St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-08-31
News Items.


The glorious Democracy is rent with
the great conundrum-''To be or not to
be the Fraud party 2"
A number of carpenters engaged at
New York Monday for work In England
and sailed the next day.
1t is said that Captain Eads, the Mis-
sissippi jetty man, has made plans for a
bridge across the BosphOrus.
A general strike is threatened in the
bituminous coal regions of western
PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, West Virginia and
other States.
E. B. Worthen, jr., of Lowell, at
tempted to kill his wife by shooting on
Saturday night, and she may die from
the wound.
James Krady. hotel-keeper at Bates
vile, Miss, was shot dead Saturday by
Andrew Porter, when he was assault
ing with knife.
Eugene MCGOWAN of New York, sew
en- years old, was so beaten by two play
fellows, respectively 10 and II, last
week that he now lies in precariOus
condition.
Henry Williams of Memphis, Tenn,
who killed two cOlOred men Friday,
and then fortified himself in his house
and refused to surrender, has been put
in Jail.
Herman Thurman of WallingfOrd,
Ct, an apparently well-to-dO young
man, committed suicide at Il hotel near
Utica, N. Y, FRIDAY, and his body was
found Monday.
4 Inl of fhn Damn
sylvania coal company resolved Mon
day not to go to work unless the COM
pany complied with their demand of Il
10 per cent advance per ton.
The Oregon swearing match has
broken out again, and cyclone has
doubled up Missouri River bridge.
The devil seems to have returned from
his vacation.
Jud Lupe has stabbed an old woman
named Nancy Morey 33 times, and him
self times, at Oneida, n. Y, because
of quarrel in regard to a fence, and
both will die.
(New Brunswick) pOst-Office, was ar
rested Monday for stealing mOney-let-
tiers. His predecessor is serving term
in the penitentiary for similar offense.
Three men who skinned the carcass
of COW they found in East New York,
were poisoned, two of them fatally.
The COW is reported to have been poi
soned with Paris green.
About 5000 people attended the per-
manent exhibition at Philadelphia last
Sunday. The gathering of governors
is counted on to stimulate the attend
ance this week.
Amelia Barker, living with Frank
SchlOta as his wife, was thrown from a
third story window in East 18th street,
New York, Thursday evening 10y SchlO-
ia, who was arrested. She may recov
er.
Two spans of the railroad bridge
across the Missouri at Council Bluffs.
Iowa, were blown down on Saturday,
causing a loss of about S350,000. A
serious interruption TO travel over the
Union Pacific.
Cora Young, aged 10, was taken to
New York hospital Saturday by two
young men, aud died Monday. She
proved to have been Il victim of NAL
practice, but the guilty parties are I'M
known.
Francis Sebastin, young Cuban of
New York, is under arrest for an afro
ciOus assault on child aged 10. He
bound her with ropes and kept her in
his apartment for two hours. She is
likely to die.
The Bennington centennial has had Il
joyous ending to il woman ut Pawlet
whose husband ran away IL long time
ago, came back to the celebration and,
overcome by old remembrances, return
ed TO his home.
Judge Carr in jumping from bed at
Mount Holly, n. j.. Thursday night, to
answer burglar-alarm, which had been
accidentally struck, got caught III the
hed-clothes, fell, and was severely in
.jured internally.
The Hon. Stanley Matthews made a
speech at Athens, Ohio, Oh Saturday
evening in defence of the constitutions
ality of President Hayes's election and
in commentator of his Southern policy.
He also advocated the reconciliation
of silver.
John ButterwOrth of North Andover
while drunk and maddened by jealousy
Friday afternoon assaulted his wife,
beat her severely, and finally stabbed
her several times in the breast so that
she died in half an hour. Butterworth
then attempted to kill himself, but his
wounds are not thought fatal.
A box containing the notes stolen
from the Keeseville IN. " national
bank was returned to it by express
Monday with letter saying that the
money stolen had been disposed of and
the bonds were where the detectives
could not find them.
George 'Lightbody, we'll known
printing ink manufacturer of 1919 Far
man street, Brooklyn, is perhaps fatally
injured by blows from Robert II. Mel
son, his step-sOn, and one of his work
men named LOngfellow, both of whom
are under arrest.
Three ''road agents." who had been
plying their vocation on the Cheyenne
stage route, have been arrested at
Deadwood, Dakota. One of them re-
sisted and shot Officer May through the
arm. The fire was returned, and the
desperate was shot through the body,
probably fatally.
A shoemaker named Louis Dash cut
his wite's throat with razor at Saint
Paris, O., Monday morning, and after
ward cut his own throat and died. Mrs
Dash cannot recover. Dash had been
IL hard drinker, and is supposed to have
been under the influence of drink.
A gang of boys plagued Albert OFT,
an expressman, while he was moving
ing furniture on Elizabeth street, New
York, Monday, and, in his exaspera-