St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-11-02
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Montreal, October 26, 1877.

Geo. E. Garfield has been appointed
post master at Bradford.
Swallowing a cent has killed a daugh-
ter of James Forbes of Pine Meadow,
Mass.
A new weekly paper is talked of at
Brattleboro, but the people think the
three weeklies they have now are quite
enough.
A clergyman of Wallingford, says
that during the nine years of his pas
torate, he never until recently received
Il fee for preaching funeral sermon.
The special committee of the State
Agricultural Society on cattle disease
prevailing in the state, will be called
together to consider some means for its
suppression.
Four little girls, the children of Mr..
Jacob Musselwhite of Robson county,
N. c., died lately of diphtheria so near
together that they were all buried last
Sunday at the same time.
d. Lothrop & Co. bring out shortly a
new and fine edition of that always
popular book, Thomas Star Kings
"White Hills of New Hampshire"
Diphtheria has broken out at Cleve-
land, O., and is increasing alarmingly,
the percentage of mortality from this
disease to that from other causes hav-
ing risen from ID to 43 per cent.
Mrs. William c. Gilman of New York
wife of the forger, become insane in
consequence of her troubles and has
been placed in the Hartford insane re-
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her loss of mind will be only temporary.
Sarah Spicer, formerly well known at
Montpelier, who has been living more
recently with Joseph Cole, of Marsh
field, committed suicide with revolver,
the 18th, because the young man she
loved proved faithless.
The New York Evening Post thinks
that church bells in cities have out
grown their need and usefulness, and
that they ought to be done away with
on account of the obvious discomforts
to persons living under the shadow of
steeples and belfries.
Judson GoodnOw. who lives on farm
in the south part of Brandon, was way
layed and knocked down, the 18th, and
severely injured by hired man whom
he had discharged from his employ the
day previous. The assailant escaped.
Bertha, niece of Stillman Gallup, aged
six years, of Guilford, while at play
with little cousin around fire in the
yard, caught her dress on fire. The
boy made great exertions to extinguish
the flames, but was not able until she
was seriously burned, and doubts are
entertained of her recovery.
A daring attempt was recently made
to rob the national bank of Royalton,
while the cashier was at dinner, by
forcing open rear door and another
one which impeded progress. The
would be robber obtained nothing, how
ever, as the money had been locked up
in the vault.
Nathan Chase of East Charleston, met
with quite an accident few days since.
As he was getting out of his wagon he
fell, hitting his horse with an umbrella
which he had in his hand, which fright
ened the horse, and it ran some dis
tance with him, bruising him a good
deal and breaking his leg near the
ankle.
Somebody raised false alarm of fire
at Niblo's garden, N. Y, Saturday night,
and there was a great rush for the door,
during which several people were seri-
ously hurt, but the actors remained on
the stage, the manager begged the audi
ence to be quiet, and the performance
was resumed, those who had run out
returning.