St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-09-08

About 100 persons were drowned by
the Concho (Texas) flood, and $4,000
sheep, cattle and horses were lost.
The loss of property ranges from S75,-
900 to 100000. The river rose fifty
feet. Bodies are coming to the surface
daily.
The bank of Salida, Col, has closed
its doors, and is badly broken. The
deposits amount to about $4,000 and
were mostly made by working people.
The capital of the bank is said to be
only $1,000, and the deposits are a to-
tai loss.
Enoch Chapel, farmer from NAL
ia, ILL.,, on his way Suffield, Conn,
with his daughter, whom he was to
place in the Connecticut literary insti-
| tute, cut his throat with a knife Satur-
day at Russell, Mass. He is in crit
cal condition.
Albert Monttort, owner of grocery
store near White Plains, n. V, was
brutally murdered early Monday morn
ing. 1t seems from the appearance of
his mangled body that he was chopped
to death with an AK. No clew to the
murderer has yet been found.
In WestmOreland county, Va, Mr..
King placed strychnine in watermelons
to catch thieves from the neighboring
colOred camp meeting, who have been
committing depredatiOns in his patch.
Friday two children residing near this
place ate some of the melons and died.
A route agent has reported to the
pOst-otfice department that mob COM
posed of democratic rOughs surround
ed the post-ofiice at Higginsville, Mo-,
Saturday, threatened to demolish the
office and mObbed the postmaster, who
was compelled to fly for safety to Kan
sas City.
Considerable excitement was caused
in the Lebanon classes of the Reformed
church in session at Womelsdorf Pa,
| Tuesday, by the entrance of the sheriff
who arrested Rev. Alex. p. Keyser, the
pastor of a fiourishing congregation at
POttsville, on the charge of breach of
promise of marriage. Mr.. Keyser gave
bail, and the meeting broke up.
On the 3lst ult., the body of an I'M
known man about twenty-five years
old, attired in a sailors suit, was found
floating in New Haven Conn., harbor,
off the lighthouse. 1t was at first
thought to be case of accidental
drowning or suicide, but, from an au-
topsy made afterward, the physicians
are of the opinion that the dead man
was victim of foul play. The body
had evidently been in the water two
or three weeks, and was badly bruised.
Mount Vernon, Ind, has been threat
/ annH law n mnh m nf
effort to close the saloons on Sunday
and at l o'clock every night. About
o'clock Sunday morning the residence
of John Paul, the city marshal, was
fired by a mob and burned to the
ground. The deputy city marshal was
terribly beaten by gang of rOughs.
The telegraph and telephone were
guarded by the mob to prevent com
munication with the neighboring
towns.
An excursion train of twenty -four
cars ran against fallen telegraph pole
at Breizgen, near Freiburg, Germany,
Monday, and was thrown down steep
embankment into a swamp. Nineteen
of the carriages were completely
wrecked, and according to late dis
patches, one hundred persons have
been found crushed to death in the
ruins or suffOcated i'll the mud. Some
three hundred others, many of whom
are likely to die, received injuries more
or less serious.
At Exeter, n. H., Saturday night,
Woodbury. Berry, while going from an
clubhouse to his dwelling, was attacked
by two men. Berry shot ut but did
not hit his ASSISTANTS, who then fired
three times. One ball cut Berry's hat,
another entered the back of his head,
going round his skull and coming out
ut the front of his head, and the third
entered behind his ear. He was robbed
of his watch and chain and nine dol
lars in money. There is no clew to
the assailants. Berry is still alive.