let fever 588 were fatal. In Paterson
diphtheria is making great ravages,
and in large majority of instances the
cause of all these woes is defective
drainage, stagnant water, or impure
surroundings of some kind.
A SAINT IN TkoUBLE.-Henry Cor