St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-04-27
State News.

SOoCO 4NO"os
| Mrs. c. S. Stevens and her daUyLtrr
Della, were thrown from IL wagon. AT
Bradford, the 18th. The horse started
abruptly, causing the seat to he thrown
from the wagon. Mrs. Stevens wgs
seriously if not fatally injured. Her
daughter escaped with ii few bruises.
The Rutland Herald says that on the
18th, girl about l6 years old, named
Mary Quinn, started in the evening
with two young fellows to attend ball
at West Rutland, as she supposed.
When Centre Rutland was reached.
however, instead of continuing on the
route they turned aside towards Pitts
ford, and after driving some distance
attempted brutal outrage. The ap-
prOach of team frightened the villains
from their object, and the girl was al
lowed TO return to friends house in
Centre Rutland.
Thomas Gary, young man living in
the east part of Barton, almost com
pletely severed his foot while splitting
wood in his sugar place on the noun
tain, last Monday. He struck heavy
blow, and the axe hit limb, and it
came down with full force on to the
foot, going plump through the middle
of it, and leaving only a very slight
amount of uncut skin and flesh near the
little TOE, and the inside hollow of the
foot. Tom is verv plucky, and he
knew that he must get out of the woods
or bleed to death. Accordingly, be
corded his leg tightly and came enc
mile alone before reaching help, leaving
red trail the whole distance on the
snow.-MOnitOr.
! THE BURLINGTON AND LAMoLLE
RAILRoAD.-A mile and a half OF the
| Burlington and Lamoille railroad has
been laid, at the Burlington end, con
Meeting at the draw bridge with the
Rutland railroad track. Iron enough
has already been received here to Law
the track up to Essex junction and
steel rails have been purchased for the
remainder of the road. Two large
boarding cars have just been completed
and ii family is moving into them to-
day. These ears are large enough to
accommodate fifty workmen. 4 new
engine was received, last night. and
will be put in running order by Thurs
day. Everything will be in readiness
for active work by Monday; and the
contractors expect to have force enough
to lay half mile of track a day there
after.-Free Press, 18th.
The bill appropriating 81 800 to the
Bennington battle monument, has pass
ed the Massachusetts Senate.
The state workhouse commissioners
have left Rutland, resolved not to re-
turn unless invited by the offer of some
one of the many lots they examined at
price that will be worth considering
Canadians do not find work in the
factories of New England this year. as
IN the past, and many of them are 90
ing back to Canada.
All liquor sold at the authorized
agencies in Addison county, is labelled
with skull and cross bones. and the
word poison"
The shipment OF maple sugar from
the express office ut Brattleboro, this
season, amounts to 35 tons. OF which
Boston and Worcester have had the
lions share. The back country farmers
are said to be getting discouraged at
the low prices that are prevailing, aud
are ut il loss what to do with the sugar
they have made.
The commissioners chosen to confirm
| NV lCSVnN NOlt III DGallIcDOlO 1Idullu-
$4,000 to the Whitehall narrOw-gauge
railroad, by securing subscriptions rep
resenting the larger part of the towns
valuation, have already secured halt
the necessary amount, and are con
fident Of getting the whole. The Estey
organ company have refused to sign.
Jamaica, Townsend, Londonderry
| Wlniall and Peru have already sub
! Sprihn1 thni, Il, IA MD
Not long since, IL pOmpOus chap with
very fine looking lady, called on
clergy living not thousand miles
distant, and requested professional SCI
wee IN adjusting the matrimonial knot
After the ceremony ended, the iellO"
took the clergyman one side and III
formed him that he was short just then
but would send him the money. the
money has not come.-BdrtOn Monitor
Happy John" of Newport, went to
Boston to attend the Moody meetings,
and since his return has been so full OF
his kind of holy ghost, that he has be-
come public annoyance The sheriff
was compelled, last "Wednesday, to
ornament him with iron bracelets to
keep him quiet
An exciting scene was witnessed III
the streets of Newport, a few days
since, when IA fellow arrested for debt
and theft, broke away from officer New
land and ran like deer across the long
bridge to the Derby side, and took t.
the water and the swamp, and escaped
out of sight. He was hunted in the
bushes by men and by boats, while
sentinels were placed about on the hills
to guard his escape. He lay in the
bushes or water until after dark, and
then slipped away and made his escape
to Canada.
Col. H. d. Hopkins, of MONTPELIER
has been appointed to weigh the UnlteG
States mails between Bellows Falls anu
st. Adams.